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Preppers don't look so silly now.
March 31, 2020 at 7:49 am
Do they?
The thing is - I expect things are going to get a whole lot worse for some people. Being forced to stay home really is just an inconvenience.
Wait till the spring storms knock the power out too. Or the city water supply.
Then what?
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Power went out briefly here yesterday. No big deal. I have backup power - a battery bank, inverter and 2 generators.
Being prepared for emergencies isn't paranoid - it's a recognition of reality.
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RE: Preppers don't look so silly now.
March 31, 2020 at 8:02 am
A generator is the one thing I haven’t got in my stash yet. I do Have an array of deep cycle boat batteries and inverters that I can charge with our vehicles if necessary
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RE: Preppers don't look so silly now.
March 31, 2020 at 8:06 am
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Preppers still look silly. As silly as any consumer trend, anyway. Generators and batteries, lol. High dollar retail items that will work for..maybe, a week after the gas stations close and the lights go out. An old lawn mower will pull the same trick.
If people were "prepping" - rather than consuming - they'd realize that generator failure, rather than grid failure, is the real emergency. Alot more fun to buy a new toy at lowes than to dig or build cold storage, I suppose. Cheaper than PVs, too.
Strange irony, in that people who live in urban areas have already signed their bid for survival - and there's not really a credible way to "prep" for them...but we rurals have all sorts of opportunities that by and large no one wants to fuck with. Content in imagining that engaging in this society's main occupation is...somehow™...preparing them for it's collapse.
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RE: Preppers don't look so silly now.
March 31, 2020 at 8:17 am
(March 31, 2020 at 8:06 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Preppers still look silly. As silly as any consumer trend, anyway. Generators and batteries, lol. High dollar retail items that will work for..maybe, a week after the gas stations close and the lights go out. An old lawn mower will pull the same trick.
If people were "prepping" - rather than consuming - they'd realize that generator failure, rather than grid failure, is the real emergency.
I can tell you know nothing about what is involved.
I can go 6 months on my own power. And that is if I don't leave the farm to look for more gas.
My batteries will last for years. I use the same batteries as my cars - and they get replaced with new every couple of years. They are always kept charge by a solar panel. I have 200 amp chargers to quick charge them off the generator.
My water supply - I have gravity tanks (including a winter use tank - inside a heated garage) that I can fill from my well - so I don't even need to run the generator every day.
Any schmuck can shiver in the dark - hungry and cold.
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RE: Preppers don't look so silly now.
March 31, 2020 at 8:20 am
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"Leave the farm looking for gas"...lol. Sounds like the amount of ammo you have is more relevant than the amount of fuel.
You asked if preppers still look silly. I answered. Now I'm left wondering how many cans of prepper corn and 5.56 rounds a silly person would trade for a gallon of ethanol - or if it's just murder all the way down, lol.
-you know, I know what it is that I find so hilarious about prepping now. It's a combo between a living wake and a viking funeral. Pack a ship full of shit for the next life. More out of compulsion than practicality or need. It can make a person feel better in this one, even if it won't mean much in the next.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: Preppers don't look so silly now.
March 31, 2020 at 8:27 am
Prepping is like a religion. They both give you the warm and fuzzies. Nothing wrong with that. 
If the world's gone to shit to the point that you NEED 6 months worth of supplies, then it's probably safe to say that this world probably isn't worth living in anymore.
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RE: Preppers don't look so silly now.
March 31, 2020 at 8:29 am
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Maybe not, but you'd still be stuck living in it past the six. Fair bet that leveraging our consumer impulses towards more effective means -at that point-... would be "prepping". Otherwise, we're just looking to pick a few weeks of bones off the carcass of our dying civilization..and then what. Aggressive scavenging.
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RE: Preppers don't look so silly now.
March 31, 2020 at 8:31 am
Reminds me of the show , the last man on earth
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RE: Preppers don't look so silly now.
March 31, 2020 at 8:45 am
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(March 31, 2020 at 8:20 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: "Leave the farm looking for gas"...lol. Sounds like the amount of ammo you have is more relevant than the amount of fuel.
You asked if preppers still look silly. I answered. Now I'm left wondering how many cans of prepper corn and 5.56 rounds a silly person would trade for a gallon of ethanol - or if it's just murder all the way down, lol.
-you know, I know what it is that I find so hilarious about prepping now. It's a combo between a living wake and a viking funeral. Pack a ship full of shit for the next life. More out of compulsion than practicality or need. It can make a person feel better in this one, even if it won't mean much in the next.
I bet you don't know any Amish people - do you?
While I don't agree with their Luddite view of technology - I have learned a few things from them.
The Amish have a thing about keeping a year's supply of food on hand. (I got this from the father of an Amish family - over a dinner they invited me to join).. It's not out of paranoia - or fear of the end of the world - but out of practicality. He said "What is a man going to do if he breaks both legs falling off a ladder? How is he going to feed his family? Is he to beg from his neighbor? It's better to be ready as best you can for the future you can't see".
I found that to be an excellent attitude - and decided to embrace and expound on the philosophy.. Self reliance is a good thing.
(March 31, 2020 at 8:31 am)Ashwin39 Wrote: Reminds me of the show , the last man on earth
the first episode was fun. It went downhill after that..
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RE: Preppers don't look so silly now.
March 31, 2020 at 8:50 am
The last episode i saw was the one with will ferrell in it
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