Posted on 02/14/2021 7:18:01 PM PST by GrootheWanderer
IIRC that was the year on the packing slip in the big box of masks. So apparently that was the year I got serious, too.
They tasted like chicken, though...
But my boats love their gun rides!
I have plenty of supplies on hand but messed up on the firewood for fireplace. We put the wood up on the patio right next to house. Then the storm hit and the wind blew snow up over the wood. Anyone know a fast way to dry wood out from the snow?
Fortunately, we don’t need the wood unless we lose power. Won’t make that mistake again.
It’s called a pantry. Generations have seen/needed the wisdom in having food stores.
When folks of old depended on gardens, they also depended on canning, root cellars, smoking meats, and freezing.
Gardening is not for fools. It takes learning and attention.
That being said, you can’t produce some things in a garden that one is accustomed to using - like laundry detergent for example. So, that is a good item to stock in a pantry.
Lots of little things we take for granted too - like dental floss.
Everyone should have an alternate place to stay regardless - I mean, what if your home caught fire? Where would you go?
“How prepared were you for COVID and government lockdowns?
What did you get right? Where were you lacking? What are you doing differently going forward? “
I did well. Had N-95s in storage for 10 years, so no problem there. Plenty of paper towels, stored food, toilet paper, and bags of all types.
Can’t really think of anything that I missed...but then it was an easy SHTF to get through.
Now on to our possible ice storm (and related long-term blackout) tonight and tomorrow...we’ll see!!!
Big island or Kauai? Kealia here.
Kleenex.
Kleenex was the only thing I worried about not having enough of. I have a chronic sinus condition / year-round allergies, and use a lot of it. Was down to my next to last box when the area stores started having at least some in stock.
Of course I could use toilet paper if I had to.. have had a year’s+ stock of TP put away for many years. Or use a few rags and wash them often, like they did in the old days..
“Looked at some more freeze-dried stuff in-store at Costco the other day, but it was all carbs, no protein, so I passed.”
Agree, the stuff is crap. If you’re going to get carbs, then just get cheap carbs like rice or noodles.
In looking at Amazon, Mountain House has a few zero-carb items, finally (chicken and two types of beef)...but they do cost a pretty buck...but since they’ll likely outlive all of us, it still may not be a bad investment as we can pass it down, if necessary.
Right: Plenty of food stored and had already started collecting garden supplies and seeds the prior year.
Wrong: During the height of the toilet paper shortage, I had some er... digestive problems. I had to pay almost triple the regular price.
I thought I have mine backed up. I reload.
But this time I found I needed to increase my pistol ammo. Am still scratching to get a few components for that.
The hard part to find now is primers and powder. Am OK on powder short term, but had no pistol primers. Had never reloaded them, used so few.
Now the rules have changed. The components supply is still much lower than before during the Obozo administration.
It’s all fun and games until your gun drowns, never to be seen again ;)
We actually had everything we needed. Didn’t really have to buy any thing extra. Did not go anywhere for about 6 weeks.
Then we bought some milk and fresh produce with curbside pick up.
Since then we increased several of our pantry items. Extra butter and yeast we put in the freezer as a just in case. We sill not go anywhere if SHTF. We live in a rural area and have gardens and fruit trees-better chance of survival in a place where we have decent neighbors and some self sufficiency already.
Three days worth of supplies?
What a joke.
Three months is more like it and that’s just a noob starting out.
This article is written for a bunch of wussy snowflakes.
SAVE
When the action started last March, my closest WalMart:
Fresh beef: GONE
Frozen beef: GONE
Fresh (raw) chicken: GONE
Frozen chicken: GONE
Canned Vegetables: GONE
Canned Soups: GONE
Fresh (raw) pork: GONE
bagged Bread: GONE
Toilet paper: GONE
Paper towels: GONE
Hand sanitizer: GONE
While there was shotgun ammo ($20 box) it has been gone for over 2 months now. Maybe 3 months. None at all.
I looked the other day, nearly all the cheese was gone (go figure) and most of the beef was gone (more than half). But there were still a few packages of ground beef and about 25 of the 1-lb ground beef.
Most everything else is back to normal. Except shotgun ammo. Still none.
I thought yours might have been an old post of mine! My wife was VERY thankful that I had prepped.
However - I bought WAY TOO much Hydrogen Peroxide. It was cheap though.
I bought 5 gallons of 100% denatured alcohol. But bought it quickly without learning that 100% didn’t mean 100%(?) - it has methanol in it and is harmful for skin. I also bought a bunch of Aloe to mix it with. Oh well. Now I’m ready to strip the entire house of paint and treat the neighborhood for sunburn.
I bought more of TP, sanitizer, etc. - but not really. I ended up giving a bunch away to relatives and friends. I had a bunch of N95 masks from before and bought maybe 20 new ones. Gave a bunch of those away as well. I wish I had more masks, but still have about 6 unused masks. (We just rotate the ones we have been using).
I keep telling myself that I’m going to learn how to garden one of these days. But I never do it.
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