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American Mercenary has an excellent post on his family's experiment with eating nothing but their preps for a month (read it here).
I'm gonna give this a try. I have the gear and the preps but haven't tested going even a week with them.
Which leads me to one last thing. Everyone is so focused on "get home bags", "go bags", "tactics" and "firearms" that we have forgotten the basics.
In most cases you're going to be home and have to remain home when things go wrong. How many times have we seen store shelved raped bare before an event occurs?
Being fit enough to handle the stress of a situation...being smart enough to live a life style that is maintainable in a SHTF...having basic medical knowledge to keep minor issues from becoming life threatening situations is what we should be focusing on.
Buying the Tac Gear, AR's, Holsters etc...might be fun, but the real work is more important and goes toward simple day to day activities.
American Mercenary has an excellent post on his family's experiment with eating nothing but their preps for a month (read it here).
I'm gonna give this a try. I have the gear and the preps but haven't tested going even a week with them.
Which leads me to one last thing. Everyone is so focused on "get home bags", "go bags", "tactics" and "firearms" that we have forgotten the basics.
In most cases you're going to be home and have to remain home when things go wrong. How many times have we seen store shelved raped bare before an event occurs?
Being fit enough to handle the stress of a situation...being smart enough to live a life style that is maintainable in a SHTF...having basic medical knowledge to keep minor issues from becoming life threatening situations is what we should be focusing on.
Buying the Tac Gear, AR's, Holsters etc...might be fun, but the real work is more important and goes toward simple day to day activities.
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ReplyDeleteThis is actually more important. It's best to have commodities that you can barter with. You can't eat gold, or money, but everyone will want toiletries and candy.
I think the subject of bartering is one that has to be approached very carefully. Unless you are in absolutely dire need bartering will signal to others that you may have surplus and that may, will, make you a target. By target I just don't mean a target of violence but a target of emotional blackmail too. Have a good think about your position on bartering please.
DeleteSaying that I have given some thought to the question. Here in the UK we can get jam from some stores for a pound and a pound in a jar. It keeps forever. It is cheap. And though a tin of anything to a hungry soul is a God send something sweet will be a real seller. Further lots of calories per penny too which means it is a good buy anyway. Keeping some cheaper store brand can items in your stock may be a good idea if you can afford branded goods. Why? Again it is about perception. A man willing to give a tin of something from Heinz may be well off to have lots more cans from Mr Heinz at home too. A cheap alternative may not attract much attention.