Worlds Worst Prepper?

stevegray · Post by **stevegray** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 11:06 am

Greetings all.

Well - I'm probably the worlds worst prepper, because I haven't really done much yet, and probably the worst forum member because this is my third post, not my first (I really should have read the house rules more carefully). But I do find the subject interesting, and where I live we get a lot of power cuts, so I guess that's why I'm here.

Location: Hartlebury UK (pretty rural). Work: Freelance IT, mostly defence oriented. Hobbies: Target shooting (got 3 rifles & 2 air rifles), badminton (currently play twice a week!), walking. Married, 3 kids, great big dog.

Steve.

Post by **pseudonym** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 11:59 am

Hello and welcome to the Forum.

essgee23 · Post by **essgee23** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 12:06 pm

hello there

poppypiesdad · Post by **poppypiesdad** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 12:25 pm

Welcome to the forums

J

tigs · Post by **tigs** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 12:37 pm

hello and welcome

Plymtom · Post by **Plymtom** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 1:13 pm

Welcome aboard, I have to say iif you're rural you allready have an advantage, and probably do allready prep more than you think, for instance does your world fall to bits it the weather gets bad? power goes off? chances are you aren't helpless and not as bad as you think, prepping is more about not being caught totally pants down by regular occuring inconvenient breakdowns, storms, job loss, than a cosmic callamity or zombie attack

Most SHTF scenarios spoken of I think are used as a long shot worst example of what in an ideal world anyone would want to be able to cope with, so take your time unless soemone knows for sure, it could be your decendents who benefit from your prepping.

The Ace of Spades · Post by **The Ace of Spades** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 1:57 pm

Hello. Welcome to UKP.

Ace.

Arzosah · Post by **Arzosah** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 3:04 pm

Welcome to the forums! Since you get a lot of powercuts, all the stuff around heating, lighting and emergency cooking could well be relevant to you (and if you're rural in an area that gets snow, a bit of extra food wouldn't come amiss either, I'm guessing).

Between the job, the hobbies, the dog and the location tho, sounds like you're streets ahead

Maddosammo · Post by **Maddosammo** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 4:21 pm

Hello and welcome.

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unsure · Post by **unsure** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 6:32 pm

hello and welcome ,,

i`m guessing with you being pretty rural , you do the shopping in large lumps rather than every week . so you could possably have more stored than you think .
i do the usual asda run on a friday for fresh bits like fruit and milk , but only do a massive shop when i need to , the last one was around early december and i don`t think i need to do it again for another month or so .

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