Are you a "prepper"?

We always prep a bit, because we live on the coast and yearly storms cause power outages, so we always have canned goods, batteries, a generator...etc. Not "end of the world, off the grid" stuff...but enough to get us by for a week...which HAS happened and WILL happen, living on an Atlantic Shore island in summer. If there is a hurricane coming our way, however, we are OUTTA HERE.

Well yeah, depends on the lifestyle...

Of course it can mean it too that ones gives up things vs the advantages to be prepared, and spend time with it, even if it means that instead of going out to have fun you spend your free time browsing the net and learn, and spend your money on storable food instead of let's say something you don't need as much but don't really wish to miss...

Though you are lucky if you enjoy doing research, learning, getting prepared and being happy with simple things...

My only weakness is toys, my I gotta have everything for any purpose before anything happened, so am extremely active with my pointearnings here because it's like making the giftcards what I would otherwise wanna spend per month for pleasure items not needed for serious preparing at all... ~lol

And of course there are small things to get one started easy, like buying larger quantities at the stores, so even if the stores got empty one day you would have 3 months worth of food for example... (Though it is said that one should have at least 6 months worth of food, but rather a yearful...)
And have some plants goin, which are easy to grow, tomatoes are a blessing in my opinion because of the ridiculously easy way to make more and more of them, potatoes, sometimes keeping some seedy stuff to dry out and plant a potful for a new plant, water them a lil bit everyday, have a quick look at them to check out if they are all ok, one can have chickens for eggs if you live at such an area, not to mention that you save money if you grow your own stuff, which makes more money to buy anything else needed or for fun...

Not to mention that you won't have to go to the store everyday, just get some stuff from your storage place, and get to cooking or eating right away, my I wouldn't give it for anything in the world, sometimes W/we go out only once a month (mostly 2-3 times otherwise), do shopping or buy little stuff, it is just cozy as hell!!! ~lol

You betcha...

If you wanna do it smart you will move somewhere where there aren't too many people around, like cities and large or smaller towns, people can go fuckin nuts if let's say they didn't get their retirement anymore, just small shit can happen, and next day you see people out in the streets breaking shit, and burning stuff, and killing each other for food cause the stores got all wiped clean after 2 days of looting, if it was the too high gas prices then such a lot of food just wouldn't arrive into the stores and supermarkets from other places, and of course people aren't as selfsustaining anymore, so they wouldn't know where in the world to get food and water from...

So you wanna move into a smaller town then with a tight community, or away from everything, and close to such a lil town, or make your own community! ~lol

Exactly... And it's a good idea to have an RV too for that case, or two, or an RV with a trailer, yeah the two together I guess is best, so everybody could have enough space, and you would have everything needed to live just fine until returning home or getting settled in elsewhere...

great question

I am a "prepper", but I'm not talking about a zombie apocalypse or anything. I have some necessary items together in the event of natural disasters and the like.

Thank you!

I do find it a good thing to stimulate some off sexual topic discussions here, because toy lovers are effected by tuff things in the world too, so it is good to know how to go with prepping for days when you couldn't get as many pleasure items maybe! ~grins

~LOL!!!

Btw, it has some truth to it!

I finally found some info, on where the zombie thing comes from, and if it was possible to make such a thing happen...

In Africa it isn't only a legend, some people go so far that they use an herbal mixture (or something similar as I remember) what puts you into the state of death, and they can just shock you into life again, as you aren't really dead, it's just the effect of the poison, and you can be all K.O. and you are really like a zombie slave, not much brain function, just a living shell, and you can be used to do some things for yer new, evil Master...
(Really, if anyone is interested I can look the link up, it is a real and friggin freaky scientific fact!!! :S:S:S )

It would also be possible to make it happen, if one could mix rabies with some kind of flue, so rabid people would be running around killing each other!
There was even a movie with the topic, like a zombie movie just the "fast zombies", it was fucking frightening to me, I mean to imagine how easily it could happen if anyone ever tried to manage it, cause rabies are real, and da fast zombies... OH GOD SAVE US FROM THEM!!! ~yowls trembling

Oooooooooooooohhhhhhhh hardcoooooooooore, I LOVE IT, the first time in my life ever to hear about such a fantasy, then you are the truly blessed when it comes to prepping, what a lovely thing to hear about!!!

For U/us it is a lot of fun too, no fetish of it but my, feels like building O/our F/future L/life together, get a remote place, set it up for a good, effective and cozy life, be sure W/we have everything, and it is useful for survival too!
It's like a big journey to be sure that you provide everything for the people you love, I couldn't imagine a better way of life, it's such so exciting and such a lot of fun!!! ~wags tail happily

Yeah, my the NorthAmerican land, almost everywhere there is something, it would be crazy not to think of such things to be prepared...

Well what I think is a good thing to keep in mind:

Natural disasters - you wanna be sure you won't get homeless, won't starve etc...

Financial crisis - people in the 30s didn't expect it either, look what happened with them...

Something happens with your home or car - you still wanna have basic life necessities while in the process of fixing things...

And just in general, if anything happened with you, you don't wanna rely on the help of others, cause what if they don't want to or can't help...

We should be so lucky!

I guess I've been missing on a lot. Not at all prepared for anything.

I agree. My brother is currently on a tangent about something like this only its government conspiracy crap. I worry about him...
Honestly, there isn't much a lot of people can even do if something were to happen. So many people live paycheck to paycheck that being able to afford to stockpile things, let alone get off grid aren't realities. For people in such a position, that makes worrying about such things pointless (aside from causing health issues).
For those who can afford to, I think being prepared for emergencies is always a good thing, but there is a point where it can become a bit obsessive and more like hoarding. It also depends on your living space, some don't have the room to store anything.

Exactly!!! ~grins

Oh oh not end of the world I mean (am not like the believers that stuff will really end), I mean end of the world as we know it!

Exactly... In a good enough economy, nothing weird happening in world politics, I would be calmer too... But that isn't entirely the case... ~smiles frowny ^^

Well, there are things what could result mass shortages, because practically most of the countries are set up in the way that transporting provides the great selection and supplies of food and other stuff...

I suggest you watch a few documentaries about such things, or read some articles, that will let you know what things could result in such an economical chaos for a while!

It's never too late to start, having just a lil bit set up is still way better than not being ready for bad things at all! ~smiles soft

Yepyeppp, that's how it starts, especially for folks who wonder how in the world they could afford such a thing!

There are so many things we think we "NEED", but when you start to have new habits in your life you can see that actually you don't need all the crap the world tries to make you buy and buy and just buy...

I find it to be an extremely fun thing, and it still surprises my Master Who finds as much pleasure in it that whenever W/we talk about it and make headways I am of course happy for the headways made, but the whole process is even more fun, creating all those plans in your mind, going through possibilities, and having all those good ideas you wouldn't have by yourself probably - and when some more is achieved it feels like you are like a just married young couple creating and building up your very own life! I love it!!! ^^

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee et!!! That's how W/we're gonna do it too! Moving there and getting more plants is left to do, some critters, and to start to build the giiiiiiiiiiiiant greenhouse! ^^

It is frightening how many things could happen btw... Oh, don't forget the criminals and home invasions, there are way too many crazy fuckheads running around out there! :S

Well yeah, three of the listed things are somewhat of the case here too...

I listen to Alex Jones so much that I freak out a lot too, so my Master always has to calm me down that he tells many things right but some of them aren't going to be like he describes them, or they aren't gonna happen overNight, so W/we have time to get prepared for everything... (I am just worried that something will happen with my internet and I won't be able to get more toys anymore, and I still have a LOT to get!!! )

Second case is the hoarding part, W/we don't do it blissfully, but I could imagine myself stocking up on a lot of food and extra parts for repairing stuff what W/we would never need maybe... My philosophy in prepping is it's better to have everything for any case, Master is more realistic than that... ^^

Space... W/we live in a large wonderfully remodeled RV, and have a large horse trailer as a mobile food storage for now, and W/we have realized that even if W/we could stock up on more food than lately W/we wouldn't have enough space anymore... (W/we still have some of course, but I wonder if it would be enough for a year, or even 6 months, like how it's good to have stocked up food... Would definitely be enough for months and months and months though, but as not everything can be stored long W/we would have to miss out on some good food, and eat less versatile, which I would be ok with for survival of course... ^^)

As I noticed so many people think that they couldn't afford to start to do such things, and I just wonder seeing what money they spend on stuff they REALLY DON'T NEED!

Let's start with it that it's better to manage to live ok somehow instead of getting into debt... No wonder people can't afford stuff...

Next important part is that you don't eat and drink stuff from stores as much as possible, because even our most basic food is full of things which aren't good for your heath at all, no matter what the "smart people" say, even scientists cover things up for the big companies... Better to take the extra time and grow as much food on your own as possible, and make your own bread and things like that, at least you know that it has only flour, water and other things in it! If you can't afford it then you can just sell your home and move to another state, get a small house, save on rent with it, with the money you save (not debt!!!) you get an RV for the adults, one or two trailers for the kids, as much space as needed, as they can be set up so good that everybody will be able to have PLENTY of privacy... (And private RV spots are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay cheaper than any other rents, especially in some states...) You may have to leave precious friends, but oh well, you can stay in touch with them online, and one always loses and makes good friends anyway...

There are also other ridiculous things, how much people spend on entertainment, going out, machines, tv, cell phones, totally silly magazines... If you have to go to work everyday, using your car, you can do as many things as humanly possible in an as short drive as possible, instead of driving to pick some stuff up or get errands done going for an extra drive...

Other things like saving on electricity and spending time with some books instead can help in the process, and if you don't go to buy food so often you can grow some fresh spices, vegetables and fruits even inside your own home...

It is also a fantastic help if you buy food and other things in big stores made for restaurants, as there you can buy large quantities of food for an extremely low price...

And all in all, there are so many ways one can save money on, sometimes it just means that you buy something less fancy instead of your most favorite, and that you don't hang on your cell all buried into the screen, so you need no data for a touch screen phone, you can access the net on your desktop computer or laptop anyway...

One more important thing is that you take life easy enough, and try not to get chained into slavery to pay your debt, working your ass off at the same place for life... And that you try to learn an occupation what is really needed for the economy, instead of going for something with the big bucks, and what if you can't find a job because so many people are doing it anyway... You wanna learn as many things as possible, not only occupations, not to mention that such skills can be used in a job, and to make occasional money too, so you wanna be good at as many things as possible, and various workplaces teach you even more... Time to move on? You just get your stuff and go, there is home and work anywhere, that's why an RV is the best way to start to get prepared, so you can go to many places and get to know what would be the best spot to get settled in, and start to build up your very own space... You can have electricity with solar energy what you managed to afford with your saved up money, you can start to have critters like chickens and goats and fish, a big greenhouse to provide you all the food you need, have guns and other weapons and ammo to protect yourselves, and anybody up to kill some poor creatures in your family can get more food, big animals if possible, so you can smoke the meat to store it, learn about how to keep things cold in hot areas underground, you can also pickle and can a lot of the vegetables and fruits you grow, and fish and crawdads, rabbits mean an extremely easy and constant food source, goats giving milk (they can eat more stuff than cows, and you have to milk them only once a day), chickens having eggs, so you have food, you have electricity, running water fixed up with a good enough water storage solution, what else do you need, good computers and laptops and DVDs and/or hard drives to store all your books, movies, music and other stuff, your solar system will provide enough juice for them, and of course being busy with plants and critters you will have other activities anyway to keep you busy, not having to use such a lot of electricity in your free time... Oh, I almost forgot, you wanna have a wood stove cause burnable stuff happens to be almost anywhere, and solar garden spotlights are a very good alternative when you are worried about seeing stuff inside your home... And there are always people somewhere near enough, so you can trade the stuff you grow and things you make in your projects of woodwork and other ways to get other needed things for yourselves...
One more thing, honey bees and stevia... So you won't miss sugar, not to mention stevia has no calories in it at all and it's 4 times stronger than sugar as I remember, and if you have no tobacco to grow you can smoke mullein, it is good for your lungs on the top of that, and with no coffee to drink every single day you will get used to not needing it anymore, and herbal teas are always cool stuff to savor...

Another important thing, you HAVE TO study herbs, so if there is no doctor nearby you won't have any or too many problems... There is an herb for everything anyway, if not more herbs, which is more of a case, not to mention that not eating crap you are fed with nowadays and moving enough everyday by working will make you healthy and balanced as hell, so you will have waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay less chance to need a doctor! Not to mention that in the United States they feed you with pills to keep you sick, instead of curing you, they barely even know much about curing things, so it will be your duty to know enough about health and sicknesses and diseases... But it's still better than being trapped into the fake "modern health industry"... ^^

Just a few tips, stuff can be figured out when someone changes the mindset, being open-minded enough... ^^

Hey hun, thank you, looked up and intended to get right away!!! What a cool comment, thank you!!!

Oh holy cows, I don't even dare to imagine!!! ~lol

I agree with the community system btw, see for example how the "white world" conquered what was outside of it, they did everything to kill the cultural roots of tribal societies and community based dynamics... Just flock up into the line to the others and obey like a good lil sheep... Baaaaaaaaaaah, baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh ! Instead of letting you have your own space with your own people, the way you want it, cause the fact that you wanna be different doesn't mean that you are a bad person, with bad choices...

I would definitely move nearby if there was an EF community let's say, and be active in stuff sometimes! Would be totally awesome!!! ^^

It is interesting to hear this thing about the law and "hoarding food"...
Especially because the alternative media is stuffed with advertisements of buying storable food, enough for a year, two years, five years, for your whole family etc... It would really be a big fatty royal suck if that became outlawed!!! :S:S:S

I am very happy for it btw that the economy is on a somewhat more ok way now, though I still don't have much faith in the powers that be, neither their mainstream media, but indeed, imagine that you rule a country and want to stay in your fine position getting everything you wish for, of course it is manageable only when your people aren't revolting, trying to impeach you... All the stupid entertainment stuff has been working until lately, but when there is no job to feed your family and yourself then fuck the fun stuff... Panem et circenses... Put the sheep into ignorant oblivious bliss and they won't have a thought about stuff what matters... :|

But yeah, getting prepared is manageable rather when you are able to work already, not having to focus on your official education... (I just call studies on your own education too, when you don't do it in school, if it is deep and thorough enough... ^^) But then it is a smart thing to get to it as soon as possible... It also depends on the level of comfort taste of yours of course... Because it is really a toss up, because it can happen too that everything will be alright, and you could have used all that money and time spent on preparing for other, more pleasant things... On the other hand, if anything happens then you are fucked if you are unprepared... So I just find it (saddeningly un)common sense that one has the brains to think ahead, and provide the needed stuff for his/her family so whatever happens everything will be alright, the kids will be safe and not starving and in danger, and you never know how people would try to fuck around with you... Better to trust in yourself, yourselves first of all, and if things are ok then you have all that wonderful food already handy, and you won't have to worry about going to the store for years! But it's better to keep them handy anyway, rotated good so they won't go bad, so yes, it gets eaten up sooner or later, but at least you won't be starving and thirsty when something happens... ^^

You're lucky that you are in a relatively safer zone btw... In the USA... So many "hot spots" for Mama Nature's Moods and Fancies... ~grins ^^

Cool!!!

Dare to share your tips and experiences if you care to, I am sure that many who are interested can have a great use of them!

Years ago I worked with a woman who "prepared" for Y2K. She built an additional room to her house. She stocked it full of batteries and several generators. The batteries were for her vibrators. She said whether it is Y2K or 12/21/2012, she is going out with a bang.

I think being aware is good but I haven't gotten myself overly prepared.

I heard things but don't pay attention. It sounds like another Y2K freakout

In this.... idea of what will happen, do you really think there will be the infrastructure to support the internet? I don't think anything is going to happen. My Man and I have always grown our own food, and we have a wind turbine to supplement some power. But, we do these things because they are good for the environment and we enjoy them, not in preparation for some apocalyptic event.

If the US infrastructure collapses (and I don't think it will) I'm pretty sure the complicated systems that the Internet depends on to run and thrive will be the first to go. If it's an attack either from the interior or from abroad, the first thing they will take out is the Internet and the electricity. So, expecting to "keep in touch" or do any business on the 'net is going to simply not be possible. Of course, I'm not the least bit worried about it, if civilization goes, I'll be happy to go along with it. But, I don't think it's going to happen. There have been apocalyptic predictions for as long as we've had recorded time. And they are always wrong. Life and civilization heal and prevail.

No, I'm not leaving my family and friends to go live in the wilderness and stockpile food. I do think it's psychologically unhealthy to isolate oneself in this way. I think self imposed isolation can result in things much worse than any foggy unformed ideas about the Collapse. In fact, isolating someone from their support system and scaring them and keeping them in a constant state of low level of anxiety and uncertainty is a good way to keep someone from learning, thriving and growing....

However, this is just my opinion. You are entitled to yours and whatever "preparation" you feel is necessary.

But, good luck to you.

Not at all

What? LOL