SHTF currency and bartering items...

loot

 

a person with a large stock pile of feminine hygiene products and hand soaps, would be able to trade very easily for supplies.......

 

With your said supplies and my hookers, we'll rule the continent!

 

Long live the king

 

This SHTF/TEOTWAWKI needs some music.

 

I am stockpiling family members with skills
-my father-can build anything, he was tool and die so he has welding/fabricating skills and use to be a farmer
-brother-electrician
-brother-engineer
-sister-masage therapist and extremely knowledgeable in natural and homeopathic healing
-mother in law-retired nurse
-sister in law- helicopter nurse for babies/kids
-brother in law-useless waste that can work hard or maybe i can use him as a human shield or bait (oh and he's also a thief so that may be useful for once)
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Reason #17,018 that I love this f'g forum.

 

Meaning Elvis, of course.

He grew up in my city. Well, OK, he was on the south side, I was on the north.

But still ... it was Me'omphis in the early '60's, just before the Beatles changed everything.

Then came electronica and raves. Don't get me 'fg started.

 

I like that old kind of rock n’ roll, that kinda music just soothes the soul...

 

On the way from Elvis to Electronica, we went through Santana.

Relevance to this thread? If I could put on this show (aka Woodstock, '68) for batter or trade,
I'd make it through the bottleneck created when the Katrina disaster didn't end.

 

BTW, little known fact. ^I was that white boy on the drum set.^

No, really. Yo can take that to the bank.

Have I mentioned that I have a bridge for sale -- cheap -- in NYC?

I'll batter for it. Could be useful in a SHTF or TEOTWAWKI event
that drives people north ...

 

So after thought on this I think spices and seeds would be my stockpile of choice. They keep well, they can aid survival in many ways and throughout ancient history they were used in currency forms. The other thing about using seeds you can gather them from the wilderness. Growing things require skill and aid in self suffiency which to me is the best thing about the wilderness.

 

We figured what we would probably need for 14 people for a year.
That's stored, including lots of toiletries. Lots..
Seeds for 3 planting seasons. Never know when you have a bad year.
Bolts of cloth, boxes of notions and threads.
Hand tools for carpentry and agriculture.
Harness making equipment.
Plus all my livestock.

I have enough spare for some bartering, along with libations.

We have begun palletizing.

I'm only paranoid until we lose electricity for a couple weeks. Then they come crawling...

 

quit advertising Brother......

every damn person gonna find you.....

im staring at your house right now...

quit advertising

 

seriously folks, its GREAT to discuss what to stock in the homefront, BUT its not so great to broadcast said stockpile.....

in this day and age.......ANYONE can locate you in seconds.

beware

 

The idea of OPSEC is a fallacy. Just by the fact that any of us are on here we already demonstrate that we have or are willing to acquire skills and equipment outside the norm.

You couldn't tell my house from the other ones just like me in that area. I am the standard in my neck of the woods. Having what I have IS being the gray man. We already use a barter system amongst the farmers/ranchers/dairies.

When I'm at work, though....ain't nobody knows squat. Those people don't have an idea about me or my stuff. And there be almost two hundred miles betwixt home and work.

 

If you can’t trust the ESEE forum who can you trust?

 

Can't trust ol bushman5 I reckon...hes looking at my house, knowing the grass needs mowed, and ain't done nuffin to earn that meal.

But seriously...I don't live in an apartment or neighborhood like a bunch of you do. I could load a stock trailer with food, bring it in, and no one would be wiser or care. So many people that preach the OPSEC thing live in cities where it is very "me" oriented. I understand that. And that's ok there.
But in my community (note the term) we plan to help each other. We are already doing what a lot of prepppers speculate about, except we don't go shooting at every Thomas, Richard, and Harold that crosses the range markers.

How many of you guys would turn away hungry children of your neighbors just to protect your stores? Would you be willing to watch your neighborhood kids die of starvation? If so, I've misread several of you.

It's easy to fantasize and play the tough guy game, but civilizations were built on communities, and the lone wolves, for the most part, died off.
Now, do I think everyone will be innocent, thankful, and lavish me with their undying gratitude? Of course not. I figure the first ones to die violently will be directly linked to the druggies. Either the methheads or their victims. I am a realist. But their are 14 of us. Armed. Trained. Plus the other folks who connect to my place. One way in, one way out unless you are on foot willing to cross open ground. If you are willing to cross open ground, bypassing the obvious lane, your intentions are already announced. We are a community of 26. So the theory of a lone sniper doesn't hold water for long.
I believe in peace first. Speed and violence of action second. You dont rebuild a civilization by waging war on those who can help you rebuild.
So, if the feces slaps the rotor blades, and you truly can find me and you need assistance, be prepared to work. But you'll be fed and as safe as I can make it for you.

My signature from a prepper site where I use a different name:

Just because I am peaceful does not mean I have forgotten how to be violent.
If I am to die tonight I shall see that the night does not pass quietly.

OK. Off my soapbox. I don't usually let that side of me come out. I prefer to be the slightly addled idiot that everyone pities and overlooks.

 

If it was just for myself... no, I would not turn them away. But for my own children's sake, I'm not sure what I would do.

 

Exactly why I make sure to store extra. It may be nothing more than an extra 50 pounds of beans and 50 pounds of rice, but how many people could I get on my side for that simple act? Sure, there's the chance of some jerkoff deciding he's going to take what isn't his, but we face that every day, not just during a disaster.