Scott NC Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Stock your pantry and freezers. I don't want to be chicken little but there's talk of cyberattacks. I remember less than a year ago when they shut down the pipeline and you could not buy gas for a couple weeks at least here in NC. World powers are at odds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 You never know what could happen, natural disaster, panic buying due to not so bad weather, cyber attacks, shortages, inflation, whatever. Best to be safe and stock a little back just in case if you can. If it is shelf stable try to have a backup so you dont have to worry or run out before the next shopping trip. If you can keep a little extra on longer lasting food you eat often, store a bit extra and rotate as you buy more. And Most important is keep extra forge fuel and forge stock! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 by all means stick up! But please don’t buy 4000 rolls of toilet paper!!! some of us only buy a pack at a time and would rather not resort to leaves! Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted February 24, 2022 Author Share Posted February 24, 2022 You need 4000 rolls of the cheap stuff! You can see through it and it rips really easy. Then you need more for residual clean up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 24 minutes ago, TWISTEDWILLOW said: by all means stick up! Oh no Scott, Billy knows what he means. His first sentence says it all, he uses the one sheet of Toilet paper method. Poke your finger through the center. Clean your butt and use the sheet of toilet paper to wipe your finger. Say Billy, do you fold a corner of the sheet so it's several layers thick to clean under your fingernail? How many generations would 4,000 rolls last you? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 I don't know if I'd resort to a stick up. One backup pack of what you usually buy should get you through. Besides, if everyone that was hording at the beginning of the pandemic doesn't have enough for another year or two then They are in real trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted February 24, 2022 Author Share Posted February 24, 2022 Don't they make toilets that shoot a jet of water at your butt? That might be worse than stick up method. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 You might be surprised. Makes a big difference whether the water is hot or cold, though.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 My wife knows how to make paper, it might not be perforated but what the hay we're all set. As far as vehicle fuel goes, I keep all 5 filled up and have 20 gallons for the generator & mowers. Semper Paratus.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 11 hours ago, Frosty said: Oh no Scott, Billy knows what he means Good grief y’all… one Typo an I done woke up the Jerry! Lol I normally Have plenty of gasoline and diesel here at the shop for both my machines and my customers that I’m working on, and our cabinets and fridge stay pretty much stocked all the time, like Randy I keep all the vehicles full as well as the tractors and four wheelers I use around here, Only thing that’s been missing from my local Wally World since the shortages began a couple years ago is my favorite brand of frozen taquitos and favorite can of chilimac but other then that it hasn’t been to bad, As far as a cyber attacks goes, I really wish those dudes would use their knowledge to attack websites actually worth slowing down! like the car warranty phone call system Or the pop up ad companies! Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted February 24, 2022 Author Share Posted February 24, 2022 Around here it's a rat race to get what you need. Store shelves are a joke. I couldn't find saltine crackers for a long time. I just got one of our freezers plugged in and am going today to see if I can find some meat to fill it with. They never seem to run out of fatback and chicken feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Griffin Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Chicken feet. Now there’s something to fill the freezer. Actually, I like chicken feet if cooked right. I was raised on offage. We didn’t throw anything away. You develop a taste for things you eat growing up. Chitterlings, maws, pig feet, cow tongue, chicken gizzards, and so on. I’d rather have these than a ribeye. Back on subject, I still don’t know who is doing all the hoarding. Everybody I talk to are having the same problem finding stuff. You can get ready. Another price hike is coming. Don’t know how some people make it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 All else fails I got a corn sheller and a corn mill grinder, I guess I could buy a few hundred pounds of corn at the feed store and grind up some corn meal! corn doggers anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted February 24, 2022 Author Share Posted February 24, 2022 I had a corn sheller at home but gave it to a friend. John Wayne likes corn doggers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 12 minutes ago, Randy Griffin said: You can get ready. Another price hike is coming. Don’t know how some people make it. My battery company has went up three times in less than a year.. I now am paying more for a battery as a dealer then retail was 2 years ago! Scott, my grandpa an my dad both cooked corn dodgers pretty regularly, it s been years since I’ve had one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 I look on the positive side of things, cost of gas is my Magic 8-Ball: Will I get to go to my Grandfather's 97? birthday this year in late March? Last year Gas price: US$1.98 a gallon; nope everything locked down! This year Gas price: over US$3.50 a gallon looks like I may be travelling! My wife has been getting "prepperitis"; only problem is she isn't taking into account all of our situation. She went out and bought a couple bales of wood shavings to be able to make an improvised toilet according to the plans on her favorite site. I pointed out that we are on a septic tank; proper "prepping" would be to get it pumped and then store up water and we would have indoor toilets working for several years! Went out and bought battery powered led lights, I mentioned that I could find our oil lamps and matches in the dark that we use when there is a power outage already. More oil would be a more cost effective buy. (And have forged several "camping chandeliers" that convert to solar charged lights just by dropping their stems in place. Oh well it keeps her busy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 A quick search of local gas prices show a $0.05 cents per gallon difference in this area. For 20 gallons that is a $1.00 difference. Makes you wonder if chasing down that bargain is worth the dollar after you factor in time, wear and tear on the car, mileage, and exposure to traffic and traffic hazards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Here the cost at Sam's Club in the city, can be 45 cents a gallon lower; so we always try to stop anytime we are in Albuquerque. (But would never make a 80 mile trip just for that!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 .45 cent price difference might be worth taking a 100 gallon fuel transfer tank with you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBones Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 What people call "prepping" now a days was called living when i was a kid. We always "prepped" for winter. Canning veg and fruit, butchering and storing meat, making lard, soap, apple butter, etc. to be stored away. Anyway growing up like that "prepping" is just how i thought it was always done and has carried into my adult life. One thing about prepping that i cannot stress enough though, and i have seen some do this, is : Do not forget the dog (cat or any other pet) doggos will need food, water and sometimes meds also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted February 24, 2022 Author Share Posted February 24, 2022 That's how I grew up Billy. We didn't butcher anything but chickens but we knew farmers that did. Learned to fix just about everything. For the last 20+ years we did the farm market thing, everything we didn't sell, give away or donate was canned or frozen or dehydrated. Fruit juice, veggies, every year we had at least 8 five gallon buckets of potatoes in the cellar door for winter, they never froze. It was kind of comforting knowing it was there. We bought some essentials at the store. Now we sold the farm and it feels downright bizzare having to buy everything at the store. One thing I used to like about the store was fuel points though. I had a LOT of gas cans and a fuel barrel on the farm and the savings really added up. I'm working on raised beds as fast as I can at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 When Y2K was approaching, I filled 2 55 gal drums with gasoline at $.98 a gallon, treated with Stabil. It took me the better part of 2000 to use it up. When we added the addition to the shop, I moved the barrels into it and discovered one barrel still had about 10 gallons in it. The gasoline still smelled good so I added some to the old Willy's Overland M38A1 Jeep and it ran just fine. Those old Willy's would run on kerosene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Old Model T's could be run on well head gas---the condensate/casing head gas that you could collect from producing oil wells. Needed a low compression engine to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted February 24, 2022 Author Share Posted February 24, 2022 I think they should bring back the gas bag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Or the penny-farthing! (a bicycle with a large front wheel and a small rear wheel common from about 1870 to 1890) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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