The funny things one can't do without

[tandiwe]

Hello all,

Just wanted to know about the odd things that people find themselves stocking up on aside from food water etc.

A bit of fun ahead of Oct 7th may be inappropriate, but I just wanted to share that I found myself buying three months supply of hair colou, shampoo (3 for 2) and leg wax yesterday! It might be the greater depression but at least for the start of it I wont have roots.

Also I am having my favourite dinner tonight, roast chicken, green beans and gravy.

Going out later to fill up on fuel.

Good luck to everyone!

xt

[Sarahmay]

Yep.

It's the end of the world as we know it, but I look fine!

[Jenny]

Don't forget hairpins!:mfr_lol:

[ifeelthefear]

Don't forget the can opener!!!!!!!

[ifeelthefear]

funny but serious..

[Jenny]

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Jenny

[371]

I really hope youre joking... of course you are.


Anyway- yeah, CAN OPENER!! in fact a couple of them for spares... ever try to open a can without one? I remember when I was a teenager and we hiked way up in the woods and that night we realized we couldn't open our cans and the little canopener on the utility knife broke... then destroyed the knife blade sawing through the side. stupid.

Fact is, the vast majority of things you think we can't live without- you'll give them up in a minute for some food if you're hungry enough.

[zuni]

scary joke ....

[doodlebug]

Hello all,

Just wanted to know about the odd things that people find themselves stocking up on aside from food water etc.


xt

Let's just say I won't run out of denture adhesive any time soon :roll1:

[Brinty]

On not forgetting the can opener . . . .

The two of us were spending our first night together away from parental control. We were in a tent in our back yard - my sister and I, with a candle, a small gas cooker, a couple of mugs and a can of Nestles coffee and milk. But we soon found we didn't have a can opener.

We just sat and looked at that can and wished we'd remembered to bring an opener. But there was no way we were going to go back to the house and admit we'd goofed.

Imagine our chagrin when next morning we discovered that the label on the can was upside down and the can actually had a ring pull thingy for easy opening.

The moral? Look at everything from every angle before deciding to make the wrong decision. Once you've satisfied yourself that you have all the correct information, then you have the right to make the wrong decision, Lets face it, politicians are doing that all the time.:lmfao:

[doodlebug]

That was better than an Aesop fable!!! :roftl:

[mel]

Im with you, wish I hadnt paid the rent! LOL, what about the vodka?! PEACE X

[pineal-pilot-in merkabah]

HP sauce.. marmite.. do tea bags count?? im sure tea isnt good for the pineal but i could be wrong?? im off out to get food tomorow.. im thinking they may declare a bank holiday at teh end of tomorows trading.. dropped 7% in like 30 mins pof opening today.. i was watching in real time with my friend from south africa online and we were like wow its in freefall. if it get to 10% in one day they are gonna shut it down.. wonder wha the event is 7th???

[ChooseYourLifeNow]

A thought came to mind today....Condoms. Yes, you may want to stock up.

[eurosceptic]

I am weighing up the real possibilites that after 10 days I may begin to smell like a goat farm......:biggrin2:can I sacrifice personal hygeine products for saftey love and food - OH YEA!!! The travelling communites of England taught me that!!!:mfr_lol:

[tandiwe]

I did buy soap, but i forgot deodrant, so I'll be a bit smelly too! Never mind, its one way to keep the looters away!

Vodka is a very good idea, plus mixers of course.

[zorgon]

I did buy soap, but i forgot deodrant, so I'll be a bit smelly too! Never mind, its one way to keep the looters away!

Vodka is a very good idea, plus mixers of course.

Actually body odor if you are forced to live in the bush for a while is not a problem. Once the toxins from modern food leave your system your body will compensate...

BUT Stock up on toilet paper !!! I am willing to bet none of you on here would know how to cope without that

:tongue2:

[Jenny]

I would but I will not tell you How. That would be to graphic.

Jenny

[tandiwe]

Fascinated ... how do you do without toilet paper, in the most delicate terms??????

And Zorgon, that's actually true, I fasted for 11 days and didn't need deoderant for at least six months afterwards. I started drinking caffeinated coffee and I noticed I started to get BO again. I stopped it and the odour stopped!

[Shechaiyah]

You guys do what you want; I'm not in emergency mode yet because I don't know whether I'll have to be mobile or stationary.

That's the very first thing to think about: mobilize OR stock up.

But you can't do both.


Shech--

[Suriel]

Well here are some things I need:

Underwear, insulin, needles, alcohol swabs, test strips, batteries, food, water, tp, baby wipes, diapers, baby food, milk, vanilla wafers, pudding snacks, baby powder, butter nutters, caffeine, nicotine, tucks wipes, toothpaste, tooth brush, paper towels, sweat pants, t-shirts, dishwashing tablets, laundry detergent, shampoo, soap, trash bags, clorox wipes, bags of pasta, canned goods, dvds, video games, and new socks.

I may have left something out.

:biggrin2:

[zuni]

seeds....seeds...seeds...seeds....and oh yea sprouting seeds !!!!!
peace

[eurosceptic]

SURIEL>>>I know you are a messanger of light and all that BUT......please explain BUTTER NUTTERS!!??:biggrin2:

They translate in a funny way here in Britain!:mfr_lol:

Anyone from Britain Concur??

BUTTER NUTTERS anyone?!?!:lmao:


Would you say Gordon Brown is a butter nutter??:lmfao:

[Molly]

my husband had to stock up on his favorite German pickles.

he eats Vienna sausage and so does the dog, so we stocked up on those...for them to share....:wink2:

[Morgan]

Books.
My piano.
SLIPPERS, the kind that go up your ankle, they're almost like socks but they're slippers.

I can do without beauty products (I already do!), but I would like a pumice stone for my feet :)

[Thunderbird]

Toilet paper

[Gnosis5]

Just bought 2kg of dehydrated human grade dog food. Free range buffalo with wheat germ and oats -- looks like granola and actually tastes real good so doggie and I will be able to share :naughty:


my husband had to stock up on his favorite German pickles.

he eats Vienna sausage and so does the dog, so we stocked up on those...for them to share....:wink2:

[Gnosis5]

An ex-marine once told me that is the best medium of exchange -- forget the gold coins!



Toilet paper

[zorgon]

mobilize OR stock up.
But you can't do both.


Wanna bet?

My whole encampment for 80 people (65 comfortably long term) is mobile in a big ex U Haul truck... 30 minutes tops to load the food an water and we are outta here

Food Tip...

Bull Rushes or 'Cat Tails'... the roots make an excellent potato substitute

[crazycharlie]

doodlebug says:
Let's just say I won't run out of denture adhesive any time soon

I asked before the old forum went down "how does one make
homemade denture adhesive ? "

You all crack me up! ( But I have stocked some food-more to save on
$ as I don't think things will disappear that fast but prices could go up
big time)

I have been to 5 Rainbow Gatherings ( where hippies meet at a national
forest somewhere in the USA every July 4th)-(starting in 1972) interesting to see how 7,000 to 15,000
people cope camping out without much of anything for weeks at a time
but many share,, ( work-goods-food etc..)
Sh*T I have forgotten the can opener part !

[zuni]

toilet paper ??? wow you are american.....i´d like to see you eat it.....not much nutrition there.....
GO FOR SEEDS....SEEDS.....SEEDS.....SEEDS....SEEDS....... EVERY SEED YOU CAN SAVE......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TranceAm]

Toilet Paper?
A daily dip in a river, and leaves from trees can do that trick.
Otherwise a wet towel.. (Re usable.)

But the most funny thing I stock is Firewood, (And everyone laughs at me, because at work, I take about 3 cubic feet (in untreated wood) home everyday, that otherwise goes into the dumpster. That is about $15 value a day... :-)
So when I do the calculation with current gas prices, For investing in travel to work a $10, I get Firewood... And then I get payed for work...

It may be cold, the electricity may go out, but I will have warm water in that towel. :-)

[eurosceptic]

its not funny but MUSIC!! I am finding the sound harmonics healing (without the music added, just the HZ tones are great
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=V_4tQbk9xzg&feature=related

....also - the etheric tones of the Cocteau Twins....!:trumpet::thumb_yello:

But if you've got some bongos, an acoustic and anything else....we can make our own music!


BUT, depending on things..........we may need more toilet paper than we bargained for...........:mfr_omg::biggrin2:


Peace n love to all...



EuroS

[Anchor]

Yep, you might need some toilet paper for that fan which will need cleaning, considering whats on its way towards it.

[Baggywrinkle]

One hundred pounds of green coffee beans and a whirley pop popcorn
popper to roast them in

[Gnosis5]

Wanna bet?

My whole encampment for 80 people (65 comfortably long term) is mobile in a big ex U Haul truck... 30 minutes tops to load the food an water and we are outta here

Food Tip...

Bull Rushes or 'Cat Tails'... the roots make an excellent potato substitute

You have my sincere admiration, and I am sure emotionally you are not biting your nails, and you are probably going about enjoying your daily life?

By the way, were you ever a boyscout?

[Shellie]

Miracle Whip to go with all that tuna.

[TranceAm]

Something to light my fire with:
This is amazing :

DIY FIRE PISTON-NO NEED FOR LIGHTERS, MATCHES
http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=133333

[Gnosis5]

I love seeds because I see the life force in them: They are like a zero with potential.



toilet paper ??? wow you are american.....i´d like to see you eat it.....not much nutrition there.....
GO FOR SEEDS....SEEDS.....SEEDS.....SEEDS....SEEDS....... EVERY SEED YOU CAN SAVE......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Event_Horizon]

The staff in the shop thought i was nuts when i came to the checkout with a trolly stacked with cans the other day haha!