How many of you guys are stocking up on food?

[NewEra]

Considering the issues bound to happen down the line, have any of you purchased backup food? My wife just asked if we should order a 3-6 month supply pack.  Some are pretty affordable too, considering how important it could become if **** REALLY hits the fan.  

 

i didn’t really think seriously about it until now and just wanted to get y’all’s thoughts.

[I'm Spartacus]

I'm going to pick up a couple gallons of Ranch Dressing 🙂

[Draconator]

My wife and I generally stock up on things we can buy in bulk. We buy 50 lbs of rice and flour at a time. We stock up on soups, tomato paste, beans, etc. We also stock up on paper products. We also have been known to buy a 1/4 cow and 1/2 pig.

[Johnny Hammersticks]

Wait, what?!  Why would I need to stock up on food?

[Simon]

3 minutes ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

Wait, what?!  Why would I need to stock up on food?

 

With marijuana nearing legal and cultural acceptance, a food shortage is inevitable.

[Augie]

Just now, Simon said:

 

With marijuana nearing legal and cultural acceptance, a food shortage is inevitable.

 

I live in the Bible Belt. I’m safe for a while. 

 

I still have crap left over from the pandemic panic. The soups remain, the wine is LONG gone.  I will NEVER forget the Friday at the grocery store after the NBA shut down. I think some of the Publix employees are still dealing with PTSD. 

[Warcodered]

6 minutes ago, Augie said:

 

I live in the Bible Belt. I’m safe for a while. 

 

I still have crap left over from the pandemic panic. The soups remain, the wine is LONG gone.  I will NEVER forget the Friday at the grocery store after the NBA shut down. I think some of the Publix employees are still dealing with PTSD. 

Yeah I live in Oklahoma now, you throw a rock and you'll hit 5 "medical" dispensaries.

[Augie]

2 minutes ago, Warcodered said:

Yeah I live in Oklahoma now, you throw a rock and you'll hit 5 "medical" dispensaries.

 

I think Atlanta, and I think of a huge, world class city. But it’s still Georgia. Surrounding states feel the same way. 

 

I don’t care what people do in their homes behind closed doors. If you can do 5 shots of tequila at happy hour and drive home, why restrict what people do in their own homes. I’m not pro or con on weed, I just like to be fiscally conservative and socially “you stay out of my business, I’ll stay out of yours”. 

 

If this is about storing up for WWIII, we’re all screwed. An extra case of soup and a boat load of pasta won’t save me. 

 

 

26 minutes ago, Simon said:

 

With marijuana nearing legal and cultural acceptance, a food shortage is inevitable.

 

After years of walking on the beach in Florida, I will suggest we have another shortage: skinny people. 

[John Adams]

2 hours ago, NewEra said:

Considering the issues bound to happen down the line, have any of you purchased backup food? My wife just asked if we should order a 3-6 month supply pack.  Some are pretty affordable too, considering how important it could become if **** REALLY hits the fan.  

 

i didn’t really think seriously about it until now and just wanted to get y’all’s thoughts.

 

No. 

 

If you’re without food for 3-6 months, someone is going to kill you for your food long before you eat it all. 

 

And no one ran out of food in the height of pandemic panic. They certainly aren’t now. 

 

Fear is the mind killer. 

[Saxum]

2 hours ago, I'm Spartacus said:

I'm going to pick up a couple gallons of Ranch Dressing 🙂

 

Always useful if you have a home invasion.

[Bad Things]

So, what's the newest/biggest fear up there right now?

[RaoulDuke79]

23 minutes ago, Bad Things said:

So, what's the newest/biggest fear up there right now?

Inept leadership 

[Bad Things]

10 hours ago, RaoulDuke79 said:

Inept leadership 

Sorry... I'm asking what the newest  fear is.

Edited April 2, 2022 by Bad Things

[Shake_My_Head]

Shouldn't this be over on PPP?

[LeGOATski]

Only a matter of time before Yellowstone blows ya'll...

[TBBills]

Is this that Aliens thread?

[Just Jack]

Readywise 110 Serving Emergency Protein Bucket | Costco

[Augie]

2 hours ago, Limeaid said:

 

Always useful if you have a home invasion.

 

You think like Kevin in Home Alone! I like it! 

[ExiledInIllinois]

9 hours ago, Bad Things said:

So, what's the newest/biggest fear up there right now?

I find this statement deeply vexing... Ironic.  I do get the snark though... 😉 Who doesn't want to feel that they have the upper hand w/regards to things they'll never be able to control?

 

During the pandemic "up here" I don't think we were trying to isolate from the rest of the world. Probably why in long run the US weathered the storm more than many others (of course there are other privileges afforded).  Well, I guess some were trying to throw up barriers but weren't afforded the luxury of being separated by oceans.  Ocean barriers as we found out just served to delay the inevitable.  Like it or not, we're all interconnected. 

 

IMO Fear = isolating = withdrawal. Throwing up barriers.  Rational planing will never be fear.  Hiding behind barriers is the epitome of fear.

 

I have always been a proponent of no barriers, even during the deepest, darkest days the last 2 years.

 

 

Failing to plan is planning to fail.  People should always be prepared.  That isn't fear.   What's wrong with having a little food, water on hand, if not in the event of a nature disaster? We should all have that! The Pandemic should have taught us to prep a little better. Right? Isolation will only make things worse. Never sweep things under the rug.

 

Just my 2 cents. 

[Bad Things]

29 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

I find this statement deeply vexing... Ironic.  I do get the snark though... 😉 Who doesn't want to feel that they have the upper hand w/regards to things they'll never be able to control?

 

During the pandemic "up here" I don't think we were trying to isolate from the rest of the world. Probably why in long run the US weathered the storm more than many others (of course there are other privileges afforded).  Well, I guess some were trying to throw up barriers but weren't afforded the luxury of being separated by oceans.  Ocean barriers as we found out just served to delay the inevitable.  Like it or not, we're all interconnected. 

 

IMO Fear = isolating = withdrawal. Throwing up barriers.  Rational planing will never be fear.  Hiding behind barriers is the epitome of fear.

 

I have always been a proponent of no barriers, even during the deepest, darkest days the last 2 years.

 

 

Failing to plan is planning to fail.  People should always be prepared.  That isn't fear.   What's wrong with having a little food, water on hand, if not in the event of a nature disaster? We should all have that! The Pandemic should have taught us to prep a little better. Right? Isolation will only make things worse. Never sweep things under the rug.

 

Just my 2 cents. 

Sorry, I only got through reading about a quarter of "a cent".

 

I wish I could get my money back, to be honest.

 

 

 

 

Edited April 2, 2022 by Bad Things