"Being prepared comforts me and that aint nobody's business but my own. As long as I don't put us deep in debt it doesn't hurt anyone and now that food prices are going up having a full pantry and cellar is a wonderful feeling."

"its fun to me learning new things like the fact the acorns are edible."

"I'm not directing this response to you - you probably know this - but others may not. I don't want someone to find out the hard way because what lies after this sentence is NOT common knowledge.

Raw acorns are toxic. They become edible *after processing.* Raw, they can be dangerous due to the extremely high levels of tannins. Do not eat acorns that have been sitting on ground for weeks, as these can get rotten. Select fresh looking, light brown, unblemished nuts that are fresh drops,or those collected by squirrels. Eat the squirrel too, they're tasty.

To prepare the acorns, they need to be shelled, the meat inside soaked and rinsed over and over again, then strained and dried in a warm oven or in direct sunlight. The processed acorn meat can be cooked and eaten in a variety of ways afterward. It can be pounded flat, ground into flour with a mill, or eaten straight. You can make acorn butter as well.

If you save the first soaking brew that remains from the acorns, it can be used to process leather. "Tanning" leather requires tannins and tannic acid. Fun stuff."

"to prolong my life as long as possible, i want to live as long as the average guy in my family lives(about 50 or so). because as an atheist I beleive when a person dies basically what happens is you enter oblivion(basically nothingness) it is all over game over that sounds pretty bad in my opinion so I want to prevent going there for as long as possible. Also I have found my very presence kinda pisses off people who really don't like me the fact I haven't given up makes them mad, I like pissing off people who don't like me and I don't like either, makes me feel all good inside LOL."