Disaster planning?

**peasea** · 19th May 2008, 22:39

Originally Posted by MsKABC

Hey! I bake! Just ask Mike748 about my baking. Afghans, banana cake, chocolate chippies, peanut brownies - all the old favourites. Although he can't eat it at the moment coz he's on a diet

Can't remember if I baked when I was pregnant or whether it was barefoot.....

You've baked Afghans? The race relations board would have a field day!

**Ixion** · 19th May 2008, 22:49

Not half so much as they did over the coconut slice.

**AllanB** · 19th May 2008, 22:57

Man its bad enough trying to pay the family food bill weekly - little loan store a couple of weeks worth of additional food. When the shit hits the fan I have enough petrol stored in a can in the shed to allow be to drive down to the local supermarket and join the looters

Fuck it - I'll hitch up the trailer as well

**HenryDorsetCase** · 19th May 2008, 23:10

Originally Posted by Steam

Survival of the fittest means 99% of the people you call friends and family will die horribly, leaving the last 1% alive in desperation and ruin, subsistence living.

The upside is that us survivors get to repopulate the planet, and impose our way of doing things. Women will become valuable commodoties again, and ones wealth measured in the strength of one's arm, the command of legions, and how many children survive to old age (which will be 25).

I for one am looking forward to it. Ive got all my bases covered, plus a few of yours as well.

**MsKABC** · 20th May 2008, 09:10

Originally Posted by peasea

You've baked Afghans? The race relations board would have a field day!

Yeah, and man, what a sod of a job it was getting the icing to stick!

**Trudes** · 20th May 2008, 09:50

Originally Posted by HenryDorsetCase

The upside is that us survivors get to repopulate the planet, and impose our way of doing things. Women will become valuable commodoties again, and ones wealth measured in the strength of one's arm, the command of legions, and how many children survive to old age (which will be 25).

I for one am looking forward to it. Ive got all my bases covered, plus a few of yours as well.

Well I will be very much a valuable commodity!! I am of breeding age, no sprogs already, good child bearing hips, can cook and have tons of toilet paper!

**Kittyhawk** · 20th May 2008, 10:38

curious to know why a torch, batteries always run flat!

3 families in our block of flats came over cold and had no torches (they were all unprepared) so with enough body heat and candles ithe lounge was warm and snug.

Few days ago there was a power cut for most of the day (replacing power poles in the street) so just fired up the bbq, found a hand held radio coocked up a decent feed and listened to music lol. Im sure the workers were mouthwatering at my sirloin aroma drifting past them.

I wouldnt say Im prepared, as in dont have an actual kit, but have enough candles, food and there are bottles of water stored (for the car back in the day) to last bout 3 weeks. Shopping for 1 is great lol!!

my parents are more self sufficient - dad makes his own power and thats not using a generator...enough to run a 14 inch tv couple of light bulbs and thats it ...they are building a house on a lifestyle block. They grow all their fruits and vegetables, preserve the fruits (sometimes up to 250 bottles in a summer) of grapes feajoas loquots kiwifruit and figs and peaches. They have always done this guess its old school lol. Recently they are getting more into dehydration of fruits and preserving this way as an alternative. Also buy half a beast and store it in the freezer, have gas back up cookers, endless supply of firewood for the fires etc..

Yup they are a classic example of how the earlier generations used to be, very set in their ways and its nice to step back and appreciate all the hard work that they did while i was growing up.

**Trudes** · 20th May 2008, 11:05

It's amazing what you can cook on a BBQ if you have to, so make sure you always have a full gas bottle! (or wood if you're the rustic type)

**peasea** · 20th May 2008, 14:06

Originally Posted by MsKABC

Yeah, and man, what a sod of a job it was getting the icing to stick!

Try blending it with camel dung, I hear that works on seared and seasoned Namibians.

**peasea** · 20th May 2008, 14:08

Originally Posted by Mrs Kendog

Well I will be very much a valuable commodity!! I am of breeding age, no sprogs already, good child bearing hips, can cook and have tons of toilet paper!

I could say something about wiping the smirk off your face................