Posted on 03/09/2014 4:46:47 PM PDT by Kartographer
It’s no secret that the U.S. government is in serious fiscal trouble. So much so that our Treasury Secretary recently noted that should the debt ceiling fail to be increased, the fall-out would be “catastrophic” and last for generations.
Given that sobering report, consider that everything in America, from food to fuel, is subsidized in one way or another. Those subsidies are being paid with ever-increasing debt. It is inevitable that at some point the world’s reserve currency, the US dollar, will be wiped out. The trigger for such an event is irrelevant. What is relevant, is how average Americans will be affected when that day comes.
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Marcella, do you recommend a brand of wet wipes? I seem to buy the sort that dry up on me. What is the quantity you would recommend to store per person and for how long.
Also, if the plumbing is working, would these clog up the drains.
Thank-you.
Have you actually tried Vienna sausages lately? They are so gross.
I hope you don’t flush the wipes. They are NOT kind to your plumbing. Some municipalities are having a terrible time with their sewage systems because of wipes.
Your income will take a necessary 25% pay cut to keep your job in this bad economy. “You should be grateful, some people are still looking for work”
Do not flush the wipes. Ruins plumbing.
“I hope you don’t flush the wipes.”
I did research about this before I bought. There are two kinds of wipes. The ones for adults ARE flushable with no problem. People are buying “baby wipes” and those are NOT flushable and they are trying to flush them and messing up their plumbing.
Women were selling their bodies to feed their children - not for precious metals. A can of beans bought you fifteen minutes with a woman.
Gold Bullion doesn't make good soup.
we traded things, black market worked, few examples: for 1 corned beef can you could have woman for couple of hours(sounds bad, but it was reality) i remember, most of that womans were just desperate mothers, candles, lighters,antibiotics,fuel,batteries, rifle ammo and of course food, we fight like animals for that.
I wrote an article on these wipes and I'll find that and post it. No, I won't do that - I'll just look those up on the Walmart website to get the latest price and the right name and post that. It is the Walmart brand of wet wipes for adults, not the baby ones as they are not flushable - don't get the baby ones. I wonder how long ago you bought the ones that dried up? The packages look different now than some I stuck in the car some years ago. Those dried out and I don't remember the brand of those.
Now, figuring the number to get, we have to think in terms of a long term emergency and how we are going to adjust our living due to being in an emergency situation. I don't know if potties will work or not, but in case they do, we want the flushable kind that don't screw up the plumbing.
Now, can we talk? This is talk about personal body habits but we are all alike and our bodies work the same so it's no big deal for me to talk about it. Besides, I was an EMT and I've seen the parts of numerous bodies and I can tell you males are like males and women are like women and it isn't going to change and we might as well get used to knowing about bodies. I am exempting homosexuals with changed body parts as I haven't seen those manufactured parts - yet. :o)
I'll throw a curve in here and say buy some boxes of cheapest tissues (like Kleenex but cheap ones). There are cheap Walmart boxes of 500 tissues each. That's a lot of tissues - buy two or three or four boxes for women in the house in time of emergency. When a woman urinates, use a tissue to blot and throw it away in the trash, don't put it in the potty if the plumbing is working. I just saved a more expensive wet wipe - just use a tissue and that does the job for urination.
Now, we are left with bowel movements for both sexes. What I did is figure how many times a person might have a bowel movement in one day and this person isn't sick with diarrhea. I live by myself but could have three more people here in an emergency, so I guessed how many a person might need. In your case, you know for yourself and maybe you have to ask your family members how many times they go. Then, you have the normal amount for a day. Multiply by 31 to be sure you have enough for the months that have 31 days. Now you know how many for a month and multiply that by 12 and you have the amount for a year for the number of people in the house. Then, add some more to have in case someone has diarrhea from any cause. Of course, lower the number of months to multiply if you aren't storing for 12 months.
You can flush these wet wipes - remember, you cannot flush the baby wipes.
Let me go to Walmart on the web and find the wet wipes I got, plus the Walmart tissue (like Kleenex) I got. I'll come back and post that.
Show me a time in 6000 years there wasn’t someone who didn’t have gold lust? There are many who would sell their country, their family and their God for a bit of it. There are those who standing in the middle of a desert would sell their last mouthful of water for it. There are those who would drown rather that to let it go and swim to save themselves. Lastly in most shtf except for a very lucky few gold gets most people killed. Many more who tried to purchase safety with their gold didn’t get it then did.
“It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a richman to enter heaven.”
Much of this chaos could be alleviated quickly with a Republican congress and POTUS doing several things.
1) Reducing the size of the federal government by about 50%, as well as removing the vast number of economic governors that prevent the economy from working.
2) Abandon several of the treaty organizations, even the WTO, NAFTA, GATT, FTAA, etc. Basically halting imports, so if corporations want to sell it here, they have to make it here.
3) Conclude multi-trillion dollar virtual debt by calling them. If the derivatives market cannot come up with the $100 trillion or more it has been gambling, it is bankrupt, and the US has no obligation to bail it out. The same applies to hedge funds, and all other Wall Street “heads I win and tails the taxpayers lose” gambling operations.
4) A balanced budget amendment, with a fixed, $100b a year payoff of the national debt, on top of the $225b annual interest that is being paid.
I am very sorry because i have to destroy some popular opinions on some things, but i just have to do that. When i said and keep saying “no rules” i mean that. You can not have something like ideal preparations, you can only try to have it (and then hungry man down the road still might shoot you with his antique hunting rifle for a bit of flour). survival fear
So again on bartering and gold and silver:
No, gold and silver was not like second money, or second value during SHTF, it was not even worth like in normal times, and in most of the cases it was dangerous to have it a lot (actually it was too dangerous to have anything in great amounts and let other people to know that) If you had for example 1000 gold coins, and let s say that one coin worth 150 USD in normal times, you could think that you are rich in shtf.
http://shtfschool.com/trading/on-buying-gold-silver-for-survival-preparedness/
We need to end the subsidies. Lowers taxes for taxpayers, and we could end up with greater supply such as when farmers plant crops instead of getting paid not to, if there is a shortage of food.
From Walmart - flushable wet wipes and facial tissue for blotting (for women):
EQUATE WIPES
“Equate wipes are designed for personal hygiene purposes and may be used by men or women to reduce irritation, maintain cleanliness and promote freshness. These Fresh Scent Flushable Wipes are offered in an economical 144 ct pack that is divided into three 48-ct portable, reusable packs for your convenience. These flushable moist wipes break apart after flushing like toilet paper, reducing the chance for blockage at home and in waste management systems. Equate wipes are more than 95 percent biodegradable and constructed of 95 percent renewable resources. These Fresh Scent Flushable Wipes are hypoallergenic, alcohol free and are sewer and septic safe and are suitable for traveling. These Equate Flushable Moist Wipes are cool and soothing for delicate areas.”
Let’s say they dry out - as Hillary says, “What difference does it make now?” I think they are better packaged now but if they did dry out, you still have them and can use them dry just like toilet paper is dry or you can add a bit of water to make them wet again. That is what I would do but due to the better packaging, I’m hoping they will stay wet.
$3.97 for 144 wet wipes.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Equate-Flushable-Fresh-Scent-Wipes-144-count/15610928
GREAT VALUE FACIAL TISSUE
The facial tissue you want is Great Value at Walmart. The price isn’t given as you have to get them in the store, not on line. This is three boxes of 200 each, so it’s a total of 600 tissues. Look at the other Great Value tissue boxes, but I think this one is the cheapest for the most number of tissues and I remember they are cheap (I don’t see a box of 500 tissues together but that’s okay).
Buying two packages of 600 each gives you 1,200 tissues for blotting after urination. If you need another set of the 600, it isn’t going to cost you much, and that would be 1,800 tissues for blotting.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-Facial-Tissues-3-Pk/14520411
you have to add up all the assists they own (including securities). Reserve bank credit, yes 4T. but all their stocks/bonds/ etc add to around 14T, across all branches.
Amen. I’m with you buddy.
Glad I bought about 4 cases of #10 cans of milk last year when they were on sale at about 3 bucks per gallon. I was able to find some at the grocery yesterday for $3.29 for a gallon of fresh, so that’s not too bad yet.
bttt
>>The ones for adults ARE flushable with no problem.<<
My wife tells me she bought some last year and they dried out. How would you keep them moist? In a sealed container?
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