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   posted: Sep. 5, 2008 @ 10:18a

Delicious!


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   posted: Sep. 5, 2008 @ 10:24a

maybe I am bit off topic --- but I'd rather go out and buy $75 worth of canned goods on sale and keep my shelves stocked --- I know canned goods expire sooner (but you can donate them in annual food drives)

my biggest problem is keeping a supply of beer around in case of an emergency --- no matter how much I buy to put in reserve --- it always seems to disappear


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   posted: Sep. 5, 2008 @ 10:26a

rbstern said:Alternative: Raman noodles.

Shelf life is far less (two to three years), but it's so cheap (10 cents a meal or less in quantity), you can either use it and restock as you use, or rotate it out every couple of years with new stock. Can be eaten uncooked/dry in an emergency. The little flavor packets can be used to season almost anything, and have high sodium content, which is useful. $30 gets you about 300 meals. Not nutritious, but it has usable energy calories that would keep you alive and functioning for an extended period when no other food was available.

Add a small quantity of cheap, canned tuna (five year shelf life), spam (100,000 year shelf life ), some bottled water, and a bottle of multi-vitamins...you're good to go!

your not only good to go --- but you have the diet of the average college kid in Hawaii


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   posted: Sep. 5, 2008 @ 10:58a

This sounds like a bad joke.


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   posted: Sep. 5, 2008 @ 11:01a

Great for tornadoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, and snow storms!!


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   posted: Sep. 5, 2008 @ 11:10a

davidthefwer said:6 of these buckets and u're feed for 4 years of college. good deal for poor college students!

Only thing missing is "ramen"


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   posted: Sep. 5, 2008 @ 11:20a

We could buy this and then sell in on eBay after nine years for a good profit.


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   posted: Sep. 5, 2008 @ 11:29a

sredni said:We could buy this and then sell in on eBay after nine years for a good profit.

The Silicon Valley would be underground at that time


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   posted: Sep. 5, 2008 @ 12:37p

arribasn said:I bought this at the B&M for about $50 if I remember right last year, probably a lot of the cost is in the shipping as its heavy!So did you give it a try yet?


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   posted: Sep. 5, 2008 @ 1:06p

Due to overwhelming response, this item will be delivered in 10-15 business days.

FW effect?


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   posted: Sep. 5, 2008 @ 1:16p

Tmoney02 said:AttackCow said:While you're out spending the 30 minutes to start your fire and cook your "emergency" food I would have eaten my MRE and be spending the rest of the 25 minutes laughing at you.

Well that argument would be convincing if it wasn't for the fact that if you are in the situation that you need the emergency food its not like you have something better to do in those saved 25 minutes. After your done eating your MRE and laughing you will be sitting doing nothing in the dark while the other guy at least has a fire.

So according to your logic if I get MREs instead of this food I need to cook I'm going to be unable to start a fire? o.O


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   posted: Sep. 5, 2008 @ 1:18p

bjg31483 said:Due to overwhelming response, this item will be delivered in 10-15 business days.

FW effect?

Dammit i'm pretty sure the world is going to end in 5 days... guess i best cancel my order.


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   posted: Sep. 5, 2008 @ 1:36p

AttackCow said:Tmoney02 said:AttackCow said:While you're out spending the 30 minutes to start your fire and cook your "emergency" food I would have eaten my MRE and be spending the rest of the 25 minutes laughing at you.

Well that argument would be convincing if it wasn't for the fact that if you are in the situation that you need the emergency food its not like you have something better to do in those saved 25 minutes. After your done eating your MRE and laughing you will be sitting doing nothing in the dark while the other guy at least has a fire.

So according to your logic if I get MREs instead of this food I need to cook I'm going to be unable to start a fire? o.O

I'm not sure where you got that. You said you were laughing at the guy starting a fire and eating his meal. Why would you laugh if your just going to eat your meal then start a fire? How did you save any time and what is the point of saving time when there is nothing to do? I thought the whole point you thought you were superior (and thus laughing) at the next person is because you didn't have to start a fire. Thus my comment.


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   posted: Sep. 5, 2008 @ 2:07p

AttackCow said:rcbullock said:Cheese and rice, there are TWO POSTS on not being able to boil water when the gas and/or electricity is out!

Fire

Use your imagination folks! You can heat rocks and drop that into water to boil it. Don't taste good, but also:

1. Find metal container suitable for edible things. (Gas cans are maybe bad to use.)
2. Place in or next to fire you've made. (See 'combustibles' and 'ignition sources'.)

Sheesh. No wonder they riot in cities, they evidently don't have a bic/match/high current electric source (car battery)/survival match/high friction heat generator and some wood/paper/charcoal/cardboard/petrochemicals...


Yeah and how convenient is that?

Starting a fire/wasting precious battery power. Many people may be in a bunker/basement/safe room, you think they really want to be starting a fire twice a day?

While you're out spending the 30 minutes to start your fire and cook your

Where to start?

1. Fire=entertainment (sit around one, watch it, throw in stuff), warmth, and light. It's kinda a favorite tool of humans.
2. A battery was only one example of a fire starting tool. I have many sealed lead acid batteries, a few car batts, and a couple of solar cells.
3. I'll be laughing when you WON'T need the paper in that MRE. Ever wonder why they give you just a little teeny pack?


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   posted: Sep. 5, 2008 @ 3:30p

Tmoney02 said:AttackCow said:Tmoney02 said:AttackCow said:While you're out spending the 30 minutes to start your fire and cook your "emergency" food I would have eaten my MRE and be spending the rest of the 25 minutes laughing at you.

Well that argument would be convincing if it wasn't for the fact that if you are in the situation that you need the emergency food its not like you have something better to do in those saved 25 minutes. After your done eating your MRE and laughing you will be sitting doing nothing in the dark while the other guy at least has a fire.

So according to your logic if I get MREs instead of this food I need to cook I'm going to be unable to start a fire? o.O

I'm not sure where you got that. You said you were laughing at the guy starting a fire and eating his meal. Why would you laugh if your just going to eat your meal then start a fire? How did you save any time and what is the point of saving time when there is nothing to do? I thought the whole point you thought you were superior (and thus laughing) at the next person is because you didn't have to start a fire. Thus my comment.


The point is that he is forced to start a fire to eat this food no matter what, in emergency scenarios you want the simplest means of survival.

You won't always have the time/capability to be sitting around killing time around a fire in emergency situations. I don't see how you think MREs (that require nothing to eat) are inferior to food you must have water, fire (and as a result fuel for the fire, proper air circulation, and the work/tools to start a fire).

Thus my comment.


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   posted: Sep. 5, 2008 @ 3:32p

rcbullock said:AttackCow said:rcbullock said:Cheese and rice, there are TWO POSTS on not being able to boil water when the gas and/or electricity is out!

Fire

Use your imagination folks! You can heat rocks and drop that into water to boil it. Don't taste good, but also:

1. Find metal container suitable for edible things. (Gas cans are maybe bad to use.)
2. Place in or next to fire you've made. (See 'combustibles' and 'ignition sources'.)

Sheesh. No wonder they riot in cities, they evidently don't have a bic/match/high current electric source (car battery)/survival match/high friction heat generator and some wood/paper/charcoal/cardboard/petrochemicals...


Yeah and how convenient is that?

Starting a fire/wasting precious battery power. Many people may be in a bunker/basement/safe room, you think they really want to be starting a fire twice a day?

While you're out spending the 30 minutes to start your fire and cook your

Where to start?

1. Fire=entertainment (sit around one, watch it, throw in stuff), warmth, and light. It's kinda a favorite tool of humans.
2. A battery was only one example of a fire starting tool. I have many sealed lead acid batteries, a few car batts, and a couple of solar cells.
3. I'll be laughing when you WON'T need the paper in that MRE. Ever wonder why they give you just a little teeny pack?


Where to end?

1. Fire=entertainment (sit around one, watch it, throw in stuff), warmth, and light. It's kinda a favorite tool of humans.

So..you think people with food that doesn't force them to start a fire are unable to start one? If they have the time and desire they can start a fire if they wanted..if they don't have the time and desire they don't have to. This as opposed to you, where you are forced to start a fire no matter what.


2. A battery was only one example of a fire starting tool. I have many sealed lead acid batteries, a few car batts, and a couple of solar cells.

More tools, more factors that must be needed just for you to eat. What if you are on the run and can only carry what you can hold? You gonna drag along you car batteries, solar cells, and portable stove?

When you're in emergency survival mode you want the simplest solution possible.


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   posted: Sep. 5, 2008 @ 4:33p

In the case of a worldwide disaster I'd take my family to the twinkie factory in Natick.


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   posted: Sep. 5, 2008 @ 4:38p

bassmanben said:In the case of a worldwide disaster I'd take my family to the twinkie factory in Natick.

And they smell so good, freshly confected.


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   posted: Sep. 5, 2008 @ 5:48p

Good for the upcoming Y3K.


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   posted: Sep. 5, 2008 @ 6:22p

No thanks.

We're carnivores, so we'll eat the Eloi.


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