I thought election day was reserved for cleaning guns? That's what I'll be doing all day long...after I vote.
I plan to dirty them after I vote. Get away for a while.
I thought election day was reserved for cleaning guns? That's what I'll be doing all day long...after I vote.
This seems more like an Avon lady of prepper gear. Not a bad business model, just not sure it's for me.
EXACTLY . . . store what you eat & eat what you store
I'm not at all a fan of the freeze dried/dehydrated stuff. Its generally unappetizing and most people don't know how to prepare it properly. You are better off stocking up on canned goods that you can simply rotate into your regular pantry stock. Best off if you also can your own food, grown in your own garden (or even bought bulk). Its how our grandparents/great grandparents survived through the Great Depression. It works.
I've never tried the thrive brand foods. Wise and Mountain house are the only names I've used and I can only eat about half what they offer. Everything we prep is also used in our regular diet to make sure it suits the family.
We stock up on what we eat, but we also stock up on stuff that lasts longer. Just in case something happens that stops all the others from being viable.
We have MRE's as well as a few freeze dried items. This way if we must depend on stuff it is there. Same thing with the buckets of rice, beans, wheat etc.
We don't grind our own wheat just yet, but if it came down to it maybe we could get by a little longer with the non-ordinary stores until we could get a garden of sorts going.
We have loads of canned or bagged goods in the stores right now. We rotate often so we always have that extra time. Seeds are not plentiful but more are added often.
I agree with you completely about eating what you store and storing what you eat. Just seems some people are not at the stage where they can do that. Either from lack of space or lack of knowledge.
If you can't prep on supplies, prep on knowledge.
And lack of money...I know many people who only shop for the week...
Even only shopping for the week shouldn't mean you don't throw in an extra can of soup. If someone can't find a dollar a week to store extra food they need to re-evaluate their spending.
If they are serious about it, they will find the money.
Cut the top tier of your cable or satellite bill (or go free to air)
Don't go out to eat or the movies so often
Cut back on other habits like smoking, drinking etc
Put the dollar that you spend on a lottery ticket toward a can of soup
Don't buy that extra thousand rounds of ammo when you have no other preps
Stop buying gizmos, gadgets and goodies just for fun
Here is one that has saved me many dollars. If you have a mortgage or car payment then start paying weekly. You must do it each and every week. The five week months will be great for reducing your overall debt. Besides, by paying weekly you cover the interest fast and pay toward the principle more.
When I lost my job on June 1st we didn't have to make a house payment or truck payment at all. We had been doing this for a while before and as of today the house payment isn't due until July of next year and the truck isn't due until October of next year. If we get in a financial bind there is a lot of money sitting there each month for us. As long as we keep this up we will have them both paid off in record time.
Sometimes prepping is easy, if you really start thinking about it.
For our college aged preppers up thread:
Kroger has 11 for $10 15oz. Spaghetti-Os with a kroger card. Is it the greatest food, no, but it's a meal for less than a buck. Add to that a 24pk of 16.9oz bottled H2O for $3.50, and for less than the price of 3 meals at the golden arches, you've got a good start. Rotate and add to as you can.
At least you can eat spaghetti-os cold.
You can, or you could heat it right in the can over any number of heat generating items.
Gave you a rep point for this post...you are 100 percent correct.
I honestly feel that this type of thinking should be a sticky item. There are so many people out there that are just beyond the grasp.
So many people worry about the guns and ammo part of prepping that they forget all the little emergencies that crop up before the end of the world.
Wont get rich but being a little self sufficient goes a long way.
I just had a very serious talk with a family member about this subject. He's living in jersey and has no food, heat, power or water. He's pissed that he doesn't have these things and posted it on his FB status. He's got 2 $10k motorcycles in the garage, a new truck and the nicest clothes money can buy. Entitled to everything evidently. I told him to spend 10 bucks a week for the next 6 months on propane tanks, water, storage food, a kerosene heater and fuel. He got all pissy and said he's not some nutter waiting for the end of the world. He didn't like my answer, "no, you're not, those people are warm, dry, well fed and helping their neighbors who didn't prepare."
3 DAYS after the storm, people are already getting edgy and they have bus service and a government giving out mres and water.
Exasperation builds on Day 3 in storm-stricken NYC - Yahoo! News
Many people think that guns can get them everything else they need. Unfortunately the risk associated with that line of thinking is pretty weighty. It only takes one prepared person to end that line of thinking.
Hope for the best and prepare for the worst. It's all we can do. Tonight was "Brinner", we had eggs, sausage and chocolate chip pancakes. The pancakes were made from Bisquick that was about to expire. The sausage is a deep freeze GFS item that I keep in the bottom of the freezer and I used powdered milk since the milk in the fridge had spoiled (2 days before sell by date!)
It's nice to have options. With our new budget plan, we are tightening our belts and putting back more money in both savings, tangibles and preps. Cable is gone, Car trips are limited, eating out is all but gone. Credit cards are all in the safe except for a single emergency one in the wallets. Our biggest enemy is debt, both personal and as a country. We must overcome it or fall on our own sword.
Consumption in fuel is down 20%, food is down 30% and entertainment is down 60%. It's amazing how much better the family functions when the distractions are pulled away. We camp, hike and work on the house together. The family unit is stronger and we get along better. Now if I could just pry those darn nintendo's out of the kids hands on the weekends, we'd be home free.