View Full Version : I Have Arrived
I have finally arrived at the end of my preps. I've acquired, built, scavenged, found, borrowed, purchased (yeah, mostly that), or been given everything I'm going to get to survive another day. It has been a long process that started over 4 years ago but I've finally put in place all that I'm going to. Live, die or get pummeled I'm there. Right or wrong, I'm there. There really is a light at the end of the tunnel and it isn't a train.
hunter63
09-22-2011, 07:39 PM
So, Now what?
BENESSE
09-22-2011, 07:40 PM
Improve, rotate and add. It's never the end.
I'm a little lost. I've been so wrapped up in that I'll probably have to learn not to think that way.
BENESSE
09-22-2011, 07:44 PM
Every time you stop by another yard sale, a clearance bin, or buy one get one free, you know you'll fold like a cheap lawn chair.
BENESSE
09-22-2011, 07:47 PM
I thought I was nearly done but then someone here puts a bug in my ear about how great something is. And I get it, just in case.
This whole thing about better to have it and not need it... has ruined me.
No. no. I am a purpose driven man. Anal retentive is my middle name..okay, names. I can now buy stuff for the fun of it and not to fill some vacancy in the plan and to check it off some list.
rebel
09-22-2011, 07:52 PM
Congratulations. I'm glad to hear that someone made it out.
BENESSE
09-22-2011, 07:59 PM
No. no. I am a purpose driven man. Anal retentive is my middle name..okay, names. I can now buy stuff for the fun of it and not to fill some vacancy in the plan and to check it off some list.
Nice try.
I don't believe you for one second, and I'll bet, neither does Mrs. Rick.
natertot
09-22-2011, 08:13 PM
I think some one is in denial!
crashdive123
09-22-2011, 08:30 PM
He went to Egypt?
crashdive123
09-22-2011, 08:32 PM
So Rick - I hear tell that a few blocks away a guy will be selling 3 Coleman 425's for $5 each at a garage sale this weekend.
It's funny you said that because this week-end is our annual garage sale for the neighborhood. 650 homes with junk to sale and I can't possibly make that many houses in three days. But I'm gonna try. Wish me luck.
BENESSE
09-22-2011, 10:37 PM
It's funny you said that because this week-end is our annual garage sale for the neighborhood. 650 homes with junk to sale and I can't possibly make that many houses in three days. But I'm gonna try. Wish me luck.
Folded in 13 posts and less than 2 hrs. :sneaky2: Why, even I couldn't have predicted that.
DOGMAN
09-23-2011, 11:33 AM
I have finally arrived at the end of....the internet! It was late last night (or early this morning)- I have now visited every site online, and I have read every post on every forum. Hopefully, nobody will post anything else so i can go outside again.
Dang, i just got an email alert that someone updated their Facebook status- so I guess, I have to go check that out.
Seems our work is never done!
I read, on the internet of course, that one end of the internet is high on a mountain in Tibet. The other end is just outside Ushuaia, Argentina. Where do you suppose they found a wire that long?
crashdive123
09-23-2011, 05:39 PM
Uranus
it's a big planet.
oldtrap59
09-23-2011, 06:38 PM
First thought that came to mind when I read Rick's post was,Is he giving up buying gas stoves at the rumage sales or any where else he finds them? Oh Yeah. I forgot to mention the lanterns too.:>) Just kidding Rick but iffin I was a betting man I'd lay money on you failing to keep this up. See. Like B said ," it only took 13 posts.":>) I just read post #7 again and I must apologize Rick. I didn't know that your plans called for (if I remember right) around #20 gas camp stoves. I admit I always understood all those lanterns.
Oldtrap
COWBOYSURVIVAL
09-23-2011, 06:42 PM
I am going to need my chest waders next time I read one of Rick's threads!
Hey, ya'll believe what you want. My check list is checked off. I'm not talkin' about stuff I want but stuff that was earmarked specifically for preps. From Ammo to Waste Disposal (I didn't have an X, Y or Z).
LowKey
09-23-2011, 07:18 PM
I believe Rick has finished his list.
Now he's moved on to 'backups' and 'bartering items.'
hunter63
09-23-2011, 08:22 PM
Guess it's time to take up golf, then......Don't for get to add a BOB kit in the golf bag.
Gave the clubs to my son-in-law. Nice set of graphites, too. And the travel bag. I kept the pass card to the 19th hole.
Willie
09-23-2011, 10:07 PM
Folded in 13 posts and less than 2 hrs. :sneaky2: Why, even I couldn't have predicted that.that is funny!
No, sir. It's not funny. I see no humor what so ever. She's just taunting me. In the words of Gomer Pyle...shame, shame, shame, shame, shame.
Willie
09-23-2011, 10:32 PM
You are right! Shame on her.ha
kyratshooter
09-23-2011, 10:46 PM
I think you should check out the big thread a bit up the board and add "I have everything I need." to the list.
http://www.wilderness-survival.net/forums/showthread.php?17234-What-is-quot-WRONG-quot-about-todays-survivalists-thinking........
You aren't finished, you just think you are finished.
BENESSE
09-23-2011, 10:47 PM
Hey, ya'll believe what you want. My check list is checked off. I'm not talkin' about stuff I want but stuff that was earmarked specifically for preps. From Ammo to Waste Disposal (I didn't have an X, Y or Z).
Semantics, shmenantics.
You ain't foolin' me and you ain't foolin' Mrs. Rick. In fact (I'm betting good money) you tried to pull wool over her eyes how you were all done and finished and of course she wasn't buying it. So here we are. :helpsmilie:
Pffffffft! (snaps fingers).
kyratshooter
09-24-2011, 10:38 AM
If you are all prepped up that means that those of us not finished yet can come to your place!
Wait a second, are you wearing the thong? Nobody is comming over there if you are wearing the thong.
You are the only person in North America that can replace an AK and 5,000 rounds of ammo with a pink silk undergarmet.
Maaaan! You are so insulting. Why are you like that? It's camo, not pink. Camo. Manly camo to boot. It also doubles as a pack for my twinkies. Want one?
crashdive123
09-24-2011, 12:24 PM
How could you tell what color it was? Seems like it was tucked away in some deep dark crevice and nobody could see the color. Man - you guys must have looked really close.
BENESSE
09-24-2011, 01:50 PM
I have a feeling this is not going to end well, and for once, we've got someone new to blame. He knows who he is.
kyratshooter
09-24-2011, 05:11 PM
How could you tell what color it was? Seems like it was tucked away in some deep dark crevice and nobody could see the color. Man - you guys must have looked really close.
Nope, I just took it for granted it was pink after his neighbor ran the newspaper add wanting whoever stole her pink thong to bring it back.
crashdive123
09-24-2011, 05:39 PM
Ah. Nice detective work. but I ain't looking to verify it.
You know, of course, she is 22 and weighs 107 pounds. It's not likely I could use her thong as a nose warmer let alone get my fat as....it wouldn't fit.
erunkiswldrnssurvival
09-25-2011, 02:53 AM
some how the beverly hillbilly's car lodaed down with thier "country lifestyle" pops into mind.
vahtryn
12-23-2011, 09:46 PM
I just sold off almost everything that I own. What I'm taking with me on a move back to the east coast fits in 8 ammo cans (two are full), one gun case, two road cases and a duffel bag for clothes. How sad is that?
On the bright side I've finally found full time employment for the first time in two years. This means I'll be able to rebuild my preparations and quite a bit easier. Water's never really been an issue, I have enough food for me and the dog for two weeks if something goes terrible. Now I just need to find a small 5 to 7 acre farm where I'm moving to rent and set that bastiche up while I earn the money to buy my own land.
While I don't know the reason you sold everything (it's not important for me to know), I had a co worker that every time he moved he sold everything. We were generally asked to move every 18 months to 2 years on a promotion so he replaced everything every 2 years. His theory was that it cost nothing to move if you didn't have anything and he took the move money and bought everything new. On the other hand, I was sweating over what was going to get broken, how much insurance we had on the movers and what room the boxes would wind up in.
So, yeah, there's some great logic in selling it off if you are moving across country.
hunter63
12-24-2011, 01:15 PM
Cash carries better than "stuff".....of course can't tell that to DW.
Buys stuff for the kids and grand kid, ships it down south....form the same stores that we have here????
made the mistake of asking "why don't you just send the money?".....Not doing that again.......
birdman6660
12-24-2011, 02:08 PM
hmmmmm gas stoves .... sure hope fuel is available after SHTF !!
I have cases of paraffin .. it doesn't degrade ... (i hope)
Firstest, he was making a joke. Secondest, when that giant heat ball comes crashing into earth the temperature will be just high enough to melt all your paraffin but not hot enough to ignite all my gasoline. We'll use my gas to drive by your place and point and laugh at the melted paraffin running down your drive way. So nanni nanni booboo.
birdman6660
12-24-2011, 02:16 PM
haven't heard the nannni nanni boo boo things since forever .. thanks for the Christmas chuckle s ! hhhaaaa !
I do two shows nightly, 7:00 and 9:00. Buy your tickets early.
birdman6660
12-24-2011, 02:21 PM
well yer ahead of me .. I thot i was prepared but i still have a ways to go ... need some different flavours and spices etc but have all the stapels ( i think) sheesh .. so much to get ready for !
If a person knew from the get go what he should have it wouldn't take nearly as long or be as expensive. I would buy something, try it out and think that will never work, and start over. I have a lot of "extra" gear but the main body of stuff has all it's going to get.
I can concentrate on play things now. (don't tell my wife)
your_comforting_company
01-02-2012, 11:41 PM
Got all the gadgets and gizmos??
What about the skills to survive without any of them?
That's the next step: Start culling those gadgets and replacing them with skills.
At least that's my mantra.
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