You’re prepared for the worst, but what about reality?

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lol the us military is a joke; they would have no chance against the us citizens.
Millions of us versus a couple 100,000 of them but they have the weapons of mass destruction and a brain dead idiot like Jerk'in Joe wouldn't hesitate to use them, we'd have to hit the air bases and military instal's before they used them, the navy would be the biggest problem. But to our advantage would be all the desertions to our side.
 

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My new bride is sort of a prepper, as am I. Not to a large degree, just sort of in a "ride out the storm" kinda way. Keep a supply of non-perishables on hand along with a few other basics with backups for heat and water.

I tend to take it a lot further than she does with the survival mindset. She asked what I'd do if, during some sort of emergency situation, a couple showed up knocking on our door looking for help. I told her I probably would've shot them long before they got to the door.

She was a just a little surprised by that. 😲 I'm slowly changing her mindset from just prepping to survival. (She recently built/assembled her first 80% AR)

I have a decent survival skillset from military, law enforcement and some civilian training and just loving being in the outdoors most of my life. Even so, I'm under no illusion I'll last any longer than most others in a real collapse. I've lived in the mountains in Colorado and Idaho and I'm not sure I wanna be there without a decent home in the winter. I lived on a very isolated 15 acres in the mountains at about 8400' in Colorado and heated 100% with wood for almost 20 years. I had a manual pump on my well and a 1000 gal propane tank that I always kept at 85%...only used it for cooking. But it was there if I needed it and no one can cut off that supply.

Even as somewhat self-sufficient as we were some foods and medicines would definitely be an issue over time. It's hard to grow food in the mountains. It can be done but it's still a challenge...especially on a larger scale.

Every situation has pros and cons. Everyone seems to think they're gonna "head for the hills". Well there's lots of people in "the hills" that don't want you there. I decided long ago that I'm just gonna stay put and take my chances at home should the world fall apart.

I may not win but whoever tries to take what's mine will know they've been in a fight.
 

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The Navy I was in was mostly old salts. If they liked you then you had it pretty good. If not, you better get your mind right and shut your mouth. You wasn't getting discharged, you were the lowest man on the totem pole. From what I hear now it isn't like that. Not very many are being discharged for not getting the vax.
There seems to be a lot of accidents now from my time in. Are they not going through the same training?. I've been in the gas chamber twice . You ain't going to fight anyone if you breathe that stuff in.
 

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I haven't done it myself, but have heard that you can buy bulk food from the Latter Day Saints church. Not overpriced and good stuff. I checked once a few years ago and they had an OKC office at the time.
There store house is just south of 104 th on Meridan Ave on the east side of the road. Some of the bulk food is in #10 cans with a long shelf life. The north side of the building is for the public and they are very nice people.
 

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There store house is just south of 104 th on Meridan Ave on the east side of the road. Some of the bulk food is in #10 cans with a long shelf life. The north side of the building is for the public and they are very nice people.
Took my ex-wife out there in May. I bought 4 cases of assorted #10 cans. She ended up buying 9 cases. Good folks out there.
 

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