How bad can things get?

mewbie_2

ninky wrote: »

There is no point worrying about the future.

But there is some point in trying to plan for it.

treliac

ninky wrote: »

This doom mongering is group hysteria. We are not in a world war, the pandemic bird flu has not taken hold, martians are not invading and the food distribution system has not collapsed.

Mmm and, just for the record, we haven't all been extinguished by Aids, mad cow disease or rampant antibiotic resistant infections either....

... and the public sector are still paying their employees' exorbitantly high salaries despite having lost millions in icelandic banks .... oh oh, hang on, better not get carried away on that one. :rolleyes:

lostinrates

ninky wrote: »

This doom mongering is group hysteria. .

I'm quite alone here, apart from the animals and they are calm, but I'm stocktaking my tins with a panic driven fervour.



OK, not yet, but I did overstock on tins this week. I felt ridiculous but sort of safe too. I wonder how long I cn eek out three tins of tuna between us all.

ninky_2

lostinrates wrote: »

OK, not yet, but I did overstock on tins this week. I felt ridiculous but sort of safe too. I wonder how long I cn eek out three tins of tuna between us all.

if it really came to a situation of living off tin stocks, you'll also need an AK47 to keep out the looters.

lostinrates

ninky wrote: »

if it really came to a situation of living off tin stocks, you'll also need an AK47 to keep out the looters.

You think I'm not armed?

Hey, thats a point, I don't need to overstock, I've got my air rifle and my archery set.:rotfl::rotfl:

ninky_2

mewbie wrote: »

But there is some point in trying to plan for it.

this is an interesting psychological and philosophical question.

i'm not sure you can really plan for the future.

you can take actions to put yourself in the best situation for what you think the future may hold. but as you don't really know what that is, you are basically just picking numbers for a lottery that hasn't been called yet.

you can set up a pension fund. if global finances go awry, economic collapse etc, you might have been better doing survival training.

you can buy antivirals to protect against bird flu. then you get struck with e-coli.

it is all just probability.

mewbie_2

ninky wrote: »

this is an interesting psychological and philosophical question.

Well..er.. I was more thinking along the lines of putting a few spare quid in a Post Office account.

But if you want to talk philosophy I'll go and get a dictionary.

ninky_2

mewbie wrote: »

Well..er.. I was more thinking along the lines of putting a few spare quid in a Post Office account.

But if you want to talk philosophy I'll go and get a dictionary.

premium bonds?

iltisman

This chap seems to know the cure to the problem but I bet non of our politicians would have the bottle to take his advice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AlD6U7O1pE&eurl=http://ronpaulnews.net/&feature=player_embedded

ninky_2

lostinrates wrote: »

You think I'm not armed?

Hey, thats a point, I don't need to overstock, I've got my air rifle and my archery set.:rotfl::rotfl:

cannibalism.....it's worked for others.

might spawn a new generation of tv cookery shows

'jamie's food from friends'.....