Would you consider it irrational to be storing food away at the minute?

endasmail · 04-02-2009 03:53PM

shockingly pessimistic
you ll be grand!

Mingey · 04-02-2009 03:55PM

madmik wrote: »

if everyone had that attitiude it would create a disaster and result in more job loses

How so? It's just picking up a few extra bits & bobs at the shop every now and then

There is no need to stockpile food in your house or start panic buyinng

Isn't there? What if this snow we had for the last couple of days turned into a few more weeks and getting produce to & from shops became impossible? The airport closed on Monday, what if it were longer? Ferries cancelled, trucks cant get in...we are on a small Island. Where does most of our food come from?

Surely its better to save up here and there along the way rather than panic at the last minute like everyone else & end up with only cans of creamed corn.

Gran Hermano · 04-02-2009 04:38PM

Plenty of people (especially in the USA) are big into this
just google TEOTWAWKI or WTSHTF. Plenty of fora and web guides to survivalism.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TEOTWAWKI

Latchy · 04-02-2009 05:01PM

Those American doom and gloom cults have being around for decades .Best to just ignore them

* runs back into his 1980's home made nuke bomb prove shelter and handed a cup of tea laced with whisky by a new age hippie ( who's dad played woodstock )

whlie ' when two tribes go to war ' by FGTH blasts in the background '* :eek:

BaconZombie · 04-02-2009 05:04PM

What is wrong with your Zombie survival supply's you have hoarded already.,¿

They should keep you going until the outbreak and/or Stephan is over.

04-02-2009 05:28PM

I've put on a stone. I feel it's my civic duty to stockpile.

04-02-2009 05:36PM

stovelid wrote: »

Absolutely. Anybody with any sense started stockpiling in 2007.

why 2007?

04-02-2009 05:38PM

Deleted User wrote: »

why 2007?

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Great Heinz vintage.

04-02-2009 05:42PM

lol

BumbleB · 04-02-2009 05:45PM

Absolutely,my little nephew stores away biscuits under the rads maybe he's onto a good thing.

KTRIC · 04-02-2009 05:49PM

I'm stockpiling beer and TV shows. Never be too careful

stovelid · 04-02-2009 06:20PM

Deleted User wrote: »

why 2007?

Random year picked sarcastically, but 00112984's answer ftw.

Paddy Samurai · 04-02-2009 06:25PM

I’am stocking up on biscuits , beans , beer , and condoms.You don’t want to catch anything from those irradiated zombie bitches .

DubLass · 04-02-2009 06:58PM

Im scared! :eek:

madmik · 04-02-2009 07:10PM

Mingey wrote: »

How so? It's just picking up a few extra bits & bobs at the shop every now and then

Isn't there? What if this snow we had for the last couple of days turned into a few more weeks and getting produce to & from shops became impossible? The airport closed on Monday, what if it were longer? Ferries cancelled, trucks cant get in...we are on a small Island. Where does most of our food come from?

Surely its better to save up here and there along the way rather than panic at the last minute like everyone else & end up with only cans of creamed corn.

buying a few extra items gradually is ok but starting a panic is another story

its panic buying that causes shortages and upsets the balance leaving shortages

kiffer · 04-02-2009 07:56PM

madmik wrote: »

buying a few extra items gradually is ok but starting a panic is another story

its panic buying that causes shortages and upsets the balance leaving shortages

You're just saying that so you can get in to the shops and bulk 'panic' buy up all the supplies sell them back to us after there is a shortage!

We're on to your plan now!

Quick every one to the shops!

Step one: buy toilet paper.
Step two: ???
Step three: profit!

Red Sleeping Beauty · 05-02-2009 01:19AM

My local shop tonight is just about out of tinned soup. The only Baxters that was left was Broth and Potaote

Sharpshooter · 05-02-2009 01:30AM

alan dunne 27 wrote: »

My local shop tonight is just about out of tinned soup. The only Baxters that was left was Broth and Potaote

Your post leads me to soupose you didn't buy it then?

/ psst, tinned soup can last for a few years, don't be fussy..

Red Sleeping Beauty · 05-02-2009 01:32AM

Nah, I got one of them refrigerated plastic things. They were 2 for 3quid - I don't actually know if that's a good price or not (like most of the early 20's generation I've no idea how much things cost/are worth.

It tasted nice though, I got Minestrone and Farmhouse Veg. I had the Minestrone with some soda bread

Sharpshooter · 05-02-2009 01:51AM

Well, 2 for 3 quid means you got a meal tonight for 1.50.
And have one left for another time.
I'd say it was good value.

RandolphEsq · 05-02-2009 03:09AM

Eat all the unemployed people! Quick before they turn into zombies and then you can't eat them!
I'll fatten up now so I won't need to eat in the future!

BumbleB · 06-02-2009 01:46AM

I must remember to fill my car boot with pot noodles and x box games.

Quartet · 06-02-2009 01:52AM

DOOMED WE'RE DOOMED I SAY!

Guy:Incognito · 06-02-2009 01:58AM

Mingey wrote: »

. Where does most of our food come from?
.

The vast majority of mine comes from tasty tasy cows and pigs.

Sharpshooter · 06-02-2009 02:02AM

Stekelly wrote: »

The vast majority of mine comes from tasty tasy cows and pigs.

Sounds like a nursery rhyme....

:pac:

Ross_Mahon · 06-02-2009 02:06AM

Huge freezer out in the shed full of food, there's also one gas mask and many weapons about my house.

Sharpshooter · 06-02-2009 02:08AM

Is it a clown mask?

Four-Too · 06-02-2009 02:25AM

It will be all out warfare soon, eye for eye! I jus hope the scum goes down. I also hope we can survive. It is time to start thinking, it's time to forget about obligations, it's time to stop drinking and open our minds!

Store canned and dried food that does NOT require cooking.

Guy:Incognito · 06-02-2009 02:26AM

Sharpshooter wrote: »

Sounds like a nursery rhyme....

:pac:

its music to my ears anyway, and more importantly, my stomach.:pac:

Mahatma coat · 06-02-2009 09:20AM

Diesel for Generators and Bog roll, these are important, also Pasta and noodles (arent they basicly the same thing?) and anything that has a shelf life of more than 2 years.

candles and Kerro for lamps is good too.

to correct an earlier poster - Diesel can be stored relativley safley as it is not readily combustible, so Jerrycans of diesel are safe enough - how many of ye have Diesel home heating with 500L tanks?

Petrol however needs more safety precautions for storage as it can explode if stored incorectley.

course nothing beats growing yer own food.

if you are in an urban siutuation and stuck for space you may want to consider hydroponics, Its not just for growin Pot ya know;)

Would you consider it irrational to be storing food away at the minute?

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