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Montie Roland, NPDP

Montie Roland, NPDP

Gentleman Farmer, Engineer and Extreme Innovator / Brainstormer

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    • Portfolio – Furniture
    • Portfolio – Paintball Equipment
    • Portfolio – Consumer Machines / Attic Lift
    • Portfolio – Ultralight Survival Knife
    • Portfolio – Electronic Enclosures and Rackmount Equipment
    • Portfolio – Slingshots
    • Portfolio – Firearms Accessories
  • Brainstorming Events
    • Church Men’s Group Brainstorming Session
    • Starting Our Journey – Developing Our CERT Emergency Communications Plan
    • Next Step – Getting Ready for Brainwriting – CERT Emergency Communications Plan
    • Brainstorming! – CERT Emergency Communications Plan
    • Brainstorming Results – CERT Emergency Communications Plan
    • Rough Draft – CERT Emergency Communications Plan
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Month: May 2021

Posted on May 23, 2021May 23, 2021

Homestead vs. In-stead – rightsizing the the project helps it succeed!

Recent Posts

  • Planting Trees on the Farm – Good Times December 24, 2024
  • Helping Out in Hot Springs After Helene and Camping on Troublesome Gap November 9, 2024
  • Let Us Race October 27, 2024
  • Damage from Hurricane Helene in WNC October 13, 2024
  • Designing a Gift Basket October 1, 2024
  • Western NC Hurricane Damage Update September 29, 2024
  • Farm and Forest – Digital Detox at Its Finest August 25, 2024
  • Digital Detox June 25, 2024
  • Scenes While Just Mowing the Grass April 21, 2024
  • Chapter 4 – Importance of Traditions March 28, 2024

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Forward Observer

  • Economic Early Warning for Friday, 12 September 2025
  • Superfriends SITREP (11 SEP 25)
  • Radar: Counter-Organize and Win
  • Radar: Counter-Organizing Meeting
  • Color Revolution: A Strategic Assessment [2025-2028]

Simply Us Farm

  • Digital Detox | Butterflies on Lantana
  • Cactus Incoming | Flowers Blooming
  • Keeping Young Trees Happy | Beautyberries Coming
  • Digital Detox – Seen While Mowing Grass
  • It is Hot Outside

RSS NCRenegade.com

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  • Tucker Carlson LIVE: America After Charlie Kirk
  • Charlie Kirk Murder: Good vs. Evil War!
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  • Gentlemen, It’s Time
  • AMERICA IS IN A CIVIL WAR AND HERE’S WHY, CHARLIE KIRK’S MURDER
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  • Charlie Kirk’s Memorial Speakers
  • Why Are They So Threatened?

RSS SurvivalBlog

  • Preparedness Notes for Wednesday — September 17, 2025 September 17, 2025
    On September 17, 158, Dutch sailors claimed the island of Mauritius for the Netherlands. They named it after Maurice, Prince of Orange and Count of Nassau — September 17, 1776: The Fortress Presidio of San Francisco was founded in New Spain to gain a foothold in Alta California and secure the San Francisco Bay. — […]
    James Wesley Rawles
  • Secure Local Comms With POTS Equipment, by Tractorguy September 17, 2025
    Land-line analog telephone service was ubiquitous in most of the 20th Century. This hardware is now commonly Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS).  This was our primary means of communication. It was simple, robust, and reliable. A few users still have landline service, although most landline service has migrated to digital means over a public Internet […]
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  • SurvivalBlog Readers’ & Editors’ Snippets September 17, 2025
    Our weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters. — Some enthusiastic young men have just launched […]
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    On September 16,  1782, the Great Seal of the United States of America was used for the first time. — September 16, 1919, the U.S. Congress granted a national charter to the American Legion. — And on September 16, 1940, US President FDR signed the Selective Training & Service Act. This was the nation’s first […]
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The Survival Podcast

  • 12 Reasons we Suck as a Species – Epi-3732
  • TP-Link Deco AXE5400 Tri-Band 6E Mesh System – Item of the Day
  • Rules for Radicals for the Right – Epi-3731
  • Eaceily Impact Socket Set – Item of the Day
  • Tickets to TSP-25 Will Stay on Sale until Friday Sept. 19th

Amateur Radio Weekly

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  • By: Robert Lovell

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