Bushmills & Drambuie for the vitamins and to keep your platelets from sticking together. Wine for the resveratrol. Almost a complete survival program!just laid in supply of Bushmills and about to get some cases of wine
Bushmills & Drambuie for the vitamins and to keep your platelets from sticking together. Wine for the resveratrol. Almost a complete survival program!just laid in supply of Bushmills and about to get some cases of wine
At least somebody gets a chance. I hope that happens to all of us prepped. I pray we never need it and can just live from day to day. But the Piper will be paid. Hope the young couple never need it. How did they find what they had and was it still stocked??I had a close friend, now deceased, who was a prepper deluxe. He had a 20 ft long bunker installed 20 feet under the ground. It was made for nuclear attack with air filtration system. He had a quanset hut built over it. It was stocked with dehydrated food enough to last at least a year I think. He had three 3000 gallon storage tanks filled with water. He had solar power, weapons, medical supplies etc etc etc. Everything you can imagine to be prepared for whatever happened. I saw his set up and it was amazing. It took him several years and lots of money to build. Then one year after completion he had a massive stroke went to a nursing home and died 2 years later. His property was sold to a young couple that had no real idea the magnitude of what they were getting.
Sometimes I think that with us getting older that maybe ultimately our preps could be used for others. Maybe kind of Polly Annaish on my part, but thats what i think after what happened to my friend.
Praying for you Genevieve.I'm having cancer surgery thursday morning. After that I have other things to worry about.
I'm topped off preps wise ( fuel, food, water, meds, first aid, security)
Do need to buy more fenbendazole and more seeds for sprouts
Otherwise, I'll be taking it day by day and do my best to survive whatever is thrown at me.
I don't give a ...hoot about a lot of things anymore
Dang, but I’d be thrilled if we had years more or relative normalcy & thus time more to prep before the end.I was perusing the thread, "The world is preparing for an apocalyptic future" (Hat tip to Blacknarwahl)
If you believe that BIG BAD things are possible to probable in, say, the next five years -
I was friends with the realtor as well. He said it was still stocked with everything. During the covid lockdown, I wondered if they had to dip into any of the supplies. The family member that put it up for sale didn't care about any of it. So that's why everything was sold as he left it. The property was listed with non disclosure of the location. Buyers were vetted before shown the place. They appreciated that so they could maintain their privacy.At least somebody gets a chance. I hope that happens to all of us prepped. I pray we never need it and can just live from day to day. But the Piper will be paid. Hope the young couple never need it. How did they find what they had and was it still stocked??
The Lord obviously had plans for you. If you have a kid at 99 (like Abraham) I will definitely be keeping a close eye on you!! By the way, how old were you when you scooted on the pavement. That is a road rash event!!!At my age, I'm simply trusting God. I wonder every day why I did not die 74 years ago, when I fell from a speeding car into the middle of a busy highway. In the meantime, I'm eating (though watching my waist), drinking (well not really), and making merry (as best I can).
Hey, my Mom is the same model is you. That is so totally cool. And I'm not being snarky. My husband and I love those model years. Anything too much later and ... well ... the upkeep gets a tad on the onerous side. There are exceptions of course but I've found people from the 40's are just plain too interesting for words.I bake award winning bread. No kidding. I've run a shooting range for the state, repaired WWII german and u.s. full autos for collectors. Built m2's, m240's and m249's for "contractors" working for state, learned how to fight from a guy named Charley, and know a thing or two about gardening. What I don't know about food preservation, Mrs. G knows well.
Physically, I'd be a sad joke on a battlefield. If need be, the bad guys would be in serious trouble at 500 yards out. Close in i'm no good. Age and serious physical problems have taken a toll.
I do make great sandwiches and coffee for the home team.
Stuff is labeled and stacked deep. I'm a 1947 model and parts are falling off. Mrs. G and I will keep on going until we have to go home.
Best we can do.
(Note: Only excerpted the actionable questions)what are YOU DOing about it?
what are you doing besides typing and talking about it?
I had a close friend, now deceased, who was a prepper deluxe. He had a 20 ft long bunker installed 20 feet under the ground. It was made for nuclear attack with air filtration system. He had a quanset hut built over it. It was stocked with dehydrated food enough to last at least a year I think. He had three 3000 gallon storage tanks filled with water. He had solar power, weapons, medical supplies etc etc etc. Everything you can imagine to be prepared for whatever happened. I saw his set up and it was amazing. It took him several years and lots of money to build. Then one year after completion he had a massive stroke went to a nursing home and died 2 years later. His property was sold to a young couple that had no real idea the magnitude of what they were getting.
Sometimes I think that with us getting older that maybe ultimately our preps could be used for others. Maybe kind of Polly Annaish on my part, but thats what i think after what happened to my friend.
A solar-charged battery pack with USB power outlets would allow using those fans indefinitely. Plus such commercially-available battery packs can run CPAP machines, radios or other light load devices. I've seen one that a buddy uses that can power his RV overnight, including the AC.
It has enough power to run our well, 220v 400ft+ deep. That requires the expansion pack battery and two solar panels, but for a TSHTF power system it could work for a year or two. A lot longer than our generator will, since propane won't be coming if TSHTF. That's enough time to put in the hydraulic ram water system I've got plans and materials for, after the TSHTF panic dies down of course.
Hopium. LOTS of Hopium...
Been prepped for years and now my soul is black with disgust for anything to do with the middle to far left all is left is to waitI was perusing the thread, "The world is preparing for an apocalyptic future" (Hat tip to Blacknarwahl) and got to thinking....
If you believe that BIG BAD things are possible to probable in, say, the next five years - what are YOU DOing about it? Of all the potential scenarios: WWIII, real pandemic, devastating cyber attack, economic collapse - none of them are even close in catastrophic terms to the disaster around Katrina or Covid - all would be MUCH worse, widespread, and long lasting.
So if you think it is a possibility (I do) what are you doing besides typing and talking about it? IMHO, 6 months worth of My Patriot Supply and an AR15 are not gonna be enough - not even close.
What say you?
(Note: Only excerpted the actionable questions)
I always awe and marvel at the fact that we live in the information age and all of us are starving for information. Information has never been cheaper and more accessible and we all come up empty.
"Doing" is my thing, it's what I do, which is why you don't see me post much.
As I am starving for information, I am as fast as I can ("doing") seeing to it that as many audio books as I can create are being created so that I can more efficiently educate people that I personally know and also learn new things for myself along the way. This prevents me from becoming a personal "information island". Everything I create is free and in the public domain.
The pen is mightier than the sword, they say. That makes information more important than guns. Don't think I haven't covered that one though, but be sure that I am prioritizing information just as much as I am prioritizing any other prep item while I am "DOing" what I am "doing about it" instead of just simply typing and conversing. If people feel they lack information, I can honestly say I did the most I could do to rectify the situation.
On the surface, I _have_ been accused of prioritizing information the most out of any other prep item.
I've been accused of worse. :-)
I was perusing the thread, "The world is preparing for an apocalyptic future" (Hat tip to Blacknarwahl) and got to thinking....
If you believe that BIG BAD things are possible to probable in, say, the next five years - what are YOU DOing about it? Of all the potential scenarios: WWIII, real pandemic, devastating cyber attack, economic collapse - none of them are even close in catastrophic terms to the disaster around Katrina or Covid - all would be MUCH worse, widespread, and long lasting.
So if you think it is a possibility (I do) what are you doing besides typing and talking about it? IMHO, 6 months worth of My Patriot Supply and an AR15 are not gonna be enough - not even close.
What say you?
Same here. We're physically prepared to the hilt because of Y2K and because we can afford it. Many can't and I believe God will make sure their bread and water is sure (Isaiah 33). And staying connected to our LORD thru the Bible, prayer and fellowship is our major prep. Here' an old quote from y2k days still true as ever:Trying to make sure as many as possible make heaven their home.
I'm a bit older than Mongo, and today my wife and I took a 6 mile hike - me with my large rucksack, loaded to about 35 lbs. and her backpack loaded with about 10 pounds. Trying to do that a minimum of once per week, mostly on flat ground now, but come summer, we'll move to more rugged terrain. We do about all the other stuff most preppers do (you know, like stocking up non-perishables, gardening, bangsticks & food for 'em, wood stove & a supply of wood, 12-volt solar, batteries etc.) I split all my firewood myself with my Gransfors Bruk splitting axe.
The only major thing that we're still trying to work out is a renewable water supply. And that's a major concern for me. Currently no stream or lake close by, and since we live currently on the outskirts of a small town (within city limits), we can only have city water, and we can't "legally" drill a well. No professional driller will violate the city ordinance to drill here. Sand point won't work, since it's layered limestone rock about 3 feet down here, and I'm trying to figure out a way to drill a well through that rock myself, quietly and out-of-sight, as a sand-point tip will just destroy itself when it comes in contact with that kind of rock. So for now, it's storing up LOTS of water in old juice containers and 5 gal water juggs we've picked up over time.
We have a limited rain barrel system (five 55-gal barrels set up), and I suppose we could use that for a lot of our needs should the grid go down, but I don't like to rely completely on that, especially in dry spells.
If anyone has ideas on how to drill a well (by yourself) through limestone, please let me know. All I've got experience with is sand point wells.
Waiting until the last minute and running out and buying bread and milk.I was perusing the thread, "The world is preparing for an apocalyptic future" (Hat tip to Blacknarwahl) and got to thinking....
If you believe that BIG BAD things are possible to probable in, say, the next five years - what are YOU DOing about it? Of all the potential scenarios: WWIII, real pandemic, devastating cyber attack, economic collapse - none of them are even close in catastrophic terms to the disaster around Katrina or Covid - all would be MUCH worse, widespread, and long lasting.
So if you think it is a possibility (I do) what are you doing besides typing and talking about it? IMHO, 6 months worth of My Patriot Supply and an AR15 are not gonna be enough - not even close.
What say you?
I'm a bit older than Mongo, and today my wife and I took a 6 mile hike - me with my large rucksack, loaded to about 35 lbs. and her backpack loaded with about 10 pounds. Trying to do that a minimum of once per week, mostly on flat ground now, but come summer, we'll move to more rugged terrain. We do about all the other stuff most preppers do (you know, like stocking up non-perishables, gardening, bangsticks & food for 'em, wood stove & a supply of wood, 12-volt solar, batteries etc.) I split all my firewood myself with my Gransfors Bruk splitting axe.
The only major thing that we're still trying to work out is a renewable water supply. And that's a major concern for me. Currently no stream or lake close by, and since we live currently on the outskirts of a small town (within city limits), we can only have city water, and we can't "legally" drill a well. No professional driller will violate the city ordinance to drill here. Sand point won't work, since it's layered limestone rock about 3 feet down here, and I'm trying to figure out a way to drill a well through that rock myself, quietly and out-of-sight, as a sand-point tip will just destroy itself when it comes in contact with that kind of rock. So for now, it's storing up LOTS of water in old juice containers and 5 gal water juggs we've picked up over time.
We have a limited rain barrel system (five 55-gal barrels set up), and I suppose we could use that for a lot of our needs should the grid go down, but I don't like to rely completely on that, especially in dry spells.
If anyone has ideas on how to drill a well (by yourself) through limestone, please let me know. All I've got experience with is sand point wells.
ExactlyTrying to make sure as many as possible make heaven their home.
Same here. We're physically prepared to the hilt because of Y2K and because we can afford it. Many can't and I believe God will make sure their bread and water is sure (Isaiah 33). And staying connected to our LORD thru the Bible, prayer and fellowship is our major prep. Here' an old quote from y2k days still true as ever:
"If you're not prepared to die, then you're not prepared."
Wow.....we're a bunch of old farts aren't we? Just turned 69 and DW is 71.....
This is an AWESOME post...I have working on getting into better shape...a bicycle has shown up in my life ..lets just say that there are leg muscles that have not been used in a long time ..so getting into much better shape is my main goal right now .
Waiting until the last minute and running out and buying bread and milk.