“Not Going To Happen To Me Again” – Prepping Goes Mainstream In Post-COVID Era

Zubu Brothers ^ | 2-12-2022

[blam]

I think I became a prepper during the Y2K period, 1999.

I don't think things are so out-of-hand presently. I've been able to buy all the food I want just not exactly what I prefer...sometimes.

[griswold3]

My problem during this was getting canning lids. My order from Lehman’s came yesterday.

[mikelets456]

My friends all used to mock me for simple prepping. Now they act as if I’m some genius…”ummm, guys you should always be prepared” I would tell them. However, the media and leftists dumbed down the masses because they despise people making decisions on their own without government. So the media, (Pravda) in typical fashion baselessly slandered us. I now do and support everything that the media slanders. Makes research a lot easier..

[ChildOfThe60s]

The government and Homeland Security are already demonizing anyone who prepares a little bit as a hoarder. Maybe even dropping hints (in my opinion) that they will forcibly take goods away from people under the claim that they are hoarders

Everyone is becoming an enemy of the state, according to the state. There’s a certain irony here because the numb nuts on the left think that when everything goes sideways the government’s going to get rid of all of us and they’re going to be sitting in the catbird seat.

[rellic]

I started prior to Y2K.
Actually when Clinton was elected.
I now live in a state subject to more kinds of natural disasters than any other state and we are very isolated;
Hawaii.
Added to that we are run by Democrats, so add government to that mix of threats.
We all prep here, I raise cattle, garden, stash food away, mill my own flour for bread,
live on rain catchment, have solar, I could go on and on.
Bottom line is that you need to prepare, it is your responsibility, and the government is NOT your friend. They cannot help. They won’t help.
It is just you and your community when SHTF.

[cherry]

my pantry is messy and over stocked....I try to organize it but I have to fit things where they will fit....

two questions....

are hand held ham radios of any value?

what is the BEST and easiest gas can to buy? my husband hates the spouts.

[cherry]

apparently Amazon has lids but I think some are off brand....

here's the thing....its almost makes more sense to buy a whole dozen of jars with new bands and lids then to just buy the scarce lids....

[metmom]

Prepping is become mainstream and not as much “fringe” as it was perceived just a few years ago. This is a symptom of people losing trust in government and corporations. The evolution of thought for consumers is to break away from the matrix, buy land in a rural community with a decent internet connection and grow food and hunt.

You don’t say……🙄

[DuncanWaring]

Ping.

[metmom]

Wal-Mart has been well stocked with canning lids lately.

So am I now.

[DuncanWaring]

Buy any can.

Then buy working spouts:

https://www.amazon.com/replacement-gas-can-spout/s?k=replacement+gas+can+spout

[M Kehoe]

I’ve been a prepper since my first serious hurricane in 1962.

5.56mm

[SaxxonWoods]

Valentine Card selection at the grocery was pitiful.
*Sobs*

[Billthedrill]

I dunno, I was enjoying cultivating a reputation for being a nutcase prepper with a recipe for human livers. And no, not fava beans. Only a crazy person would eat fava beans.

My advice: (1) find a location where being an antisocial MAGA-hat-wearing psychopath with a basement full of food, guns, and ammunition is normal, and (2) move there. It worked for me.

[blam]

"what is the BEST and easiest gas can to buy? my husband hates the spouts. "

Buy the old type at yard sales.

I converted to propane for my electrical generators. I used propane this year that I had bought for Y2K, lasts forever...gasoline does not.

[Pollard]

Tattler Reusable Canning Lids

https://www.reusablecanninglids.com/

[griswold3]

You’re right at today’s prices. I have plenty of jars so….

[griswold3]

I’ve seen those but I’m Leary. Never used them before: ???

[Roman_War_Criminal]

Folks used to laugh at us for doing this or even talking about it.

[Pollard]

I have the above gurgling style but put vents on the top, back behind the handle that I got from mryellowcap on ebay. That makes them flow free.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1313&_nkw=Blitz+Gas+Can&_sacat=0

New Old Stock Blitz brand cans plus the vent caps. You can also buy nozzles plus nozzle caps and vent caps together. One thing to keep in mind is that the threads are not all the same BUT the blitz nozzle will fit through most threaded pieces. Good for retrofitting new gas cans that are even worse than the gurgling style.

For my little tractor, I let it gurgle because it's just the right speed for the fine screen in the fuel tank.

For my chain saw and other small two stroke items, I use this type of can which originally came with the vents.

Works good because those chain saw fuel tanks are small and easy to overfill but you can use your thumb over the vent as a flow regulator and pretty much shut the flow down when it's full. Then tilt the gas can back.