“How Far Do You Want To Develop Your Preps?”

[RoadWarrior]

HL, very impressed with your preps mate ! but reakon ive honestly spent in excess off 3 grand in the past 2 years on my prepps inc food and not including the Jeep either ! and thinking off selling this and buying more prepps ...or getting a smaller van type thing !

[Tdvsko]

How much money you spend each year on prepping as a percentage of income or amount and do you consider it realistic.

I am currently spending 30% of my money and any I have spare.

How far you intend to go to be self- reliant and off grid

As far as I can I will not stop till I have done everything I can.

Do you want to live off grid full time permanently if you possibly can:

Yes.

Do you / are you developing substantial veg plots and life stock preps

I will be.

How many PV panels do you own and how many to you actually want

I will get the required amount.

Are you planning on laying a 12VDC circuit in your home

Yes when I can I currently still have al ot to buy before this.

Do you have an auxiliary water storage treatment plan in place and how much water can it contain

I am currently building up storage of water supplies and have brought a water filter.

How much time do you consider as being realistic each week for your preps

As much time as I can

Are you planning for a whole family group or just yourself.

Group

Are you adapting your normal lifestyle to integrate your preps or are they kept separate (are you trying to live the preppers lifestyle now)

In small ways yes but I am getting better as time goes on.

Do you have auxiliary heating systems like wood stoves separate from grid supplied gas and electric if so may I enquire without damaging your opsec approximately how much wood / coal/ oil/ gas have you set aside ( probably easy for some to say “ I have XXX months supply of firewood)

Still working on this.

Do you have a food stockpile or cache

Yes.

Have you got or plan on getting a micro wind turbine (sub 1500 doofahs) if so is it erected and in use or cached for after TSHTF

I will be getting this.

Have you / are you planning on moving to a more sustainable location in the near future

I am moving from a city to a country road a good distance from the nearest town at the end of the month.

[NorthernRaider]

Oh Jesus bloody christ most of you lot make my preps look completly shite in comparison , I wish I had'ntt started this thread now cos its clear I'm years behind most of the commentators so far !!!!!.

[John]

(8 June 2013, 14:51)NorthernRaider Wrote: You know how to make a tightwad cheapskate like me look totally unprepared , I hate you

Like the bit about preparing for a friend who does not know it yet?
Very good idea, I'll have to try a few extra nights at the local to see what I can pick up. Must be honest we know a number by name but not to seriously talk to. Probably being paranoid but also watching my OPSEC's.

[bigpaul]

if anyone keeps it close to their chests, it you John.

[Skean Dhude]

Nr,

We are here to help mate. Everyone has to start somewhere. Whistles innocently.

[NorthernRaider]

(8 June 2013, 19:18)Skean Dhude Wrote: Nr,

We are here to help mate. Everyone has to start somewhere. Whistles innocently.

Expletive deleted, but it involved advice on sex and travel

[River Song]

I must admit to feeling a tad ambivalent about this thread. Firstly OPSEC. I don't care if some of us comment "But a lot of people store a bit of food etc etc". The less they know, the better. Secondly I felt a little threatened, i.e. so much to do, so much to train for and certainly so much to buy sweetie.

But I'll have a go

(7 June 2013, 09:22)NorthernRaider Wrote: How much money you spend each year on prepping as a percentage of income or amount and do you consider it realistic.

spend around £100-£200 per month

Quote:How far you intend to go to be self- reliant and off grid

No one despite BP's protestations can be totally self-reliant. We are social animals. However, we need to be as self reliant as we possibly can. Off Grid? You mean off electricity? In emergency - yes

Quote:Do you want to live off grid full time permanently if you possibly can

No = certainly not. The electricity grid is a useful tool. In an emergency you go to the bunker. But for me this is NOT a lifestyle choice. I don't want to live in a f.... bunker.

Quote:Do you / are you developing substantial veg plots and life stock preps

No

Quote: How many PV panels do you own and how many to you actually want

I see no sun. I've got 1. I'm not sure this is the route I will take.

Quote:Are you planning on laying a 12VDC circuit in your home

Yes - this is going to be a major task.

Quote:Do you have an auxiliary water storage treatment plan in place and how much water can it contain

Multiple levels. Water Butts and Barrels. Berkey. External hand Pumped filters. Bleach Tablets. Probably can handle a total of 1/4 mill gallons

Quote:How much time do you consider as being realistic each week for your preps

About 4 hours is enough for me

Quote:Are you planning for a whole family group or just yourself.

Whole family - adults - no children

Quote:Are you adapting your normal lifestyle to integrate your preps or are they kept separate (are you trying to live the preppers lifestyle now)

No I'm certainly not. As I said, I don't want to live in a bunker. Girl's gotta live after all. This is for emergencies post SHTF.

Quote:Do you have auxiliary heating systems like wood stoves separate from grid supplied gas and electric if so may I enquire without damaging your opsec approximately how much wood / coal/ oil/ gas have you set aside ( probably easy for some to say “ I have XXX months supply of firewood)

No - we have nothing else except the fireplace. I'm looking at wood stoves because we have huge amounts of wood around here.

Quote:Do you have a food stockpile or cache

Yes - but need to increase ubstantiallu

Quote:Have you got or plan on getting a micro wind turbine (sub 1500 doofahs) if so is it erected and in use or cached for after TSHTF

I haven't got one of those things. What's a doofah.?

Quote:Have you / are you planning on moving to a more sustainable location in the near future

I intend to buy the winning euro-Millions next friday/

Quote:What event or incident are you prepping to survive??
Respects NR (now sitting under his desk waiting for the issue to get derailed or side tracked)

I'm happy to take the Cabinet Office's main worry on the matter of UK resilience. The Number 1 concern of the government in this regard the the main event I am prepping for (but not the only event) is Pandemic Flu. The world won't end with a bang but with a sneeze

xx

[bigpaul]

well your certainly right about humans being ANIMALS, not so sure about the "social" bit though, the more I live among Homo Sapiens the more ANTI social I get

[Tibbs735]

(7 June 2013, 09:22)NorthernRaider Wrote: How far you intend to go to be self- reliant and off grid?
As much as i can, as a life-style choice as much as anything. My longterm scenario is small scale farming to produce what I need, selling surplus that isn't stored and working from home.
Do you want to live off grid full time permanently if you possibly can
Yes, but whilst civilization is still around I would be making use of it.
Do you / are you developing substantial veg plots and life stock preps
I am gardening now, we have a good, well developed garden plot, as well as chickens. I want to expand this year in preperation for next year.
How many PV panels do you own and how many to you actually want
Are you planning on laying a 12VDC circuit in your home
Power is definitiely one of my weak spots, don't know where to begin here
Do you have an auxiliary water storage treatment plan in place and how much water can it contain
I do have a decent amount of water filters, as well as stored water and the ability to boil it, but I intend to build a multiple redundancy, tiered system consisting of a biosand filter going into a DIY berky before being UV sterilized in the sun in bottles, and stored with chlorination.
Are you planning for a whole family group or just yourself.
Me and my brother are making plans, this would including buying a house / retreat/ homestead together, possibly living together eventually. Unless the rest of my family accept the hand I have offered them, they will be getting a BOB and my best wishes. I would be storing food for multiple people anyway.
Are you adapting your normal lifestyle to integrate your preps or are they kept separate (are you trying to live the preppers lifestyle now)
My wardrobe mainly consists of sturdy, earth-tone clothes, I have become a gold-pan for useful information. All I can do at this point is experiment, but I am trying as hard as I can to integrate the prepping mindset.
Do you have auxiliary heating systems like wood stoves separate from grid supplied gas and electric if so may I enquire without damaging your opsec approximately how much wood / coal/ oil/ gas have you set aside ( probably easy for some to say “ I have XXX months supply of firewood) Probably about 1.5 cords of wood, s water heating fireplace, kelly kettle, BBQ. Also a 50.cal ammo can full of hexy blocks.
Do you have a food stockpile or cache
Nope
Have you got or plan on getting a micro wind turbine (sub 1500 doofahs) if so is it erected and in use or cached for after TSHTF
I like the idea, but it's a pipedream at this stage like many other things.
Have you / are you planning on moving to a more sustainable location in the near future
Absolutely, preferably as far North and rural as possible.
What event or incident are you prepping to survive??
The end of our comfortable, easy way of life. A forced return to a more basic standard of living, be that another Great Depression, or full blown collapse due to the usual causes.