What is TS doesn't HTF?

[Little Lou]

If I were 90 years old, found the world was at peace, my grandkids were doing well, crime was low and everthing was nice and pretty, I can't imagine being anything but happy. We may prep for the alternatives, but that doesn't mean we want them to happen.

It's still a good question, but I can't honestly see much to regret. Maybe it's a question of 'how' we prep, but there's very little I'll have spent money on that wouldn't be useful anyway. I'm 'rotating' my stores of food and water, so nothing will be wasted. I'm using my water filter daily, and saving a fortune on bottled water at the same time. If I'm using solar or other alternative power, then I'll have saved money and done the planet a bit of good while I'm at it. If I've learned old fashioned skills and passed them on, then I've helped keep alive a part of our heritage that human beings will always need. If I've kept us supplied with fruit and vegetables from our garden, we've enjoyed the pleasure of fresh chemical-free food, and probably saved a bit of cash into the bargain. If I've dug a well or built a chimney I'll have enhanced the value of my property, and that's more of a legacy for my children.

The most I could consider 'wasted' would be: some of the long shelf-life food that's cost more than fresh ingredients would have done; a few 'survivalist' bits of bushcraft kit that only a prepper or hard-core masochist might use; and one or two 'security items' such as weaponry and camo net for the BOV. But even those things might come in useful for my children - because TS doesn't have HTF in my lifetime, and my prepping was never just for me.

But even if TS never HTF, it's still hardly a waste to spend money on one's 'hobby'. No-one regrets having spent time doing things they enjoy, so why should I? As Franc said, I'll even be fitter from having lived a healthier lifestyle. I'll have made friends with other preppers - and who on their death bed ever feels they've had too many friends?

Nothing to regret. I'll have lived with my eyes open, I'll have lived free, and I hope I'll have made myself beholding to no-one. I'll settle for that.