Prepping

[jdw100]

Cotty said:

walm said:

It depends.
How many tampons are in your house RIGHT NOW?

Give it up with the tampon st, that joke died a long time ago.

Edited by Cotty on Friday 1st July 09:20

Where do you stand at present on 'red lensed torches'?

Just so I know and don't mention them if passé.

[creampuff]

Cotty said:

I think it has been mentioned before in this thread that not every one buys enough food to last them for the next week.

Why mention drinking piss, I have watched lots of shows and never seen a prepper do that, why would they when they can turn on a tap. The only person who does that is Bear Grylls but that is in a survival situation.

You mean Bear Grylls only does that in a TV documentary filming situation.

Anyway, plenty of British people already drink urine. The Germans even more so.

[schmunk]

jdw100 said:

Where do you stand at present on 'red lensed torches'?

Don't stand on your red lensed torch. You might break it.

You should probably get some spares, just in case. And more guns.

[Guvernator]

I'll just put this here and yes it even has a red light mode

http://www.cadetdirect.com/military-torch-light/ta...

[Cotty]

Instead of using red light to protect your night vision, why not go the whole hog and get some night vision goggles.

http://www.armasightstore.com/armasight-n-15-gen-2...

[Guvernator]

Cotty said:

Instead of using red light to protect your night vision, why not go the whole hog and get some night vision goggles.

http://www.armasightstore.com/armasight-n-15-gen-2...

That is a very good point but unfortunately not one I can answer as I'm not a professional prepper. It's a shame 5o has gone underground as I'm sure he would have known. Do you think he knew what the Brexit vote was going to be bugged out in preparation for the end of the world?

[Halmyre]

Guvernator said:

Cotty said:

Instead of using red light to protect your night vision, why not go the whole hog and get some night vision goggles.

http://www.armasightstore.com/armasight-n-15-gen-2...

That is a very good point but unfortunately not one I can answer as I'm not a professional prepper. It's a shame 5o has gone underground as I'm sure he would have known. Do you think he knew what the Brexit vote was going to be bugged out in preparation for the end of the world?

I think it was past his bedtime.

[antspants]

Cotty said:

walm said:

It depends.
How many tampons are in your house RIGHT NOW?

Give it up with the tampon st, that joke died a long time ago.

Edited by Cotty on Friday 1st July 09:20

I'm a bit concerned, it's only 3 weeks since I last pointed out you were being a bit grumpy over the tampon jokes. Surely you should have another week to go? I know what it means to be late, what happens if you're early?

However I shall take the hint and leave...

[Guvernator]

antspants said:

I'm a bit concerned, it's only 3 weeks since I last pointed out you were being a bit grumpy over the tampon jokes. Surely you should have another week to go? I know what it means to be late, what happens if you're early?

However I shall take the hint and leave...

Have some of these

[ApOrbital]

What was the tampon jokes?

[Guvernator]

ApOrbital said:

What was the tampon jokes?

Apparently in extremis, tampons can be a used as a makeshift bandage which makes sense when you think about it and what with medical bits probably being in very short supply come the apocalypse, they'd become an essential part of any serious preppers survival kit and hence more valuable then gold.

Is that about right?

[antspants]

You probably have the actual usage right, the joking came about from a bug out bag including sniper rifle, machine gun, shotgun, machete, tampons, knife, flint and steel, canned food, torch, water etc etc.

There was a lot of WTF? Tampons? Due to the unexpected inclusion for hardcore zombie fighting in 1000 yard kill zone scenarios

[Cotty]

antspants said:

I'm a bit concerned, it's only 3 weeks since I last pointed out you were being a bit grumpy over the tampon jokes.

Im still learning to skate

[ApOrbital]

Nice fish.

[petrolsniffer]

I've said this before and I'll say it again.

Imo there's little point to it if all law and order collapsed the ones that have always had the least to lose would prevail so good luck keeping the swathes of and other scum at bay.

Edited by Big Al. on Friday 1st July 19:40

[Some Gump]

Guvernator said:

Apparently in extremis, tampons can be a used as a makeshift bandage which makes sense when you think about it and what with medical bits probably being in very short supply come the apocalypse, they'd become an essential part of any serious preppers survival kit and hence more valuable then gold.

Is that about right?

5oh's bug out list containe tampons twice, and sanitary towels once.
They appreared to be (in order of importance):
Alternative to buying a first aid kit in preperation
Alternative to buying fire lighting kit in preperation
Some sort of currency
Something for him to rub against at night to keep warm

The only other item to be needed in bulk was "several tin openers", which appeared twice. I'm not an expert on what 2xSeveral is, but it's got to be double figures...

[ApOrbital]

Thanks i hope he makes it when the bloody end of the world starts.

[Some Gump]

The good thing 5oh is that although you deleted some posts, people quoted them.

Remember the bits in bold?

5ohmustang said:

Referring to the original post. In terms of a very basic level of disaster prepardness.

1) Water, refill your juice bottles, date them. Buy sawyer water filters, best amount of purfication for the money. Tablets taste like crap. Buy a water bob, its a bladder you fit in your bath tub, if your expecting something turn on the tap and fill it.

2) First aid, tourniquets, antibiotics, bandages, gauze. Dont cheap out on Chinese st.

3) food-tinned food, multiple can openers, store what you eat and rotate to prevent them spoiling.


4) Cash. small denominations on your peraon, in the house, in your vehicles. The bank will be the first to screw you.

5) A first-aid books, you need to actively practice this as it is a perishible skill.

6) Water purification tablets-as above a filter straw is much better.

7) Matches, waterproof, multiple lighters, firestarters, magnesium, dryer lint, tampons.

8) Fire extinguisher

9) Feminine hygiene products, can use used to start fires and as gauze for wounds.

10) Disposable plates/cups/cutlery/paper towels

11) Battery-powered radio & wind-up radio, you need an fm, am and definately sw band. The wind up radios are garbage. There is no wind up emergency radio on the market thst can be depended upon, all of them fail. Make sure you have batteries.

12. Flashlights with a red lens

13) Duct-tape to seal doors and windows if needed-may as well get garbage bags and potassium iodine if you concerned about this.

14) Whistle to signal for help-windstorm

15) Dust masks in case of contaminated air, israeli gas masks, nato filters, british cbrn/nbc suits

16) Wet wipes, a st ton and toilet paper

17) Bin bags

18) Tools

19) Several can openers

20) Local maps

21) Lots of non-rechargeable batteries with long shelf life

22) Solar-powered battery charger and lots of rechargeable batteries

23) A small camping stove

24) A large propane gas cylinder for the BBQ. Propane should be good to very low temperatures unlike butane.

25) Big tough knives., include a variety of bladed tools

26) Somewhere to keep all this crap.

Also get a 5 gallon bucket with a removable toilet lid. A supply of asda bags to piss or poo in. You can get bags of powder that crystalize your piss so it is not making a mess or stinks up your home.

This is a very basic list, probably similar to the fema ready.gov list.

Have fun doing it.

..welcome back to the grid, btw. We missed you.

[ApOrbital]

Do you have a tent 5ohmustang ?

[ApOrbital]

Yes i have four and a ROC POST.