mail order madness

MAIL ORDER MADNESS


You are going to see several days of half length articles. It was a choice between that or days with no articles. As I already blathered to you, last Saturday saw no writing and I have a three day vacation coming up where I won’t write. I usually do that once a year, to visit family. I might try for another visit this July, if gas prices aren’t insane. I doubt it will be affordable if even available. Thank goodness I bought that plane ticket when I did. I’m also going to be giving you a day or more of guest articles only. Yes, I could be writing after work, and I did, but once I got behind there was no catching up. This is the best you are going to get. Also, remember that most of my articles are published three days after I write them. A lot of times it looks like I’m playing catch up when I’m actually leading the pack. I wrote the article on yes-men in the media on Sunday, posted it Wednesday or Thursday, and Ure had an article similar to it on Tuesday ( granted, his is much better ).

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The middle east continues to bubble over on to the fire. I can’t believe the Saudi’s sent troops into a neighboring country. The Shiites and the Sunnis are now settling up long suppressed differences ( speaking of which, I’m writing this on Tuesday lunch. No telling what is going to happen before it is posted ).

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http://survivalacres.com/wordpress/

had an article on the huge surge of mail order prep food going out the door. Since last November he has been working non-stop to fill orders, hired help, increased minimums for an order. People are evidently big time panicking. I can’t imagine the surge just in the last few days. Let me put my official policy on mail order foods out there. After you have stockpiled your grains and legumes ( from the feed store and the grocery ) ammo and LED’s, water filters and other basics then and only then should you cautiously think about buying mail order food. It is for luxuries, not for basics. Granted, if that is the only source for you for wheat ( if nothing else, for sprouting ) then you have little choice. But my question is, why are all these fools rushing out to spend lots of money, for overly processed foods? Even worse, why are they WAITING for it? If your supplier can’t ship it out soonest, you are waiting for a shipment that could get disrupted. Or never arrive ( such as if the Ring Of Fire let loose, or a nuclear war was started ). I understand that the only advice given by Yuppie Survivalists is to buy number ten cans of storage food. But isn’t the most novice prepper, panicker, stockpiler or survivalist aware that every town and neighborhood already has their own food store? One where you can go and cash and carry, no waiting required. If you are panicking about food storage, why aren’t you just going to the grocery store? To be clear, I’m not talking about the long term prepper that wants to spend the extra money for a buy-once-and-forget-it. Some things such as instant milk are expensive enough that spending extra for the long term packaging makes sense. It is cheaper to buy it once a decade than to replace the cardboard packaged type every other year. Where else can you get dried eggs?

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Grains first for calories. Legumes second for protein. Then, better foods as both luxury items, taste fatigue items and increased nutrition. But they aren’t a necessity that should be bought first. If I couldn’t buy any wheat, I sure wouldn’t spend a thousand bucks on freeze dried dinners, I would go to the grocery store and buy white flour, white rice and dry beans ( with perhaps some instant potatoes ). If I couldn’t find canned dried milk through the mail for immediate delivery, I would either buy the short term grocery unit or be content with beans for protein. You can buy all you need for a basic food stockpile at the grocery. Don’t panic that the mail order houses are out.

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