I am a prepper, and always have been. It's only in the last few months that I've had my condition diagnosed, and been able to put a name to it!
As a young lad I was always into survival and used to subscribe to a rather awful magazine called 'combat & survival'.
I am one of the few people to have had the displeasure of talking to the late Michael Ryan (on the phone thank God) when was a teenager as I responded to an advert of his selling flak jackets in GunMart.
I didn't buy one from him as he was a miserable, rude prat, and didn't live much longer afterwards anyway! (So I'd probably never have got my flak jacket!)
Anyway, without writing war and peace, I've nurtured a natural interest in outdoors pursuits of a survival, hunting and shelter building nature, and never seemed to 'grow out of it'
I enjoy shooting and generally eat what I shoot. I've also tucked into a fair bit of road kill in my time, and basically will eat anything. Don't get me don't, I'm not a freak living on spiders and squirrels, I live a normal life, but enjoy having that little bit in reserve for when the wheel comes off!
I've always viewed my skills as 'survival' and tend to hoard things 'just in case' but since watching the Doomsday Preppers TV show I've started to look into this subject with a little more intensity and re-evaluate my own abilities and plans.
I hope that's enough for now. Be safe all!
