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fierywoman

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21. beans and rice. cheap. last a long time.

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Tue May 29, 2018, 10:53 PM

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How to survive the coming Apocalypse when your are too poor to "prep"...? [View all] FirstLight May 2018 OP

I'm pretty sure those gun nuts with the arsenals in their basements pay for all of that Aristus May 2018 #1

to be fair, credit card debt is going to be pretty meaningless during the Apocalypse 0rganism May 2018 #3

But if there's no apocalypse, one is stuck with credit card debt, Aristus May 2018 #4

sounds like... HERESY!!! 0rganism May 2018 #14

Zombie debt collectors. AJT May 2018 #26

I do. Crutchez_CuiBono May 2018 #2

Build your three day supply bit by bit gratuitous May 2018 #5

... FirstLight May 2018 #11

While I am doing a bit better than living from week to week, PoindexterOglethorpe May 2018 #6

Me either. I think the right keeps screaming "race war" to rile up their dumbest, and NO we are anneboleyn May 2018 #9

Thank you. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2018 #10

Imo, you're 100% mistaken, PO. Hortensis Jun 2018 #78

Respectfully, it's not BS tazkcmo May 2018 #56

Given that the OP refers to a coming apocalypse, PoindexterOglethorpe May 2018 #57

I agree tazkcmo May 2018 #58

Check the Free section under For Sale on craigslist. displacedtexan May 2018 #7

Save your clean empty pop and water bottles (instead of throwing them away) FakeNoose May 2018 #8

I actually did that during the Y2K thing Catherine Vincent May 2018 #24

:) Yuck, but you wouldn't care if it was needed. Hortensis Jun 2018 #81

speaking of bleach yonder Jun 2018 #91

I feel the same way. It is very frightening. nt Ferrets are Cool May 2018 #12

I hate to read that you're worried about this cyclonefence May 2018 #13

I am along your line of thought. Blue_true May 2018 #19

It's not dying in a big one that worries sensible people, tho. Hortensis Jun 2018 #82

I love The 100 trixie2 May 2018 #27

It's on my mind because of my geographics... FirstLight May 2018 #28

I get it cyclonefence May 2018 #32

Seeds. Worth their weight in diamonds. CanonRay May 2018 #15

Are you going to eat the seeds? Blue_true May 2018 #20

If we had a civil emergency, seed would be among Hortensis Jun 2018 #83

Just make the most of every day oberliner May 2018 #16

well handmade34 May 2018 #17

I just don't get the prepper "us against the world" mindset. Blue_true May 2018 #22

Now that you mention it, we have enough ibuprofen and salt Hortensis Jun 2018 #85

Just get alcohol and you are all set. nt Kirk Lover May 2018 #18

AMEN!!!! FirstLight May 2018 #29

Better yet, learn how to make a still. haele May 2018 #36

What a good idea! :) There was supposedly a still Hortensis Jun 2018 #88

Also, buy a most recent set of Britannica. Good long-term reading given no internet. kairos12 Jun 2018 #99

beans and rice. cheap. last a long time. fierywoman May 2018 #21

How do you cook them in an era of chaos? Blue_true May 2018 #23

Had the same question, so soaked some rice. Meant to Hortensis Jun 2018 #89

Have no intention of trying to survive. Not going to sleep with one eye open so I can Hoyt May 2018 #25

believe me... FirstLight May 2018 #30

I feel pretty much the same way. smirkymonkey May 2018 #46

I don't know what kind of end times scenario the preppers have pictured... Initech May 2018 #31

Food that does not perish fast and costs less than food that does. BSdetect May 2018 #33

100% FirstLight May 2018 #34

kick for more input... FirstLight May 2018 #35

Easy answer: FSogol May 2018 #37

About a year ago, I asked Admin in AA for an Emergency Preparedness group Kaleva May 2018 #38

not a bad idea... FirstLight May 2018 #39

I may post the question in AA again. Kaleva May 2018 #41

Maybe check out the frugal living group dembotoz May 2018 #66

I have posted in that group quite a bit over the years Kaleva May 2018 #67

Seen some of ur posts dembotoz Jun 2018 #74

Frugal would overlap our preparation nicely if it came to it. Hortensis Jun 2018 #90

I am not administration for frugal..why don't we just add too it dembotoz Jun 2018 #93

I'll drop by, but would want the regulars to be okay with Hortensis Jun 2018 #94

Better than ask forgiveness than permission? dembotoz Jun 2018 #97

:) For important things, like planting more shrubs, Hortensis Jun 2018 #98

I will check the frugal forum out too... FirstLight Jun 2018 #108

As a lifelong prepper, frugal living is about 80% of prepping. braddy Jun 2018 #106

i posted something in frugal please feel freed to feed it dembotoz Jun 2018 #100

ive been storing potted meat under the stairs Bonx May 2018 #40

That is smart, store some bottled water there too, it won't taste as fresh in 10 or 20 years but braddy Jun 2018 #102

Most preppers go about it the wrong way. The reason humans got to the top... haele May 2018 #42

Now we've got something for dinner Achilleaze May 2018 #43

basic boyscout handbook growing up dembotoz May 2018 #62

Why would I make clay dishes when our nation's Hortensis Jun 2018 #92

Almost nobody would make it if the "SHTF." Oneironaut May 2018 #44

My $0.02 jpak May 2018 #45

Bush's baked beans, high in protein and a long shelf life. sarcasmo May 2018 #48

B&M Baked Beans - mo' betta - and you can eat them cold. jpak May 2018 #49

stock up on knorrs side dishes and spam onethatcares May 2018 #47

I'm seeing some good answers, I would check thrift stores now for supplies you think you may need ck4829 May 2018 #50

They've been "prepping" for the S to HTF since the 1950s jmowreader May 2018 #51

Knowledge. And it's free. kydo May 2018 #52

Imma make booze and plant tobacco. Boom! elehhhhna May 2018 #53

Invest in hand tools that don't require electricity FakeNoose May 2018 #71

Do what you can and hope for the best. Rorey May 2018 #54

How to survive the coming Apocalypse when your are too poor to "prep". ? I'm from Alabama lol ..... stonecutter357 May 2018 #55

Cost of Prep Tribalceltic May 2018 #59

This whole thread is kinda scary backtoblue May 2018 #60

If anything Texasgal May 2018 #61

Invest in relationships, not stuff. meadowlander May 2018 #63

Sanitation - lack there of - is far and away the biggest killer The Mouth May 2018 #64

An emergency toilet is one of the 1st things people should acquire in prepping Kaleva May 2018 #68

Don't forget the can opener! Totally Tunsie May 2018 #65

I always have food supplies for a week lunatica May 2018 #69

If money is very tight, think in terms of Calories per dollar Mariana May 2018 #70

Get to know your neighbors and teach yourself skills NickB79 May 2018 #72

There's this model of neighborhood emergency preparedness MissB May 2018 #73

Before the last econimic meltdown occured TNLib Jun 2018 #75

I wish that was an option FirstLight Jun 2018 #87

The apocalypse is happening... pbmus Jun 2018 #76

Eat the Rich malchickiwick Jun 2018 #77

AMEN!!!! FirstLight Jun 2018 #86

My thinking is along the lines of Turbineguy Jun 2018 #79

Make a lot of friends. MuseRider Jun 2018 #80

awesome reply... FirstLight Jun 2018 #105

I guess FirstLight Jun 2018 #107

interest k&r w0nderer Jun 2018 #84

I have no desire to survive an apocalypse anyway. We keep cash and money in the house Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #95

If TSHTF Wolf Frankula Jun 2018 #96

I was always a prepper, and as a young man who could never leave my emergency car food alone braddy Jun 2018 #101

Ugh. Concentrate on the short period first... a few days to a couple of weeks. fleabiscuit Jun 2018 #103

I also like to keep lists. I'm sorta weird about it... fleabiscuit Jun 2018 #104

Great start! FirstLight Jun 2018 #109