Doomsdaymageddon Scenario Surprise

[Tracey Suntan-King]

Tin hats on everyone!

Been musing about the looming world economic reset that is due any day now. What with deflation, oil prices, Russia crashing, Greek default, Eurozone crashing etc surely the day is not far off when society breaks down and the supermarket shelves are empty?

We've just done an exercise into the logistics of buying and storing 3 months food supplies, so that we wouldn't have to join the food riots that will inevitably ensue.

Workings out can be supplied if requested, but the most surprising cost was the £78 we estimated we'd need to spend on (real not instant) coffee to keep us going. That's out of a total estimated cost of just under £400.

We didn't include alcohol in the plan but included tinned stuff and long-life dried goods.

So, what would your cant-do-without item be when the sh1t hits the fan?
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[orac]

I can live on very little food it seems. I can go without a lot of things on top of that - chocolate, tea coffee, cheese, milk, heck most meat if there is vegetables about.

at one point I was living off of rice, tinned beans, bread, tinned chilli and pasta and only once eating every couple of days - I should be fine with whatever I can get my hands on
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[wr6133]

If you stay in your house sat on 3 months of food after shit hits the fan so badly you need to do that you are going to get looted.

My plan is live in a fairly remote location and just find others to pillage from when I need shit nature doesn't provide.

[GhostRider]

To be honest, if the world goes to shit that much, it wouldn;t seem like it'd be getting rosy and jolly again anytime soon. I think I'd rather invest in shotguns and bullets, see how long I continued to think it was worthwhile carrying on until I decide to "opt out" and stick the barrell in my gob

GhostRider
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[MarJay]

People aren't panicking anywhere NEAR as much as they were four or even two years ago. The Russian thing is good for Ukraine, whereas with high oil prices there is incentive for Russia to invade, and money to pay the soldiers.

Currently Putin will have to go full on 'austerity' which will more than likely mean no invasion.

As for the Eurozone, we're not part of it, and they now have loads of mechanisms to cope with a greek default. The greeks will do what Merkel says, and if they don't then it'll be messy for them, but probably not for the rest of the EU.

Nothing happened in 2008, nothing happened in 2010 and nothing happened in 2012. The situation is a million times better now. If you're going to worry about anything, worry about the government spying on us, and worry about an islamic uprising. It's not worth worrying about Russia or the EU.
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[chickenstrip]

[gbrand42]

I carry at least 3 months worth of calories round with me at all times.

Better safe than sorry.
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[hellkat]

I plan to corner the market in hair dye
... and bacon.

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[G]

[chickenstrip]

[ScaredyCat]

[hellkat]

I now own all the bacon in the world.


(and the hair dye)
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[Suntan Sid]

[Tracey Suntan-King]

[Suntan Sid]

Bacon hair dye, you say.

Hmmmmmm, I'm interested, tell me more.
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[nowhere.elysium]

[chickenstrip]

[hellkat]

I am the queen (by a hellish whisker this year)
I own all the bacony-flavoured pork.
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[hellkat]

[nowhere.elysium]

[Wave2k]

So much doom and gloom shiesh , I'm kinda glad I just put a deposit down on an ak47 now .
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[hellkat]

He is only allowed bacon if it is in a sandwich.
And you need opposable thumbs for making sandwiches.
So he is also at the mercy of Those-Who-Would-Make-Sandwiches-of-Bacon

He keeps telling me he wants to be called Behemoth, but in order to do this, I make him dress in a cat outfit.

[img]https://kate9alukard.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/behemot21.jpg[/img]
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[hellkat]

Again, I say:

I
own
all
the
bacon


You may own all the ribsy-type things, and stir fries.
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[Skudd]

Wine Gums, you can do a lot with wine gums.
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