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Prepping for the Financially Challenged: A One Month Survival Plan For Under $300
The SHTF Plan ^ | 3-12-2012 | Tom Chatham

Posted on 03/12/2012 11:27:17 PM PDT by blam

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To: Vendome

Huh?


41 posted on 03/13/2012 9:34:24 AM PDT by MachIV
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To: blam

bfl


42 posted on 03/13/2012 9:48:46 AM PDT by jusduat (on the mercy of the Lord alone.)
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To: AlexW
when America falls, you think you're safe in the Phillipines?.....kidding right?.....the muzzies are already active....

where are your children?...grandchildren?..nieces?...nephews?....where are your brothers or sisters?....

there is NO one you care enough for to stay and fight?....

there's a word....either you're a person with no family nor friends to care about and love or you're something else...

don't understand why you keep posting if you have no skin in the game....

43 posted on 03/13/2012 9:57:04 AM PDT by cherry
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To: AlexW

and your silly govt pension will pretty much dry up as well as your health benefits.....those with armaments will at least die as patriots....


44 posted on 03/13/2012 9:59:19 AM PDT by cherry
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To: darth
I've seen the plans for rockets stoves....crisis or not, a portable one would be nice when out camping....

anyone know which is the best to buy?.....there are several varieties...

45 posted on 03/13/2012 10:03:34 AM PDT by cherry
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To: MachIV

he’s not a troller...he’s been here plenty....but I don’t understand why....LOL


46 posted on 03/13/2012 10:07:43 AM PDT by cherry
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To: blam

Depends to a certain extent on whether the chain saw was running at the time.


47 posted on 03/13/2012 10:36:28 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Pollster1
...how many 2,000 calorie days of food they have, since that's about what an average person needs.

There are a lot of people (including myself, unfortunately) who would be able to get along well on much less than 2,000 calories per day for an extended period of time, if need be.

48 posted on 03/13/2012 10:41:27 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: cherry
I'm planning to build my own, simnple design and can be easily transported when its insulating material is emptied out.

Ammo Can Rocket Stove

49 posted on 03/13/2012 10:51:49 AM PDT by Kolb (Compone Accomoda Supera)
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To: DuncanWaring
There are a lot of people (including myself, unfortunately) who would be able to get along well on much less than 2,000 calories per day for an extended period of time, if need be.

True. The 2,000 calorie day is still a useful unit for counting how much food you have. I could go on short rations if necessary, but I don't think I would take my family down that road in the first 30 days of an TEOTWAWKI event. I'd rather be at full strength and maximum energy until things stabilize. After that, losing 5-10 pounds of body weight and conserving rations for the first year sounds like a good plan. If you eat less and prefer 1,500 or 1,200 calories per day for figuring, that makes sense too.

50 posted on 03/13/2012 10:57:48 AM PDT by Pollster1 (Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
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To: MachIV

You said “chunk” twice in yer post and I thought it funny.


51 posted on 03/13/2012 1:02:21 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: darth

Heck, I am on Viagra for it’s original purposes.

The side effect is a bonus, shall we say ....

In my main short term kit is a weeks worth of antibiotics, and a small bottle of probably the best general sterilizer ever devised. Also carry two phials of adrenaline and a syringe. Well, you never know, right?


52 posted on 03/13/2012 1:09:11 PM PDT by EnglishCon (Gingrich/Santorum 2012.)
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To: Kartographer; All

Thanks for the ping! I’m really taking an interest into the whole prepping thing but have one big question. I have to take thyroid replacement medication because I don’t have a thyroid anymore. I can only get a month’s prescription at a time. Is there anyway to stock up on that stuff without a script? Otherwise I may as well mail it in when TSHTF.


53 posted on 03/13/2012 4:08:03 PM PDT by creeping death
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To: creeping death

Some of the suggestion I’ve seen is buy from a Canadian pharmacy. Tell your doctor you are going on an extended overseas trip and get him to write a 60 supply or be honest with him and tell him you would just like to have extra on hand in case something happens and you can’t get to the pharmacy.


54 posted on 03/13/2012 4:19:27 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: creeping death

Some of the suggestion I’ve seen is buy from a Canadian pharmacy. Tell your doctor you are going on an extended overseas trip and get him to write a 60 supply or be honest with him and tell him you would just like to have extra on hand in case something happens and you can’t get to the pharmacy.


55 posted on 03/13/2012 4:19:46 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Kartographer

Never thought of the Canadian pharmacy end. Of course, my dr. may understand the situation and give me some leeway stock.

Thanks!


56 posted on 03/13/2012 4:46:55 PM PDT by creeping death
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To: cherry

“when America falls, you think you’re safe in the Phillipines?.....kidding right?.....the muzzies are already active....
where are your children?...grandchildren?..nieces?...nephews?....where are your brothers or sisters?....
there is NO one you care enough for to stay and fight?....
______________________________________________________

I am a senior citizen, but have a child here with me.
My two brothers are also international travelers, with one having an apartment in Paris.
That is the extent of my family.

As for Muzies, in my three years here, I have yet to see a Muzzie, although I acknowledge their autonomous area in Eastern Mindanao.
There are probably just as many Muzzies in Detroit.

If you think you are going to beat off the Communist with your gun, you are whistling in your britches.
You will become just like the residents of the old Soviet Union, or central/east Europe.
They will take your gun, slap you silly, and tell you to shut up and sit down.

I prefer to live in freedom, as the founding fathers envisioned.
Using your logic, they were also traitors to their countries.

As I have said to other “dog in a manger” pseudo FReepers in the past:
I did not leave America. America left me.
To fight it, you will be fighting your own.

,


57 posted on 03/13/2012 6:59:44 PM PDT by AlexW
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To: blam

later


58 posted on 03/13/2012 7:05:27 PM PDT by truth_seeker
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To: blam; WmShirerAdmirer; lilycicero; MaryLou1; glock rocks; JPG; Monkey Face; RIghtwardHo; ...

I do not think I have ever pinged this type thread before, nor is it likely I will again. Enjoy!


59 posted on 03/13/2012 7:14:37 PM PDT by narses
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To: gleeaikin

Brussel sprouts. Broccoli. Jello.

You will not run out.


60 posted on 03/13/2012 7:19:49 PM PDT by ladyjane
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