What prepping mistakes have you made?

[JackDW]

Brent I will somewhat agree with you as I am still not a major Trump fan but then again, look what the Democrats have come up with.

While Trump may not be a perfect candidate, he is FAR above anything the Democrats are putting forth. When are the Democrats going to wake up and start supporting the American people again. I really would like to have an alternative to Trump but the Democrats have failed AGAIN.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Just take a look at what's in the Democrat clown bus. A senile old Socialist geezer who can't put two words together without stuffing his foot in his mouth, another old Socialist commie, a socilist dingbat who claimed to be a squaw so that she could take advantage of the benefits that are handed out to so-called minorities, a couple of other socilist nobody's, and then there's a socilist butt pirate, nuff said about that pervert. All will raise your taxes and do what they can to destroy our economy and take your guns away. Wow, now there's a herd of candidates to be proud of.

 

[DrHenley]

Brent, we now know that you were completely bamboozled about Trump and the Russians. The frickin Director of the FBI was part of a CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY to tarnish Trump and lead people like you to believe Trump was a traitor,

Have you stopped to ask yourself WHAT ELSE you have been bamboozled about concerning Trump???

Have you???

 

[Brent S]

Brent I will somewhat agree with you as I am still not a major Trump fan but then again, look what the Democrats have come up with.

While Trump may not be a perfect candidate, he is FAR above anything the Democrats are putting forth. When are the Democrats going to wake up and start supporting the American people again. I really would like to have an alternative to Trump but the Democrats have failed AGAIN.

I agree I don’t like most of the far left either. I’m glad we have a two party system as it keeps the craziest ideas from getting passed. I still say Biden is middle of the road enough to be way more appealing than trump though. I’m hoping there is some surprise candidate to give a better option on the right.

 

[Brent S]

Brent, we now know that you were completely bamboozled about Trump and the Russians. The frickin Director of the FBI was part of a CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY to tarnish Trump and lead people like you to believe Trump was a traitor,

Have you stopped to ask yourself WHAT ELSE you have been bamboozled about concerning Trump???

Have you???

The Russian stuff isn’t my main complaint with trump. His disregard for the environment, childish behaviors, tantrums, erratic tweets, etc are all above that. It’s pretty much a circus show right now, and it’s not just me, the whole world is saying it. There has got to be a better option for the right.

 

[Brent S]

Just take a look at what's in the Democrat clown bus. A senile old Socialist geezer who can't put two words together without stuffing his foot in his mouth, another old Socialist commie, a socilist dingbat who claimed to be a squaw so that she could take advantage of the benefits that are handed out to so-called minorities, a couple of other socilist nobody's, and then there's a socilist butt pirate, nuff said about that pervert. All will raise your taxes and do what they can to destroy our economy and take your guns away. Wow, now there's a herd of candidates to be proud of.

The butt pirate comment made me laugh harder than anything else today! I won’t disagree that the majority of the left runners are a sad bunch, but still think Biden is much more with it and sane than trump. I’m begging for any decent alternative to him....

 

[Mountain trapper]

The butt pirate comment made me laugh harder than anything else today! I won’t disagree that the majority of the left runners are a sad bunch, but still think Biden is much more with it and sane than trump. I’m begging for any decent alternative to him....

Ok Brent, you can quit joking now, because you can't possibly be serious about stupid Joe being a better choice then Trump. Like I've said before, I only focus on results, and Trump has delivered us from the dark day of obuma. You can't argue with the successes of Trump's policy's. I guess you can, but you'd be wrong.
Just be careful what you wish for, because Clinton may come slithering out of the swamp to save the Democrats. Now don't tell me that you'd vote for that disgusting creature over Trump.

 

[Mountain trapper]

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[Brent S]

Ok Brent, you can quit joking now, because you can't possibly be serious about stupid Joe being a better choice then Trump. Like I've said before, I only focus on results, and Trump has delivered us from the dark day of obuma. You can't argue with the successes of Trump's policy's. I guess you can, but you'd be wrong.
Just be careful what you wish for, because Clinton may come slithering out of the swamp to save the Democrats. Now don't tell me that you'd vote for that disgusting creature over Trump.

I don’t consider myself a Democrat or republican, but look at the person and what they stand for. Right now I would vote for Homer Simpson over trump, sorry. Yes I do think Clinton is a bette option, but really am not thrilled with any of the candidates. Why do we only have two choices again? Is Romney definitely out of the running? At least he is sane.

 

[Mountain trapper]

I don’t consider myself a Democrat or republican, but look at the person and what they stand for. Right now I would vote for Homer Simpson over trump, sorry. Yes I do think Clinton is a bette option, but really am not thrilled with any of the candidates. Why do we only have two choices again? Is Romney definitely out of the running? At least he is sane.

Same here. I don't care much for either party. I'd be better described as a constitutional conservative, with possibly a little libertarian.
To be honest I have seen a handful of Democrat politicians that seem to be somewhat rational. The problem is they would never stand a chance of winning a national election. Because the Democrat base has all jumped on the crazy train and will only vote for more handouts.
Now you keep calling Trump insane, but from where I sit his policies are working out very well. And I don't give a rats ass what other countries think of OUR president. Of course I'll vote for Trump again. He's doing a great job.
I also liked Romney but would never vote for him if he was running against Trump.

 

[tmttactical]

The only way Biden can stop making stupid comments is for him to have his mouth sewed shut. He is border line senile if not already there. The media is propping him up in hops of getting enough moderate democrats to vote for him. This way his far left running mate can take over, after Biden's sudden mental collapse. The left is offering more 'Free" stuff daily, so that buys the lazy and stupid vote. Slow Joe buys the moderate blind voter (too bias to see the truth) and then a few of the independent sheeple, who think we should open our border and take in the the poor of the world. The game plan is easy to see and may just work. Scary that there are that many stupid people out voting. Nice guy has nothing to do with leadership. Results are what count.

 

[Jayson]

My biggest mistake, so far....I have adequate amounts of food, water, weapons and ammo, but I kind of neglected major medical supplies.

 

[BillMasen]

Not emigrating to the US when we had chance.

 

[Petoski]

I am starting to think not building a moat may have been an oversight.

 

[Brent S]

Well, luckily I recently restocked my medical supplies recently. Do wish I had a few more masks but have enough to get by, especially since we’re on home lockdown anyways. As far as immigrating here, well we’re a mess here too. At least we can own firearms for protection though. I’m really impressed with the moat idea! Lol. No one really saw this mess coming so there will always be things we forgot about. My suggestion, just be greatful we have prepared as well as we have. And never forget that if you go to bed warm and dry along with a full belly then you don’t have too bad. Everything else is gravy.

 

[KateMTx]

My biggest mistake, so far....I have adequate amounts of food, water, weapons and ammo, but I kind of neglected major medical supplies.

I feel like I'm lacking in the medical supplies department too. I have some masks and gloves, but I don't know that at this point I would ever feel like it was enough.

 

[Jayson]

I feel like I'm lacking in the medical supplies department too. I have some masks and gloves, but I don't know that at this point I would ever feel like it was enough.

Yes, medical and dental supplies should be stockpiled. I was lucky to find out that my new dentist is a prepper, just in case I get a sweet tooth cavity when the SHTF.

 

[Frozen Tundra]

I don’t consider myself a Democrat or republican, but look at the person and what they stand for. Right now I would vote for Homer Simpson over trump, sorry. Yes I do think Clinton is a bette option, but really am not thrilled with any of the candidates. Why do we only have two choices again? Is Romney definitely out of the running? At least he is sane.

Politics started to make more sense to me when I discovered that the right wing and the left wing are both part of the same bird. None of them care about you or me... Not one. All any of them care about, is fattening their wallet while stepping on your back. Trump is crap, Biden is crap... Both of them are dumpster fires. The only thing I'm confident of, is that come November, regardless which of these a$$hats wins, America loses...

 

[user 6493]

Politics started to make more sense to me when I discovered that the right wing and the left wing are both part of the same bird. None of them care about you or me... Not one. All any of them care about, is fattening their wallet while stepping on your back. Trump is crap, Biden is crap... Both of them are dumpster fires. The only thing I'm confident of, is that come November, regardless which of these a$$hats wins, America loses...

you sound bitter....................................

 

[jimLE]

the 3 biggest mistake's i can think of is.

1 moving back into town.

2.not enough medical supplies

3.not enough ammo.

 

[lonewolf]

no real mistakes, probably bought too much non food bits and pieces, might never use half of it but I reckon "better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it", I've always thought that prepping was invented to keep the consumer society consuming but hey might come in handy eventually!
my main mistake was assuming that everybody who called themselves a prepper was in fact that, a lot of the British ones were anything but. tried to form prepper groups or at least some sort of get together but was mostly a waste of time, those that did turn up disappeared within a short time never to be seen or heard from again.
just goes to reinforce my loner/recluse philosophy.

 

[Frozen Tundra]

you sound bitter....................................

Bitter... sour... grumpy... my good friends tell me I'm a real A-hole! I'm pretty sure they're all directionally correct...

 

[Brent S]

no real mistakes, probably bought too much non food bits and pieces, might never use half of it but I reckon "better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it", I've always thought that prepping was invented to keep the consumer society consuming but hey might come in handy eventually!
my main mistake was assuming that everybody who called themselves a prepper was in fact that, a lot of the British ones were anything but. tried to form prepper groups or at least some sort of get together but was mostly a waste of time, those that did turn up disappeared within a short time never to be seen or heard from again.
just goes to reinforce my loner/recluse philosophy.

I was excited to go to a group that was in a town not far from here. There were twenty five people or so and it seemed great at first. Most of the people were too fringe for me though. Sure do wish I had even a small group nearby though. It would be good to be with others that have each other’s backs.

 

[lonewolf]

not possible in a place like Britain, even if people are genuine and many are not, we are so spread out that any kind of meeting has to be planned well in advance, I only know of two people I can meet even fleetingly and they both live in different counties to me-1 west and 1 east! and the mileage is too great for it to be of any security use.

 

[Jayson]

I’m trying to find a doctor who would be willing to join my survivalist group, as long as he’s not a proctologist.

 

[Jayson]

I was excited to go to a group that was in a town not far from here. There were twenty five people or so and it seemed great at first. Most of the people were too fringe for me though. Sure do wish I had even a small group nearby though. It would be good to be with others that have each other’s backs.

I just happened to rewatch old episodes of Doomsday Preppers. A small percentage of the preppers had their **** together, but others seemed to be totally whacked. One old hippie couple declined to buy firearms because they preferred to use reason with the rampaging hordes of hungry looters.

 

[lonewolf]

the rampaging hordes is debateable, depends which country and where in that country that one lives.
if said rampaging hordes are on foot it depends how used to walking long distances they are.
lot of "depends" to think about.

 

[Celeree]

Mistakes we've made: not getting out here sooner. No one can predict when something like this will happen, just thought we had more time. We didn't. It is what it is.

 

[DrHenley]

the rampaging hordes is debateable, depends which country and where in that country that one lives.
if said rampaging hordes are on foot it depends how used to walking long distances they are.
lot of "depends" to think about.

The rampaging hordes still have gas...(petrol for you blokes across the pond )

 

[Kevin L]

Politics started to make more sense to me when I discovered that the right wing and the left wing are both part of the same bird. None of them care about you or me... Not one. All any of them care about, is fattening their wallet while stepping on your back. Trump is crap, Biden is crap... Both of them are dumpster fires. The only thing I'm confident of, is that come November, regardless which of these a$$hats wins, America loses...

Don't be shy . . . tell me how you really feel!