Preppers and Homesteaders
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Never been, never will. Since we haven't been in a war in 200 years now and are situated were catastrophs are very rare we aren't really prepp minded so to speak. I probably sneak down to the lake and store some water in case anything serious should happen (like Zombies....) 
It's just that my concept of an apocalyptic time includes the probability of nuclear destruction, which I assume removes everything described above; either that or the government confiscating everything citizens have accumulated.
Not a prepper, but given my love for dystopias, zombies, and the Little House on the Prairie books I'd be lying if I said it's never crossed my mind 
The Man and I were just talking about our chance of surviving after an apocalyptic situation (he's been reading The Zombie Survival Guide--lol) and decided we'd do okay. I enjoy and have learned how to do most traditional home and garden crafts, and he's a hell of a jack of all trades in the traditional 'man' stuff (his dad grew up on a farm in MI and insisted Mark learn to do everything from carpentry to electrical work to plumbing to whatever else needed to be done ). What we couldn't do/make, we have skills to trade.
The Man and I were just talking about our chance of surviving after an apocalyptic situation (he's been reading The Zombie Survival Guide--lol) and decided we'd do okay. I enjoy and have learned how to do most traditional home and garden crafts, and he's a hell of a jack of all trades in the traditional 'man' stuff (his dad grew up on a farm in MI and insisted Mark learn to do everything from carpentry to electrical work to plumbing to whatever else needed to be done ). What we couldn't do/make, we have skills to trade.Well, aren't you a little ray of sunshine? HAHAHAHA!
I prefer to think that in a nuclear attack the gov't is either dead or non functional. We're on our own, sonny
I think the government will have confiscated everything first.Well, aren't you a little ray of sunshine? HAHAHAHA!
I prefer to think that in a nuclear attack the gov't is either dead or non functional. We're on our own, sonny
I'll bet she would.
We, as a society, are raised to pay for everything we need. We could all take a chapter out of her book and learn to do more for ourselves. We (most of us) have yards and the means to provide a lot more for ourselves than we've been taught to. She's an inspiration.
We are not preppers here in the U.P. of Michigan, but when you know you are going to be getting 200+" of snow each winter, you prepare. We have a garden, bottle/can/freeze some of the produce, fruit trees to make juice, jam, jelly...we pick wild berries and make jam from that or buy from local farmers/pickers...I hunt (and yes, sadly for some of you, I also vote) and I've both dressed my kills as well as butchering them and I've had it done...good stuff, smoked hindquarters cut thin for lunch-meat, sausage, all the bells and whistles...I've fished though not so much anymore (gas prices) and the trout, walleye, pike, perch, whitefish are abundant and most in this area have freezers full of venison and fish come winter. One summer I caught 500 trout...if it was raining I was fishing and there's nothing like the quiet of a stream every web in the branches outlined in dew...thousands of them, like diamonds. When the mines were operating, I heard that C&H employees qualified for food stamps. Local food store, owners bit off more than they can chew with another store...recently declared/filed bankruptcy...but you go in the store and the shelves are bare...people up for the 4th wondering where's the ketchup and mustard. When people do begin to eat each other...and this country cannot sustain its course without dire consequences...then you best be prepared to do what you must to survive.
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
This is the stuff my hubby (the chef) uses in his chicken stew, soup, cream sauces etc. - yikes! (may as well just apply it directly to my butt!)
IIWhat I mean is - isn't it creepy how much fat is in that whipping cream? I prefer to just whip it up and eat it as whipped cream, rather than hiding it in sauces and stews.
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
My grandmother on my Dad's side was just like Grandpa's 90 something aunt. - They did everything from scratch - hunted, fished, made their own clothes etc. - when you lived in Quebec in the Depression era you had to make do.
waste not, want not
Lol my man says his next project is going to be to build an underground shelter for us.
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
Like in "Blast from the Past"?Lol my man says his next project is going to be to build an underground shelter for us.
If the nukes go off, it doesn't matter how deep we dig. Nuclear winter kills everybody.
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
If you ever get a chance to see it, you should watch this movie. Back in the 60s, once the idea of a nuclear bomb being dropped was circulated, there were lots of people trying to build bomb shelters or fall out shelters just in case this should happen.
Here is the trailer - it is actually more of a romantic comedy (and it is from 1999) but I think you would probably enjoy it anyway!
I'm stocked up on beer..........and a few crackers.........course.