The "I know were I'm going" comment

[Irving]

There's a member here, whose handle escapes me at the moment, that says, "Sure, bring your daughter."

spqrzilla

I get you on the work thing. Fortunately, I work with a few very libertarian types, and the rest are not long out of college and generally overlook anything other than I-phones and such. I have spent considerable time honing an "old codger" atmosphere. Co-workers generally see me as a hunting type who does things "old school" cause I am too old to do otherwise. I am not that old, but it works for me. It explains why I tend to always have a knife on me, and why my daily backpack seems to always have just the right thing in it. "Why you ask? Oh just old habits from being a hunter I guess."

Seriously. If you really are a prepper, you will NOT fit in with the normal dopes in life. You are typically looking at things differently and have different interests. I know it sounds a bit CIA-ish, but developing a cover story (or stories) for your habits will significantly reduce the number of inquiries in the habits you keep. If you are confident and proud to be just enough different, most will leave you alone as our PC society tends to shy away from confrontation.

Cover story is what I need serious work on. Not quite related, but I HATE going to meetings where you're supposed to say something interesting about yourself. I have plenty of things people would find interesting, but none I am willing to share. I always try to think of a quick lie and can never do it. I really need to get better at that.