Goodbye... Last days on earth

[Greg M]

Can I interest anyone in ten cases of tinned corned beef

[DriverOne]

Can I interest anyone in ten cases of tinned corned beef

Ohhh the sandwiches I could have!

[angib]

Can I interest anyone in ten cases of tinned corned beef

Ah, "bully beef"! Time for a complete red herring.

My Dad volunteered as a doctor on the first day of WWII and was in France in 1940. As the only unmarried doctor in an army hospital, he then volunteered to be the one to stay in the hospital after the army pulled out in their retreat (rout) to Dunkerque. So he then spent five years as a PoW, suffering from a lack of food (to be fair to the Germans, so were they) and not being allowed to try to escape since he was the only doctor there too.

The one highlight (well, apart from meeting some Russian nurses in a TB sanatorium halfway through the war....) was the Red Cross parcels which contained tins of bully beef, the British army term for tinned/corned beef. The parcels, in the first year or two, were actually stock the Red Cross had left over from WWI. Nothing wrong with 20-year-old bully beef - though I'm not sure the level of tinning in modern cans is good enough for that. Not surprisingly, my Dad's eyes would mist over at the sight of a tin of bully beef even 40 years afterwards.

Packaged food here must contain a 'use by' date and nowadays they 'only' give tinned foods five years. Ain't nuthin' sacred?

[GPW]

Heard from my friends in Australia .... it’s a bright sunny day ... and the 22nd...

[prohandyman]

Kirk...my check is in the mail with all my life savings. But if something happens to the mail, well...

[campmaster-k]

Kirk...my check is in the mail with all my life savings. But if something happens to the mail, well...

Save your money it looks like it may be a few thousand years before the end of times.

I bet Harold Camping is eating well tonight.

[Tom Kurth]

I'm always amazed at the extreme sort of Bible thumpers some of whom make the predictions and the others that believe them. They read the Bible coast to coast in order to make their predictions and then conveniently ignore the verse that says, "Of that day and hour no man knoweth, only the Father." Go figure.

Best,
Tom

[Bogo]

Well, I'm still posting so I must be alive, or at least a reasonable simulation of me is working.

[jeffmutch]

Am I the only one who was kinda, sorta excited to use the TTT as a bugout vehicle? Think of the adventure...

[doug hodder]

It's maybe just the ultimate Mayan "April Fools Joke" ya think?

Now instead of all the History channel programs about the end of the world, we get bombarded with all the "what happened" to the end of the world programs.....I guess they can still milk the Nostradamus stuff.....

[Shadow Catcher]

I am well aware of the limitations of a generator and of bugging out, i.e. no gas no go. As far as staying home with no power which would hopefully be temporary, two cars with 16 gallons each both generators full and an additional five gallons (treated with Amsoil gas stabilizer). With gas on hand we could take the tear five hundred + miles and where we are is about as immune from most natural disasters as you can get other than the odd small tornado, minor flooding, snow.
There is only so much you can do with out obsessing.

[prohandyman]

The earth got confused with Twinkies...

[angib]

I'm not sure we can really trust the end-of-the-world guys as neighbours since if there isn't a tomorrow, looking after the world today isn't going to figure large in their priorities.

Which reminds me of a quote from a learned Indian guy while we travelled down one of the, ahem, 'exciting' main roads in India. He reckoned India's awful road death rate was down to so many drivers believing completely in fate - no need to look where you're going as if today is not your day to go, nothing bad will happen - and if it is, taking care won't change things.

This guy reckoned that all believers in fate should be made to drive with a flashing light on their vehicles so that other drivers would be warned that they were approaching and could take evasive action.

[jeffmutch]

The way I figure, you've got several hundred miles on one tank. If you are a bit more prepared than others around you, you can certainly fill up while people are gathering food and other supplies.

I also wonder if there might be hundreds of abandoned vehicles with gas in their tanks that can be siphoned to keep you going. I find it exciting to think about. Not exciting enough to build an armoured tank in my backyard packed with food and weapons that runs on my own waste products...

[Greg M]

Not exciting enough to build an armoured tank in my backyard packed with food and weapons that runs on my own waste products...

Damn, another winter project. Hmmm...

-Greg