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 Posted: April 13 2006 at 1:03pm |
 I'm sorry ... I'm just lauging and laughing ... these are soooo good! And they're even better 'cause so many have happened to me ... esp. the ones about not having something for dinner (oh how I hate to face my hubby at those times!!) or the TP issue! Been there ... done that! My son now refers to our storage room as 'the bunker'!! -k
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Posted: April 13 2006 at 1:49pm |
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When a George Clooney lookalike walks by you and you go back to looking at the expiration dates on the tuna. Happened to me 2 weeks ago at walmart. (I may be getting older- but I'm not dead yet)
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Posted: April 15 2006 at 10:21am |
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When you buy 30 cans of sale vegetables at the store and the kid behind the scanner asks if you are a vegetarian......
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Posted: April 15 2006 at 10:22am |
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Good one Flowerchild!
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Posted: April 16 2006 at 4:46pm |
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You know you're a prepper when you can't remember when the last argument you had with your spouse was NOT over prepping.
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Posted: April 16 2006 at 8:12pm |
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You know you're a prepper when you get frustrated that you have to work to make money instead of working on your survival skill set and preps.
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Posted: April 17 2006 at 4:51pm |
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How true!
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Posted: April 18 2006 at 11:32am |
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You haven't figured out where to store all of your current preps, but just ordered another 4 cases of canning jars for extra rice and beans you haven't purchased yet.
I've got some serious closet cleaning to do ... 
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Posted: April 18 2006 at 12:18pm |
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:::::::::When you brag to others that you bought a 25lb bag of beans
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Posted: April 18 2006 at 12:23pm |
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... when you watch all six hours and six minutes of "The Stand" while canning butter, doing a bulk ammo inventory/repackaging and vac sealing frozen rice AND you're prepared to provide a 17 page critique of the characters' preps!
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Survival does have an 'I'!
Dodging 'canes on Florida's central Gulf Coast |
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Posted: April 22 2006 at 9:47am |
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When just one Remington 870 Express shotgun isn't going to be enough.
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Posted: April 22 2006 at 10:04am |
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When the local gun dealers come to your house to buy ammo.
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Posted: April 22 2006 at 10:34am |
Well of course not!. You have to keep the short barrel on one of them !
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Posted: April 22 2006 at 11:11am |
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"- You know the names, family histories, locations, and degree of
readiness of over a thousand fellow doomers on the net.... but you've never met your neighbors." Truer words were never written... |
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I LIKE SCARY RIDES
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Posted: April 22 2006 at 1:26pm |
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Oh I needed this thread.
You know your a prepper when you cant get out of the store with less than 3 carts full
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Posted: April 22 2006 at 8:29pm |
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You know you're a prepper when a good friend informs you he's not taking this "bird flu business" seriously and isn't planning on doing a blessed thing to prepare, but you know that when TSHTF he will be on your doorstep begging for water, batteries and toilet paper so you stock some extra supplies for him because he graduated from a military academy in the 1950s and was regarded as an expert marksman and sharpshooter (and still is) and the closest you've ever been to a gun was watching Magnum P.I. on television.
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Any frontal attack on ignorance is bound to fail because the masses are always ready to defend their most precious possession.
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Posted: April 22 2006 at 8:46pm |
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You know you're a prepper when you look up at the dropped ceiling in your kitchen one morning and mentally figure out how much light stuff (paper napkins, plastic sheeting, etc.) you can store up there, which ideally would be just one package short of having the entire mess come crashing down on your family one evening at dinner...
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Any frontal attack on ignorance is bound to fail because the masses are always ready to defend their most precious possession.
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Posted: April 22 2006 at 8:54pm |
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You know you're a prepper when you have 64 rolls of toilet paper in your house and only one bathroom.
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Any frontal attack on ignorance is bound to fail because the masses are always ready to defend their most precious possession.
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Posted: April 22 2006 at 9:38pm |
It's funny you wrote this just after I had a brainstorm (would you believe a drizzle) of storing my paper goods in my low attic.
Ummm, now I wonder what the R-factor is for toilet paper? Which brand gives the highest R-factor. Is single or two ply better for insulation?
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Survival does have an 'I'!
Dodging 'canes on Florida's central Gulf Coast |
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Posted: April 23 2006 at 6:00am |
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you know you a prepper when you have a lively discussion with your sister on how far a roll of toliet paper lasts in her household of two.she thinks a week , i say no, maybe i should time date mine and see how long it lasts lol. i'm way behind on the tp storing , she has 72 rolls, i have 20 , i guess i'll be useing the stored stack of newspapers for the wood burning stove, i have'nt brought yet. lol good luck to all roxy
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Posted: April 23 2006 at 8:05am |
NOT a good plan. Been there done that. $575 to repair it.
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Posted: April 24 2006 at 1:09pm |
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You know you're a prepper when you write down on the calendar the dates that you begin using tp, papertowels, and food stuffs in order to know the rate at which they're being consumed.
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Posted: June 04 2006 at 9:59am |
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You know your a prepper when you fleamarket any thing that doesn't hold water and you can't store food in it.
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history repeats its self
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Posted: June 04 2006 at 10:01am |
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You know your a prepper when you actually consider to auction your Honey out for extra supply money!
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history repeats its self
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Posted: June 04 2006 at 10:07am |
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You know your a prepper when you get hives thinking of whats left to do...( Had to take benedryl today
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Posted: June 04 2006 at 11:16am |
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You Know you're a prepper when:
You stop the checkout clerk from opening the sealed case to get a barcode to scan.
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Posted: June 04 2006 at 1:57pm |
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You know you are prepper when.....
You lie to the cashier about why you are buying 25 lbs of flour and 2 lbs of yeast. (Bake sale !). |
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Posted: June 04 2006 at 2:03pm |
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When the clerk at the Dollar Store puts on her wrist brace when I get up to the register.
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Posted: June 05 2006 at 1:36am |
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When you have 300lbs of dog food sealed in mylar and 5gal buckets labeled "For emergency use only"
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You give peace a chance, I'll cover you in case it doesn't work out.
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Posted: June 06 2006 at 4:39am |
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When your neighbors see you unloading your car and comment on the fact that your baby goes through a case of diapers every week! :)
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Posted: June 06 2006 at 11:04am |
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You know your your a prepper when you trip over a can of beans that rolled from under your bed and injure your foot. And you just add new stuff to your prep list
bandades cold hot packs You know your a prepper when you make footstools out of large juice cans and want to tell someone but dont . You live in fear of calling in the furnace repairman because your house has extra fake heating vents and you cant remember which is which. You own blackout paint or at least know where to buy it. You have two generators and havent a clue how to use them. OK that just me. You arrive home with ten cases of can food and your neighbour asks were they on sale and you say No. You have more than ten types of rice on hand and know how to cook each type with several cooking methods. Over a open flame on the barbeque or on the stove and with a solar oven You actually dont eat the chocolate in the house because they are part of your preps. Im so impressed with myself Your have a fully packed bug out bag and had to convince your husband your not planning on leaving him and you point out the case is full of warm plain clothes and protein bars not sexy nightgowns and he finally beleives you when he he sees a pack of rolled up one dollar bills inside a box of tampons. |
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Posted: June 07 2006 at 11:53am |
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You know you're a prepper when DH tells you not to buy any more cat food because there are cases under the bed and bags behind the couch and you ignore him because there aren't enough there yet.
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Posted: June 07 2006 at 8:51pm |
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You know your a prepper when you tell your kid's you need to go grocery shopping and they say"Why don't you just go in the basement and shop"
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Posted: June 09 2006 at 5:33am |
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You know your a prepper when you start counting the methods you have to cook with and you come up with gas grill with 10 tanks (no more room in garage, husband is praying out loud) , charcoal-20 bags in garage (need more putunder bed), esbit stove w/ 1000 refills, camp stove (including camp oven) with 30 small propane tanks (need more), majik stove with 20 refills (need more), 2 cords of wood (need more) on side of garage covered with tarp so nosey neighbors can't see and still thinking how many other way you can come up with to cook !LOL
And you have gotten all these do to one failed experiment with Solar!
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Posted: June 09 2006 at 4:58pm |
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You know you're a prepper when all your favorite web sites are for essential supplies, long term storable foods sites, solar energy and alternative cooking methods, proper sterilization for water, with every method covered, recipe sites for use of stored preps in tasty ways.
Oh yeah, I need to share this one, Ham for long term storage. It's country ham, needs no refridgeration and can be literally hung up somewhere for months! Sure will make the beans taste better
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Posted: June 10 2006 at 8:41pm |
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You know you're a prepper when you tell the grocery cashier to ring up 10 gallons of water and he says, " that's a lot of water", and then you tell him to add 10 more.
Thanks to everyone for their fantastic posts, I totally related to many of them and your ideas were marvelous!
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Posted: June 10 2006 at 8:42pm |
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which brand country ham do you recommend? My kids love it ...
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Posted: June 10 2006 at 10:05pm |
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You know when you are a prepper when you go straight to customer service to pay for 20 cases of water and they tell you drive to the back of the store to put it in the van for you along withe the stock up on toilet paper and paper towels that are on sale.
I find this to be the easiest method to get those big things straight into the car then I go back in to shop for more...dragging 3 carts along.
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Posted: June 10 2006 at 10:36pm |
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I am curious to know if the Virginia country ham can be cooked over top a grill. Many thanks! |
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Posted: June 11 2006 at 5:15am |
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The virginia country ham has to be soaked in frseh water for 24 hours because of the salt content. I don't think you'd be happy with it if you grilled it. It is mostly used for flavoring dishes, but some hardy souls do fry it up and eat it salty. Jo
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Posted: June 12 2006 at 12:03pm |
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You know youre a prepper, when you have tossed and turned in bed..pondering and questioning the fact of whether it IS actually possible to re-model a N95 mask to fit your dog or budgie.
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Land of the Long White Cloud
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Posted: June 12 2006 at 6:36pm |
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you know your a prepper when a sale on toliet paper excites you.
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You eye your new husbands new truck topper and begin to calculate how much more food you can now get in the back of the pick up
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Your husband begins to refer to the basement as " the store".
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Posted: June 22 2006 at 4:57pm |
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I think you know when you order gas masks, filters and body armour.
Mike
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Posted: June 23 2006 at 12:32pm |
YumYum, a hearty soul and a thirsty one. Actually, you know you are a prepper when you observe your family after a country ham dinner meal to see how much extra water they drink, figure how many hams you have and buy the extra water and put it with the hams
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Posted: July 08 2006 at 1:45pm |
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You know you're a prepper when you try to LIMIT DH's use (the man is out of control! or is it me??? Na!!!)
Had to bring this back to the top. We all need a good laugh now and then. Checked this out on purpose because I just found out today that my alpha-male cat is dying of FIP.
Laugh first, cry later.
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