a personal comment on this stockpiling

Why are people still buying wooden matches? Totally unreliable and quite frankly dangerous. They can burn down to your fingers or cause a fire if dropped.
I use a gas lighter. Just pull the trigger and if you take your finger off the trigger it goes out! It’s at a good length from your hand so safer. They last ages and are very cheap and they don’t stop working when damp. You can also get cans of gas to refill if you want.

petra

Am I the only one that finds the thought of burning books abhorrent 😱

I could never bring myself to burn a book, even if I disliked it or disagreed with the content, it’s a big no from me.

I've got just the basics, and they are all tinned or in tetra packs or bottled water..having said that, I live on a hill so flooding won't happen chez moi.

I look forward to grass eating consequences, maybe BlueBelle you could "test drive" and report back?

Herbs and spices I find are useless for keeping their flavours which disappear very quickly
I think the next thing we ll have is stuff unavailable as all the hoarders and worriers, stockpile it all up.
Ahh well it’s one way to lose weight
I m not going to play into it I ll just keep living my life as normally as possible if somethings not available I ll use something else and if nothings available I ll starve or eat grass 🤣🤣🤣

Am I the only one that finds the thought of burning books abhorrent 😱

I just think a little control and sense is required!

Enough food/water/loo rolls/batteries/wind up torch/power banks - yes!

Enough supplies to support a small country for a year? No, no, no!!

nanna8

I have years and year’s worth of books. Guess I could keep warm and have light by setting fire to them .

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

A news item featured a woman who had ‘stockpiled’, ‘prepped’, …whatever you want to call it.

She opened cupboard after cupboard filled with everything you could need. Packet after packet of rice, pasta, tinned stuff, camping stoves, battery chargers….

Plus various spices, herbs, flavourings, as she felt stuff would get ‘boring’ after a while.

And two huge empty containers which I assumed she planned to fill with tap water.

I felt most of it would be long out of date before she used it, but then dates don’t really matter in times of crisis.

But OTT.

One doesn't have to live in a 'flood area' to be flooded.
Last week a family I know were flooded. A burst water main was responsible. The family have lost irreplaceable items.
They are of course insured, but some things cannot be replaced by money.
Since this family's dreadful shock another water main has burst, this time lower down the road.

I tried that once nanna8
A medium sized book that I didnt agree with, so didnt want others to read it either.
Gave about 5 mins of heat.
Had assumed it would give out a lot more heat than that.

I have years and year’s worth of books. Guess I could keep warm and have light by setting fire to them .

By sheer fluke of special offers and trying to find a better product, I have a stockpile of loo rolls. Not intended. But at least they will keep me going till the new year.

I do need a box of matches which actually work. I have 2 large boxes from a while back and they just won't strike. Not damp. And they werent cheap ones.

Not everyone lives in a flood area. I don’t plus I’m two floors up. I’m sure ‘preppers’ will have taken this caution into account if they do live in an area vulnerable to flooding. Surely that’s just common sense? I imagine any pictures you’ll have seen won’t be in flood prone areas.