Discussion
sidekickdmr said:
I know this thread has A) gone slightly off track and B) has more than a fair share of nutters in it....
However our new house is pretty remote, tucked away in the woods and doubt it will see a snowplough if the weather turns.
I’m not after suggestions on shotguns and camo, but a genuine "supplies" pack I can chuck in a box in the shed.
We have a wood burner and plenty of wood to keep warm even if the utilities go down.
I’m just thinking a weeks worth of supplies for me and the wife.
I guess its just a case of nipping to Tesco and getting 14 tins of something that can be eaten hot or cold, and a supply of bottled water.
What’s the best "long life" food you can buy? don’t want to have to chuck it all away and re-stock every 2 years (lots of supermarket tins have expiry of 2018 at the mo).
Why don't you just keep a full fridge, full freezer and full cupboard, then keep an eye on the weather? I don't live anywhere particularly remote, rural but there's a Spar a minutes walk away, but I have enough food in the house to last us a week easily and much longer if necessary. However our new house is pretty remote, tucked away in the woods and doubt it will see a snowplough if the weather turns.
I’m not after suggestions on shotguns and camo, but a genuine "supplies" pack I can chuck in a box in the shed.
We have a wood burner and plenty of wood to keep warm even if the utilities go down.
I’m just thinking a weeks worth of supplies for me and the wife.
I guess its just a case of nipping to Tesco and getting 14 tins of something that can be eaten hot or cold, and a supply of bottled water.
What’s the best "long life" food you can buy? don’t want to have to chuck it all away and re-stock every 2 years (lots of supermarket tins have expiry of 2018 at the mo).
We'd run out of fresh vegetables to cook with after a week and we don't have loads of milk for the bairn, but both of those issues are simple to fix if we had a need.
Surely that's better than risking having to live off rashons while you're trying to enjoy the snow!
Timmy40 said:
DonkeyApple said:
Store donkeys. It's tax efficient and infinitely more flexible than tins of beans. Plus, it's a ready made hareem in case the wife gets taken out in the first zombie wave.
DA I agree with most of what you say. You're nearly there but not quite. You seem to be unaware of two facts about Donkeys. 1) they make an awful bloody noise, you'll soon be reaching for your cyanide capsule with that racket going on 2) the Donkey has a powerful hind kick, and a bad temper, suggesting any attempt to seek comfort will result in a nasty injury to your knackers, without medical assistance post apocalypse you'd soon died from sepsis of the scrotum. The correct answer, is of course as any Welshman can tell you. Sheep.
I can see the argument for sheep but I'm not sure the economics are there. They don't live as long and I suspect it's more difficult to get mad old ladies and screaming loons to donate to a 'sheep sanctuary'?
Maybe the giant tortoise is the better choice? They taste delicious, live for over a hundred years, aren't as noisy and less likely to escape. Then just run a few sheep on the side for recreational use and as a bribe in case a gang of marauding Welsh preppers come a knocking?
creampuff said:
Timmy40 said:
DA I agree with most of what you say. You're nearly there but not quite. You seem to be unaware of two facts about Donkeys. 1) they make an awful bloody noise, you'll soon be reaching for your cyanide capsule with that racket going on 2) the Donkey has a powerful hind kick, and a bad temper, suggesting any attempt to seek comfort will result in a nasty injury to your knackers, without medical assistance post apocalypse you'd soon died from sepsis of the scrotum.
The other problem with the donkeys is those left-wing animal lovers in the donkey conservation farm will likely be at the farm rather than at home after the apocalypse, and won't want to see you slaughter the donkeys one-by-one for food while also putting the other donkeys into a donkey-breaking servitude of hard manual work. Even if they are your donkeys. You will have to waste your former charity workers with your AR-15 before they come at you with whatever weapons they have, probably zimmer frames or sacks of lentils. creampuff said:
Well unless you ignore the Queensland backpacker arson fire, which killed 15; the Churchill, Victoria arson fire which killed 10; the Quakers Hill nursing home arson attack which killed 11.
All within the last 16 years or so. When Australians go nuts, they turn to matches and cigarette lighters instead of guns. Well except for the Snowtown Murders where 12 dismembered bodies were found in vats of acid.
Yeah. I'll take 3 arson incidents over 16 years rather than weekly mass shootings. All within the last 16 years or so. When Australians go nuts, they turn to matches and cigarette lighters instead of guns. Well except for the Snowtown Murders where 12 dismembered bodies were found in vats of acid.
Colonial said:
Yeah well Canadians can't be trusted with pistachios so your point is null and void and I suggest you get your own house in order first and what about Fred West hmmmm?
Hmmm, Ivan Milat.Laughing at dumb Yanks, Brits, Canuks or whoever doesn't work. Everywhere, including Australia, has nutters. The moral superiority is low on this one.
jdw100 said:
Reading the above (donkeys, arson, lentil, sheep molestation etc etc...) I'm actually beginning to miss old 50ohmustang.
Those are all quite sensible suggestions I reckon. Alot more sensible than thinking you can survive on a high density chocolate bar and a rambo knife indefinitely.I had a rambo knife when I was a kid it, in the handle was a single match, a 5cm long piece of wire for sawing down trees and a large fishing hook with a 3ft long of nylon line for fishing or maybe for garotting enemy soldiers?
But at least I was 10 at the time and excited about rambo as the second film had just come out, rather then being a full grown adult.
DonkeyApple said:
Are you implying that setting up a donkey sanctuary as a charitable trust is not an entirely logical means of storing food ahead of the apocalypse?
Not at all, although I have never tried donkey - does it go well with, say... Apple?Also you keep suggesting longevity matters. But I would think you want something with a short life, and hence short reproductive cycle - like a sheep or rabbits for example.
It's no good waiting for Eeyore to shuffle off this mortal coil - you need food DAILY!
DonkeyApple earlier today contemplating mortality:
sidekickdmr said:
What’s the best "long life" food you can buy? don’t want to have to chuck it all away and re-stock every 2 years (lots of supermarket tins have expiry of 2018 at the mo).
Anything that you eat already. That way you don't chuck it out, you get in 20 tins and leave them in your secure store alongside your cache of weapons and caps, putten' in asses, for the use of. After 6 months you buy another 20 tins and put the by-now-6-months-old ones in the kitchen for consumption. Assuming you use 1 tin a week then this is pretty sustainable.But then I think that you knew this.
Or you can do as I do and live in a country where decline of social order is unlikey, so you can do more important stuff with your life.
http://beprepared.com/food-storage/one-year-suppli...
"Having a year supply of food is more than just about getting you through the next apocalypse. Year supplies offer security and backup during turbulent times, including job loss, injury, natural disaster, and any other situation that may make acquiring food for your family more difficult.
There are a variety of year supplies to choose from, ranging from pre-prepared freeze-dried meals to make-from-scratch ingredients. No matter what your preference, there is a year supply of food waiting to help you during difficult seasons in your life."
jesus f
king wept.
"Having a year supply of food is more than just about getting you through the next apocalypse. Year supplies offer security and backup during turbulent times, including job loss, injury, natural disaster, and any other situation that may make acquiring food for your family more difficult.
There are a variety of year supplies to choose from, ranging from pre-prepared freeze-dried meals to make-from-scratch ingredients. No matter what your preference, there is a year supply of food waiting to help you during difficult seasons in your life."
jesus f
king wept.Captain Benzo said:
They have a 2-year-monthly plan.For those who are sure that:
1. The apocalypse is coming...
2. ...but not for the next 24 months.
Genius.
battered said:
Anything that you eat already. That way you don't chuck it out, you get in 20 tins and leave them in your secure store alongside your cache of weapons and caps, putten' in asses, for the use of. After 6 months you buy another 20 tins and put the by-now-6-months-old ones in the kitchen for consumption. Assuming you use 1 tin a week then this is pretty sustainable.
But then I think that you knew this.
Or you can do as I do and live in a country where decline of social order is unlikey, so you can do more important stuff with your life.
Ah that's a bit harsh, I thought his post was fairly reasonable. He lives somewhere remote as hell, he's talking about just being prepared rather than prepping if you see the distinction. But then I think that you knew this.
Or you can do as I do and live in a country where decline of social order is unlikey, so you can do more important stuff with your life.
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