Prepping

[ATG]

Tortoise is a good shout. Saves you having to buy body armour for the donkeys.

[walm]

ATG said:

Tortoise is a good shout. Saves you having to buy body armour for the donkeys.

They aren't mutant ninja tortoises FFS!
I mean... how many normal-size tortoises are you going to need to produce just ONE donkey-sized suit of body armour?

[Colonial]

creampuff said:

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.

Sorry. Opsec means that I can't go into detail juzt how stupid your posts on this are.

[ATG]

walm said:

ATG said:

Tortoise is a good shout. Saves you having to buy body armour for the donkeys.

They aren't mutant ninja tortoises FFS!
I mean... how many normal-size tortoises are you going to need to produce just ONE donkey-sized suit of body armour?

You don't use normal sized tortoises to armour a donkey. You use the giant ones. Duh. You use the small ones as helmets.

[battered]

leglessAlex said:

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.

No intention to be harsh, if I pffended anyone then I'm sorry. It was simply a little tongue in cheek. If you do wish to keep food aside for bad weather, power failure or a car breakdown, and there's nothing wrong with that if you live in a rural area, then the strategy is what i wrote in the first paragraph. This doesn't cost anything other than having to buy stocks and store them, and there's no waste if you rotate your stocks and manage things such that you eat bags of pasta (say) at 6 months old and replace them as they are consumed.

[Halmyre]

ApOrbital said:

Has 5ohmustang gone under ground or just knows he ain't what he said he was?

he he he ^

His mum changed the password on the PC.

[Guvernator]

leglessAlex said:

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.

It's been mentioned time and again on this thread, there is a massive difference between keeping a stock of some essentials to see you through a few rough days of bad weather\power outage\floods etc and having a years supply of surplus military rations, a "go-bag", a "bug-out" location and enough arms to take on a small country.

A small disruption can be "survived" relatively easily whereas no amount of planning will prepare you for a financial crash\zombie apocalypse\ww3 or any other end of the world scenario so is pretty pointless and yet there seems to be a lot of people, especially in the US who seem to spend a lot of time. money and energy thinking they will be doing exactly that.

[walm]

ATG said:

You don't use normal sized tortoises to armour a donkey. You use the giant ones. Duh. You use the small ones as helmets.

Every day is a school day.
I had no idea how big they can be!!

Come the apocalypse I will be riding one of those babies into battle!

Very...
Very...
Slowly...

(Seriously, who wants to be first to a battle?)

[Timmy40]

walm said:

Captain Benzo said:

http://beprepared.com/food-storage/one-year-suppli...

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.

Isn't this to do with the RAPTURE? I thought it would be instant, but someone else on here reckoned that's not the case and the preppers are taking into account that the process might takes years give the Almighy admin required. So the diet of re-hydrated parsnips and beef stew is to keep them going whilst they wait there turn to either be taken up, or sent down below.

Btw I too like DA's tortoise idea, the real issue I can see though is the need to make several trips to the Galapagous Islands to get enough giant tortoises to armour an entire Donkey sanctuary.

[DonkeyApple]

Halmyre said:

ApOrbital said:

Has 5ohmustang gone under ground or just knows he ain't what he said he was?

he he he ^

His mum changed the password on the PC.

Got into an argument at the Mormon Tinning Factory and is now stuck waiting for someone with a tin opener to release him?

[DonkeyApple]

walm said:

ATG said:

You don't use normal sized tortoises to armour a donkey. You use the giant ones. Duh. You use the small ones as helmets.

Every day is a school day.
I had no idea how big they can be!!

Come the apocalypse I will be riding one of those babies into battle!

Very...
Very...
Slowly...

(Seriously, who wants to be first to a battle?)

Weaponising a selection of 'apocalypse donkeys' would seem an obvious precaution.

The question is just how many of your food herd to weaponise?

4 maybe?

[walm]

DonkeyApple said:

Weaponising a selection of 'apocalypse donkeys' would seem an obvious precaution.

The question is just how many of your food herd to weaponise?

4 maybe?

Sorry, I meant I wanted to ride the giant tortoises not a weaponised and armoured donkey sporting a natty tortoise-shell suit.
Although that sounds pretty cool too.

[RizzoTheRat]

The 4 Tortoisemen of the Apocalypse doesn't have quite the same ring to it though.

Mind you neither does the 4 tortoise armoured donkeymen of the apocalypse.

[DonkeyApple]

walm said:

DonkeyApple said:

Weaponising a selection of 'apocalypse donkeys' would seem an obvious precaution.

The question is just how many of your food herd to weaponise?

4 maybe?

Sorry, I meant I wanted to ride the giant tortoises.

Sorry, thought that was what the sheep were going to be used for?

[Cotty]

DonkeyApple said:

walm said:

DonkeyApple said:

Weaponising a selection of 'apocalypse donkeys' would seem an obvious precaution.

The question is just how many of your food herd to weaponise?

4 maybe?

Sorry, I meant I wanted to ride the giant tortoises.

Sorry, thought that was what the sheep were going to be used for?

And people call preppers bonkers, you guys are a few sandwiches short of a picnic yourselves taking about using tortoises to armour donkeys.

[RizzoTheRat]

Cotty said:

And people call preppers bonkers, you guys are a few sandwiches short of a picnic yourselves taking about using tortoises to armour donkeys.

Why? Surely you can't be suggesting that armadillo's would be better? Their armour might be more flexible but it's a lot thinner.

[jdw100]

Guvernator said:

leglessAlex said:

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.

It's been mentioned time and again on this thread, there is a massive difference between keeping a stock of some essentials to see you through a few rough days of bad weather\power outage\floods etc and having a years supply of surplus military rations, a "go-bag", a "bug-out" location and enough arms to take on a small country.

A small disruption can be "survived" relatively easily whereas no amount of planning will prepare you for a financial crash\zombie apocalypse\ww3 or any other end of the world scenario so is pretty pointless and yet there seems to be a lot of people, especially in the US who seem to spend a lot of time. money and energy thinking they will be doing exactly that.

Exactly this. A good summary.

Winter - have some essentials in the car. If you live in a rural location - some essentials, depending on how remote the location and the type of weather than can be expected.

In general I would suggest a decent first aid kit at home and in car as well.

Preparing fields of fire to 'waste' your neighbours from 1000 yards....not required for anyone on this website.

Hope we are all clear now, thank you for your service you are all heroes, except me apparently.

Edited by jdw100 on Tuesday 21st June 15:15

[jdw100]

RizzoTheRat said:

The 4 Tortoisemen of the Apocalypse doesn't have quite the same ring to it though.

Mind you neither does the 4 tortoise armoured donkeymen of the apocalypse.

I once saw monkeys riding on the backs of giant tortoises. It was at a wildlife sanctuary in Barbados

[anonymous-user]

ATG said:

walm said:

ATG said:

Tortoise is a good shout. Saves you having to buy body armour for the donkeys.

They aren't mutant ninja tortoises FFS!
I mean... how many normal-size tortoises are you going to need to produce just ONE donkey-sized suit of body armour?

You don't use normal sized tortoises to armour a donkey. You use the giant ones. Duh. You use the small ones as helmets.

Armadillos are the answer.

[Timmy40]

RizzoTheRat said:

Cotty said:

And people call preppers bonkers, you guys are a few sandwiches short of a picnic yourselves taking about using tortoises to armour donkeys.

Why? Surely you can't be suggesting that armadillo's would be better? Their armour might be more flexible but it's a lot thinner.

I think this is what the army are finding with the new Virtus body armour. It's intended to be flexible and lightweight, like an armadillo's, but it's very thin and has got nowhere to store mars bars ( apparently ). Had the MOD opted for tortoise shells our brave boys would be better protected and have far more room for storing battle essentials like chocolate bars.