[A/S] Food storage and securing an old trailer

["Pam Lunn" <pam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

First on food storage - if you are storing dry goods, rice, flour, etc. you 
can put in a metal container (like a popcorn container) and light a candle 
in the center.  Put on the METAL lid.  Once all oxygen is gone the candle 
extinguishes itself.  I have used this for years for animal feed, rice (when 
I got a great bargain for the 5 year amount) and other dry goods.  When you 
open it, go through the same process again.  Mostly eliminate weavils and 
those little flying things around dry goods.  Living in Florida we go to 
great extremes.

On the fridge - if you put in a couple boxes of baking soda and close for a 
few days, the odors should be absorbed.  Toss the baking soda, replace with 
new ones and use for storage.

On securing an old trailer.  73's friend - from former WN8WYJ - back in the 
days a novice license was unrenewable!!!  LOL  I would put a fake camera in 
view along with a sensor for a siren and lights.  Come into the "zone" and 
the lights will come one (flashing could be a bit nerve racking) and the 
siren would blare and hopefully the banditos would be hauling butt the other 
way!  I still have a deadbolt on my Airstream.  I have camped a bit with the 
kids and like to feel safe when we are locked in at night.  I really would 
hate to shoot someone in front of the kids that was breaking in on us!  The 
Airstream is just a bit too small for execution of my normal burglar 
prevention unit - a metal baseball bat!

Pam in Tampa