What prepping mistakes have you made?

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no real mistakes, probably bought too much non food bits and pieces, might never use half of it but I reckon "better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it", I've always thought that prepping was invented to keep the consumer society consuming but hey might come in handy eventually!
my main mistake was assuming that everybody who called themselves a prepper was in fact that, a lot of the British ones were anything but. tried to form prepper groups or at least some sort of get together but was mostly a waste of time, those that did turn up disappeared within a short time never to be seen or heard from again.
just goes to reinforce my loner/recluse philosophy.
 
no real mistakes, probably bought too much non food bits and pieces, might never use half of it but I reckon "better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it", I've always thought that prepping was invented to keep the consumer society consuming but hey might come in handy eventually!
my main mistake was assuming that everybody who called themselves a prepper was in fact that, a lot of the British ones were anything but. tried to form prepper groups or at least some sort of get together but was mostly a waste of time, those that did turn up disappeared within a short time never to be seen or heard from again.
just goes to reinforce my loner/recluse philosophy.
I was excited to go to a group that was in a town not far from here. There were twenty five people or so and it seemed great at first. Most of the people were too fringe for me though. Sure do wish I had even a small group nearby though. It would be good to be with others that have each other’s backs.
 
not possible in a place like Britain, even if people are genuine and many are not, we are so spread out that any kind of meeting has to be planned well in advance, I only know of two people I can meet even fleetingly and they both live in different counties to me-1 west and 1 east! and the mileage is too great for it to be of any security use.
 
I was excited to go to a group that was in a town not far from here. There were twenty five people or so and it seemed great at first. Most of the people were too fringe for me though. Sure do wish I had even a small group nearby though. It would be good to be with others that have each other’s backs.

I just happened to rewatch old episodes of Doomsday Preppers. A small percentage of the preppers had their shit together, but others seemed to be totally whacked. One old hippie couple declined to buy firearms because they preferred to use reason with the rampaging hordes of hungry looters. :confused:
 
the rampaging hordes is debateable, depends which country and where in that country that one lives.
if said rampaging hordes are on foot it depends how used to walking long distances they are.
lot of "depends" to think about.
The rampaging hordes still have gas...(petrol for you blokes across the pond :) )
 
Politics started to make more sense to me when I discovered that the right wing and the left wing are both part of the same bird. None of them care about you or me... Not one. All any of them care about, is fattening their wallet while stepping on your back. Trump is crap, Biden is crap... Both of them are dumpster fires. The only thing I'm confident of, is that come November, regardless which of these a$$hats wins, America loses...
Don't be shy . . . tell me how you really feel!
 
The rampaging hordes still have gas...(petrol for you blokes across the pond :) )
not over here they don't, most people drive on empty, only filling up when the fuel warning light comes on, and once you get out of the cities rural filling stations are few in number and well spread out, not much money in selling fuel and a lot closed down.
we are now being warned about possible power cuts if too many power workers get the virus, fuel pumps don't work without electricity + a lot of other things too!
 
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One of my "mistakes" is prepping during a time when there's no disasters, and then some of my tech becomes obsolete a few years later. I use a lot of my prep stuff in my hobbies, but some of the things need to be replaced because better products have hit the market.

A few examples:

Red dot sights for rifles
Water filters
Connection cables
Anything solar related
Backpacking equipment/tools
Survival food
 
No mistakes here. Not many know, just family who need to. No crap, only the best. The few things which were not expensive are for trading or giving to immediate family and still function. The food choices, storage choices, additional clothing, silent weapons, chemicals, solar, chem-toilets, lighting and fishing...BOL is good and ready. BOV is 4X4, Bug-out-trailer renovated, gasoline, propanes, 14 stoves, 6 kinds of light...NOPE no mistakes visible yet. The only problem is the physical and mental health of my wife. Her heart is too soft to turn away any beggars, dogs or stray cats...I think that is why she married me anyway...GP
 
One of my "mistakes" is prepping during a time when there's no disasters, and then some of my tech becomes obsolete a few years later. I use a lot of my prep stuff in my hobbies, but some of the things need to be replaced because better products have hit the market.

A few examples:

Red dot sights for rifles
Water filters
Connection cables
Anything solar related
Backpacking equipment/tools
Survival food
I can understand the upgrading for better equipment but why is survival food on the list? Here we prep what we eat and rotate as needed so there would be no waste. Are you buying just to store?
 
I figure any mistakes were just the cost of the education you got! Hopefully a lot cheaper than a college education.
The best part of an education is: it prepares you for the tests and exams in life...The only problem and difference with education and LIFE:
When you get an school education---first comes the lesson and then the test.
When you get a life education---First comes the test and then you learn your lesson!!
Real life is like drawing; just without an erasure.
Remember,
if a person wants to have something he has never had before, then he must be prepared to do something he has never done before...GP
 

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