I could just see it coming! Personally I disagree with some of the things
on the list. I know that some people like frozen bread. I do not, although
I do freeze the extra slices that are about to go bad and I will use them
later for stuffing. It's fine for that. And any time that I buy extra
chips or pretzel, they go bad before we can eat them. But for sure I am
getting some of that whole wheat pasta from Costco and some extra beans,
popcorn and canned stuff.

http://frugalliving.about.com/od/sto...he-Drought.htm

"The Other Guy" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:36:15 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>I could just see it coming! Personally I disagree with some of the things
>>on the list.
>
> HOW do you stockpile eggs and cheese??

Some cheese can be frozen. Personally I think the quality suffers for
eating out of hand. I know this because I bought an extra bag of Tillamoos
once and stuck them in the freezer. We love those things and Costco is
frequently out of them. But once frozen, they just crumble. You can use
this cheese grated or crumbled over things for melting. It's just fine for
that.

As for the eggs, I guess you would have to prepare them as if for scrambled
and then maybe freeze them in ice cube containers or something. Again, the
quality might suffer. I can't eat eggs so I don't really know. But I did
wonder about that.

On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:36:15 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>I could just see it coming! Personally I disagree with some of the things
>on the list. I know that some people like frozen bread. I do not, although
>I do freeze the extra slices that are about to go bad and I will use them
>later for stuffing. It's fine for that. And any time that I buy extra
>chips or pretzel, they go bad before we can eat them. But for sure I am
>getting some of that whole wheat pasta from Costco and some extra beans,
>popcorn and canned stuff.
>
>http://frugalliving.about.com/od/sto...he-Drought.htm
>

Water.

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:36:15 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> I could just see it coming! Personally I disagree with some of the
>> things
>> on the list. I know that some people like frozen bread. I do not,
>> although
>> I do freeze the extra slices that are about to go bad and I will use them
>> later for stuffing. It's fine for that. And any time that I buy extra
>> chips or pretzel, they go bad before we can eat them. But for sure I am
>> getting some of that whole wheat pasta from Costco and some extra beans,
>> popcorn and canned stuff.
>>
>> http://frugalliving.about.com/od/sto...he-Drought.htm
>
> Much of that stuff is impractical, unsafe, or impossible to stockpile.
>
> My favorites were fresh meat, fresh vegetables, and fresh fruits.
> None of which can be stockpiled until 2013.

Well some people do freeze meat. Fresh fruit and veg won't do you any good
unless you can or freeze them and then I think it's only feasible to do if
they are given to you or you grow your own.
>
> Soda, soy sauce, chips, popcorn? Get real.

Soy sauce? Maybe, but seriuosly we eat very little of it. I will likely
buy an extra bag or two of popcorn. We do eat a lot of that and it will
keep for a year. Longer if frozen. We drink diet Soda and that is really
only good for a few months.
>
> Eggs, bread, butter - yeah - those will last 6-8 months just fine!

Yeah. That wouldn't work.
>
> The list was made by a moron. but get used to the higher prices,
> folks. Because once the prices go up, they'll never come back down -
> regardless of drought, flood, or beanstalks that reach to the heavens.

And not just food. Cotton is a crop too. I think the prices on everything
will go up. And a lot!
>
> -sw (who should have stockpiled bacon a year ago)

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
news
> On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:57:17 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>>> http://frugalliving.about.com/od/sto...he-Drought.htm
>>>
>>> Much of that stuff is impractical, unsafe, or impossible to stockpile.
>>>
>>> My favorites were fresh meat, fresh vegetables, and fresh fruits.
>>> None of which can be stockpiled until 2013.
>>
>> Well some people do freeze meat. Fresh fruit and veg won't do you any
>> good
>> unless you can or freeze them and then I think it's only feasible to do
>> if
>> they are given to you or you grow your own.
>
> Point was that none of those are going to be "fresh" any more.
> They'll be frozen. You can't stockpile FRESH meat, etc...
>
Quite true.
>>>
>>> Soda, soy sauce, chips, popcorn? Get real.
>>
>> Soy sauce? Maybe, but seriuosly we eat very little of it.
>
> All the decent soy sauces are imported.
>
>> And not just food. Cotton is a crop too. I think the prices on
>> everything
>> will go up. And a lot!
>
> The USA will just be more screwed up here shortly. You're not to be
> able to count on any of the politicians doing anything for the welfare
> of the common people unless they get something out of it, which
> usually involves something even more detrimental to the people.
>
> Politicians are just bankers in disguise.

I have noticed.

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...
>I could just see it coming! Personally I disagree with some of the things
>on the list. I know that some people like frozen bread. I do not,
>although I do freeze the extra slices that are about to go bad and I will
>use them later for stuffing. It's fine for that. And any time that I buy
>extra chips or pretzel, they go bad before we can eat them. But for sure I
>am getting some of that whole wheat pasta from Costco and some extra beans,
>popcorn and canned stuff.
>
> http://frugalliving.about.com/od/sto...he-Drought.htm

Australia went through 10 years of severe drought and I didn't stockpile
anything on that list.

"The Other Guy" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:36:15 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>I could just see it coming! Personally I disagree with some of the things
>>on the list.
>
> HOW do you stockpile eggs and cheese??

A couple of old fashioned ways of keeping eggs for months was a) to rub them
with vaseline/coat them in wax and then store them buried in bran or,
alternatively 2) put them in a bucket (pail) covered in a Waterglass
solution.

"Farm1" > wrote in message
...
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> ...
>>I could just see it coming! Personally I disagree with some of the things
>>on the list. I know that some people like frozen bread. I do not,
>>although I do freeze the extra slices that are about to go bad and I will
>>use them later for stuffing. It's fine for that. And any time that I buy
>>extra chips or pretzel, they go bad before we can eat them. But for sure
>>I am getting some of that whole wheat pasta from Costco and some extra
>>beans, popcorn and canned stuff.
>>
>> http://frugalliving.about.com/od/sto...he-Drought.htm
>
> Australia went through 10 years of severe drought and I didn't stockpile
> anything on that list.

Did you stockpile anything at all?

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> "Farm1" > wrote in message
> ...
>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>I could just see it coming! Personally I disagree with some of the
>>>things on the list. I know that some people like frozen bread. I do
>>>not, although I do freeze the extra slices that are about to go bad and I
>>>will use them later for stuffing. It's fine for that. And any time that
>>>I buy extra chips or pretzel, they go bad before we can eat them. But
>>>for sure I am getting some of that whole wheat pasta from Costco and some
>>>extra beans, popcorn and canned stuff.
>>>
>>> http://frugalliving.about.com/od/sto...he-Drought.htm
>>
>> Australia went through 10 years of severe drought and I didn't stockpile
>> anything on that list.
>
> Did you stockpile anything at all?

No. Mind you, live in the country so we supply our own water, have a good
vegetable garden, keep poultry and I always keep a well stocked pantry.

"Farm1" > wrote in message
...
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>> "Farm1" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>>I could just see it coming! Personally I disagree with some of the
>>>>things on the list. I know that some people like frozen bread. I do
>>>>not, although I do freeze the extra slices that are about to go bad and
>>>>I will use them later for stuffing. It's fine for that. And any time
>>>>that I buy extra chips or pretzel, they go bad before we can eat them.
>>>>But for sure I am getting some of that whole wheat pasta from Costco and
>>>>some extra beans, popcorn and canned stuff.
>>>>
>>>> http://frugalliving.about.com/od/sto...he-Drought.htm
>>>
>>> Australia went through 10 years of severe drought and I didn't stockpile
>>> anything on that list.
>>
>> Did you stockpile anything at all?
>
> No. Mind you, live in the country so we supply our own water, have a good
> vegetable garden, keep poultry and I always keep a well stocked pantry.

Okay.

Sqwertz wrote:
>
> On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:36:15 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> > I could just see it coming! Personally I disagree with some of the things
> > on the list. I know that some people like frozen bread. I do not, although
> > I do freeze the extra slices that are about to go bad and I will use them
> > later for stuffing. It's fine for that. And any time that I buy extra
> > chips or pretzel, they go bad before we can eat them. But for sure I am
> > getting some of that whole wheat pasta from Costco and some extra beans,
> > popcorn and canned stuff.
> >
> > http://frugalliving.about.com/od/sto...he-Drought.htm
>
> Much of that stuff is impractical, unsafe, or impossible to stockpile.

Most of it is certainly impractical to stockpile. Certainly stockpile
flour, cornmeal and the like, since they store at reasonably high
density and you can make the bulky items like bread, pasta, etc. from
them as needed.

Eggs freeze very well as liquid egg product. I tested this with a carton
of liquid whole egg product (Pasteurized, homogenized with a bit of
citric acid) from Restaurant Depot that I froze for a good year and a
half then defrosted and used. I made some of it into basic scrambled
eggs since that would highlight any quality issues and there were none.

Fresh meats and vegetables - yea, they certainly won't store in a fresh
state, you'll have to process and freeze them, but then they can
stockpile just fine.

Julie Bove wrote:
>
> And not just food. Cotton is a crop too. I think the prices on everything
> will go up. And a lot!

The prices on everything are going up, and mostly not due to drought,
but rather due to "quantitative easing" i.e. the government printing
more currency to ride the economic lag to election before the
devaluation of the currency catches up. Whatever currency you have is
rapidly devaluing and that is the greatest problem.

Farm1 wrote:
>
> "The Other Guy" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:36:15 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > > wrote:
> >
> >>I could just see it coming! Personally I disagree with some of the things
> >>on the list.
> >
> > HOW do you stockpile eggs and cheese??
>
> A couple of old fashioned ways of keeping eggs for months was a) to rub them
> with vaseline/coat them in wax and then store them buried in bran or,
> alternatively 2) put them in a bucket (pail) covered in a Waterglass
> solution.

You freeze them. Cheese freezes just fine as-is (freeze quickly so large
ice crystals don't form. Eggs you freeze as liquid egg product, the
commercial stuff you can get at restaurant supply places is pasteurized
and homogenized with a bit of citric acid added. Homogenizing at home is
probably not practical, but you can certainly batch pasteurize and add
citric acid.

On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:36:15 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>I could just see it coming! Personally I disagree with some of the things
>on the list. I know that some people like frozen bread. I do not, although
>I do freeze the extra slices that are about to go bad and I will use them
>later for stuffing. It's fine for that. And any time that I buy extra
>chips or pretzel, they go bad before we can eat them. But for sure I am
>getting some of that whole wheat pasta from Costco and some extra beans,
>popcorn and canned stuff.
>
>http://frugalliving.about.com/od/sto...he-Drought.htm
>

Great way to raise prices now.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:57:17 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:36:15 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>>> I could just see it coming! Personally I disagree with some of the
>>> things
>>> on the list. I know that some people like frozen bread. I do not,
>>> although
>>> I do freeze the extra slices that are about to go bad and I will use them
>>> later for stuffing. It's fine for that. And any time that I buy extra
>>> chips or pretzel, they go bad before we can eat them. But for sure I am
>>> getting some of that whole wheat pasta from Costco and some extra beans,
>>> popcorn and canned stuff.
>>>
>>> http://frugalliving.about.com/od/sto...he-Drought.htm
>>
>> Much of that stuff is impractical, unsafe, or impossible to stockpile.
>>
>> My favorites were fresh meat, fresh vegetables, and fresh fruits.
>> None of which can be stockpiled until 2013.
>
>Well some people do freeze meat. Fresh fruit and veg won't do you any good
>unless you can or freeze them and then I think it's only feasible to do if
>they are given to you or you grow your own.
>>
>> Soda, soy sauce, chips, popcorn? Get real.
>
>Soy sauce? Maybe, but seriuosly we eat very little of it. I will likely
>buy an extra bag or two of popcorn. We do eat a lot of that and it will
>keep for a year. Longer if frozen. We drink diet Soda and that is really
>only good for a few months.
>>
>> Eggs, bread, butter - yeah - those will last 6-8 months just fine!
>
>Yeah. That wouldn't work.
>>
>> The list was made by a moron. but get used to the higher prices,
>> folks. Because once the prices go up, they'll never come back down -
>> regardless of drought, flood, or beanstalks that reach to the heavens.
>
>And not just food. Cotton is a crop too. I think the prices on everything
>will go up. And a lot!
>>
>> -sw (who should have stockpiled bacon a year ago)

I see no point in stockpiling food for an emergency in a freezer,
emergencies are when power failures are most common. Most of the
foods you listed are available dehy/freeze dried. Eggs and cheese are
readily available dried. And don't tell me you won't eat powdered
eggs, if it's truly and emergency you will, or starve to death.

On Thu, 16 Aug 2012 08:28:31 -0500, "Pete C." >
wrote:

>
>Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> And not just food. Cotton is a crop too. I think the prices on everything
>> will go up. And a lot!
>
>The prices on everything are going up.

Lately I'm seeing ads on the tube about the new VW Beetle being back,
price $19,759.00. In 1972 I bought a brand new VW Beetle for
$1,950.00.

Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> And not just food. Cotton is a crop too.

For emergencies (even non-emergencies) the important thing to stock up
is TP.

On 8/16/2012 4:17 AM, Farm1 wrote:

>> Did you stockpile anything at all?
>
> No. Mind you, live in the country so we supply our own water, have a good
> vegetable garden, keep poultry and I always keep a well stocked pantry.

No food is stockpiled at my house, either.

In Walmart, I noticed a large display, near the cash registers, of a
12-Day Emergency Food Survival Kit. It guarantees you 2,063 per day, and
it was $68. I assume this is for one person. I wonder who would buy this?

Becca

On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:51:35 -0700, Zz Yzx >
wrote:

>On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:36:15 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:
>
>>I could just see it coming! Personally I disagree with some of the things
>>on the list. I know that some people like frozen bread. I do not, although
>>I do freeze the extra slices that are about to go bad and I will use them
>>later for stuffing. It's fine for that. And any time that I buy extra
>>chips or pretzel, they go bad before we can eat them. But for sure I am
>>getting some of that whole wheat pasta from Costco and some extra beans,
>>popcorn and canned stuff.
>>
>>http://frugalliving.about.com/od/sto...he-Drought.htm
>>
>
>Water.

For protracted emergencies it's better to stockpile beer.
And it's very easy to stockpile fresh meat without refrigeration,
SPAM.

On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:04:37 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Farm1" > wrote in message
...
>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>I could just see it coming! Personally I disagree with some of the things
>>>on the list. I know that some people like frozen bread. I do not,
>>>although I do freeze the extra slices that are about to go bad and I will
>>>use them later for stuffing. It's fine for that. And any time that I buy
>>>extra chips or pretzel, they go bad before we can eat them. But for sure
>>>I am getting some of that whole wheat pasta from Costco and some extra
>>>beans, popcorn and canned stuff.
>>>
>>> http://frugalliving.about.com/od/sto...he-Drought.htm
>>
>> Australia went through 10 years of severe drought and I didn't stockpile
>> anything on that list.
>
>Did you stockpile anything at all?

Aussies can live for decades on brewskies

"Ema Nymton" > wrote in message
...
> On 8/16/2012 4:17 AM, Farm1 wrote:
>
>>> Did you stockpile anything at all?
>>
>> No. Mind you, live in the country so we supply our own water, have a
>> good
>> vegetable garden, keep poultry and I always keep a well stocked pantry.
>
> No food is stockpiled at my house, either.
>
> In Walmart, I noticed a large display, near the cash registers, of a
> 12-Day Emergency Food Survival Kit. It guarantees you 2,063 per day, and
> it was $68. I assume this is for one person. I wonder who would buy this?

You might need this if you live in an area prone to hurricanes or if you get
snowed in during the winter. I wouldn't simply because chances are high
that we couldn't eat it. I did used to keep some shelf stable meals through
the winter that were allergy friendly but frankly they weren't very filling
or good. So I no longer keep them.

Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
> Julie Bove wrote:
> >
> >> And not just food. Cotton is a crop too.
>
> For emergencies (even non-emergencies) the important thing to stock up
> is TP.

Years ago, I had a friend...an old widow in her 70's. A hurricane was on
the way and she told me she went out to buy the essentials....whiskey and
cigarettes. heheheh

And she was serious too. :-D

G.

Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
> For protracted emergencies it's better to stockpile beer.
> And it's very easy to stockpile fresh meat without refrigeration,
> SPAM.

You are da man, Sheldon!

G.

On Aug 15, 7:36*pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
> I could just see it coming! *Personally I disagree with some of the things
> on the list. *I know that some people like frozen bread. *I do not, although
> I do freeze the extra slices that are about to go bad and I will use them
> later for stuffing. *It's fine for that. *And any time that I buy extra
> chips or pretzel, they go bad before we can eat them. *But for sure I am
> getting some of that whole wheat pasta from Costco and some extra beans,
> popcorn and canned stuff.
>
> http://frugalliving.about.com/od/sto...Stockpile-Due-...

This is not making a impact here like it is in the rest of the US,
Julie- it's just a bit warm today. I'm sure we will see some costs
rise in the near future because of the rest of the country, but we are
pretty fortunate here in the Pacific NW. You should be prepared for an
earthquake, tho.

Sqwertz wrote:
>
> All the decent soy sauces are imported.

Yes, but they're either made from U.S. beans
or from other beans whose price will rise when
there's fewer U.S. beans on the market.

On Thu, 16 Aug 2012 17:02:23 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>> For protracted emergencies it's better to stockpile beer.
>> And it's very easy to stockpile fresh meat without refrigeration,
>> SPAM.
>
>You are da man, Sheldon!

Was getting late so I didn't feel like cooking the pork chops, so
instead I popped the lid on a 12oz can of SPAM, was enough for two
sandwiches and some for three of my cats. If I was planning a party
and serving cold cuts I would allot 12 ounces per. Truth be known I
eat cold cuts for brunch a minimum of 4 days a week. I don't eat
breakfast or lunch, that's my meal until dinner time, I may have a
lite snack but that's it... today after picking I ate two cukes and
one tomato from my garden. For brunch today I ate two bologna
sandwiches, a pound of balogna will be sufficient for two sandwiches
for each of two days, that's four sandwiches... and I have two cats
that get a slice each. But when I buy ham I have to buy two pounds,
all my cats love ham. I also love olive loaf, one cat likes that. Now
I'm wondering if there such a thing as Extra Virgin Olive Loaf. And
yes, I like head cheese a lot, Boar's Head. I like all those "loaf"
cold cuts, pepper loaf is good.

The Other Guy > wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:36:15 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>> I could just see it coming! Personally I disagree with some of the things
>> on the list.
>
> HOW do you stockpile eggs and cheese??
>
>
>

Farm fresh will last longer. They are not washed. Don't even have to
refrigerate.

Greg

Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:51:35 -0700, Zz Yzx >
> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:36:15 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I could just see it coming! Personally I disagree with some of the things
>>> on the list. I know that some people like frozen bread. I do not, although
>>> I do freeze the extra slices that are about to go bad and I will use them
>>> later for stuffing. It's fine for that. And any time that I buy extra
>>> chips or pretzel, they go bad before we can eat them. But for sure I am
>>> getting some of that whole wheat pasta from Costco and some extra beans,
>>> popcorn and canned stuff.
>>>
>>> http://frugalliving.about.com/od/sto...he-Drought.htm
>>>
>>
>> Water.
>
> For protracted emergencies it's better to stockpile beer.
> And it's very easy to stockpile fresh meat without refrigeration,
> SPAM.

Spam, crackers, water, whiskey. Good to go. Maybe some knolls packets.

Greg

I have said for years this country should invest in a water pipeline
network. So global warming is melting ice caps and they are predicting a
rise in water levels with eventual flooding of coastal cities, yet every
year we let the snow melt and flow out to sea and we let the floods
drain out to sea and we let the rains trickle out to sea...when we
should be containing, holding, and redistributing water across the
country. Northern communities should have giant reservoirs and truck the
snow to melt in them. In times of flooding we should be sucking up the
water into a pipeline faster than it can flood and destroy. We should
have rain collection systems built into our highways. our public
buildings, our homes.

On 8/16/2012 1:35 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Aug 2012 08:28:31 -0500, "Pete C." >

>
> Lately I'm seeing ads on the tube about the new VW Beetle being back,
> price $19,759.00. In 1972 I bought a brand new VW Beetle for
> $1,950.00.
>



We bought our 1968 Beetle in Sept.'67 for $1600. We had it till 1984.
We got rid of it because the exhaust was leaking into the passenger
compartment. Every teenager in the neighborhood wanted it but we
wouldn't sell it to a kid who wouldn't get the exhaust repaired.
We traded it in on a VW Rabbit, the only lemon we've owned.

gloria p

gloria p > wrote:
> On 8/16/2012 1:35 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> On Thu, 16 Aug 2012 08:28:31 -0500, "Pete C." >
>
>>
>> Lately I'm seeing ads on the tube about the new VW Beetle being back,
>> price $19,759.00. In 1972 I bought a brand new VW Beetle for
>> $1,950.00.
>>
>
>
>
> We bought our 1968 Beetle in Sept.'67 for $1600. We had it till 1984.
> We got rid of it because the exhaust was leaking into the passenger
> compartment. Every teenager in the neighborhood wanted it but we
> wouldn't sell it to a kid who wouldn't get the exhaust repaired.
> We traded it in on a VW Rabbit, the only lemon we've owned.
>
> gloria p

I was explaining the time when I was getting picked up to go to electronic
school in Pittsburgh. The car cost about $5k in 67. A week later it got
stolen, gone in 60 seconds. True story. Valued $150k today.

http://www.mustangrestoration.net/GT500White.jpg

Greg

"Ema Nymton" > wrote in message
...
> On 8/16/2012 4:17 AM, Farm1 wrote:
>
>>> Did you stockpile anything at all?
>>
>> No. Mind you, I live in the country so we supply our own water, have a
>> good
>> vegetable garden, keep poultry and I always keep a well stocked pantry.
>
> No food is stockpiled at my house, either.
>
> In Walmart, I noticed a large display, near the cash registers, of a
> 12-Day Emergency Food Survival Kit. It guarantees you 2,063 per day, and
> it was $68. I assume this is for one person. I wonder who would buy this?

If it was neatly packaged, perhaps a potential purchaser might be someone
who wants to carry it in a car or survivalists/preppers who have BOBs (Bug
out Bags). But I wouldn't buy it. My pantry holds way more than 12 days
supply of food and if I had to pack and evacuate, I'd still be able to throw
more than 12 days food into a vehicle and I'd also be able to throw in the
means to cook it and also be able to throw in the means to refrigerate any
leftovers :-)).

"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:04:37 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>"Farm1" > wrote in message
...
>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>>I could just see it coming! Personally I disagree with some of the
>>>>things
>>>>on the list. I know that some people like frozen bread. I do not,
>>>>although I do freeze the extra slices that are about to go bad and I
>>>>will
>>>>use them later for stuffing. It's fine for that. And any time that I
>>>>buy
>>>>extra chips or pretzel, they go bad before we can eat them. But for
>>>>sure
>>>>I am getting some of that whole wheat pasta from Costco and some extra
>>>>beans, popcorn and canned stuff.
>>>>
>>>> http://frugalliving.about.com/od/sto...he-Drought.htm
>>>
>>> Australia went through 10 years of severe drought and I didn't stockpile
>>> anything on that list.
>>
>>Did you stockpile anything at all?
>
> Aussies can live for decades on brewskies

I have no idea what a brewskie may be, but I'm darned sure I'd not ever want
to live on your other suggestion of SPAM.

"z z" > wrote in message
...
>I have said for years this country should invest in a water pipeline
> network. So global warming is melting ice caps and they are predicting a
> rise in water levels with eventual flooding of coastal cities, yet every
> year we let the snow melt and flow out to sea and we let the floods
> drain out to sea and we let the rains trickle out to sea...when we
> should be containing, holding, and redistributing water across the
> country. Northern communities should have giant reservoirs and truck the
> snow to melt in them. In times of flooding we should be sucking up the
> water into a pipeline faster than it can flood and destroy. We should
> have rain collection systems built into our highways. our public
> buildings, our homes.

I suspect the whole world is in for far more grief as a result of the now
very well documented diminution of the ocean currents.

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:38:46 -0500, Ema Nymton wrote:
>
>> In Walmart, I noticed a large display, near the cash registers, of a
>> 12-Day Emergency Food Survival Kit. It guarantees you 2,063 per day, and
>> it was $68. I assume this is for one person. I wonder who would buy this?
>
> Plenty of people would buy those. At one time they sold a 55gal drum
> at CoctCo full of a variety of freeze dried food. I think it cost
> about $200. It might have been pre Y2K.

Costco still sells emergency food and they even sell shelving type
dispensers for them.

"Farm1" > wrote in message
...
> "Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
> ...
>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:04:37 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Farm1" > wrote in message
...
>>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>>I could just see it coming! Personally I disagree with some of the
>>>>>things
>>>>>on the list. I know that some people like frozen bread. I do not,
>>>>>although I do freeze the extra slices that are about to go bad and I
>>>>>will
>>>>>use them later for stuffing. It's fine for that. And any time that I
>>>>>buy
>>>>>extra chips or pretzel, they go bad before we can eat them. But for
>>>>>sure
>>>>>I am getting some of that whole wheat pasta from Costco and some extra
>>>>>beans, popcorn and canned stuff.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://frugalliving.about.com/od/sto...he-Drought.htm
>>>>
>>>> Australia went through 10 years of severe drought and I didn't
>>>> stockpile
>>>> anything on that list.
>>>
>>>Did you stockpile anything at all?
>>
>> Aussies can live for decades on brewskies
>
> I have no idea what a brewskie may be, but I'm darned sure I'd not ever
> want to live on your other suggestion of SPAM.

Beer.

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> "Farm1" > wrote in message
> ...
>> "Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:04:37 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Farm1" > wrote in message
...
>>>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>>I could just see it coming! Personally I disagree with some of the
>>>>>>things
>>>>>>on the list. I know that some people like frozen bread. I do not,
>>>>>>although I do freeze the extra slices that are about to go bad and I
>>>>>>will
>>>>>>use them later for stuffing. It's fine for that. And any time that I
>>>>>>buy
>>>>>>extra chips or pretzel, they go bad before we can eat them. But for
>>>>>>sure
>>>>>>I am getting some of that whole wheat pasta from Costco and some extra
>>>>>>beans, popcorn and canned stuff.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://frugalliving.about.com/od/sto...he-Drought.htm
>>>>>
>>>>> Australia went through 10 years of severe drought and I didn't
>>>>> stockpile
>>>>> anything on that list.
>>>>
>>>>Did you stockpile anything at all?
>>>
>>> Aussies can live for decades on brewskies
>>
>> I have no idea what a brewskie may be, but I'm darned sure I'd not ever
>> want to live on your other suggestion of SPAM.
>
> Beer.

Ah! I only like one beer and that is a particular brand of black beer and
even then I only like to drink it in a Shandy when the weather is so hot the
tar is melting.

merryb wrote:
> On Aug 15, 7:36 pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>> I could just see it coming! Personally I disagree with some of the
>> things on the list. I know that some people like frozen bread. I do
>> not, although I do freeze the extra slices that are about to go bad
>> and I will use them later for stuffing. It's fine for that. And any
>> time that I buy extra chips or pretzel, they go bad before we can
>> eat them. But for sure I am getting some of that whole wheat pasta
>> from Costco and some extra beans, popcorn and canned stuff.
>>
>> http://frugalliving.about.com/od/sto...Stockpile-Due-...
>
> This is not making a impact here like it is in the rest of the US,
> Julie- it's just a bit warm today. I'm sure we will see some costs
> rise in the near future because of the rest of the country, but we are
> pretty fortunate here in the Pacific NW. You should be prepared for an
> earthquake, tho.

I did personally need to get some extra food because my husband is retiring
at the end of this month and although he is getting a new job in NY, we
don't know the particulars of that. And the VA has said they don't know
when they can send him that portion of his pay. Although he does get a
retirement income, it will not be enough. So I may have to go without
buying stuff for a few weeks.

I did very well at Fred Meyer today. That's a place I don't normally shop
because overall they have higher prices IMO, at least on groceries. But I
found their brand of whole wheat pasta for cheaper than any other. And they
had good prices on dried beans. I only bought a few of each because I don't
have much storage space for stuff like that. I can put canned food in the
garage but after getting a rat in there and being notified of rat activity
in the area again, there is no way I would put stuff in there that they
might get into.

I will pick up some canned stuff at Winco, assuming they still have the good
prices that they did last week. I used to buy cases of green beans at
Costco but since they switched to carrying the Kirkland brand, I won't buy
them. We just don't like those. Odd because I think we have bought pretty
much every other kind of canned green beans on the market and we liked them.
But these are pretty flavorless.

We went to Top Foods tonight to buy some fruit but I wouldn't pay their
prices. I did find a tub of cut up fruit that was marked 50 cents off so I
bought that. And of course the second we hit the door to the house my
husband was asking for fruit. I don't know if fruit in general has gone up
in price or if Top Foods just has higher prices. We don't normally shop
there. I had wanted to stop at Costco but daughter begged me to go there
instead. We used to go there once in a while to get stuff from their salad
bar but never to do any sort of major shopping.

gregz wrote:
> The Other Guy > wrote:
>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:36:15 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I could just see it coming! Personally I disagree with some of the
>>> things on the list.
>>
>> HOW do you stockpile eggs and cheese??
>>
>>
>>
>
> Farm fresh will last longer. They are not washed. Don't even have to
> refrigerate.

No place around here that I know of to get farm fresh eggs.

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...
>I could just see it coming! Personally I disagree with some of the things
>on the list. I know that some people like frozen bread. I do not,
>although I do freeze the extra slices that are about to go bad and I will
>use them later for stuffing. It's fine for that. And any time that I buy
>extra chips or pretzel, they go bad before we can eat them. But for sure I
>am getting some of that whole wheat pasta from Costco and some extra beans,
>popcorn and canned stuff.
>
> http://frugalliving.about.com/od/sto...he-Drought.htm


Water.

Paul