[Wneighbor]

There are quite a few of those kind in the small towns. It's hard to figure out why they don't move away to the big cities.

A shorter line at the food hand-out office? and other things like that?

I hide my preserving and all that I can from the neighbors. They see my greenhouse and garden and think I'm a dopey hippy-type who can't be growing much cause it's not in a plot in rows. And I've got plants that give me food that they aren't familiar with so they think I'm just growing lots of "pretties." LOL - I grow pretties that I like also, helps fool 'em and I like 'em. But, 99% of what I grow I get something out of.

Biggest thing I worry about is that they know we've got guns. They don't have a clue as to how many but to them, more than 1 is lots. ~sigh~ Wish that could have been avoided. OTOH - it was discovered when somebody popped up to an open window one night while I was up reading. I almost shot the neighbor woman. Now everyone in the neighborhood knows. gees.......

[familyop]

"Biggest thing I worry about is that they know we've got guns. They don't have a clue as to how many but to them, more than 1 is lots. ~sigh~ Wish that could have been avoided. OTOH - it was discovered when somebody popped up to an open window one night while I was up reading. I almost shot the neighbor woman. Now everyone in the neighborhood knows. gees......."

Get a safe for those, have one built, or build one. If you're in a trailer house or something like that, consider securing it with concrete in the ground (sleeved through the floor). It can be quite a project but can also be well worthwhile. Let the neighbors think that it's going to be some kind of greenie heat storage/exchanger tank (something that I play with). Avoid the flimsy firearms safes at the sporting goods stores.