tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8176495290528788226.post5989629247685781210..comments2024-03-11T22:01:37.417-05:00Comments on Modern Day Redneck: Drawing The LineModern Day Redneckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17682843961510053146noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8176495290528788226.post-61872837304132274432011-10-03T19:30:43.961-05:002011-10-03T19:30:43.961-05:00Mudbug - Then you are on the right track as far as...Mudbug - Then you are on the right track as far as I'm concerned.Modern Day Redneckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17682843961510053146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8176495290528788226.post-27331402339071880362011-10-03T19:00:35.615-05:002011-10-03T19:00:35.615-05:00MDR, I try to prep. I have at least 3 months of f...MDR, I try to prep. I have at least 3 months of food for both of us at the house. I have plan Bs for water, power, and refrigeration. Getting self sufficient is my way to prep, because once I get the animals going, the garden going, and we get off-grid, then SHTF can come and go and we really won't change that much. We might get some help when that day comes, but it would be nice to turn our preps unto the way we live.Mudbughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09483155829643371296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8176495290528788226.post-87133556773761323152011-10-03T08:34:00.653-05:002011-10-03T08:34:00.653-05:00Sorry for the late replies on this post. Thank all...Sorry for the late replies on this post. Thank all y'all for the comments.<br /><br />Duke - I agree with the thought of being ahead of the game. My "IT" is not just the SHTF. Mine is loss of job and things like that. I am glad I got it but on the other hand I want to it to be more than just prepping.<br /><br />Matt - I think it's kinda like the tide of the ocean. <br /><br />Denise - Thank you for your concern and you are right about the luck thing. <br />That's what I'm talking about here. Homesteading and learning how, instead of just prepping and waiting for the big bang.<br /><br />AAX5 - You have a leg up on the homesteading side of life. With that type of mindset, you will be able to deal with whatever comes. That is what I thought about. If we spend all our time prepping instead of learning and doing then it is all for not. <br /><br />John - Thank you for those kind words. I understand about the fixed income. I don't think even if I made twice as much as I do now that I would be any closer than where I am now. Self sustainable living is the way.<br /><br />Mudbug - What you are doing is really not prepping. No matter how hard you might want to be a prepper, your not. You are just like me, stuck in a label somewhere between prepper, survivalist, homesteader and being self sustainable. There is not a label for that yet.<br /><br />Shar - Thank you for commenting and thank you for the thoughts and prayers. I think we all wonder if what we are doing is enough or even the right thing. The best thing I think we all can do to help ourselves is to relearn what our grandparents did, just like Denise was saying. Who cares if we have 100 cans of green beans on the shelf. If we don't know how to plant, grow, harvest and put away the food then all our storage will run out eventually.<br /><br />coley - I agree and that is what this was all about.<br /><br />SFG - Anything is better than nothing but in the end, how long is the little prepping that you are doing going to put off the inevitable? Learning to be self sustainable is the key in all this. I know you are well on your way on that one.<br /><br />Stephen - I do agree with the Mini Farm. That is why it is built. I can worry myself to death on prepping but knowing how to live is what I need to focus on. <br /><br />sista - Tough as nails right, well even a nail gets rusty and bends after a while. <br />You hit it right on the head with what your wrote. <br />I already read his stuff and yes, there is a lot of fluff I don't like, but he does have some good stuff in there as well.Modern Day Redneckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17682843961510053146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8176495290528788226.post-77651243288032049742011-10-02T11:57:38.119-05:002011-10-02T11:57:38.119-05:00Ha! Guess rednecks aren't as tough as legend h...Ha! Guess rednecks aren't as tough as legend has it. LOL! <br /><br />Guess my philosophy on the above subject is this. Instead of preparing for what might happen, prepare for what is happening now. Take yourself out of the other guys loop. Buy that I mean everything from big business utilities to the corner grocery store. Why should you be working for the man and turning over what you make to the other man? Invest in making yourself self sufficient now with your own power, food, etc. Buying the stuff from someone else just means when push comes to shove you will need to buy it from them when you run out. And that means you would have to assume that you are working a job that pays you something. I suppose you could assume that things will be back to "normal" at some point but what if they aren't. So while you are recuperating go read the archive at www.cammather.com There is some fluff that wont interest you but there is a lot that will. Start with this one. May 2010 titled "A" plan first plan B second. Let me know what you think. <br /><br />Get well quickly.sistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09568280906820691641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8176495290528788226.post-19853943837000837852011-10-01T10:28:21.460-05:002011-10-01T10:28:21.460-05:00Do what you can and don't sweat the small stuf...Do what you can and don't sweat the small stuff. Even if it's nothing more than a canned ham once a month, it's better than nothing. Besides, with your mini-farm you're way ahead of many.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752401490789789451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8176495290528788226.post-45864505028008905832011-10-01T07:45:02.274-05:002011-10-01T07:45:02.274-05:00I'm right there with ya on your thinkin. I thi...I'm right there with ya on your thinkin. I think I'm more on the "not prepping as much as I should" side though. But I figure a little prepping is better than none. <br /><br />Hey, you had better take it easy. We want ya up and running and in good health.small farm girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01485314092236803411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8176495290528788226.post-15623234526805412042011-09-30T06:37:54.828-05:002011-09-30T06:37:54.828-05:00Take care and get better! In the end self-relianc...Take care and get better! In the end self-reliance and homesteading skills are just as important if not more important than stoking up on everything. I have always been taught to trust in God and He will provide. But that does not go without saying there has to be some effort on our part.Preparing for the future is important but so is living in the here and now.coleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10521218854189081976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8176495290528788226.post-70559023395306221152011-09-29T18:50:29.612-05:002011-09-29T18:50:29.612-05:00I am so relieved that I'm not the only one who...I am so relieved that I'm not the only one who thinks this way MDR. Until I found others (bloggers)who thought this way I figured I needed to see a shrink! <br />Feel better soon, praying for your comfort and healing,<br />SharAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8176495290528788226.post-59908451237423469272011-09-29T18:37:26.576-05:002011-09-29T18:37:26.576-05:00Where we live, prepping is the first step to self-...Where we live, prepping is the first step to self-sufficiency. Once we establish our farm/ranch, my wife will stop working outside the house and start with the animals. We hope that her "new" income will replace her old income. <br /><br />Other than that, life goes on. I won't invest in the stock market, even if Zanadu saves the day by crapping out gold to put the world back in black.Mudbughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09483155829643371296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8176495290528788226.post-81115051283710163202011-09-29T18:31:51.125-05:002011-09-29T18:31:51.125-05:00Being retired, we live on fixed incomes. Sometime...Being retired, we live on fixed incomes. Sometimes too fixed! There is no way that we can buy everything that we should have. We buy what we need for everyday, and then get extras for prepping. Do what you can and I am willing to bet you will make it work. I think you are the type that will make it work no matter what. You are a survivor. Prayers are with you. Don't let your health get you down. People depend on you daily.johnnybhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15583515325585742368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8176495290528788226.post-45138936754085164932011-09-29T18:16:12.987-05:002011-09-29T18:16:12.987-05:00I think about this all the time also...I am just g...I think about this all the time also...I am just glad to know that I am not the only one.<br /><br />Get to feeling better.Just an Average American Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04817766570586636088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8176495290528788226.post-51254904483713515372011-09-29T14:03:11.433-05:002011-09-29T14:03:11.433-05:00Please take care of yourself because you dont want...Please take care of yourself because you dont want to end up in the hospital. Knowing your luck you would end up with some terrible infection just from being there...<br /><br />The way I look at it I'm just doing what my Grandmothers and Grandfathers did back in the depression. You cant ever be prepared enough and even if you think you are someone could come along and take it all or it could be a natural disaster comes along and ruins all your plans. So I'm doing enough to satisfy me and my hubby and learning how to do things the old fashioned way before stores were here and that's all I can do.Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01176248257777935268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8176495290528788226.post-42914097630172009042011-09-29T12:46:03.658-05:002011-09-29T12:46:03.658-05:00I call it prepper's burnout. I'm not on y...I call it prepper's burnout. I'm not on your meds and I have it as well. That's why I've quit posting on my blog for a while.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967355941603195101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8176495290528788226.post-76577694472754909092011-09-29T12:22:28.899-05:002011-09-29T12:22:28.899-05:00This is a complicated issue and many aspects to it...This is a complicated issue and many aspects to it. One way I like to handle food prep's is stock up stuff you use normally and rotate old stuff out. I know many do this but I look at is as hedging inflation if nothing else. I am buying food at a lower price today than a year from now so if SHTF never happens I am still ahead. <br />However I do think we will have some type of collapse it may be next week or next decade but it has to happen, it cannot be avoided.Dukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04775363118892957212noreply@blogger.com