Are you preparing for economic collapse?

tiff

Just wondering what anyone else is doing to prepare themselves for economic collapse in this country, if anything?

purch

There is very little the average person could do, to protect themselves against such an eventuality.

tiff

There is a lot people can do, I was just wondering how many have started consciously.

For me I am:

stockpiling food and other supplies

growing fruit and veg

researching and learning how to dehydrate food (takes much less storage space)

paying back debt as fast as we can

saving an emergency fund (slowly)

researching how to store food long term

converted my family to powdered milk so I can store a lot of it

Things like that....

StevieJ

tiff wrote: »

There is a lot people can do, I was just wondering how many have started consciously.

For me I am:

stockpiling food and other supplies

growing fruit and veg

researching and learning how to dehydrate food (takes much less storage space)

paying back debt as fast as we can

saving an emergency fund (slowly)

researching how to store food long term

converted my family to powdered milk so I can store a lot of it

Things like that....

Why are you preparing for virtual Amegeddan and also paying off your debts

Eskimo12345

I'm just doing my best to keep the economy going, so have just bought a big telly, a new sofa, a set of speakers and also splashed out on a rather snazzy haircut.

Spend your way out of recession!! :beer:

Really2

Yes I have gone the following courses.

Breaking and entering (stock up on food easily and quickly)

Digging for treasure (all those gold hiders)

Also

Preparing for the worst (what the point)

The last one sort of made the fist two seem rather pointless.

tiff

StevieJ wrote: »

Why are you preparing for virtual Amegeddan and also paying off your debts

First off I'm paying them off quickly in case DH is made redundant and we could then live on a lower income.

Really2

tiff wrote: »

converted my family to powdered milk so I can store a lot of it

Is that not murder and cannibalism.

Whats the point of storing your family.:D

Cannon_Fodder

tiff wrote: »

Just wondering what anyone else is doing to prepare themselves for economic collapse in this country, if anything?

I don't think there is a need to prepare for it, others have already laid the groundwork, and its unravelling day by day.


If you mean cope with...that's a whole different ball-game.

I don't have debts to pay down.
I don't have a mortgage to over-pay.
I have a small-ish garden that will get its veggie patch doubled if I get garden leave - purely out of curiousity as to whether I have green fingers.
However bad the economic collapse gets I don't subscribe to the collapse of society or infrastructure to the degree of needing self-sufficiency in food or milk.
Being sensible with money, but not missing out compared to many.

jamespir

tiff wrote: »

Just wondering what anyone else is doing to prepare themselves for economic collapse in this country, if anything?

i dont think about it its just a complete load of poo thats been spun out of control by the media and suckers like you have fallen for it i live on a low income cause i was made unemployed but were surviving i dont need to stockpile anything ... if it happens it happens



and as for converting your family to poweredered milk what are you stupid its three times more expensive than proper milk what next youll get your self a herd of cows and pasterising plant

tiff

Actually, its not more expensive

38p per pint of fresh milk (Tesco 4 pints skimmed) versus 23p per pint of dried using Tesco value dried milk at £2.09 for 9 pints.

ETA, just checked price on Tesco.com and dried milk is now £1.68, making it 19p a pint.