Hi all, long neglected intro post!

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tarmactatt
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Hi all, long neglected intro post!

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Hi Folks,

Apologies for the tardiness of this intro, I've gathered some great info on this forum and hope to contribute eventually.

My focus is prepping on a budget for short term food/water/weather/power disruptions and attempting to build flexibility and resilience for the next financial crash.

Eventually I would like to be less reliant on the grid and have some space to grow some veggies, but unfortunately those are (very) long-term plans!

Cheers! :)
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Deeps
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Can't exactly say welcome as you're a long term lurker but thanks for posting an intro, get fired into this posting malarky.
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Thanks Deeps, only realised today how long ago I registered!

Had to take a bit of time off prepping due to other commitments, with the current global events, getting a 'safety net' under me is now higher priority.
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tarmactatt wrote:Thanks Deeps, only realised today how long ago I registered!

Had to take a bit of time off prepping due to other commitments, with the current global events, getting a 'safety net' under me is now higher priority.
Ya gotta hate it when life gets in the way of prepping eh ? Hope you get things sorted mate.
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Hello and welcome to the Forum. :)
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Hi and Welcome!
I was a lurker too and have found it incredibly useful thus far.
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Hi and welcome from a newbie
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Welcome, tarmactatt - would any of the prepping you're now doing have been helpful with the RL stuff you've been facing?
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Thanks for all the welcome replies everyone.
Deeps wrote:
tarmactatt wrote:Thanks Deeps, only realised today how long ago I registered!

Had to take a bit of time off prepping due to other commitments, with the current global events, getting a 'safety net' under me is now higher priority.
Ya gotta hate it when life gets in the way of prepping eh ? Hope you get things sorted mate.
Yeah, I'm always evaluating risk:reward and sometimes that extra pack of baked beans has to take a back-seat.

mightymayesy wrote:Hi and Welcome!
I was a lurker too and have found it incredibly useful thus far.
MM
Completely agree, really helpful source of info. I'm also a subscriber to the "you've two ears and one mouth, use them in that ratio" mindset, I like to read up on stuff before I post and make a fool of myself!

Arzosah wrote:Welcome, tarmactatt - would any of the prepping you're now doing have been helpful with the RL stuff you've been facing?
Redundancy out of the blue meant I drew heavily on savings etc that I may not have had if I had not been of the prepared mindset.

Now trying to build the savings back up ready for the next time the SHTF work-wise. My personal priorities for preps are fire/extreme weather/gas or power outage, once I've covered those 'basics' I'll be looking at cost:benefit of other scenarios.
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tarmactatt wrote: Completely agree, really helpful source of info. I'm also a subscriber to the "you've two ears and one mouth, use them in that ratio" mindset, I like to read up on stuff before I post and make a fool of myself!

I wouldn't worry too much about that, we can all be guilty of it :oops: and we're a forgiving bunch.