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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 473786" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Good link Liahona <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>It's not that I necessarily believe the "world is going to end" because I don't. Change? Maybe. End? Doubtful. Unless like I said, some idiot decides to push a button.....but they'd have to <em><strong>really</strong></em> be an idiot. </p><p></p><p>I have always believed it's good to be prepared should something happen. I've always had a stockpile to a certain degree. I've just been able to increase it due to both couponing and space. That "something" could be anything. </p><p></p><p>Trust me, it doesn't take much. Like husband not getting his unemployment for 2 months........we lived off the stockpile and didn't really notice much. husband suddenly passing away and my income dropped to zero. Again, living off the stockpile while adding to it when I can. If it weren't for my stockpile I'd be in a heap of hurt right now. It lets me add to it when I can with sales / coupons while focusing what little income I have coming in from child care to bills. Over the years my stockpiles have gotten us through many an ice storm and blizzard pretty comfortably. </p><p></p><p>I do like the prepper sites because they can be helpful learning new skills and thinking of things to add to a stockpile that I might not even think of. (which has helped me quite a bit) Like I get feminine pads quite often for free these days, well, I have no real need for them.....but I get them anyway because they also happen to make a great dressing for a wound in a first aid kit, same with tampons....fabulous for nose bleeds. </p><p></p><p>in my opinion becoming more self reliant is always a good thing. Learning not to be wasteful.....well, everyone benefits and it also helps the budget. If you can garden you can have organic food with very little cost involved.......and a new rage is container gardening for people with not much space or who live in apartments. (pretty cool actually) Stockpiling and learning to be self reliant are win/win. </p><p></p><p>I do see bad times ahead for society at large. Especially if our elected officials don't wake up to the fact that the same old same old is how we got where we are now, and if they don't change how they view/handle things it's going to bottom out pretty quickly. Me? Well, I've got bad times right now, I don't really need to go "looking" for it...... I'd say it can't get much worse, but then I'm sure karma would feel obliged to show me it certainly can. lol</p><p></p><p>But yeah, like I said, makes me nervous when the govt is claiming all is honky dory basically while they're out secretly purchasing their own stockpiles. And I do have to wonder when the CDC does what it did with the zombie thing........and now I see shows following suit, especially when the percentage of people who actually do currently prep is fairly low to the population who think it's all silly like Y2K was "silly". I don't think Y2K was silly. The experts didn't know if it would happen or not, they weren't sure what was going to happen. I prepped for it.....not like now, but I did have a tidy lil stockpile going on. Nor did it hurt me to prep for it and none of it went to waste.......and I was tickled pink when Y2K did not happen like predicted. </p><p></p><p>Sometimes it's the subtle messages that save your fanny, not the shouts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 473786, member: 84"] Good link Liahona :) It's not that I necessarily believe the "world is going to end" because I don't. Change? Maybe. End? Doubtful. Unless like I said, some idiot decides to push a button.....but they'd have to [I][B]really[/B][/I] be an idiot. I have always believed it's good to be prepared should something happen. I've always had a stockpile to a certain degree. I've just been able to increase it due to both couponing and space. That "something" could be anything. Trust me, it doesn't take much. Like husband not getting his unemployment for 2 months........we lived off the stockpile and didn't really notice much. husband suddenly passing away and my income dropped to zero. Again, living off the stockpile while adding to it when I can. If it weren't for my stockpile I'd be in a heap of hurt right now. It lets me add to it when I can with sales / coupons while focusing what little income I have coming in from child care to bills. Over the years my stockpiles have gotten us through many an ice storm and blizzard pretty comfortably. I do like the prepper sites because they can be helpful learning new skills and thinking of things to add to a stockpile that I might not even think of. (which has helped me quite a bit) Like I get feminine pads quite often for free these days, well, I have no real need for them.....but I get them anyway because they also happen to make a great dressing for a wound in a first aid kit, same with tampons....fabulous for nose bleeds. in my opinion becoming more self reliant is always a good thing. Learning not to be wasteful.....well, everyone benefits and it also helps the budget. If you can garden you can have organic food with very little cost involved.......and a new rage is container gardening for people with not much space or who live in apartments. (pretty cool actually) Stockpiling and learning to be self reliant are win/win. I do see bad times ahead for society at large. Especially if our elected officials don't wake up to the fact that the same old same old is how we got where we are now, and if they don't change how they view/handle things it's going to bottom out pretty quickly. Me? Well, I've got bad times right now, I don't really need to go "looking" for it...... I'd say it can't get much worse, but then I'm sure karma would feel obliged to show me it certainly can. lol But yeah, like I said, makes me nervous when the govt is claiming all is honky dory basically while they're out secretly purchasing their own stockpiles. And I do have to wonder when the CDC does what it did with the zombie thing........and now I see shows following suit, especially when the percentage of people who actually do currently prep is fairly low to the population who think it's all silly like Y2K was "silly". I don't think Y2K was silly. The experts didn't know if it would happen or not, they weren't sure what was going to happen. I prepped for it.....not like now, but I did have a tidy lil stockpile going on. Nor did it hurt me to prep for it and none of it went to waste.......and I was tickled pink when Y2K did not happen like predicted. Sometimes it's the subtle messages that save your fanny, not the shouts. [/QUOTE]
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