lonewolf wrote:FEISTY wrote:lonewolf wrote:oh for crying out loud.
Steady, Lonewolf, steady
! Just remember we're all coming at this from different angles. You're a hard core prepper (almost total annihilation scenario and the loss of all knowledge
), someone on here is prepping for a health food famine and I think we're heading for a religious takeover, if not the last world war, but can't afford to invest millions in a nuclear bunker/impenetrable hidey-hole, so I'm starting with prepping for a petrol tanker strike, electricity/water outages and food shortages (all short-term). I don't think we shouldn't get too bogged down in doom and gloom and we should certainly not be (too) derisive of anyone else's preps. Personally, I'm a big film fan and would be gutted if I couldn't have my film fix after the SHTF and I think my kids will go feral if they can't log on to their PCs - it could get nasty
. I may have to add a solar panel or two to my list sooner rather than later
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I can see a lot of people going "feral" as you put it when they cant have their technology post SHTF, I'm expecting the suicide rate to go ballistic. I don't think of my self as a prepper, I consider myself a survivalist. I realise a lot of people, even preppers, cant see where I'm coming from, that's okay, I'm used to being the odd one out!
You're not the odd one out here - more like at the more extreme end of the spectrum. Most of us, if our family, friends and acquaintances knew we were prepping (to survive), would think we were just a bit odd
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Anyway, I added more matches which I'd forgotten to mention (I could have a mountain of matches and it wouldn't be enough). I've dipped into my coffee stash, so I'm planning to do a mega coffee shop, as I realised how miserable I'd be without it. T-bags for hubby and coke and diluting stuff for the kids (they live on orange juice and milk, which won't be so easy to come by). I planning on temporary outages not being too painful - business as usual - so I need to get hold of a kettle I can use on my new stove. Tried a pot once when my kettle died and it just doesn't taste the same for some reason. Apart from getting a few more cases of bottled water (instant and no-one will be grossed out - I think having to filter and sanitise rain butt water would be a bit of a shock), my short-term water preps are complete. Will have to buy a lot more gas canisters, but otherwise short-term heating, cooking and light is complete (can never have too many torches, batteries and candles though). Food is patchy and needs more work, particularly protein. Once that's worked on, I'll be moving on to mid-term preps. The garden's coming on and plants are just "taking off". 6 out of 8 Heirloom Squashes have germinated and are growing well. Rhubarb is growing away. I've had some Asparagus, so they've had a reprieve, but I'm growing Pak Choi and Lettuces in between. I've lost track, but the kitchen window sill is full of seedlings and larger tender plants (Tomato, Chilli Pepper, Golden Berries, Courgette, etc, etc). Very soon I'll have to net my fruit trees and bushes, otherwise in no time everything will be stripped bare. I still have many more to seeds to sow and I haven't ordered new strawberry plants yet. The herbs are looking after themselves. Still growing flowers (some are edible) - after all, this is a garden and should be enjoyed
. I aim to have all seeds sown (where applicable) by next weekend. I'm going to be busy.
