PREP Be careful what you reveal to the neighborhood sheeple around you!

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Seabird

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I know there have been dozens of threads on this, but I think it prevalent at this time to review: :sb:


Be careful what preps you are taking out of your car/truck/etc.

I have neighbor who was most curious about some boxes I was stacking in my garage last evening. He asked what they were and I said they were just some things for my job that I was storing here temporarily. They were boxes of #10 cans of food and that fact was written all over the boxes. So, today, I had some of them taken out as if they were going to the job.

Some things are just tough to camouflage.

Be wise, and prudent. Times, they are a-changing.
(Who knew DGI's would be so suddenly attentive?!!! :sheep:)
 
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ejagno

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I had a group of Mexicans (11) watching me unload my 4-Runner after a major shopping spree last week. They were roofing across the street and had a complete view of my whole acre. What's worse is that they would all sit on the roofline facing me like a bunch of pigeons on a highline just staring. My garage was taken in the hurricane so there was no hiding anything. I let both the lab and pit run around the remaining days that these guys roofed. They would not even come on this side of the road let alone onto my property. It's the best I could do. Now this afternoon I found out that animal control was out here at 5am looking for my dogs. They didn't find them and they won't.
 
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xtreme_right

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watch going to the local grocery too!

I ran into neighbors at the grocery store yesterday. I'm glad my stocking up isn't really noticable since i've done it slowly. If they really looked close, they would have seen a 4 gallon box of dry milk and alot of canned meats, dried beans, etc. but I had alot of perishable stuff piled on top of it. Good reminder. Gotta go shopping while it town at work.

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kilagal

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And sometimes the biggest threat comes from within your own property. We had my mil living in a mobile home in our back yard for over 20 years. Pre y2k she got to a point if we left and went anywhere she would be standing at her windows watching when we came home. Then later my dh would get a call from one of his db or ds and they would say mom said you guys were out shopping again for that stupid y2k thing. Ok fine we started waiting till after dark to unload. We would come home and not unload stuff from the trunk just a small amount of regular groceries. Then later on or in the night we would go out and unload the car. Then he would go to bed so he could get up for work the next morning. And me well I would be putting the stuff away so if she came down early there was nothing to see. She now lives back east with one of her daughters. And us well we now have teanage kids living across the street from us. So we come home and go in the house. And if the weather is nice enough we wait till my dh gets up to go to his new job. He now gets up at 2:30am to go to work. Hey it works for us.
 
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ejagno, make a tee shirt that says "Immigration and Naturalization" and put it on and walk towards them.
 
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janecj333

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xtreme_right said:
I ran into neighbors at the grocery store yesterday. I'm glad my stocking up isn't really noticable since i've done it slowly. If they really looked close, they would have seen a 4 gallon box of dry milk and alot of canned meats, dried beans, etc. but I had alot of perishable stuff piled on top of it. Good reminder. Gotta go shopping while it town at work.

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Good planning. A little wisdom serves much better than a lot of lying, imo.
 
Great Northwet

Great Northwet

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xtreme_right said:
I ran into neighbors at the grocery store yesterday. I'm glad my stocking up isn't really noticable since i've done it slowly. If they really looked close, they would have seen a 4 gallon box of dry milk and alot of canned meats, dried beans, etc. but I had alot of perishable stuff piled on top of it. Good reminder. Gotta go shopping while it town at work.

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Yes. I do it the same way. A little at a time, extra canned, and frozen, etc.
After a few months, the freezer is full!
 
Satanta

Satanta

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I do my unloading in the mornings too after the family has headed out. Neighbors are either gone or asleep and I park inside a six foot privacy fence.

If I got in and a bunch of Mexis were where they could see me I would just wait till later.

I never mark boxes and most of mine are office paper-type boxes giving no indication what is on them.

I have a strange mind-can't remember a name or what someone says twenty minutes later but I can open a box of preps and tell you within a can or two what is inside the box.
 
Mechanic

Mechanic

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Staying grey is the way. ;)

Wife and I are pretty cautious nowadays. As noted, many DGI folks are yanking their heads out of the sand so fast they risk getting whiplash.
 
bobpick

bobpick

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Seabird said:
I know there have been dozens of threads on this, but I think it prevalent at this time to review: :sb:


Be careful what preps you are taking out of your car/truck/etc.

I have neighbor who was most curious about some boxes I was stacking in my garage last evening. He asked what they were and I said they were just some things for my job that I was storing here temporarily. They were boxes of #10 cans of food and that fact was written all over the boxes. So, today, I had some of them taken out as if they were going to the job.
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We ordered a year's supply of food from Emergency Essentials and the DRIVER asked us why we needed the food. I told them that we have elderly neighbors without family, and this area has lost power for up to 8 days in the winter. That worked for him. We needed to feed them and ourselves. Obviously, not entirely accurate.
 
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amarilla

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Publix has the reusable bags now, as do other places but it's hard to see through the green and black ones. Publix has them for only $0.99. Might want to invest in those, harder to see through and how much is in them.

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Seabird

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xtreme_right said:
I ran into neighbors at the grocery store yesterday. I'm glad my stocking up isn't really noticable since i've done it slowly. If they really looked close, they would have seen a 4 gallon box of dry milk and alot of canned meats, dried beans, etc. but I had alot of perishable stuff piled on top of it. Good reminder. Gotta go shopping while it town at work.

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Covering preps in a grocery cart has been my method, as well. Slow prepping not only covers intent, but allows for easier rotating of items already stocked away.


Unfortunately there is an air of urgency to top off, and doing so unseen can be tricky. :lol: Especially in my neighborhood. Thanks for all the input.
 
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twobarkingdogs

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amarilla said:
Publix has the reusable bags now, as do other places but it's hard to see through the green and black ones. Publix has them for only $0.99. Might want to invest in those, harder to see through and how much is in them.

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Why spend the 99 cents when you can't see through the brown paper bags either. And the brown paper bags can be reused for other uses in the future
 
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amarilla

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Half the places around here don't offer brown bags. I also seem to always get the ones that rip wide open, defeating the purpose of trying to conceal.

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Christian for Israel

Christian for Israel

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myself, as well as my wife and my MIL all open carry now. it seems that neighbors and folks in the stores never notice what we're buying as they can't take their eyes off the large handguns we're carrying. ;)
 
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Deena in GA

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It's great that you live somewhere you can do that, CfI.

I've never tried to hide the fact that we were prepping before. Yeah, I know we're supposed to, but the lack of storage space around here makes it impossible to hide the amount of stuff we have. We're prepping for our large family. Anyway, it's never bothered me before now, but with events unwinding as they have, I am somewhat seriously questioning if we are in the last days. Don't know yet, but questioning. Added to that is that one of my children has a friend who has come over some who is very liberal and voting for someone who tends toward Marxism/socialism. This concerns me in that not only has she stated that she knows where to come when things get bad, but having those tendencies I just noted, I fear that she will be willing to turn us in if/when things get to that point.
 
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xtreme_right

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Deena. I don't openly prep since i'm married to a DGI. Some food is hidden, but alot is out in the open also. We put in floor to ceiling adjustable shelves in the laundry room for all to see. After reading the post about door knocking already beginning, I shuffled alot of stuff around. I had large, less frequently used cookware in the top cabinets that are hard to reach. I swapped them out and put them in the open pantry and crammed the top cabinets with food. I'm selective in what I stash and what I keep out in the open. If it's in large packaging, something considered especially delectable after a few days without food, or just too large a quantity, I will try my best to get it out of sight. Oh, how I wish my DH was on board. I could have so much more put away by now!

I almost forgot. My answer to anyone now that might be nosy enough to wonder why I don't keep as much food as before. Our little town is doing a "stuff the bus" as a project for one of the high school classes. They are asking the community to send food and supplies and they are going to take it down to one of the towns ravaged by hurricane ike. I sent ALOT with them! wink!

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Christian for Israel

Christian for Israel

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deena, in most of the country it is legal to open carry a rifle slung on your back on your own property. get into the habit of walking around your property a couple times a day with your rifle slung. believe me, anyone watching you stock up will also notice and take note of you during these walks. if they know you are armed it decreases the chance they'll come to you for food after TSHTF.
 
Tiamat214

Tiamat214

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bobpick said:
We ordered a year's supply of food from Emergency Essentials and the DRIVER asked us why we needed the food. I told them that we have elderly neighbors without family, and this area has lost power for up to 8 days in the winter. That worked for him. We needed to feed them and ourselves. Obviously, not entirely accurate.
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And just what concern of the drivers is it???? How about just deliver it and dont you worry about it. But of course that response will get you turned in to the DHS goon squad. So your response is the best one. Good going. :)
 
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hammerhead

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I agree with bobpick and tiamat214.

When explaining full pantries, I explain that buying in bulk in advance allows me to ONLY buy things when they are on a good sale, helping my budget.

I also use the "power outage for a week in a winter ice storm" scenario, as everyone seems to accept that as a "side benefit" of stocking up.
 
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