Glad you did!Same here. I came close to not making it.
Glad you did!Same here. I came close to not making it.
Same here. I do the hope the next one will be less crap.My best prep? I survived another year.
We are all happy you made it!!! It will be an easier year for you in many respects I would imagine.Same here. I came close to not making it.
My best prep was starting a garden. I got a ton of veggies out of it, and I learned a lot.My best was really testing and using Chlorine Dioxide Solution. It has proven to be the best medicinal prep I could ever dream off having,
My worst was not haveing enough tested reload materials and equipment. I could have had more experience in reloading and saved a lot of $$. Could have made a big profit.
in my country there are more sheeple than preppers and even most preppers here are only prepping for short term events.My best prep was starting a garden. I got a ton of veggies out of it, and I learned a lot.
I think my worst prep is failing to find a local group that will support each other. The main resource I’m missing in my preps is likeminded people.
Where are you from? What would you have them prepare for?in my country there are more sheeple than preppers and even most preppers here are only prepping for short term events.
Where are you from? What would you have them prepare for?
@Thatoneguy69 I can't speak for big paul or anyone else here...but wondering what are you prepping for? I'm just curious. Your intro said seeking "like minded, prepper community" but you never really said what that is/means for you.Where are you from? What would you have them prepare for?
UK, anything that stops normal life, either for a short time or right up to the big one that makes normal life impossible.Where are you from? What would you have them prepare for?
I imagine prepping in the UK would be difficult. I will agree with you that it is difficult to get people to prepare; most people just want to stay asleep it seems.UK, anything that stops normal life, either for a short time or right up to the big one that makes normal life impossible.
anything that causes societal collapse, that one is top of my list.I imagine prepping in the UK would be difficult. I will agree with you that it is difficult to get people to prepare; most people just want to stay asleep it seems.
What are you preparing for?
Started baking ash cakes back in 1973 while in the CA mountains and Yosemite, Carmel Valley, John Muir Trail and then across America to TX. Got me going in everything and every type of bread, muffin, cakes, pancakes, waffles and such as the kids and grandkids all like the fresh from the oven homemade better than the store-bought. Fudge, brownies, cookies are all on the list too. Oatmeal with different condiments are my favorites. Raisens, M&Ms, pecans, peanut butter mostly. The neighbors always compliment Helena for the things we bring over and she has to confess that I did it....she bakes too, just not as often.GARY, I'm glad you love baking so much! I hate it! Lol.
Fair enough, prepping to bug in meets 99% of most situations I would say. I am curious though, would you be trying to cross the English canal if you had to bug out?anything that causes societal collapse, that one is top of my list.
prepping in the UK isnt difficult its just different, mostly its bugging IN rather than bugging out as we dont have the wilderness areas that are in the US, all the land is owned by someone even the more wilder areas like the moors and forests.
most people here if they prepare at all, 99% dont, only prepare for minor events, a day, 2 days, a week, a month at most, there are very few like me who prepare for anything more than that.
Started baking ash cakes back in 1973 while in the CA mountains and Yosemite, Carmel Valley, John Muir Trail and then across America to TX. Got me going in everything and every type of bread, muffin, cakes, pancakes, waffles and such as the kids and grandkids all like the fresh from the oven homemade better than the store-bought. Fudge, brownies, cookies are all on the list too. Oatmeal with different condiments are my favorites. Raisens, M&Ms, pecans, peanut butter mostly. The neighbors always compliment Helena for the things we bring over and she has to confess that I did it....she bakes too, just not as often.
I think we have 16 solar panels. Everything should be good to go. Had a tech guy out early last month to say it was good to go and we were hooked up. But yet, we are not. . . Still. Been dealing with with for almost a year now. I have watched videos, but it seems like all I do is go round and round. Still hooked up to the power lines.I guess my worst prep for the year is the one I didn't get to finish. I was planning on adding another 6 solar panels to supplement the 10 I already have. My plan was to put in the mounting pole by the end of October. Then I could put the panels up at my leisure any time after that. But nature had other plans. It started snowing and hasn't stopped yet. Sure, I could have gotten a backhoe up here to dig the hole, but no way could a cement truck make it in. It'll have to wait until June now.
I never could get anyone to come out and help me set my system up. I called every solar guy in the southern part of my state, no interestI think we have 16 solar panels. Everything should be good to go. Had a tech guy out early last month to say it was good to go and we were hooked up. But yet, we are not. . . Still. Been dealing with with for almost a year now. I have watched videos, but it seems like all I do is go round and round. Still hooked up to the power lines.
I'm assuming you mean the English Channel, NO I moved out of a British city 25 years ago and live in a rural agricultural area and have no plans to bug out anywhere else,Fair enough, prepping to bug in meets 99% of most situations I would say. I am curious though, would you be trying to cross the English canal if you had to bug out?
I imagine prepping in the UK would be difficult. I will agree with you that it is difficult to get people to prepare; most people just want to stay asleep it seems.
What are you preparing for?
you are so right!I think there are a couple of reasons most people don't prepare.
1) It is expensive and means much of your disposable income goes towards prepping so less to spend on getting your hair and nails done, fancy nights out, new cars every four years and such.
2) They believe that someone else is going to "help" them if all hell breaks loose; be that the Federal Government, local police or relatives
3) They are clueless as to how thin the veil between civility and chaos actually is
4) They are somehow "special" and therefore that kind of stuff happens to other people and not them.
I set up a brick foundation, formed up a 3 ft. X 7 ft. frame and poured a concrete base for a grill and baking place directly next to the terrace I built last year. I will build a grill, smoker, baking and cooking area left and right from a sink with running water and an electrical rotisserie so we can even grill a small pig on a spit and smoke hot or cold as needed. You can just see the white electrical cable and the water drain in the top middle of the pic. The hot and cold running water will come from the garden hose connector seen in the lower left. The main terrace is the bricked area on the right. ((I cleaned the camera lense after seeing how bad the pic was))
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