Back atchya!
Posted on 09/18/2014 4:01:10 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Good article??
I will weigh in- LOL
A. want to be a “prepper” with tactical skills?
try spending a week in Chicago’s cabrini green-
or anywhere in New Orleans- most Dufus white people
will be eliminated
B. Want to be a prepper- bugging out to Canada?
So... which Canadian community is going to let you
move in ?- I spend my summers in Ontario- those
Canucks can easily deal with the liberal dummies
from the states.
C. Guess what a prepper really needs-?
A solid Faith in God
A solid Church- with caring community members
A support group- of friends and family
For the most part bugging out is a bad idea. Only the most extreme circumstances should move you from your home. That being said... It is good practice to keep up on skills that could save your life. Can you fix your own car? Patch a tire? Thaw frozen pipes? Purify water? Don’t forget the simple things.
While I am all for prepping I have to deal with the fact that my wife is not. She goes along with some things and rolls her eyes. I know for a fact I need to get out and exercise a lot more as I have put on 30 pounds in the last year since I now have a desk job. I’m pretty sure we have enough to hold us for a short time and then enough to get us to our alternate destination. After that it would be pretty rough.
Anyone else have difficulty getting your spouse on the prepping wagon?
Found my new tagline.
Anyway, survival is just a means to an end. My bugout supplies include raspberry pies (not edible) plus spare parts and portable power (solar plus battery). Granted I will get shot and maybe eaten, but I will get some code written before that.
The reality is......
.....I am so screwed.
"We don't have to kill animals. I get my meat from the store!"
The key is to create a SHTF scenario IN YOUR HOME.
Run your car into the local transformer. Cut the water and sewer pipes with a backhoe. Bust out all the windows. Hire an MS-13 gang to do a home invasion on your house.
Easy peasy.
I'm willing to cut my hair into a mohawk, ride around on tricked-out motorcycles, call myself Lord Humongous, and rule the wasteland.
Yes! My husband won’t entertain the idea one bit. Although, it’s probably because we are just trying to survive day by day as our financial situation is extremely difficult right now. We are moving towards self sufficiency and that alone means having a full larder every winter. We are a long way from that, but are way ahead of a few years ago. If we are willing to eat turtle meat we could live for years here!
He feels my desire to prepare for a crisis is a lack of faith in God as our provider.
The most important survival tool, by far, is your brain. Not panicking is the single most important thing one can do.
I’m lucky, living where I do I can be petty certain of e scenario I am peppering for (earthquake). Strictly going by ‘point of diminishing returns’ in my prepping. I’ll learn from those who expect and prep for a complete societal collapse, but getting by the two to three weeks after a big quake is my focus.
Great article!
Turtle meat? You must be in Georgia! I was stationed at Fort Gordon for a few years and every time I went fishing all I could catch were turtles.
As for us, we are a lot further along than we were years ago too. One of my adult kids is an advocate of prepping too so that helps.
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Bttt.
5.56mm
I’m too busted up to survive long term in chaos. I’m not sure of the point of my long term survival anyway.
Back atchya!
If you need another kludge hacker to help write the software and run the servers, I am available.
Dammit!
Might be helpful to point out to him that there was only one time the Lord just dropped food out of the sky; the rest of the time He has expected people to work, harvest, and save. Specifically the Proverbs woman is commended in Scripture for her diligence in taking care of her household and providing for her family, so your husband should grant that your worth is "far above rubies."
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