100 things that disappear

[wiccawench]

I wanted to find this again..... i hope people have reread this in light of the current increase in preps being made.

[kimberley862]

Yeah... this is one of those threads that belong in the "Must Read" categories.

[everyman44]

I was amazed at how many of these items are for sale everyday at my local Army Navy store. I either have or are weekly stockpiling most everything on this list. I drove to the local mall to check out another such store called"Old Navy", the little gay guy behind the counter got a tad upset with me when I told him how disappointed I was that they had no life preservers or life rafts.

As I was leaving a cool ripple of Irony came to mind. The boorish, spoiled brats buying the bright wrinkly clothing around me will likely soon have a more difficult time coping post TSHTF than the child labor that sweats out the offensive rags.  

[madison]

I would add to this list cloth diapers, wool diaper covers, and nolin for diapering.

I would also add glass baby bottles with silicon (clear) nipples, bottle brushes and manual breast pumps (Avent brand) if you have a friend who is nursing her baby who might wetnurse/pump for your child.  And a goat if you can't breastfeed.

Any parent with a halfway decent heart (who didn't breastfeed) will do anything to keep her/his child alive and well.  The lanolin is for re-waterproofing wool diaper covers which are the best there is (Aristocrats or Lana wool covers).  You can get full diaper packages for around $500 all inclusive.  This will be GOLDEN in the near future and will make any parent your instant hero.  If that parent is your landlord, wow, instant month of rent etc... 

[lady-t]

i stickied this because i think you are right about this being important wiccawench.

[HelgaV]

Good work. Only query - why big dogs disappear.  I know folks might be driven to eat anything even their neighbor's dogs.  However I would hae thought that if you have the means to feed your dogs (I have an Irish Wolfhound) because you produce your own meat (I farm) and the dogs in question are useful for hunting big game (Moose, deer, bear, Bison) as well as in defending their people (Male Wolfhounds can be 34-38 " at the shoulder) that such dogs might actually be helpful survival tools and pups from such a dog might be sought after. 

Second point: horses, donkeys and mules are not mentioned in your list, nor are harness and other tack, or carts and wagons that can be pulled by such equines.  Do you think these animals are all going to be eaten before they can be used to improve transportation and hunting ability?

[rdocr]

I don't even know if the "Survivalists" of earlier times are still around, but here is a lsit from 1980. Note that pure silver coins were still available and gold was cheap enough to lay in a stock for barter

Oh, this is mainly a Barter list- from our Barter Handbokk.

You will note the comments on the topical list of this thread are about what is really precious- they are barter items.

Item   Comments
$500. Face value silver US dimes   Silver has precious metal value
6 month’s supply of dehydrated foods   
Home water filtration unit   figure 14 gallons/month/person
Water storage facilities   Fire extinguishers
At least one Colt .45 hand gun.   
30.06 or .308 rifle   
12-gauge pump action shotgun   
Air Rifle   
500 rounds of ammunition for each gun   
Reloading equipment   
High quality first aid kit with manual   $200 quality
Battery powered short wave radio   Transceiver= send and receive.
Citizens Band Radio   40 channels ( No cell phones then )
Lubricants for all equipment   
50- one pound cans of coffee   Barter
100, 6 oz. cans of tobacco plus a
cigarette rolling machine   Barter
20 lbs of inexpensive pipe tobacco   barter
One case of expensive whiskey   Barter
One case of expensive liquors   Barter
10, 0ne ounce gold coins   Barter
20, 1/4 ounce gold coins   Barter
5, US $20 gold coins.                   Barter

Gee. 10- one ounce gold coins- Ha.

LOL

Ralph

[tacoma_for_life]

dude , where is dennis?  i have not seen any posts from him on any thread in quite a while...any thoughts? 

[DarthBruder]

dude , where is dennis?  i have not seen any posts from him on any thread in quite a while...any thoughts? 

Are you being serious?

[Kushtaka]

dude , where is dennis?  i have not seen any posts from him on any thread in quite a while...any thoughts? 

Dennis has left the building.

You can find him here: http://dennisfromoregon.com/forum/index.php

If you enjoyed his posts I suggest you make yourself at home there. 

[guitarbuddy]

Item 40.  Big dogs.  Big dogs disappear?

I read this list a while back. I thought it was because big dogs are snapped up for their value as guardians. Any dog can be a good alarm system, but only medium to big dogs will be a deterrent.