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#1 An Emergency Fund

#2 Don't Put All Of Your Eggs Into One Basket

#3 Keep Some Cash At Home

#4 Get Out Of Debt

#5 Gold And Silver

#6 Reduce Your Expenses

#7 Start A Side Business

#8 Move Away From The Big Cities If Possible

#9 Store Food . #10 Learn To Grow Your Own Food

#11 Nobody Can Survive Without Water

#12 Have A Plan For When The Grid Goes Down

#13 Have Blankets And Warm Clothing On Hand

#14 Store Personal Hygiene Supplies

#15 Store Medicine And Medical Supplies

#16 Stock Up On Vitamins

#17 Make A List Of Other Supplies That You Will Need

#18 Don't Forget The Special Needs Of Your Babies And Your Pets

#19 Entertainment

#20 Self-Defense

#21 Get Your Ammunition While You Still Can

#22 If You Have To Go...

#23 Community

#24 Have A Back-Up Plan And Be Flexible

#25 Keep Your Prepping To Yourself

1 posted on 08/19/2013 4:16:52 PM PDT by Kartographer
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To: appalachian_dweller; OldPossum; DuncanWaring; VirginiaMom; CodeToad; goosie; kalee; ...

Preppers’ PING!!


2 posted on 08/19/2013 4:17:41 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Kartographer; blam; ChocChipCookie; Marcella; Bride Of Old Sarge; yorkiemom; VermiciousKnid; ...

1st Rule of Prep Club: You do not talk about Prep Club.

2nd Rule of Prep Club: You DO NOT talk about Prep Club.

3rd Rule of Prep Club: If someone says “SHTF”, do a shot.

4th Rule of Prep Club: No more than two people to a retreat; one must be a buxom blonde coed for repopulating the human race.

5th Rule of Prep Club: One BOL at a time.

6th Rule of Prep Club: No tie-dye shirts, no socks with sandals, no ponytails, no drum circles.

7th Rule of Prep Club: Prepping will go on as long as it has to.

8th Rule of Prep Club: If this is your first post to Prep Club, you HAVE to buy all other posters a shot.


3 posted on 08/19/2013 4:23:25 PM PDT by Old Sarge (Opinions are like orgasms: only mine count, and I couldn't care less if you have one...)
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To: Kartographer

Someone should write a book showing poor people how to prep with little or no money, especially now that the Obama economy have made us the majority.


5 posted on 08/19/2013 4:31:31 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I aim to raise a million plus for Gov. Palin. What'll you do?.)
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To: Kartographer

While prepared, I feel many “preppers” fail to realize that there is no paper wealth.

The Fed is not actually printing currency.....it is all electronic.

This allows for shenanigans you cannot imagine. But it also avoids the inflationary spike of paper.

So, we see some inflation (caused by banks), but not the out of control inflation most expect.

I think we will see lots of control over this electronic money supply, but not a collapse as we envision it.

NOTE: I did not say no collapse.


8 posted on 08/19/2013 4:42:12 PM PDT by Erik Latranyi (When religions have to beg the gov't for a waiver, we are already under socialism.)
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To: Kartographer

9 posted on 08/19/2013 4:42:44 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Kartographer

Soul prepping is going to matter infinitely more.


11 posted on 08/19/2013 5:00:58 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (The Lion of Judah will roar again if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
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To: Kartographer

I’ve never understood number 25. If you’re talking about consumer debt, sure. If you’re taking about fixed rate leverage supported by adequate liquidity, there’s no better way to grow your wealth during hyper inflation.


16 posted on 08/19/2013 5:19:34 PM PDT by mongrel
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To: Kartographer

1. if you have supplies of any kind, competing military forces will want them.
2. If you are not part of and with a military there will be zero chance you will survive an attempt to resist one.
3. Ground penetrating radar will locate any underground facility with no problem. Most military forces will field these.
4. Going it alone only works if there is a scriptwriter making that happen.


19 posted on 08/19/2013 5:36:04 PM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: Kartographer

I don’t think we have anything to worry about until our taxes are about 60 percent (Federal only) and then they SERIOUSLY run out of money. When every American pays taxes....only about 51 percent pay federal taxes today. We are not near the trouble YET. It is good to prepare anyway but their is still a ton of people not providing to the United States yet.


23 posted on 08/19/2013 6:38:56 PM PDT by napscoordinator ( Santorum-Bachmann 2016 for the future of the Country!)
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To: Kartographer

Had about 20 cans of spaghetti sauce that were WAY past expire date. In some cases, ten years!

So my project over the last couple days is to replace them... almost done!

Picked up about 30 lbs of other canned goods in the process.

And actually had spaghetti last nite, with home grown peppers, onions, and tomatoes I sauteed and added to the sauce. It was XLNT!!!!


28 posted on 08/19/2013 6:52:36 PM PDT by djf (Rich widows: My Bitcoin address is... 1ETDmR4GDjwmc9rUEQnfB1gAnk6WLmd3n6)
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To: Kartographer

Of course, they should just let the damned thing crash, and immediately restore constitutional government and sound money, so that most people, prepper and non-prepper alike, can swiftly get back on their feet without such a huge tax and regulatory burden in their way.

But they won’t.


29 posted on 08/19/2013 7:10:45 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Major brain damage at UMES, but no property damage!)
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To: Kartographer
4th Grade Teacher, Brian Forik... sternest teacher in all of grade school... he had a slogan that every kid had drilled into their brain...for life:

"Failing to prepare, is preparing to fail."

33 posted on 08/19/2013 9:03:03 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: Kartographer

40 posted on 08/20/2013 3:53:21 AM PDT by JoeProBono (Mille vocibus imago valet;-{)
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