If War Is Imminent...What Are You Lacking?
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sssarawolf
Has No Life - Lives on TB
AAAAAAHHH
I have been doing so much canning , that i just found i am very low on canning lids, I had been replaceing but not enough at a time it looks like.
PLus we have been useing things up as we have had some extra Doctor bills and etc. and havent been able to replace. PLus extra gas. Have the barrels but havent had anything extra left over to be able to fill them. But we would survive with out if we had to.
I have been doing so much canning , that i just found i am very low on canning lids, I had been replaceing but not enough at a time it looks like.
PLus we have been useing things up as we have had some extra Doctor bills and etc. and havent been able to replace. PLus extra gas. Have the barrels but havent had anything extra left over to be able to fill them. But we would survive with out if we had to.
Jmurman
Veteran Member
sssarawolf said:I have been doing so much canning , that i just found i am very low on canning lids, I had been replaceing but not enough at a time it looks like.
Yeah...I am also low.
Where is a good place to get lids?
Guy_Incognito
Inactive
Hopefully, my general isolation from the rest of the world is a useful buffer against global events. But of course, the other side of the coin is that I'm at the far end of a looong supply chain and supplies could quite possibly just stop turning up.
If I had 72 hours, I'd :
- Go fill the freezer with as much meat as possible, plus a layer of water bottles on top, just in case. Actually, I'll probably go do that this morning when I get home anyway.
- Go fill up both cars, top off a few fuel drums. Depending on fuel prices, a 200L drum of diesel (for the car with the highest economy). Fuel here is $1.20 a litre normally, but hit $1.45 during the last panic 6 months ago. If any serious kind of action takes off, there's only one way it's going to go. With a full tank+ 20L, I can bug out to my sisters cattle property 800 miles away if necessary.
- Cruise past supermarket, ascertain of there's any sort of panic buying going on. Do some panic buying myself
- Go buy a couple of hundred amp-hours worth of batteries and a mains trickle charger, to last over any short-term (eg, a day) loss of power. Any serious long term failure, and I would liberate some useful things from work, for "safe keeping".
(Seeing as I can't go to work when there's no power, a lot of mining/industrial machinery there will be idle.) The power plant here is local, runs on natural gas piped 600 miles from Papua New Guinea, and supplies a very large mining and smelting operation that makes a lot of money when the power's on. I think/hope that any outages will be fairly limited. Unless they're EMP related, which would be difficult.
- Go over the instructions of my dosimeters again, and check their operation
No need for a fallout shelter, the office from which I'm typing this is 600 meters underground
- Give all my far-flung relatives a call and touch base.
- Spend the remaining 60 or so hours reading TB2K and all the "OMG!" , "See!? I Told You!" posts.
If I had 72 hours, I'd :
- Go fill the freezer with as much meat as possible, plus a layer of water bottles on top, just in case. Actually, I'll probably go do that this morning when I get home anyway.
- Go fill up both cars, top off a few fuel drums. Depending on fuel prices, a 200L drum of diesel (for the car with the highest economy). Fuel here is $1.20 a litre normally, but hit $1.45 during the last panic 6 months ago. If any serious kind of action takes off, there's only one way it's going to go. With a full tank+ 20L, I can bug out to my sisters cattle property 800 miles away if necessary.
- Cruise past supermarket, ascertain of there's any sort of panic buying going on. Do some panic buying myself
- Go buy a couple of hundred amp-hours worth of batteries and a mains trickle charger, to last over any short-term (eg, a day) loss of power. Any serious long term failure, and I would liberate some useful things from work, for "safe keeping".
(Seeing as I can't go to work when there's no power, a lot of mining/industrial machinery there will be idle.) The power plant here is local, runs on natural gas piped 600 miles from Papua New Guinea, and supplies a very large mining and smelting operation that makes a lot of money when the power's on. I think/hope that any outages will be fairly limited. Unless they're EMP related, which would be difficult.
- Go over the instructions of my dosimeters again, and check their operation
No need for a fallout shelter, the office from which I'm typing this is 600 meters underground - Give all my far-flung relatives a call and touch base.
- Spend the remaining 60 or so hours reading TB2K and all the "OMG!" , "See!? I Told You!" posts.
I think the rubber will still be good.
sssarawolf
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Wowser
Talk abot a good buy, 200 doz for 10.00. gee whiz, Our Wal mart doesnt even s
ell canning lids at this time of year, they call it a seasonal item gads
Talk abot a good buy, 200 doz for 10.00. gee whiz, Our Wal mart doesnt even s
ell canning lids at this time of year, they call it a seasonal item gads gillmanNSF
Veteran Member
A three month supply of my prescription (only 2).
A digital scanner (trunking) to know what is going on around me.
Weapons for defense? I have none.
A digital scanner (trunking) to know what is going on around me.
Weapons for defense? I have none.
imaginative
keep your eye on the ball
tsk said:A competent president.
tsk, tsk...
and a fresh, heathly military....
and closed borders...
and a manufacturing base to convert to military use...
and the moral high ground.
Lilbitsnana
On TB every waking moment
well, I'm gonna restock the tp we have used and not replaced. think I will get some more toothpaste and floss. we have spent way to much at the dentist to let all that good work go to waste.
formula............well, have a new grandbaby due in August, so will get some baby supplies. not something I have stocked, since my other GS is now 5.
formula............well, have a new grandbaby due in August, so will get some baby supplies. not something I have stocked, since my other GS is now 5.
ARMY RANGER
Inactive
first I would load all my spare mags and then head to Sam's and grab at least 20 more cases of veggies,10 more cases of V-8,200extra lbs of rice,and all the ground hamburger on the shelf.after that run I would go to the pharmacy and pick up more vitamins and try to get another 6 months of scrips. Thats about it ,I am pretty well prepped for everything.
idelphic
Inactive
Hmm I'd have to say a bit. I thought about pulling together a excel spread sheet to tally the cost,...
Want,... 35-40 acres,..
4-6 40' Seapaks,..
1 to 3 genracs
Water, filters, etc..
Food stored
weapons,.. books on weapons.
Money of couse,..and time to put it all in the ground!..
Want,... 35-40 acres,..
4-6 40' Seapaks,..
1 to 3 genracs
Water, filters, etc..
Food stored
weapons,.. books on weapons.
Money of couse,..and time to put it all in the ground!..
Caplock50
I am the Winter Warrior
You ask..."If war is imminent...what are you lacking?"
My answer...
Word from God as to what my next step should be. I have done all I can with what I've got; so the rest will certainly be up to Him.
I do plan on buying some dental floss as an extra. It'll be great for tying the fletches onto my arrows.
My answer...
Word from God as to what my next step should be. I have done all I can with what I've got; so the rest will certainly be up to Him.
I do plan on buying some dental floss as an extra. It'll be great for tying the fletches onto my arrows.
Barry Natchitoches
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Jmurman said:
I saw some just yesterday at a local Save-A-Lot store. They had complete mason jar sets too, if you need complete jars and not just the lids.
jed turtle
a brother in the Lord
better crossbows for silent defense capability.
better night vision equipment.
rechargeable lithium batteries and recharger for all my zenon flashlights.
the 8 truckloads of gravel a fellow still owes me to cover up the latest addition to the rootcellar.
extra ceramic filters for the water filter.
a small Stihl chainsaw to backup the main saw.
additional laying hens and a years supply of grain to go with them.
more godly, Get-It neighbors, rather than the materialistic DGIs i've been surrounded with lately.
better night vision equipment.
rechargeable lithium batteries and recharger for all my zenon flashlights.
the 8 truckloads of gravel a fellow still owes me to cover up the latest addition to the rootcellar.
extra ceramic filters for the water filter.
a small Stihl chainsaw to backup the main saw.
additional laying hens and a years supply of grain to go with them.
more godly, Get-It neighbors, rather than the materialistic DGIs i've been surrounded with lately.
Trasael Adnepos
Inactive
LAWS
Jumpy Frog
Browncoat sympathizer
Mark D said:
I like your style man.
Guiness and Newcastle are my favorites. Then Beamish, Murphys, Kiltlifter and a Scottish ale I'm forgetting the name of right now.
Add for me some good single malt scotches, can always use more ammo, some food top offs, a little more fuel as prices are dropping a bit, NVG's and body armor for force multiplers. Some new Tac gear would be nice.........but not all that important as I got plenty USGI surplus.
RoadRunner
Veteran Member
Couple more solar security lights..
Snipe Hunter
Veteran Member
Mark D said:
It would be nice to have a lady who understands prepping tooooooooo
Fuzzychick
Membership Revoked
Mark D said:
Bubba Zanetti
Veteran Member
Yes. Guinness.
Extra Stout.
Extra Stout.
Fuzzychick
Membership Revoked
Mark D, you forgot the Bass Ale, Black N Tans.
imaginative
keep your eye on the ball
no GUINNESS??
I thought you guys were preppers.
That was the 1st thing I stocked-up on.
and the 2nd...
and the 3rd...
I thought you guys were preppers.
That was the 1st thing I stocked-up on.
and the 2nd...
and the 3rd...
Fuzzychick
Membership Revoked
imaginative said:
Of course Guinness silly, how do you expect to make Black N Tans with Bass?