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well that went to weird.
opsec is a significant issue. I am much more clear on it than my wife. She tends to blab about things to her family, but they live cross country, so I let it go. My sons are very opsec vigilant, likely because they grew up doing it, so it just seems normal to them. Very few that know me have any idea of my prep nature. The few that do understand opsec and would never reveal it, which is why they were permitted to know, or are members of my "network". My co-workers and neighbors know me as an independent, maybe a bit eccentric, self sufficient, capable individual who just likes to learn new skills. I am fine with that. My neighbor has gotten in the habit of asking what project I am working on today, because it seems I am always doing something different. She once asked if there was anything I didn't know how to do, to which I simply responded "not yet, but I keep looking to find it".
My pop was in the military and got paid once a month when I was small. That was commissary day, when he bought a months worth that had to be carried and stored. Habits die hard. My wife grew up with just the bare minimum in the house, so it took a while to understand the benefits. In the last decade, we have seen several acquaintances lose a job and then lose everything. She tends to see the store more as a means to survive a temporary chasm rather than apocalypse. She also got into hard core couponing, which requires maintaining a store of supplies to work from. She quickly learned the long term savings of buying when the deal is available rather than waiting for the need. That extends to most everything in one way or another. Frugality and what is commonly known as prepping are typically closely aligned.
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Originally Posted by Delvehound
Hide your wife's phone charger, then make sure her phone is left on till it hits LOW BATTERY. Give her 30 min without a phone, she'll start to come round. OR shut off the main breaker for a few. BTW: 2 weeks ??? Even the PSA's on the college radio station suggest 30 days.
As for water, the gallon size and usual 8oz bottles by the case are easy to store and carry.
My spouse didn't care for long term food storage (based on her "vision" of storage containers) Till i picked up a case or 2 of food from the LDS Cannery. That same day she had the next order form filled out. Since then every food item is on spread sheets. Use it, cross it off, put on items to buy list. .
In terms of other "just in case items" Never been a problem with her.
<Mind Blown> Wow, I've never thought of it that way. Well put Sir!Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
I suspect this is exactly what happened. Somewhere along the line, she saw one of those shows and thinks when I say "Hey we should grab a case of tomato soup, and veggies because it's a killer deal right now" she envisions me digging a bunker in the backyard at 3 am...(not that I haven't thought about it with the recent political climate)...Quote:
Originally Posted by rbeau30
Funny you say that, I know this is going to make me look like a lazy ass, but The AC broke down at the beginning of the summer, and I wanted to do an experiment to see how long she'd last without losing her mind, and suffocating me in my sleep. Needless to say I got the AC fixed a couple weeks ago, however I'm impressed she lasted as long as she did.Quote:
Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo
I've always wanted to go to the LDS place, sounds awesome, thanks for the advice!
GREAT post. +1.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
There was/is an ordnance on keeping water and not letting it drain into the gutters and street drains. I don't know if it was killed off, but do remember a guy being taken to court by the city of Aurora for holding rain catch in a barrel for his garden. This was back in the early 90s.
Still illegal in most cases
I need to make another trip as well. Get a couple cases of whatnot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Delvehound