“We started stocking up 2 weeks ago. We went back this past weekend and shelves where I had taken 2 items and left 3 were full again.”
I started a full 5 weeks ago, and I’m still buying stuff daily. Talk about lucky - to have this long to prep! Anyway, 90% of what I bought, I’ll almost certainly use...so it’s just pushing things forward a bit - so I don’t have to deal with the ‘sorry, no parts (or replacements) available’ crap.
We’re going to get valves for the potties tomorrow. The ones in the potties and the ones on the wall connecting the potties to the water supply. If one of those goes out...it would be ugly...
Same here: rubber gloves - painting projects, yard work etc., face shield - pressure washing, grinding, cutting, masks - yard work, cleaning, sanding painting, food- eat it. Toilet paper - use it. :-)
I’m making a list of all things China that we’ll need over the next year or so. Its a lot. Bought a chest freezer from wallie world because we’ve been wanting one for a few years now. I built a smoker a little over a year ago and want to buy Boston Butts and other meats to smoke when their on sale. Will be stocking up on auto parts and getting tires. We’re wanting a new cell phone because we have the untrustworthy china brand, ZTE. Can’t think of any other electronics we need. Just bought a new TV and streaming box last year. Need a new push mower and weed wacker.
I’ve been a bit of a prepper going on 15 years but have been slacking the past few years so I’m using this situation as a reason to get caught up on my preps. Don’t have to worry about things like bug out bags. We bugged out from FL and moved to the rural Ozarks seven years ago. I’d been wanting a decent sized piece of land for a long time and would never be able to afford it in FL. My mo-in-law bought 5 acres up in rural North FL for $60k. We got 15 acres out here for $40k which is high for this area but it’s a decent property for this area too. Gotta get that garden going. Skipped last year. Nice flat spot with 12” of top soil, very few rocks and the soil type is considered clayey loam and prime farmland soil. Southern exposure on that part. Pretty rare for the Ozarks. 1000ft of frontage, electric & phone on the road. We’re also real close to the big phone junction box so we get dsl as fast as being downtown. We spent two years looking for land. Some would have cost $15k to bring power in. Just wish I did all this 30 years earlier. I was too busy being single and having fun. Now I’m prepping for retirement on social security.