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Immortan posted:I'm just here for the show. try the food, it will win you over!
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Mandator posted:but honestly, if someone has a giant stockpile of food, i want to hear their reasoning i live in an area that is prone to hurricanes, so i like to have at least 5 days of food and water on hand. i dont go overboard with it and dedicate an entire room to stockpiling or anything, but i have a big rear end set of shelves in my garage with a bunch of mountain home stuff and whatnot. feels good to know you wont be hosed if a big rear end category 5 hurricane comes thru and wrecks up ur town (provided you dont die in the initial storm/floods)
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A ILL BREAKFAST posted:i live in an area that is prone to hurricanes, so i like to have at least 5 days of food and water on hand. i dont go overboard with it and dedicate an entire room to stockpiling or anything, but i have a big rear end set of shelves in my garage with a bunch of mountain home stuff and whatnot. feels good to know you wont be hosed if a big rear end category 5 hurricane comes thru and wrecks up ur town (provided you dont die in the initial storm/floods) tin foil hat rating: 0/10, story checks out
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Apr 4, 2016 04:38
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:30,000 is kinda crazy A cob of corn is 3/4 a cup. There are a cup and a half per can so 2 cobs. An acre of corn is like 35lbs of corn, 2 cans is just over a pound of corn each, it's at least 75, 100 acres of corn so I'm being super conservative on the number of cans of corn that field would make.
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Apr 4, 2016 04:40
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I'm a Lt. Kernal in the Corn Army
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Apr 4, 2016 04:41
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Dave_Indeed posted:A cob of corn is 3/4 a cup. There are a cup and a half per can so 2 cobs. An acre of corn is like 35lbs of corn, 2 cans is just over a pound of corn each, it's at least 75, 100 acres of corn so I'm being super conservative on the number of cans of corn that field would make. I usually just buy on I-95 south
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Hector Beerlioz posted:I'm a Lt. Kernal in the Corn Army I hope you get promoted to colonel kernel You are a leader
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Apr 4, 2016 04:49
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Do your grocery stores have case lot sales? Mine have them a couple times a year. Stock up on can goods!
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Apr 4, 2016 04:50
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Isaac posted:My mum does. We got lots of animals and egg chickens as well. when you say egg chickens are you referring to chickens that lay eggs or chickens still in their eggs so they can be cracked open for later use?
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Apr 4, 2016 04:52
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Dave_Indeed posted:A cob of corn is 3/4 a cup. There are a cup and a half per can so 2 cobs. An acre of corn is like 35lbs of corn, 2 cans is just over a pound of corn each, it's at least 75, 100 acres of corn so I'm being super conservative on the number of cans of corn that field would make. yeah corn is like a testament to modern agriculture in terms of how dense they can grow it nowadays, it's practically modern art if you have the background to understand just how far we've come in terms of maximizing our farmland.
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Apr 4, 2016 04:53
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donkey salami posted:I hope you get promoted to colonel kernel The road to promotion is a real maize, let me tell you.
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Apr 4, 2016 04:54
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i keep just 1 military MRE after that i'd have to fish and hunt i guess
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Apr 4, 2016 04:59
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I think there was a huge sale on Bounty papertowel and toilet paper at the Big Lots when I was a kid and my dad decided to be thrifty and literally load his pick-up truck full until it was at capacity. We called it Mount Bounty and built forts out of it. I can't even imagine a life without toilet paper. Forget the food, first thing I'm grabbing is some sweet tp
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astrollinthepork posted:I live in the mojave and a supply of dehydrated water is essential I have a huge box of it in the garage. Very handy. Real answer: We have a 55 gallon drum filled with emergency supplies on our back patio, and a second drum of water. We decided that it was safer on the patio, because we live in earthquake country. It is unlikely that we will have an earthquake that renders the house completely unlivable, but if we do, any supplies inside would likely be unreachable. Thus the back patio drums. Among all the other stuff, we have about 2 weeks worth of food.
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Apr 4, 2016 05:14
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genesplicer posted:I have a huge box of it in the garage. Very handy. how much does something like that set you back?
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Apr 4, 2016 05:15
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i have a plastic bucket of mountain house prepped food that i bought on sale
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Apr 4, 2016 05:17
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genesplicer posted:I have a huge box of it in the garage. Very handy. play those drumbs
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Apr 4, 2016 05:19
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im like uniquely situated to prepper poo poo because preppers have cool gadgets and such and im prone to liking cool gadgets
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Apr 4, 2016 05:21
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Seems like one of those straws that turns stagnant poo poo water into drinkable water would be a good addition to every emergency kit ever.
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Apr 4, 2016 05:23
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i own one gun with a single bullet
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Apr 4, 2016 05:24
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Mandator posted:how much does something like that set you back? The drums were about $100 each. The dry materials were collected over the course of a year or so. Basically, it's a survival camp in a drum. Everything we need to camp out in the back yard for a couple of weeks.
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Apr 4, 2016 05:25
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Shaquin posted:i own one gun with a single bullet Well somebody seems pretty sure of themselves.
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Apr 4, 2016 05:27
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genesplicer posted:The drums were about $100 each. The dry materials were collected over the course of a year or so. Basically, it's a survival camp in a drum. Everything we need to camp out in the back yard for a couple of weeks.
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Apr 4, 2016 05:28
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Gonna bring my pickup over to genesplicer's porch, brb. Free food for two weeks! 
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ArbitraryC posted:Out of curiosity what are the drums made of, I pretty much immediately pictured a regular old oil drum when you said 55 gallons but I'm guessing it's probably not that. plastic
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Apr 4, 2016 05:29
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:plastic like the kind car dealerships use to house 55 gallons of soap/acid/whatever to keep their product in pristine selling condition
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Apr 4, 2016 05:32
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:plastic plastic would be cheaper than 100 bones
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Apr 4, 2016 05:35
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I have over 500 tons of JIF Smooth peanut butter in 55 gallon drums and plenty of potable water in a no disclosed location OP. Suck my balls if you want to survive the apocalypse.
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Apr 4, 2016 05:54
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ArbitraryC posted:plastic would be cheaper than 100 bones yes, yes it would
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VendaGoat posted:I have over 500 tons of JIF Smooth peanut butter in 55 gallon drums and plenty of potable water in a no disclosed location OP. I wonder how long you would last with just the peanut butter and no water before you went insane?
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Apr 4, 2016 05:57
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OctoberBlues posted:I wonder how long you would last with just the peanut butter and no water before you went insane? Here. Let me be autistic pedantic.  You'd die of dehydration in around 5 -10 days.
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VendaGoat posted:Here. Let me be autistic pedantic. Well I don't care for that one bit.
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Keeping a week of canned food on hand is common sense, or at least it should be. Blizzard/hurricane/earthquake/etc. there are times when you probably don't want to have to head to the store for a few days apocalypse or not.
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Apr 4, 2016 06:09
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I have nothing because I fully intend to eat the dead like a vulture with thumbs as soon as society collapses. Like when some band of raiders kills and strips other survivors I'll be in the wings, naked and with no valuables going "Hey...you gonna eat that?" as they walk away from the massacre.
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The French Army! posted:Keeping a week of canned food on hand is common sense, or at least it should be. Blizzard/hurricane/earthquake/etc. there are times when you probably don't want to have to head to the store for a few days apocalypse or not. I've been through two blizzards where "going to the store" was not recommended. And While I Had sufficient stores of regular food, should the situation have worsened, I also had some back up stuff as a "OH poo poo!" fallback. That's the entire reason for it. Otherwise. I'll get some fresh poo poo from the grocery store, when the roads are clear. 
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I live two blocks from a grocery store, so I'm all set. 
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Apr 4, 2016 06:15
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Yes and it's all spoiled. Hoarder housemates.
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Honky Dong Country posted:I have nothing because I fully intend to eat the dead like a vulture with thumbs as soon as society collapses. Like when some band of raiders kills and strips other survivors I'll be in the wings, naked and with no valuables going "Hey...you gonna eat that?" as they walk away from the massacre. you got some problems, kid.
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I don't own any emergency food. I figure if there's a time where I ever need it, I will just steal it from the beta men that think having emergency food will somehow get them through the end times.
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:you got some problems, kid. I'd say it's pretty obvious that I'm gonna eat my canned food like a normal person. I also come from hurricane territory where only out of towners and idiots don't keep a week's worth of canned food and fresh water.
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