Anyone non-panic buying?

[Haggisman]

Energy rates are rising and although the government assures us that there won't be black outs this winter, the grid will be running to within 6% of capacity (still within guidelines though).

Coupled with...

A couple of work colleagues are genuinely panicking IMO by buying a 2nd chest freezer for the garage and stocking it with frozen food.

Genius

Have various stocks of tinned and dried food, several bottles of camping gas, water purification tables... all of which are usual stock in our house anyway due to camping trips.

If worst comes to the worst, we have a BBQ, a defenceless elderly neighbour with a huge store of wood and a few cats who keep bringing us rats and birds

 

[Deleted member 66701]

do you have 3 months of fuel stashed too ?

Yup.

Some 15kg butane cylinders and some more stuff like below (gas cylinders, meths, hardwood) which is portable in case we need to bug out.

 

[Joxeon]

just a shame the BBC news website doesn't run on gas as well

Nah that just runs on hot air.

 

[Semple]

I've still got all my toilet roll left over from last time...

 

[Lysander]

I won't link the articles but over the last 24 hours the media is fuelling panic-buying. Plenty of articles on it. And there even one from a broadsheet recommending stocking up.

 

[watercooledman]

Yup.

you are the man.
do you walk a cat on a lead ?

 

[Josh]

I've not been able to get any Jalapeno pretzel bites the past few weeks. It's been a rough time.

I have had similar issues with the honey and mustard variant.

Thoughts and prayers brother, thoughts and prayers.

 

[Ahleckz]

I think it’s probably prudent to buy a few extra tins and things. Though we did it during the beginning of lockdown, and still haven’t used the lasagne sheetS.

Vegetables have certainly been in short supply in the last few months. Couldn’t get a single courgette last week. Can’t really stock up on them and with a plant based diet it does seem a bit trickier to store. I avoid most tinned and frozen veg as most of it is terrible (bar peas and sweet oven).

 

[d_brennen]

I have had similar issues with the honey and mustard variant.

Thoughts and prayers brother, thoughts and prayers.

Snyders? Noooo

 

[Deleted member 66701]

you are the man.
do you walk a cat on a lead ?

No.

 

[watercooledman]

No.

ahhh my bad just imagined you with a gucci belt and gucci flip flops walking a cat on a lead.

 

[Deleted member 66701]

ahhh my bad just imagined you with a gucci belt and gucci flip flops walking a cat on a lead.

In what world do you equate preppers with Gucci belts and Gucci flip flops

 

[josh_sheffield]

Snyders? Noooo

Currently enjoying a pack, best snack to accompany a nice pint...

 

[Malt_Vinegar]

I just stuck in an order for another crate of wine, just to be sure!
I have firewood stacked for a good year, a load of spam tins and a couple of rice bags.
Come the shortages, we will boil rice and spam on the fire, whilst drinking Garnacha and live like kings!

 

[Lysander]

Unfortunately OCUK tends to be predictive/causative. So I imagine people will actually start panic-buying now.

 

[Bug One]

Panic buying for what. 3 months supply of water - WTF? Just run a tap FFS.

 

[IceBear]

Yup.

Some 15kg butane cylinders and some more stuff like below (gas cylinders, meths, hardwood) which is portable in case we need to bug out.

That's a huge crate of wood you got there.
I sure hope the apocalypse doesn't last longer than a chilly evening

 

[200sols]

Who knew amiga was a prepper

 

[Joeyuk]

Probably the complete opposite, I’ve not got much in flat at the moment. Got a few frozen ready meals that’s about it.

 

[Deleted member 66701]

That's a huge crate of wood you got there.
I sure hope the apocalypse doesn't last longer than a chilly evening

I have 6 of those boxes just for bug out purposes, and 1000kg stored in a shed if I'm staying put.

Remember, you don't burn fuel the way you normally would if you are in survival mode - one of those boxes would last a lot longer than one chilly evening. One of those logs when splintered down with an axe and used in a Kelly kettle will boil 3l of water, enough for one meal for 5, maybe twice.

Who knew amiga was a prepper

I believe I have spoken about it before on here.