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Ok been reading this blog for 3 or 4 years now and it is amazing how many people

dont understand the term YUPPIE SCUM. Do not confuse with a yuppie prepper to me they are

differant, as is a homesteading survivalist .Still confused? lets get down to the heart

of it then.Lets start with the yuppie prepper this is a person that makes decent money

and takes care of what he has his morgage is small and short termed he has a second

property in a remote area with a small cabin that he takes the family to just to get away

outdoors.through the years he started laying in wheat beans rice sugar salt tea and

coffee it was cheap and he feels better knowing he has it.Now he doesnt hunt but men will

be boys for toys and he has a 45 a 357 pistals that he got from friends that had to sell

them he also got a 10/22 12 pump and a 30/06 {he has a cabin in the woods they go

together].not a lot invested in them and he got them over years. suddenly he finds out

about prepping and peak oil Hmm he talks to the wife and tells her he wants to start

prepping. So they do some reaserch and see that they have the basics.Her thoughts go to

the cabin and what it needs and the food they have stored.She makes a list with solar

panels and a water supply for the cabin.On the food she list a supply of freeze dried

food to go with the grain and beans and she increaces her cans on hand.When the man fills

the wifes list ove a few years{and yes we fill her list first or we get no #$%^&# till

shes happy}His list has on it more ammo an AR15 and a bugg out viehical .All this for

them took 10 to 15 years to put together but the are ready they have some for the best

equipment and a great lardder IF needed.A homestead survivalist is basicly the same as

above but lived on property and grew his lardder and sett up his home off grid .BOTH

THESE EXAMPLES ARE WHAT MOST HERE WOULD LOVE TO BE. Now YUPPIE SCUM gets in to

survivalizm this way AR15 glock 40 2000 rounds of ammo,10 cases dinty moore stew 5cs

MREs 8cs of freeze dried TVP a 4x4 truck. spends 3 weekends a month playing in the woods

with friends drooling over what just come out new.If the SHTF he thinks it will be fun.

Just drag the wife and kids with him to the woods and camp for a year.Till it happens he

will post comments on web blogs bragging that basics are a waste of time if you dont like

his toys IDIOTS .while writing this story i can tell you im not a yuppie prepper im like

most on here working on getting in the wheat rice beans yeast salt . Looking at covering

all the basics, having a 90+ day supply of can goods . a good supply of ammo,solar power,

a way to cook and a way to get around{bike} .Mostly what we come on bison and creedmores

sites for is ideas and a differant way of looking at prepping{i think we all agree jims

views are a little twisted:] } Everyones needs are differant HAVE FUN ITS A HOBBY, AN

ADDICTION, A WAY OF LIFE FOR SOME .If your affended by the term YUPPIE SCUM if may be

hitting home thruth cutts deeper than any knife . ps dont put yuppies in the stew pot

will make it to greasy.they will make good jerky as they have been jerks all their lives.

gary in bama