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Rather, he had a full root cellar, plenty of canned goods in the basement, various farm animals in the feed yards including draft horses, a productive small farm, and a bit of cash that they'd saved. My grandmother showed me an (uncashed) check for the entire wheat harvest of (if I remember correctly) 1933. It was for eight cents. Eight cents for a year's cash crop. My grandparents (the first child didn't come until 1934) lived off from their "preps" essentially through a good portion of the 1930s--that and what they could grow in their gardens and fields and the animals they slaughtered (and that little bit of saved money). It wasn't easy for them, but they made it. And they made it because they had the forethought to prepare and save for a "rainy day." Which came in 1929.
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You stumbled onto a truth. Preppers are merely doing what the farmers of 150 or so years ago did, with some modifications. Applying those early principles to modern situations.
The defeatist attitude is most prevalent among those who would rather play with their money, than earnestly save towards a disaster that may come along. They are certain that if the disaster comes, we who prepared will save their butts, or certain that we who prepared can be forced to share our preparations with those who squandered their opportunities. Basically, socialists at heart (aka, criminals in waiting), they will be the ones who will try to take our stuff by force a few weeks after everything goes crunch. And, therefore, they are the reason we train with our weapons.
...Rather, he had a full root cellar, plenty of canned goods in the basement, various farm animals in the feed yards including draft horses, a productive small farm, and a bit of cash that they'd saved. My grandmother showed me an (uncashed) check for the entire wheat harvest of (if I remember correctly) 1933. It was for eight cents. Eight cents for a year's cash crop. My grandparents (the first child didn't come until 1934) lived off from their "preps" essentially through a good portion of the 1930s--that and what they could grow in their gardens and fields and the animals they slaughtered (and that little bit of saved money). It wasn't easy for them, but they made it. And they made it because they had the forethought to prepare and save for a "rainy day." Which came in 1929.
Excellence of character always wins. I refer to people of this sort as members of the better classes.
With Facebook it is about groups vs just plain personal feeds or pages.
They are out there but mostly closed or secret (Invite only).
I run an 85k member off grid group which includes preppers in it's membership but isn't heavily focused on such. More general self sufficiency and homesteading, the gateway skills to prepping.
With Facebook it is about groups vs just plain personal feeds or pages.
They are out there but mostly closed or secret (Invite only).
I run an 85k member off grid group which includes preppers in it's membership but isn't heavily focused on such. More general self sufficiency and homesteading, the gateway skills to prepping.
Sounds very interesting. Though I don't know how to check it out.
Off Grid Wilderness Living.... we refer folks to City-Data frequently. LOL
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