Hi from Romsey

[ELM]

Hello, I must confess that untill about a week ago I had never heard about prepping but when I did I found that it was perfect for me. I sadly do not live in a very rural area but I do have a good sized garden and a vegetable patch. We know somebody who owns a farm so if anything happens we could go to him in a matter of minutes and get live food from there. I am not of an age where I can legally leave my home yet and my parents, whilst trying to become self-sustainable, think that prepping is stupid. But I do not, and am planning to keep on subtly getting them to like and agree with prepping. I have already drawn up plans though for what I would like my parents to do and how they live and my future home and life. Also could someone tell me what the abbreviations mean please.


{edited to remove spelling mistakes}

[the-gnole]

Welcome ELM

ACK/NACK == Acknowledged / Not Acknowledged - a communication system that ensures the recipient gets the message
AFAIK == As Far As I Know
AO == Area of Operation
BOB == Bug Out Bag (Bag or rucksack pre packed for an emergency escape)
BOV == Bug Out Vehicle (Vehicle chosen as a preferred bug out option)
BSEG == big s*** eatin' grin
BTW == By the way
COTR = = (also COTR,D) - Code of the Road/Code of the Road, Dude. coverall excuse for almost anything at all whilst out of home environment.
EDC == Every Day Carry (type of small legal knife carried on the person every day)
FAK ==First Aid Kit
frex == for example
FTF == Face to Face
FUBAR == F***ed/Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition/Repair
FWIW == For What It's Worth
FYI == For your information
GB == Granfors Bruks (Axe Manufacturer)
GMTA == Great Minds Think Alike
GR == Grid Reference
IIRC == If I recall correctly
IME == in my experience
IMHO == In my humble opinion
IMLE == in my limited experience
IMO == In my opinion
INCH == I'm Not Coming Home
IOW == In other words
ISTR == I seem to recall/remember
JBT == Jack Booted Thug

JK == Just Kidding
JW == Just wondering
KISS == Keep It Simple Stupid
LMAO == Laughing my ass off
LOL == Laugh out loud
MZB = = Mutant Zombie Bikers
NBD == No Big Deal
NSS == No Sh** Sherlock?
NPOV == Neutral Point of View (Wikipedia term)
OMG == Oh My Goddess
OP == Observation Post
PITA == Pain In The @$$
POD == Print on Demand
POV == Point of View
PSK == Personal Survival Kit
PTB == Powers that Be
QFT == Quoted For Truth
QQ == Quick Question
ROTFL == Rolling on the floor laughing
RTFM == Read the F***ing Manual!
RV == Rendezvous Point
SAK == Swiss Army Knife
SF == SciFi == Science Fiction
SFA == Small Forest Axe (model of small axe made by Gransfors Bruks)
SHEEPLE == People who act like sheep (all following the flock)
SHTF == SH*T Hits The Fan
SNAFU == Situation Normal -- All F****d Up (or All Fouled Up)
SOL == S*** Out of Luck
SWMBO == She who must be obeyed
TANSTAAFL == There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
TBH == To be honest
TEOTWAWKI = = The end of the world as we know it.
TMBW == They Might Be Watching!
TSHTF == When the S**t hits the fan
TTBOMK == To the best of my knowledge
WAG == Wild A$$ Guess
WOMBLE == To acquire useful items post fall by any means necessary
WTF == What the f***
WYSIWYG == What You See Is What You Get.

[itsybitsy]

Hey ELM - hello and welcome to UK Preppers!

[preppingsu]

Welcome and at such a young age...the best time to start prepping. Keep subtley plugging away with your folks, don't make it too obvious though. Ask to learn how to perserve the veg you grow or how to make jam. How about asking to keep a couple of chickens. Ask to attend a first aid course etc

If they ask why just say you're interested and want to learn new skills.
Feel free to ask anything...

[diamond lil]

Hi ELM, read up and learn - and don't bug the folks too much

[ELM]

Ok and thank you. I will do my best. Also can you tell me when you are going to do more about prepping.

[preppingsu]

Ok and thank you. I will do my best. Also can you tell me when you are going to do more about prepping.

ELM, is there anything in particular you would like to know and maybe we can point you towards a past discussion or even another website (as we all use a few other ones to inform us)

[ELM]

Well I think its just that I have seen the American websites and they seem more into it than the UK one. But it is probably because they seem to think that the world is going to end more than we do.

[diamond lil]

In reality theres very few similarities ELM. America is huuuuge with loads of empty space, we are tiny- and down south, overcrowded as hell. They have guns, we don't. Not much use copying their style of prepping here too closely. Just take out of it what applies (and ignore the silly stuff !)

[ELM]

Ok