The Prepper Broadcasting Network - MEDICAL MONDAY: Prepping with the Old & Injured on The Next Generation

Episode Date: September 7, 2026

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Self-in-Ly! The Pepper Broadcasting Network. We have to hit the reset button and create a true culture of preparedness, starting at a very young age and filtering all the way up. Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Next Generation Show, where we delve deeper into the little things in life. Here we explore the lost art of fatherhood, parenthood, and fundamental preparedness for the world today. I'm your host, Colin. No, I'm your host, Ryan Buford, Ryan, along with my co-host, Young Master Colin, and today we're broadcasting from the heart of the Pacific Northwest.

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arts and the injured, so to speak. And to kind of, to open up the show tonight, I wanted to share a story of something that has been a recent issue right in our own backyard. So we've been raising these chickens for a couple of years now. And we've had ups and downs. We've had some got eaten by hawks. We've had some got, you know, basically gobbled up by dogs on accident thinking they were toys.

uh we've had merrick's disease blow through um you know it's there there is no there's no lack of predation by any means and whether it's uh natural or otherwise and and you know we do what we can to keep these chickens alive and they produce eggs they produce you know three eggs a day which is enough for me to consume and and keep a couple extra on hand which is perfect you know and they're pretty low maintenance for the most part and it's it's kind of nice i mean we don't have 50 or 60 we got we're we're up to six down the six hands and one rooster so a couple weeks ago we noticed that one of the hands was starting to show signs of being eggbound and usually you can tell because of the way they carry themselves they tend to lower their tail they're just they don't eat as

much they're not drinking um and this really sucked because this happened to be one of my best laying hands i mean she laid every day consistently since the day i got her um and i got her as a grown hand so i knew that there wasn't that much more time that i had with her as far as you know if i got one or two years out of her worth of the egg production i was money ahead i think i paid like five bucks for or something like that so i was you know i i i'm not out anything by by losing this hem. But on the other side of it, I kind of am because she was kind of the crazy redhead of the bunch, right? She, her name is crazy red.

I mean, that's just what we call her. And because she's just ballsy, you know, she'll come right up to you. She'll try and check out what you've got going on. She has no fear. She's not afraid of the dogs, not afraid of people, not afraid when the rooster goes off. she's just fearless and that

that dynamic within the rest of the brood the rest of the flock I guess so to speak was something that was hard to come to grips with so when I see her up against a tree or up against a wall or something with her tail down

I was like okay here we go we're going to lose another one So over the course the next couple of days, I'm doing what I can to relieve her being egg-bound. I'm giving her Epsom salt baths, gave her a little bit of tums, and there was a couple of nights where I was basically had her in this bathroom sink with warm water and Epsom salt and just holding her down there hoping that she might pass this thing or make it work. And never happened, never happened. and it looked like she was getting better and then she'd take a turn for the worst and then it looked like, you know, another day would go by and I'd see her and she'd, you know, be poking her head around and then a little bit later in the night or whatever, when I got home from work, I was like, okay, you know, am I going to come home to a dead chicken or when I go, you know, looking for her in the morning, am I going to wake up, you know, and open the door to the chicken coop and have to pull out a dead chicken or whatever. So this went on for a couple of days. And pretty high stress.

I mean, there was, I, when I would give her those absum salt baths, of course, it would be at night because it was easier for me to catch her, and it was at the end of the day at work. And I was like, okay, well, let's just get you through one more night, right? We'll get you through one more night. And I'd pull her out of the bath or out of the sink, I guess, so to speak, and wrap her up in a towel and just sit in the rocking chair for a few minutes. Just let her relax, you know, whether she, she's, she's,

She's obviously struggling and just hope that that helped loosen up whatever was going on inside of her. And she never passed anything. She never passed another egg. But she did come around. And she wound up going back to her normal old crazy self, maybe not quite as erratic as before, but definitely still there. and she has since stopped laying, which kind of sucks. But, you know, there's also this part, this dynamic that exists within the flock because she's there. And it really kind of woke me up to some things that are happening all over,

but especially with my family and my wife's family and even some of my friend's families that we're seeing, a lot of our parents go through some serious trauma in their lives, you know, horrible diagnosis, diagnoses or, you know, hospitalizations or, you know, medical issues, striking things. And that's just the time. That's just the part of this cycle, right, where you get old and then something happens and you can't move as fast or you can't lift as much or, you can't lift as much. or you can't stay awake as long on top of aging and all this other stuff, but there's still a vital component. They're a vital piece of the whole, the whole unit.

And it's not like, you know, in most instances where a hen stops laying, that's the time to cull it. Turn it into soup, right? You don't necessarily keep feeding them. You don't necessarily keep them going because it's a waste of food, so to speak, or it's a waste of time, so to speak, or it's another risk that they could get sick or pass something under the other hands. But the other side of that is they still have a function within the unit.

And when it comes to the elderly or the injured, those people still have a function within your unit, within your family. What does any of this have to do with prepping? Well, a lot of times when we get caught. called out on prepper magazines and websites or whatever it might be, they always seem to highlight those fit, capable, muscular folks that are kind of overshadowed in grit and determination to be able to get to that next stage, right? Whatever that mission is. But rarely do those cover models ever highlight the importance of the elders in the group? So today we're kind of

digging into some of the ways to be ready for when key members of the group can no longer do that heavy lifting. And I kind of stole this show from Michael Klein. This is one of the first episodes that I heard of his way back in the day, maybe five years ago or something like that, six years ago. Him and his wife did an excellent show on this very thing. So if you're interested in more of this, more of this type of content, please do check out some of those archives with Michael Klein and his wife. because that's that's a whole other aspect of it that was the reality check podcast back in the day but first before we get on with today's show

Colin would you like to share your fun fact of the week week what hold on I got on me what's it oh okay now we got them sorry I had to I had I unmuted you oh oh right okay I guess what what chicken what studies have found that most people feel their happiness or feel their happiness increase in the later decades of their life from their 60s to their 80s. Really?

Yeah. And that's weird because you think that your happiness would go down as your health would go down. As your health would go down as people as your, yeah, I mean as you start to experience worse and worse things in your life. But I don't know, maybe it's a stress thing. I think it's just because they don't care anymore. Yeah, nothing's just like, ah, whatever. More carefree. Yep, exactly.

They let everything go. You can't. What's the saying go? You reach a point where you can't trust a fart. Yeah, well. Okay. So, but we did actually invite my own parents to come on the show tonight to kind of talk about this kind of stuff. And before we bring him on, I thought we talked just briefly about, you know, why this is important in the first place and, you know, why these types of things are critical to have within your unit and maintain within your unit.

What kind of things did you come up with just off the top of your head going? Why old people are good allies? Yeah, old and or injured, because I do want to kind of loop the internet. injured into this because you might have someone who's perfectly healthy and young but maybe there is some kind of an injury that has them on a limited scale maybe there's a back injury or uh you know a broken limb or you know some sort of illness or something where they're they're not they're not able to function at the same you know 100% as someone who would be their peer you know okay okay yeah so the first thing that came to my mind when the idea for this episode was a pitch to me was that

older folks may not be as physically capable as someone who you know is younger or uh it has just been i guess more able to stay in shape and do things that are more strenuous and laborious So the first thing that came to mind was that was the fact that old people, I mean, they have knowledge. Like, they have, they know how to do it. Huh? They know how to do it. Correct. They know how to do the things that may need to be done.

And like, I feel like wisdom is also kind of an important thing. to keep, depending on the scenario, to keep people on track. So the knowledge of certain skill sets, but also the, like, the wisdom that elderly people harness because they've lived longer and they know more. They just, they're more experienced at life. So. A lot of times they might have been through a turn or seen a political agenda, a play out in the past, or a series of storms or whatever.

So they have kind of some life history, life experience to add to the mix. So to keep you from rushing in. Yeah. That's what they say, you know. Like the most, like, probably the most valuable experience that they are likely to have would be the idea that they've been through whatever scenario it is that you're in. Like maybe the area you're in. Yeah.

Yeah. They've been in the scenario that you guys are having, you're facing. or whatever, politically or economically or whatever. You know, they know how to handle certain situations, depending on, like, where you're located, what region you're in, you know. Yeah. Or maybe, like, if they used to live in an area where tornadoes were common and then just no common, like the regular practice for tornado preparedness.

Right. and all of a sudden, an area that never, ever gets hit by a tornado, you know, they know because they've been in that area. Well, let's go ahead and bring on some of the coolest old farts that I know, my own mom, pa, so hold on, folks. Let's see if we can figure out how to get them on muted here. Are you there? Yep. I'm here. Can you hear me?

I can hear you, loud and clear. How about the audience? You guys hear them? Okay. We'll kind of do that. Huh? Hello? My dad used to say you could kick a pig and get more out of him than, huh. Yeah. So I thought I just bring you guys on the show today just to kind of walk through some of this kind of stuff because I think a lot of times, I mean, you guys are involved in preparedness and you guys are always here listening to the shows whenever you can.

hell you're even on in in the chat room on some nights when i can't even make it to the to do a show so there's a lot of support that you guys have in the background that people out there don't really know or know about or see or hear about but um just kind of like i mentioned before it's part of the unit and if something were to happen to either one of you it would be uh and and it is and it has been detrimental. I mean, in the past. I mean, it's like, wow, okay, well, we've got to shift gears and make it work.

So I guess, but there's another side of that where when you start to lose the sense of value, and I'm one of the reasons why I even thought of this show is because of a comment that dad made this weekend. Actually, where you just shoot me a text message and said, hey, what are you doing? And I told them I was doing this, this and this. And said, well, I wish I could come and help you do that. And it kind of was a little bittersweet because I understand that's like you can't do certain things. And I guess what am I trying to say here that you can't really discount your inability to do stuff

because there are other things that you're able to do. So I guess what I'm wondering is, you know, when you get to the point where you start to feel like, you know, I'm not able to do anything like I used to, how do you shift gears and start looking toward contributing in other ways? That's a good question. Well, normally your body will tell you, you know, as your age, your body is going to tell you what you can and can't do. The only problem is your head doesn't age the same speed as your body. So that 100 pound sack of grain doesn't look that heavy when you're 70 years old, but it is. Yeah. We've commented a number of times that our brains still think we're 20,

and we're King Kong and can do anything we want until we start doing that. And it's like, no, not so much. That's probably the hardest part about getting old is finding your limits. And at that point, you've got to be careful not to exceed those limits because then you risk getting hurt and making it even worse. well that's that's the importance of of knowing your limits uh i what i did was i would go till i got spooked yeah and then stop like oh that that might hurt tomorrow yeah yeah that may not be such a good idea yeah well and it happens fast i mean i remember so this

Not this time last year. I think it was like September last year. You and I were down here in 100 degree weather. Zero percent humidity, pulling, you know, rolling under the truck, pulling out heads and, you know, doing all kinds of crap underneath it and stuff. And I could tell that you wanted to be able to go faster, but or do more and be able to stay out and do the work long.

but I could also tell that it was time. I mean, you're cutting yourself short. And I mean, from my perspective, it was like, okay, well, we're going to have to slow down or we're going to have to take a break or whatever because, you know, I don't want something to land on you, right? and I need that knowledge more than I need the extra hands. I need someone to point and shout and tell me how to do this. Yeah, one of Big Brandon's comments when he was asking to have all of us go out there last summer was that he wanted to somehow infuse the wisdom that dad and I had into the heads of the kids. and it's it's not something that you can do other than just share your knowledge and your experiences with other people

and this society has gotten to the point where anyone over 60 is disposable and expendable. And for years there's been a retired executive association. whose whole goal was to harness that knowledge and that experience of people who've been in the business world to come in and train the young, the young, the young, bold. Yeah. And it's something that has been going on for years. It's like, okay, you're 60, go away, you draw flies, and we don't want to deal with you anymore. when indeed elderly people have a tremendous amount of knowledge and wisdom. And I loved my grandparents.

They were just amazing. And my grandmother in particular had some fabulous stories. But she was born in 1898. So she went through World War I, World War II, the Depression. and us walking on the moon. So, you know, look at all of that history and knowledge and her experiences. She said that when she was pregnant with my uncle, who was the last of the four kids, her friends were crying for her because it was in the middle of the depression.

And they felt bad for her. And she said, no, I want this baby. So there's perspectives. that people tend to ignore just because the person has gray hair or is over 60 years old. They don't pay attention and they don't, you know, and we're grateful that you guys do, that you recognize the knowledge that dad has and you're willing to have him help you and Colin with different projects and stuff. Yeah. It's a blessing.

Yeah, it's great for me. Oh, yeah. Yeah, you go home bruised and tired and sleep for three days when you leave my place. He really doesn't. No, it's good for me. Yeah. It actually kind of retards the aging. Yeah.

Because then you have some value. Yeah. Yeah, you feel useful again. Yeah, that's a key point that I really wanted to get across tonight. is that the essence of feeling valuable and being valuable and how preppers need to be able to capitalize on that. Without going the other way, like mom was saying, and just booting them the moment they turn 60 or 70. Are you feeling lucky, says in chat, we know how to wash dishes and clothes by hand. We also babysit reluctantly.

Yeah. I mean, that's just it. These are the skill sets. These are the things that can be extremely useful, especially in an environment where, you know, you just need a hand or you need to get something done or you need to get from point into point B and you don't know how to do it.

Knowing the right people or the people with the right skill sets within your unit can be a lifesaver. I mean, like, for example, when I was talking about my dad helped me out with my truck, we busted through that and got it done, and I was able to get back to work. So for me, there was a major financial component tied into getting that job done, and I had never done it before, and I had never, I had the ability to get my hands dirty like that before, but I had to do it, and I had to have the kind of experience that my dad has because of of his background that I'm aware of.

And we've had Dad on the show for reloading and a couple of other things. I know Mom's been on some of Jordan shows in the past for different skill sets that she brings to the table that are, they may not be like mechanical or physical, but they are definitely skill sets. And I wanted to walk through a couple of things, just shotguning a couple of light duty skill sets

that can be used or can be, tapped if you are in a situation where you're like hey you know i i i feel old or i am old and i have nothing to contribute but i can do this this or this um but before we get into that colin do you want to break in at all and talk about anything that you've heard so far yeah i i kind do a little bit because uh i know this seems totally backwards from what the whole point of that about but it's um it's it's so as someone who's been in a uh like a trade school right for a short period of time um one of the things i realized very quickly is the things that that industries are producing now are much more advanced technologically and much more advanced when it comes to

regulations and production and unfortunately it's hard it's hard to say that what the knowledge of the people that used to do all the work is still valid to the modern production of that particular product because what a mechanic from the 60s knows is not going to do you any good for a modern vehicle. But what a mechanic from the 60s knows is still valuable to yourself. It's still valuable to the everyday person who's willing to do things on their own. I mean The idea of Like someone who works on

Vehicles is the only thing that comes to mind But I'd imagine there's so many more that That That idea would also apply to Where unless you're in the field Then it's not really relevant to you Unless you want to use it like In your everyday life

Yeah Correct It's kind of like a math class Where you're sitting through math class and you're like, I'm never going to use this ever in my whole life until you start using it. And then you use one component of it, and that's what you use all the time for your job or whatever.

And then if you don't use the other stuff, you pretty much lose it, right? Anyways, that's kind of... To Collins comment... Oh, I'm sorry, go ahead. No, go ahead. So to Collins comment a moment ago, I don't know if you've ever seen the movie,

the intern with Robert De Niro. But it's an excellent movie, and it directly talks to everything that we're talking about. He had retired. He was bored. His wife had passed away, and he went to work for this gal who had, she had just started her own company. She was an entrepreneur. And his knowledge from his previous experience helped her streamline and get her business even more efficient. and more productive than it was before he showed up.

So even, and he had to learn all the new, the email and the computer stuff and all of that, and he was right on top of it. And, you know, we are capable of learning new things. Oh, yeah, no, that's not, that's not what I was. And I understand that, but what I'm saying is it's a perfect example of somebody's life experience coming into a new business with an entrepreneur and allowing them to streamline their business and be more successful. Right, right. Well, Colin, you're right, especially when it comes to the mechanical end of things.

The advent of computers, especially in cars, trucks, things like that. have well I mean everything I mean it's not it goes far beyond like motor vehicles so let's talk about like everything that has computers in it

someone who might have been able to repair a fridge you know 20 years ago now we'll look at a fridge and be like why has it got a computer on it well that's that's the thing yeah computer has

uh taken away the previous like in cars they've eliminated the mechanic and they've turned them into parts changers right because they don't have to

they can't diagnose anything they can't second guess anything because everything is controlled by the computer so all the so-called mechanic can do is change parts. Right. So. That's really sad because you've lost a lot of, a lot of knowledge there.

A lot of critical thinking, a lot of, you know, how things work and go together. That's, that's what you're losing most is, is the thought process. So when it comes to getting that kind of stuff back, you know, getting that, getting that, getting that thought process back, getting, you know, back to basics, this is kind of where I think there's a lot of value when it comes to, especially the elderly and the injured. Because if you are incapable of doing the heavy lifting, doing the mowing, doing the wood splitting, doing the hunting, doing the whatever it might be, hell, even picking up a child, you know, that that might be too much of a challenge but there are still things that you can do um so i

there's a couple of different things that i have on my list just as task-based things where you know if there's someone around who is looking for something to do and doesn't feel like they have the ability to help these are kind of like the things where i find a lot of value in someone who's done it before someone with the experience and if you want if you guys I'll throw two or three of them out and if you guys just want a shotgun other ones we can

to just kind of go around the table and talk about a couple of direct skill sets that you think would be useful and maybe a quick reason why so like for example morning watch so

if you have if you're in a situation where you need to be able to keep an eye on things early, early in the morning. Having someone who's a little elderly on your side can be a huge advantage because I've never seen an elderly person who decided to sleep in until 10 o'clock in the morning. We're lucky if we get till 3. Right, exactly. So having someone on standby for the 3 a.m. morning watch to relieve someone who might be on alert

until that time would be huge because those morning twilight hours are the worst. especially for something like that. And just in general, just being a watch. So, or how about another one? Another one I have, like Colin was kind of alluding to, was planning or problem solving, being able to take a step back. And if you see a couple of dudes trying to figure out

how to rig up a piece of equipment in a way, you can take a step back. and the person who might not be physically handling the equipment can see it from a different perspective and be like, whoa, okay, wait a second, it's leaning a little bit too far this way, or you're overweight on one side, or, you know, that kind of stuff.

Or just general problem solving. Like, hey, you know, we've got to figure out some logistics here, getting someone from point A to point B. I don't have time because I have to do all the normal things that I have to do can you take the lead on this and get the logistics styled in that kind of stuff what do you think buddy do you have one or two things and why it might be a useful or critical skill set um well i was thinking kind of like broad spectrum a lot of like we were just talking about

like computers and stuff like that and how you know what what people the way people used to go about thinking through things has changed. But a lot of the stuff that hasn't necessarily advanced technologically, and a lot of the stuff that we talk about on the podcast is not, it's not computerized. A lot of it's off-grid, and the skill sets that we're talking about is very primitive. So things like understanding fighter starting, you know.

Yeah. Or maybe what not to blow up. Yeah. Yeah. How about what not to throw? You know, because they've done it before, you know. They had all the toys and the fun stuff back in the day with dynamite and who knows what else. Yeah, so, I mean, I think there's a value in a lot of the things that we as a society don't necessarily practice in our everyday lives anymore because we're surrounded by so many modern conveniences.

So like you said, like how to properly rig up a piece of equipment or whatever it might be. Yeah. Gosh, I don't even know it off the top of my head. Well, what about you, Ma? What are you throwing in their hat? Well, I think a lot of it is planning. And I know a lot of people think, well, you know, you're old. stupid. You don't know how to plan things, but planning is critical to anything, obviously.

And there was a point in our lives where you guys were going to school, I was going to school, dad was playing Mr. Mom, and all of that had to be coordinated, and that entailed a good deal of planning. And it isn't a skill that you lose over the years. It's something that, okay I've got to do this and this and this and this and if you're organized you can figure it out like okay you go do this you can you can designate tasks to certain people even though you may not be able to do them yourselves you can certainly see the big picture and say okay this needs to be done and then this and then this yeah and that doesn't require any heavy lifting it's a heavy mental lifting. But it is a critical component to, you know, everyday but also big picture type stuff too. Right. And unfortunately, a lot of times people in general just see the crash in front of them. They're not seeing beyond that. And don't do. I can't tell you how many people in my life I've run into who never have a plan B or C. It's just not in their.

mindset to okay if this doesn't work for me what's the next plan what's the next plan and have contingencies in case whatever we originally decided on doesn't work and if you talk to people that a lot of them don't even have a clue what you're talking about yeah and if you're two or three steps ahead it's in your head and if it's if you have someone who is capable of being like hey look we have to take a step back or we need to go this direction or we need to be able to stop here and take a look or you know re-evaluate the situation i mean that's that's usually so i in in the safety world that is a critical role and it's something that has to be basically forced on people so that they don't rush in to an environment that could kill them and uh when it comes to having someone who's

elderly or injured in your group having that mentality, that planning component to it, it not only helps the unit, but it also, I mean, just for the planning side, but it also takes the weight off of the people who have to force themselves to do it. You know what I mean? I do because a lot of people just don't have that skills. They don't know how to plan beyond five minutes from now when I check Facebook. They can't do it. What about you, Dad?

What are some of the hard core honed skills that you've got that you think you might contribute? Well, snark. No. I wanted to mention something that I learned a long time ago

that we were told a long time ago when I was in the service. back before computers. And instant on lighting. Yeah, it was just one step above candle. No, they made a study during our after World War II and they figured out

that to keep one combat, soldier on the line takes 20 people to support him in various stages, whether it's, whether they're making bullets, whether they're making meals, whether they're carrying messages, you name it, 20 takes 20 people to keep one combat soldier in the field. And that applies to exactly what you said, those that can't do the heavy lifting, can't do any of the, that they're not mentally or physically capable of doing, can always fill a support role of some kind. And that's where the elderly would play a big part because they do bring a lot to the table. Yeah, you just have to look past their honorary nature and bad jokes.

Yeah, yeah, there's a few things you've got to kind of overlook. I mean, the grumpy old man syndrome. Well, it's, well, a lot of it is just the other piece, you know, when Colin was talking about, people tend to be more happy in their older years. A lot of it you have to consider in those early years, they were working, they were raising a family, they were worried about money concerns, housing, food on the table, all of that.

That high stress slowly but surely eased off once the kids went, there are separate ways. And there was less stress going. on. And then the health issues came on. But by and large, there's a lot of elderly. There was a lady that used to come into our office all the time. She was from Brooklyn. So she and I were instant fans because my grandmother was from Brooklyn. But she dressed like she was hit in the red carpet every day. She had a fabulous sense of humor. She was 80 years old and you could never guess it. talking to her, looking at her.

And I told her once, I said, I want to be like you when I grow up. She was awesome. And she was fun to talk to. And a lot of times, you know, somebody may have just looked at her and said, well, I don't want to bother. But these are the kind of people that have wonderful stories to tell, live stories to tell. and the experiences that they've had can inevitably help somebody else down the road if somebody would take the time to listen to them.

Well, that's actually one of the things that I had on my list was education slash entertainment. Because there's a lot of times when, because we don't have a TV here. And we have not had a TV in my house since Colin was probably two years old. And if I could have gotten ruined of it sooner, I would have. And it's been an awesome thing. But what happens is you fill the gaps of silence, you know, sitting around watching TV by sitting around the table playing dominoes or cards or whatever and just talking or, you know, going over stuff. And there is value in that even if you don't have power. If you don't have, you know, bright, shiny lights in your face, you have.

you have a connection and you can build relationships. And that along with the educational and entertainment component, I mean, being able to be to hear a story or to, you know, go over something and jogs a memory or, you know, it allows someone who's lived a life to be able to share their life with the people at the table, you know. And I think that's a big part of inclusion of the elderly in your preparedness plan is, you know,

allowing them to share. themselves share their life stories and learn from that stuff right and you know because even my father he would talk about how when he and his buddies would go hunting they had built a tepee and they would lean it up against some pine trees and the next group of hunters that came by could use it and then somebody stole it you know and it's like okay whatever But there were a lot of things that I learned from both my parents, actually, and my grandparents that were fascinating stories and good lessons, too. You know, they're important.

Oh, yeah. And you have to take the time to listen to them instead of interrupting all the time like I do. Colin, you've had a few minutes to kind of mull over another one. think of we got any other skill sets or specific activities you think might be a useful thing to keep in the prepper pantry so to speak i mean are we talking like any specific scenarios yeah specific task or specific ability uh like for example one of the other things i had was like wood like tool sharpening you know, being skilled and taking the time to sharpen a tool properly, you know, and really making sure you got a good edge on something.

A lot of times people just blaze right through it because they don't have time. But you give someone who has a little bit of skill a nice file and a rusty old piece of steel, they'll make something sharper's attack for you. Probably the ability to, you know, beta hook and, you know, go out and, you know, go out and, get food and if you're in a bench and i mean obviously it doesn't apply to everyone because you're not always near water but in general it's a good skill to have because it's super simple but then it's easy to pass on but it's not uh it's it's it could be really valuable and it could like what was that it's like you got someone in the boat who can keep your lines full

and you know hand you hand you another pole once you run out of or once you reel and saw them in. I mean, that could shrink your fishing time or shrink whatever. But also, there was a story that I was told by actually one of my old bosses. Her mother was, or no, she had spent some time with one of her aunts or uncles

or grandmas during the, who came through the Great Depression. And she went outside, and she basically threw together a weed soup or excuse me a weed salad and basically she knew what wild edibles existed in their own backyard and she came back with enough to feed the entire family so you know light foraging just because you're not out there reeling in a you know 15 pound salmon doesn't mean that you can't contribute in other ways like understanding

botany or edible plants and being able to go out and do some light foraging with a little kid take them with you yeah you know show them what's what's what have them taste it so that they learn by doing and really kind of build on that skill set and transfer that skill set from one person to another um when you when you were um when you sent us that picture of the cougar paw. It reminded me of when dad and I took your boys out to the desert and you were, Brandon and him were shooting and I took you and Eric and we were walking around and I was pointing out different tracks to you guys and trying to explain what they were,

you know, like rabbits and mice and stuff like that. Those are things, basic survival skills really because you need to know, okay, if I'm out here on a survival test, And I'm not paying. I lost her for a second. Hopefully that's not me. Did we lose it? I might have lost.

Might have lost them. Oh, it looks like there was a... There we go. Hold on. Sorry about that. We lost you guys for just a second. What was that? He said,

Mama. Oh, I was talking about how when you sent that Cougar paw print photo to us, it reminded me of when Dad and I took all three of you out. He and Brandon were shooting, and you and Eric and I were walking around, and I was showing you guys different prints that were in the ground around there.

There was rabbits, and I think there was some deer had been wandering through and things like that. And if you're on a survival issue, if you don't know what's wandering around in the area, you're apt to starve to death. There's a rabbit wandering around. There's a deer wandering around. Pay attention to that. And it was just something I was trying to, even though you guys were small, and I doubt that you even remember that,

it was the idea that I was trying to get you to pay attention to your surroundings. What about you, Dad? I'll drop one more in there and then we'll watch a reposition. Magpie? Magpie? God, no. The flying trash. That doesn't hate. No.

Gross. Carpink. too good either. No, God. And whatever that thing is that you fished out of the Columbia, that had to go back. Well, Ryan's one of caught that one. I know.

That's what I just said. So one more for you, Dad, and then we'll have to wrap up the show for the night. Well, the elder name and firm can pick up the slack between nothing and the hail and hearty. those that are those that are able to do the job and get it done

and you get the elderly there or the infirm that can plan things can run errands can take phones do phone calls hell even moving an extension court out of the way yeah Yeah, anything possible.

I mean, it's just like a gopher on a construction site. Yeah. Without the heavy lifting. Well, and here's the big thing. I mean, I is, and probably the last question to end the show, does that make you feel devalued? Or does it do the opposite? Taking. taking a backseat to those that are doing the work.

Yeah. No. No, not at all. That actually is good for you. You've done it. You know how to do it. You can give them pointers. And it's not demeaning by any means.

there's some people may think it is but they've probably been in control all their life you know I mean always been in a position of authority or something like that to where they had people doing things for them anybody that's had to fend for himself

doesn't mind helping somebody else yeah exactly Well, thank you both for coming on and sharing this topic with me tonight and Colin. Colin, did you want to add anything else before we wrap up the show? No, I don't think I have anything. Okay. That's good. I think, you know, we obviously didn't do a commercial tonight,

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I think for the final takeaway, I think it's really important that the knowledge and experience of the elder people within our community is not taken for granted. It's easily taken for granted because we get busy. We get busy with our lives and with our kids and with our jobs and with prepping and doing all this stuff. But sometimes we fail to see the importance of the people who have already done the same stuff. You know?

Or we fail to lean on these people in our lives and these units or these people within the unit. to speak, for their network or their ability to network. You know, we fail to lean on their skill sets and really know them and learn them and follow the skill sets that they have and listen to what they've been telling us, basically. Kind of like was mentioned earlier about, you know, the retired executives component. Like, hey, look, this has been done before successfully. All you've got to do is listen and follow the plan. and you'd be surprised how well it works.

You know, we need to lean on that experience and really listen to what's been done in the past, maybe right or wrong, you know, and find out why things have failed before you commit to that same failure yourself. But perhaps one of the biggest things that we have to lean on when it comes to learning from the elderly is patience. the patience that they have and the ability to train, to teach, and what we can learn just by watching in some cases or what they can bring out by observing what we're doing, making minor corrections, offering suggestions, hey, you know, put a lever under that and you'll be able to move it faster, farther.

Don't forget to, you know, factor this in when it comes to your mind. planning, right? These aren't little things, but they're often neglected. And they do play, they do play a minor role, or a major role, excuse me, in overall preparedness within a unit. So if you're looking at the potential of cutting your losses and leaving someone behind or, you know, just cutting them out of the plan entirely, you might want to reconsider. her because somewhere there's a chicken roaming around who's still able to contribute in the ways that she can contribute even though she's not necessarily producing at the same level she was in the past still part of the flock still part of the team still part of the family lastly in

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Is it already Fourth of July? I got to check. I can't believe this. By God, it is. So we'll be the first show coming back off of Fourth of July. And be sure to tune in on the Fourth of July show. There's going to be some special editions from all of the show hosts. So check that out.

And we'll have something fun coming on the hinges of, or on the heels, I guess, of Fourth of July. That's going to be it for today, everyone. Thank you for joining us on the Next Generation Show. Thanks for our special guests for coming on. And don't forget to tune in next time where we explore another aspect of the little things in life that make all the difference in the world. This is your host, Ryan Buford, and your co-host. Colin Buford. Reminding you to stay informed, get involved, and be prepared.

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