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"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at 10:43:18 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>> "dsi1" wrote in message
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>> > On Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at 10:07:32 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>> >> "dsi1" <> wrote in message
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>> >> > On Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at 8:47:16 AM UTC-10, Moe DeLoughan
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >> On 11/10/2015 10:56 AM, sf wrote:
>> >> >> > On Tue, 10 Nov 2015 06:45:52 -0600, Moe DeLoughan
>> >> >> > >
>> >> >> > wrote:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> On 11/9/2015 2:07 PM, sf wrote:
>> >> >> >>> On Mon, 09 Nov 2015 10:26:27 -0600, Moe DeLoughan
>> >> >> >>> >
>> >> >> >>> wrote:
>> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >>>>
>> >> >> >>>> (Link below for those who want to view the video)
>> >> >> >>>> http://sploid.gizmodo.com/what-its-l...ocalyp-1740597
>> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >>> That page doesn't exist.
>> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >> Fixed:
>> >> >> >> http://sploid.gizmodo.com/what-its-l...lyp-1740597077
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Thanks. I guess it's called "survival" food.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >> It's also nothing that a person couldn't trick up themselves with
>> >> >> stockpiled dried vegetables, pasta, potatoes, rice, tomato powder,
>> >> >> powdered milk and cheese products, and so forth. You could mix up
>> >> >> your
>> >> >> own seasoning or dried sauce mix ahead of time and store that, too,
>> >> >> or
>> >> >> make it on an as-needed basis. Honestly, pasta in tomato sauce or
>> >> >> potatoes in a cheese or sour cream sauce is no brain surgery.
>> >> >> There's
>> >> >> no reason to pay hundreds of dollars for a bucket of macaroni and
>> >> >> some
>> >> >> powdered tomato/herb packets, or a bucket of dried potato slices
>> >> >> and
>> >> >> some powdered milk/cheese sauce packets.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Then again, the same can be said for the so-called 'survival'
>> >> >> seeds.
>> >> >> Just plain old open-pollinated seeds that can be purchased in bulk
>> >> >> for
>> >> >> about one one-hundredth of the price from actual seed companies.
>> >> >
>> >> > What we need is home irradiation units - one that uses no
>> >> > radioactive
>> >> > materials. We could can our own foods in seconds without pressure
>> >> > cookers.
>> >> > That would be cool.
>> >>
>> >> You were just born too soon ;-)
>> >>
>> > I cannot say if I was born too soon. I probably woke up too early
>> > though.
>> >
>> >
>> > One could make a lead-lined, air-tight, food storage box that would be
>> > very power efficient. You put food in it and when you close the door,
>> > it
>> > blasts the food with X-rays and shuts off. It won't need any power
>> > until
>> > you open it up again. Who needs a stinkin' refrigerator?

>>
>> Me? <g>
>>

>
> I figure you just leave foods out on the porch if you want it cold. Hee
> hee.


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