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redirish28 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:22 PM Original message |
Settle this debate for me and my wife: My wife has a bit of a tinfoil hat and feels a depression is |
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femmedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. If nothing else it's a good hedge against inflation. n/t |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
26. That's true, and while I don't fear economic apocalypse |
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femmedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. A very wise post! |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 11:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. I buy my wool right off the critter's back |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. Look at it this way... |
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Ashy Larry (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. You're both right. |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. I don't know about your wife, but |
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clydefrand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. Freezer foods and batteries? How will she keep frozen foods |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
6. Stock up. We had this same discussion in my house. |
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Tallison (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
7. And cat treats for the cats? |
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redirish28 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. We aren't able to have kids... so the cats are her kids...I know stupid |
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Grey (933 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Kitty Treats -- Not Stupid. n/t |
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lostnotforgotten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Kitty Treats - Mandatory - It's Not Their Fault Americans Are Crazy! |
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Tallison (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. No, no, no...I can relate! |
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femmedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 10:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. We're eating black beans, grilled cheese sandwiches |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. The great necessities of life are cat food, toilet paper |
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DeschutesRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 10:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
35. Same reason here, but our kids are dogs and the ancient cat, so |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 10:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
36. Hey, hey, hey -- cats are people, too! |
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lostnotforgotten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 11:36 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. LOL - Thanks! |
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texanshatingbush (435 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 10:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
28. Hey, when we evacuated for Hurricane Ike..... |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
8. Stock up |
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Tallison (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Hey - staplers make great weapons |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Not an electric one, though |
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Tallison (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Once made a redneck gift basket for someone |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
10. No need to stock up! A depression offers a glut of goods and prices go down. |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
13. If it's stuff you are going to use eventually that doesn't spoil |
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angrycarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
15. If a true depression comes |
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Generic Brad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Are we talking depression or post-Apocolypse! |
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angrycarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. I think we are on a very slippery slope. |
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BanzaiBonnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
17. You should always have enough food and supplies for about two weeks |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
18. I don't know. |
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morillon (809 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
20. I'm stocking up. |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
21. Women's intuition. |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
22. The bearer of bad news... |
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cottonseed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
25. I don't know how much toilet paper you plan to buy, but depressions last a long time. |
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angrycarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 10:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Yes |
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FedUpWithIt All (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 11:03 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. I think creature comforts can ease a transition from one state to another. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
33. That's a Good Idea Anyway |
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DeschutesRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
34. Stock up BUT only with things you know you will eat and use |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
40. Tell her to buy guns. Lots of them. Oh yeah, ammo too. Lots of it. Also, more tin foil. |
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marlakay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
41. I had a time last week where I thought about that |
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