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Post by billmasen on Feb 15, 2021 16:16:55 GMT -6
Isnt it odd that,
Before 911 or 7/7 Preppers were ridiculed, mocked and abused, and our stockpiling was condemned as hoarding, our efforts at self reliance as “odd” and we were seen as selfish fear mongers.
After 911 or 7/7 The Establishment ( globally) sort of tolerated prepping and many governmental and NGO agencies started suggesting citizens you build their own Disaster Emergency Kits and store supplies to weather storms and disasters, but we were still looked down upon by the MSM and many establishment types as being radicals outside of civilised society.
But in this Covid 19 crisis we see NO ONE is mocking preppers any more, not even cynical governments or TV hosts, Almost every agency issue PLANS FOR CITIZENS to build Bobs and Caches and they open encourage everyone to BE PREPARED.. Articles in globally respected new papers state openly Preppers were right to get ready for the unforseen.
Now just about every celeb, dot.com billionaire, many of our ruling elites are now ardent preppers…. just like us.
I think that over the last 20 years we have proven our community and its beliefs to not only being RIGHT, but pretty darn essential in these strange times.
I dont want to say ” I told you so” but I am thinking it. BUT I also know NOW that I NEED to learn and interact with others on forums exactly like this one and others similar to this one.
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Post by drhenley on Feb 16, 2021 15:19:37 GMT -6
Yes, but how long will their attention span be?
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Post by billmasen on Feb 16, 2021 15:28:12 GMT -6
Yes, but how long will their attention span be? Regretably that is a truism. they soon get distracted.
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Post by sahunter on Feb 17, 2021 6:07:16 GMT -6
Yes, but how long will their attention span be? When we had our first lockdown, people went nuts - hoarding everything from toilet paper to masks to baked beans, rice, flour etc. The Mrs daughter went nuts at us saying we were the problem as we were the hoarders - so I set the upstart straight that we haven't been shopping as we are prepared - and if she had half a brain she would have listened all these years I've been telling her to have some emergency supplies set aside for a rainy day. Her response - I'll come to your house when I need something - haha yep toilet paper $10 - what, for a packet? - No for 1 roll - you can't do that - wipe your arse with your hands then! Then we had a second lockdown - and people panic bought again - yep, most didn't learn from Round 1, though some did. You just can't pound stupid out of people!!
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Post by billmasen on Feb 17, 2021 7:08:06 GMT -6
Yes, but how long will their attention span be? When we had our first lockdown, people went nuts - hoarding everything from toilet paper to masks to baked beans, rice, flour etc. The Mrs daughter went nuts at us saying we were the problem as we were the hoarders - so I set the upstart straight that we haven't been shopping as we are prepared - and if she had half a brain she would have listened all these years I've been telling her to have some emergency supplies set aside for a rainy day. Her response - I'll come to your house when I need something - haha yep toilet paper $10 - what, for a packet? - No for 1 roll - you can't do that - wipe your arse with your hands then! Then we had a second lockdown - and people panic bought again - yep, most didn't learn from Round 1, though some did. You just can't pound stupid out of people!!
As our Merkin cousins like to say " There still aint no cure for stupid" .
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