A family "prepared" for economic meltdown

suburbanwifey

Cleaver wrote: »

You Scots have some weird sexual habits.

LOL I can vouch for that :rotfl:

aliasojo

Cleaver wrote: »

Fair enough. I was just speaking for myself, I'm not cut out for shooting people to be honest.

It's not exactly my normal character either you know.

I just think the 'fight' thing would kick in and I'd do whatever extreme action was necessary in an extreme situation to ensure protection and survival of my family, kids especially.

Lol @ the 'breakfast cereals and dishwasher tablet' comment. :rotfl:

SecondLegDownIsTheBigOne

I too would stop at nothing to defend my family. And if anyone, however close, showed signs of being infected, I'd shoot the zombie fothermuckers right in the face.

aliasojo

SecondLegDownIsTheBigOne wrote: »

And if anyone, however close, showed signs of being infected, I'd shoot the zombie fothermuckers right in the face.

How did we get from economic breakdown to zombies?

You've been watching Walking Dead too much methinks. :rotfl:

vivatifosi

chewmylegoff wrote: »

I'd love it, it would be like playing fallout 3 all day every day. I'd just build myself a rock-it launcher and a railway rifle (there's a robert dyas just down the road where I can get all the parts) and go on the rampage.

Note to self. Be careful not to upset chewy on the NPT.

StevieJ

It is not “crazies” buying this,’ says James Blake, whose company Emergency Food Storage specialises in freeze-dried foods. ‘We get a lot of high-powered business people as customers. Most people buy insurance for their health, their house or their life — this is food insurance.‘Of course, we hope it never happens, but if there is a major catastrophe, then money is not going to be worth much after a couple of days. It will be food that becomes the most needed thing.’

Oh no, what about Gold and Silver

Road_Hog

Buy_It_Now wrote: »

Meet George and Karen Shaw, who have enough food and water to last them a year, stored in their garage.

Um, is it just me, but they must be light eaters, because I don't think, me and the wife could last a whole year on the amount of food that I can see in the picture.

pqrdef

Desperate_Housewife wrote: »

I am mildly relieved that there are people out there who do this, I thought I was the only one who had a 'tin stash'!

I figured out the economics of a Thatcher cupboard, and it looked to be a good return on capital, if done properly.

But the trick is high turnover. The bottom line goes downhill if you overstock and keep stuff too long.

But I'll admit to having over 100 tins bought at Netto before its demise. So for quite a few weeks yet I'll be enjoying vegetables that are not only incomparably cheap but also properly salted, unlike the inedible unsalted vegetables that most shops now sell.

oldvicar

wymondham wrote: »

If it were serious they would have a gun, baseball bat, solar radio, RAT packs, generator, fuel cans, shovels - not a stocked freezer and dishwasher tablets!

I know the sun always shines in Norfolk, but in your underground bunker a CLOCKWORK radio would work best.

wymondham

oldvicar wrote: »

I know the sun always shines in Norfolk, but in your underground bunker a CLOCKWORK radio would work best.

true, how about a solar charged one with batteries, that should cover it!