bingo... NOTHING i have done or spent could ever be considered a wast of time or moneyPreppers’ PING!
It keeps you out of the bars.
Let nothing happens happen, I’m fully prepared!
Decades ago when this kind of issue was being publicized by government for civil defense, i.e. fallout shelters, during the Cold War fears of Russian nuclear attack, standard advice was to rotate your fallout shelter stock. That’s still a good idea for a SHTF shelter. Date the food items (even though most packages now have open sell-by dates) and as you get new ones replace the old ones and use the old ones within two years. Cans may corrode faster in humid conditions so it’s wise to keep them rotated. Some things like candles will keep forever. If borrowing items to camp, replace them too.
There is something satisfying to eat food from your storage lots as you replensih stocks. ... As the old folks in this hill country used to say, ‘Be prepared. It cain’t hurt none.’
I also roasted some coffee for breakfast tomorrow morning and the followining week.
I haven't been to the grocery store to shop in over a month. Cash flow is sucking right now.
Having played this game before, I'm confident that I'll manage. The entire world doesn't have to end, but any disruption at all is easier to deal with if you have some resources and skills.
/johnny
If nothing happens, it’ll be a disaster!
I love my time at the range and I sincerely like canned corned beef. So neither ammo or food will go to waste.
And my 6 month supply of Charmin? Well, I think it’s a good bet that will still come in handy.......
My parents brought ample supplies of toilet paper when they emigrated from the Soviet Russia (we had been told by Izviestya there were sever shortages of it in America), and we still have some in the garage, so our family will be OK.
I hope I never have an auto accident or fire but, I carry insurance if anything happens and gives me peace of mind.
My insurance premiums are little higher than others but I like knowing replacement value means I can just go and get the stuff I lost or something similar.
I’m not really emotionally attached to anything except the information on my computer and that is backed up off site in a couple of places.
I’d be inconvenienced but not out and the same with my preps.
If SHTF, for the most part I’m going to barely inconvenienced.
If it means camping out then I’m going to pretty happy as I like being outdoors in any weather.
If it means doing without KFC or Panda Express I won’t starve.
If I need med supplies I’m covered for the most part.
If I need water I can get it just about anywhere.
I think I’ll go to sleep knowing everything will fine no matter what.
Something always happens. It is the nature of things to happen. But it is usually not exactly the something we were expecting.
In the improbable event that nothing ever happens to my family it will happen to someone I know. And I will be able to help them.
I guess it kinda depends on your definition of “nothing” - a lot has already ‘happened’ (think boiling frog), and although there’s not one event that we can point to and say “That’s IT!!”, most of us are somewhat worse off than we were a few short years ago, with prospects for the slide to continue indefinitely....
Yep. Same here. I expect nothing to happen in this context, but I’ve got enough to keep my camping and hunting for awhile.
“...at least half of my preparedness supplies double as camping, hunting, home protection and hobby gear.”
I’m in the middle of hurricane season, and if I don’t have to use my preps this year, there will be another season next year and the next year and the next year and the next year and the next year and the next year and the next year, etc............. The last time after Ike, a friend called me (my phone worked because I had an old time plug in the wall phone), and I said, “Wait, let me turn down the TV.” She said, “You have power?” I said, “No, but I still have a working TV to get news all day.” That news was very important to know what was happening around me due to no power for days.
Then there is tornado season all year long in Texas, plus power can go off for no reason and stay off for a day or more (that has happened), plus bath salt zombies can appear at any time and I will definitely shoot one with my beautiful Ruger if “it” is trying to chew on me.
Maybe some of you Freepers live where absolutely nothing ever happens, I don’t. Or maybe, I have lived so long I know better than non-preparers that s### will eventually happen to every one. I like my standard of living and I’ll keep as much of it as I can by staying prepared. And, I don’t think Hussein’s FEMA would save me – I’m probably on his enemy list (just as many of you probably are – you know, people who cling to their guns and Bible). I wonder what he clings to? Well, that’s another whole topic.
I do wish JRandomFreeper (Johnny) and Kartographer (don’t know his real name), lived close to me so I would have “back up” – you see I’m just a little ole lady who can’t do jack – that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
Batteries: I have a rather substantial supply, and every year they get replaced and the old ones donated to a local children’s hospital. I don’t actually need batteries, but they will make the first two years of an extended SHTF situation nicer.
Food: All of my emergency food gets eaten on a regular cycle. It’s what I eat normally, with everything coming up on the menu at least once a month and in most cases more often. Not needing it for an emergency just means it gets eaten normally.
Other supplies: Same story. Ammunition gets used for target practice, hunting, or whatever. Medical supplies get used as needed and replaced.
To me, being prepared isn’t vesting my life and hopes in the end of the world. It’s just living the Boy Scout Motto. Be Prepared. If we have an extended power outage, as so many people experienced this week, it’s no big deal. If we’re trapped by a blizzard, the same - no big deal. BSA was right about how to live.
I always thought that if I did any serious prepping, I’d just buy stuff that I rotated and used.
Therefore I wouldn’t buy dehydrated meals, as I would not want to have “dehydrated meal night” once a week.
I’d get lots of canned goods and date them, and store from back to front, and require myself to use several cans a week to move things forward.
Also large bags of rice, flour, and sugar, rotating the spare forward.
With the current drought conditions? You might save some serious $$ when food prices rise.
bingo... NOTHING i have done or spent could ever be considered a wast of time or moneyNot such a bad plan.