I don't know...we just endured the worst flooding since the 20's, and while it was more than a little inconvenient, I never missed a bite. Never did without anything. My wife wasting a couple hours a day bypassing flooded roads to get to work was the biggest impact on us. If I'm going to stockpile anything it will be ammo, because I'm terrified at the thought of those Canadians massing on the border, getting ready to come steal my maple syrup and back bacon.
Pending demise or pending doom?
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Etched in solid granite truth is that!
PS: I have several as yet uneaten Christmas fruitcakes in the basement. I'll be good for a while.
And here I thought it was just another day. NO feelings of impending doom from me; just Tuesday!
Y2K was almost 24 years ago...
Me too. Geeeez. Hopefully we have a few yrs. I really need my Bills to win a Superbowl before it’s over.
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Ivan the Butcher
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The Romans invented fruitcake, and still have some on a shelf somewhere!
My Sister-in-law makes fantastic "Nut Breads". I think You can live on a good fruit cake for weeks or longer as long as you get 800 calories day and don't get "backed up!" The ones soaked in rum are good medical back-up too. You won't care what's wrong with you!
Ivan
The Brits still don't eat very well.
I've got fruitcake older than Twinkies. I love the stuff, even make my own at Christmas. No one--and I mean no one--wants a Christmas present from me.
Fishinfool
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Ivan - After all those years on a farm, it was probably a shock for your wife to lose the easy access to food and water, and general self sufficiency that was always taken for granted. Smart of her to think ahead, and to prepare based on your new living situation.
I would caution against friends and neighbors being made aware of her preparations. When food and water gets short, people will start to do stupid things....
Larry
I would caution against friends and neighbors being made aware of her preparations. When food and water gets short, people will start to do stupid things....
Larry
All my relatives over there will be disappointed to learn this.
What they don't know...
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Ivan the Butcher
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I hadn't thought about High Rise condos, ours is like a Townhouse/Row house apartment and has a finished basement
Ample, and most likely in violation of fire regulations, if they exist! We don't tempt the neighbors with that kind of information!
As I've gotten older ammo cans full to the top are getting too heavy to carry, that's what they make hand carts for!
Ivan
HOUSTON RICK
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There is no telling what will happen next.
And here I thought it was just another day. NO feelings of impending doom from me; just Tuesday!
Y2K was almost 24 years ago...
1972 I was a 10th grader in a Jesuit military high school. During one military science class, the retired Master Sargent explained to a class of 90 sixteen year old boys about the computer problem Y2K presented. This in the days where "Pong" was a computer game.
"You are going to be the 40 year old middle managers and supervisors who will have to fix this before it happens"
Two of the smartest kids in the class went to Cal Tech and MIT for computer science. Neither went beyond a BS in computer science, but both finished their careers very high up in leadership of IBM.
The sharpest kid in the class, whose father was a one armed WWII vet, borrowed every penny he could and invested it in Microsoft when it went public. He has a business degree from Boston College. He became so wealthy he once bought a 4 million dollar home on a golf course in California, tore it down, and put up an 8 million dollar home. He gives our alma mater so much money the school doesn't even say how much he gives, but it's known to be in the millions.
riverrat38
US Veteran
I have a 2 week food supply around my waist.
Oldengineer
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I’ve been watching for some kind of collapse since the 1970’s. And so, I’m very sensitive to things that might bring on a collapse. The recent pandemic was very chilling for me. I lost a few family members and friends who bought into the previous administrations decision to chose the economy over public safety. My cousin is a PhD epidemiologist who worked on the “problem” at Washington State University. He told me about the Covid party’s designed to create immunity. He lost 2 colleagues.
What troubles me the most was the division during that period. My own sister didn’t think it was any different than the seasonal flu. We treated the topic as a taboo and just didn’t discuss it……until one of her grandchildren died. It’s the current divisiveness that scares me the most. Whatever happens, the best outcomes will not be realized because of this. The political divide will be preclude the best thinking. There’s a guy at MIT named Dan Kim. He teaches the “engine of success.”
The quality of relationships drives the quality of thinking. The quality of thinking drives the quality of action. The quality of action drives the quality of the results.
And so, we can all have our own opinions, but what really matters is when the s..t hits the fan, we find a way to come together. BTW, I’m a life long republican. Tom H.
What troubles me the most was the division during that period. My own sister didn’t think it was any different than the seasonal flu. We treated the topic as a taboo and just didn’t discuss it……until one of her grandchildren died. It’s the current divisiveness that scares me the most. Whatever happens, the best outcomes will not be realized because of this. The political divide will be preclude the best thinking. There’s a guy at MIT named Dan Kim. He teaches the “engine of success.”
The quality of relationships drives the quality of thinking. The quality of thinking drives the quality of action. The quality of action drives the quality of the results.
And so, we can all have our own opinions, but what really matters is when the s..t hits the fan, we find a way to come together. BTW, I’m a life long republican. Tom H.
These divisions existed in the US until we were attacked December 7, 1941. Suddenly it was no longer popular nor socially acceptable to be anti-government.
Not much in the human experience is novel.
Not much in the human experience is novel.
Oldengineer
Member
Does this mean we continue to spread acrimony until the planet melts or some other apocalypse happens?
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Ivan the Butcher
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While it is a National Past Time to blame others for our problems, This thread is about What to do when we're there?
An honest question I have is: Is there a way to keep any/our society moving in a positive direction, once the flushing begins? Do Over the Road Truckers, become like the Yankee Clipper captains of the mid 1800's and go on trading journeys on speculation? Are the American people capable of "Doing Industry" In the midst of a "Greater depression"?
Ivan
An honest question I have is: Is there a way to keep any/our society moving in a positive direction, once the flushing begins? Do Over the Road Truckers, become like the Yankee Clipper captains of the mid 1800's and go on trading journeys on speculation? Are the American people capable of "Doing Industry" In the midst of a "Greater depression"?
Ivan
From an ancestor:
