[greeneyes]

Well I grew up in the Ozark Mountains (really just hills LOL), and it is just a way of life. One that I enjoy. We had all this stuff already before “prepping” was a common term.

When people start acting like the world has ended, just because there’s no electricity, I just kinda think, well for most of man’s recorded history we didn’t have electricity so what’s the big deal.

When I was really young, we didn’t even have a refrigerator or freezer. There was no TV, Computer’s, and a lot of people didn’t have phones-and by the way, the ones that did have phones-well they weren’t smart-they were dumb!LOL

[yorkiemom]

Well I grew up in the Ozark Mountains (really just hills LOL), and it is just a way of life. One that I enjoy. We had all this stuff already before “prepping” was a common term.

Awww, lucky you! That is what I aspire to. I was born to a mother that loved malls, city social life, didn't want to get dirty, and expected her girls to be just like her. Took me years to figure out I was a mountain/country/rural person.

Yes, interesting that people survived without very much for a long time - and now we expect instant gratification on the smallest things. I guess that's why I gravitate to a simple life - even a power outage at the cabin just brings me back to simplicity, using the oil lamps, going to bed early, and I'm strangely more content when that happens. But slowly 'evolve' back to normal life when the power is back on. But at least my cell phone is limited - I can only make calls with it, LOL! And I don't even turn it on half the time because it just wears down the battery. I guess I'm quietly rebelling...