Sunday, June 10, 2012

And the Winner is.....


We have an official winner for the Joe Nobody book giveaway!  Using a random number generator, we came up with a number between 1 and 57 (the number of entries) and award that entry the winner.  And so, without further adieu...the winner is:

ILPrep4

Just shoot me an email with your name and address (along with your choice of book) and I will get that information to Mr. Nobody, who in turn get your book to you.  Wasn't this fun?!

Just for fun, Sir Knight and I chose an "Editor's Choice" prizewinner.  We chose our favorite saying (although this was a challenge, as there were so many great ones) and would like to award that person with a copy of "The Prepared Family Guide to Uncommon Diseases", signed, of course.  The Editor's Choice winner is....


You might be married to Burt if your husband routinely responds with... I'm just doing what I can... with what I got!


By the way, Sir Knight and I laughed our way through all of your entries.  Here are your "Burtisms".....

You Might be Married to Burt if....


  • if your dental floss is made from paracord
  • You might be married to Burt if your husband is talking of putting armor plating on the windows of his M109A3 and adding a Gatilin Gun to the top of it (Help! I married a burt!)
  • You Might be Married to Burt if your hubby buys you a sweet little .357 for your Birthday.

    You Might be Married to Burt if your hubby wants some alone time with you, Oh and make sure your bring your .357.
  • You might be married to Burt if he gives you a revolver as a wedding gift. You know you're married to Burt when he gives you a custom AR for your 25th anniversary.
    Gotta love a man like that ;-)
  • you might be married to burt...If he mows the lawn in the dark using night vision
  • You might be married to Burt...If he had you obtain your ham license.
  • You might be married to burt if...He has large trees identified to block roads
  • You might be married to Burt if...He has 85 one gallon cans of coleman fuel stashed in the shed.
  • You might be married to Burt if he has...Paratusfamiliablog saved in his favorites.
  • You might be married to Burt if....He moved you to the hills of a place called Estacada
  • You might be married to Burt if...He parks his truck backed into the driveway so he can use his remote to turn the headlights on as a security light
  • You might be married to Burt if...He landscaped your yard to be tactically advantageous
  • You know your married to Burt when he is teaching his 72 year old mother how to properly operate an AK-47. He also buys her "Bullets and Booze" (wine and 22 Magnum rounds) for mothers day.
  • You might be married to Burt if...
    Your husband has cannon fuse... for his cannon
  • You might be married to Burt if.....

    A good Father's Day requires C4 or someting else that goes boom
  • Your might be married to Burt if.....

    Your husband wants to buy everyone in the family matching AR15's....
  • ...If you both refer as the brass for reloading/recycling as the "nest egg".
    ...if you can make coffee and breakfast just how he likes it, no matter the heat source.
    ...if it's only because of your undying love for him that you'll let him show his friends your HK-91.
  • you might be married to Burt if "lockin' up the house" for the night takes longer than YOU do to get ready for "bed".
  • You might be married to Burt if your husband always carries his Sig P220...in the house
  • You might be married to Burt if your reloading bench is neater than the kitchen.

    (Remember in the movie they showed the reloading bench and it was perfect. The tumbler was what drew the critter in)
  • You might be married to Burt if he offers to extend your bedroom closet, so that you can keep your guns seperate from his
  • You might be married to Burt if your husband routinely responds with... I'm just doing what I can... with what I got!
  • You might be married to Burt if you have to cook dinner in your first line gear to "see how comfortable it is"! 
  • You might be married to Bert if the spam cans don't have spam in them. And are from Russia
  • You might be married to Burt if he has played a terminator video game at a game place and says he needs one of the machine guns for his collection!
  • You might be married to Burt if he has an electric back up to the gas stove and oven (and the generator to run them) AND a propane grill AND a charcoal grill AND a Coleman stove.

    Oh heck... I am becoming Burt (I like to eat....)
  • Oh, and you might be married to Burt if he purchased and read "Holding Your Ground" after seeing it recommended on Paratus Familia...
  • You might be married to Burt if he remodeled the whole house with secret compartments
  • You might be married to Burt if... "fixing" the collapsing retaining wall of your driveway actually means renting a front-end loader, digging out under the garage and building a "safe-room" with 12-inch concrete walls and ceiling... oh yeah, and fixing the retaining wall...

    Or, you might be married to Burt if his idea of a romantic gift is a necklace he bought at a gun show, made out of a spent 9mm casing. (It's actually quite beautiful! 
  • You might BE Burt if your wife continually asks "Do you really need another gun?"

    You might also BE Burt if your first thought when going into a new restaurant is "Where are my escape routs" instead of what you're going to have for dinner.

    Sorry, I must admit to holding Burt as one of my prepping icons. So I can't really say what it would be like to be married to Burt as I am a Burt wanna be
  • You might be married to Burt if your husband says "one is none, two is one, and ten is . . . a nice start!"
  • You might be married to Burt if: instead of vacations you spend your money on, food, ammo, hand operated appliances, seeds and guns. You might be married to Burt if your idea of a intimate get away is spending time in your 10,000 Sqft potato plot.
  • i might be married to burt if:
    he bought himself 2 new hound hunting dogs and bought me a can opener. hand style.
  • you might be married to Burt if upon entering a large city your remarks that "we haven't mounted any machine guns on the car yet, we should do that soon" 
  • You might be married to Burt if you have three children because two is one and one is none.
  • You Might be Married to Burt if....

    Your husband thinks a .50 cal. is a nice "Carry Piece"

    No, at 75lbs, a 50 cal is a little too heavy for me to use as a "walk about" weapon, but... nice to have set up to greet the uninvited.

    Your husband reminds you that "plastic is NOT an oxygen barrier"

    Of course not, that's why it can be used for field dressings, and is okay to use for an "expedient shelter" from "some" stuff. Need good duct tape too.

    When looking at real estate, your husbands first requirement is "Geographical Isolation"

    MY first requirement is "water" and then the direction of prevailing winds; geographical isolation is not in the top ten. It is number 11.

    Your husband asks you to keep a supply of "a few household chemicals in proper proportion"

    Never ever buy chlorine bleach in any form except "regular" (it is also the cheapest) Scents and the "gel" non-splashing crap cannot be used for treating water. Every household should have a good supply of diatomaceous earth, lots of uses, keepiing ants and other pests out is only one use.

    Your husbands favorite color is camouflage, followed closely by OD.

    No, that's mine! And with "camo" stick to a pattern that "fits" in your area, nothing is worse than "green woodland" in the desert. Instead of OD, go with what ever color is common for your "dirt."

    Proud FEMALE USAF veteran that learned long ago from the Girl Scouts (before they went PC) to "Be Prepared."
  • You might be married to Burt if, the newly built rec room Cannot be broken into.
  • You might be married to Burt if...he bought you and your daughter matching pink camo AR-15s (and she's only 2)!
  • You might be married to Burt if decorating means deciding where to put the mounted trophies and antlers. Hunting Honey
  • You might be married to Burt if..his favorite suit is a Ghillie
  • you might be married to Burt if Bunker Hill refers to several sites on your property and not he canned stew in your larder
  • you might be married to Burt if Bunker Hill refers to several sites on your property and not he canned stew in your larder
  • You might be married to Burt if 99% of the time the answer is, "just a few household chemicals in the proper proportion" is the answer given every time someone asks how Burt solved that particular problem.
  • You might be married to Burt if your 7,000.00 car (purchased used and capable of running after an EMP hits) sits out in the weather because your garage is now "the shop" where everyone gathers to learn reloading and canning up the venison (since the spare stove is out there).
  • You might be married to Burt if..... your purse doubles as your 72 hour kit.
  • your first child was conceived while water bath canning...........

    your 8 yr old daughter wants you to make her a new nightgown in camo so she can blend in with the scenery............
  • You might be married to Burt if...

    Even your outhouse has parapet walls on it.
  • You might be married to Burt if his blow-out bag contains more tampons than your purse!
And there you have it!  Apparently, I am in good company with my husband "Burt".

8 comments:

  1. My husband has watched this movie several times but I've only seen bits and pieces of it. It's not really my kind of movie but I have to watch it now!

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  2. Missy;
    I've watched it numerous times because I am married to Burt! Remember - it was made during the 80's and the language is terrible! (I hate that part).

    Enola

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  3. My husband wishes he was more like Burt. Sheesh a lot of those things are very much like my husband LOL :)

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  4. I JUST finished his second book and looking forward to book III. bishop's a GREAT character!!

    CIII

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  5. Awwww shucks.

    I appreciate that. I am so much like Burt it's scary. Me and my brother in law went rabbit hunting and he stated I was the only person he knew that had over 30 rounds ON the gun and another two boxes in my cargo pockets.

    Had to tell him that I didn't want a Burt episode. You know the one.... I am completely out of ammo.... that's never happend to me before. :)

    Once I get back to my home computer I'll shoot you an email.

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  6. ILprep4 here. I can't email I clicked on it and it won't open your email address. Let me check my email I had orderd some things from you and I might have it.

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    1. Weird! You can email me at naturallycozy@rezmail.com

      Can't wait to get your book to you!

      Enola

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  7. I don't want to be a grammer nazi on you but the phrase you were looking for is "without further ado" (not "without further adieu").

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