Are you preparing for economic collapse?

tomterm8

tiff wrote: »

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

I don't think a mad max scenario is very likely, but I have paid down my debts (I am now debt free) and am trying to get a safety net behind me. The bottom line is, unless its the end of the world, money talks - especially well diversified money.

Ironically, I hope to land a job soon that will make me wealthier than I've been for a few years and my financial situation looks much better than before this credit crunch business.

Beyond that, I have a well stocked vegetable garden, but I like to garden anyway. It would be easy to dig a well if necessary, and I've learnt to live on very little.

gunslinger13401

I am amazed that you people looking at saving money cannot see the common sense in stocking up on food etc whilst you can afford it. Who knows who is next for redundancy.
Also whilst stocks are available,it would only take a few strikes ala winter of discontent or some extended power cuts. Three to four days stocks in supermarket warehouses, most of our food imported,quantative easing pushing the value of sterling further down the tubes. Debts to countries who sell us goods phenominal.But that couldnt happen in the UK because our govt is here to look after us.
Judging be your replies to Tiff I can only guess that your average age is 14 and you really have no idea of the scale of the problems currently faced by this country.
I would suggest your google it and read up. As opposed to being complete BS you will discover that it is far worse than perhaps you imagine.
Or you can just bury your head in the sand. Your loss.
If you cannot post anything more than sarcastic,infantile drivel,perhaps it would be better to post nothing.
GS

PS: please feel free to reply but I will not be reading it as I have had my say.
Goodnight

King_Of_Bling

tiff wrote: »

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

Yes, i've bought a load of Heinz beans on BOGOF at Asda...should keep me going for a while, though feel sorry for anyone in my proximity who will smell my backfire

1sue23

I am going to be fine I have stockpiled a nice big fat belly and bum ,I think it will see me through any lean times that could befall us all .

Really2

1sue23 wrote: »

I am going to be fine I have stockpiled a nice big fat belly and bum ,I think it will see me through any lean times that could befall us all .

But are they yours?

1sue23

Really2 wrote: »

But are they yours?

Thinking about it my husband is also rather round ,so we can both just close the curtains and live off the fat that we have stored over the years .:D

1sue23

Just a thought maybe the nations obesity problem is no problem ,we were just preparing for the future downturn.

Zelie

I'm still planning on killing and eating Dopester (except his liver, of course). Other than that I don't have many plans. I have no debt in particular and decent savings. And I live in a flat so gardening is out the window.

Davesnave

salan wrote: »

Is this the standard of all the forums on this site? Even if you don't agree with the posters thoughts, does it really need such ridicule?

I can also discuss things sensibly. Agree or disagree fine but don't mock!

....And you just chill out a bit! I see that your username is an anagram of Aslan, but you're new here and not the Messiah, or a metaphor for Him.

We welcome new people on this forum. If you stick around, you'll see that our bark is, on the whole, worse than our bite. On the other hand, if you read what we post and you don't approve, there are plenty of other forums out there to choose from, full of smileys & hugs.

We have few enough freedoms left and, although Mr Fonzarelli was coming on a bit heavy with Chomsky & the like, he's right.

Davesnave

Personally, this 'breakdown of normal life' thing has been in the back of my mind for years, as I've watched the interdependency of nations and their infrastructures become more complex. Like a finely tuned racing car, it is all terrifically efficient, but one small problem somewhere can lead to total breakdown in a number of systems.

On top of that, we have the problem that resources are finite and running out.

So, although I've been slowly building up a stash, which is not the same as panic-hoarding, the main thrust of my life in the last few years has been towards moving from town into a rural environment and gaining some control over my food, fuel and water supplies. Even if there is no Armageddon, there's no doubt that these things will take up more of people's budgets in the future.

I'm quietly pleased that life will not continue in the same manner of conspicuous and exponentially-increasing consumption. The best we can hope for is that not too many people will get hurt in the transition to something less damaging, but history teaches that, in terms of human suffering, rapid change doesn't come cheap.