Stocking Up~ $15-$25 at a time

[Kathy]

A thread on HT caught my attention. It was titled the $20 challenge and was a challenge to get the most useable items that you could for your storage with just $20.
The comments were impressive; folks really got into the spirit of the whole thing.

So let's have our own Phoenix Challenge.

Within the next month, please share you best stocking up bargains and a list of what you were able to get for your $15-$25.

[Deleted]

Do ramen noodles count?

[bbird]

ramblinwreck said:

Do ramen noodles count?

My kids think they do.

I'm trying to figure out if I can keep it under $25, prices are ridiculous here...It's depressing.

[Kathy]

Ramblin, I think ramen noodles would be a workable storage item-they seem to have a long shelf life it kept cool.
Plus they don't take a lot of prep in order to make something filling-good if there is a SHTF situation.

Deb, that's interesting about the prices. Here in AR, I think I will do much better than the coasts but we do have a 6-8.25% sales tax on food(varies by the items) so I'm not sure.
So it will be a learning experience for everyone-to see just what that amount would buy in different parts of the country.
Who knows, it might help someone decide where they would like to move if food costs are a big factor.

[Deleted]

Need help on this what can be bought under a zillion dollars??

[angiem2]

I thought I recognized this topic

It's a good thought for all of us.

I'm going to consider my try, when pay day gets here. Right now my challenge is to put gas in the car and make it to pay day on $11 available funds.

Angie

[Deleted]

I caught part of a History Channel show on the "Mini Ice Age" that occurred from the 1300's to the 1800's last night, and it was both interesting and disconcerting.

Some of the interesting:
Greenland was really green when the Vikings got there...before the ice age hit.

England was once a big wine producing country (before the ice age). Northern Europeans and their decendants in the US drink 11-12 times more beer and hard liquor than Southern Europeans...because the ice age prevented/stopped grape production. Alcohol had to be made from more cold hardy plants, like grains.

Mary Shelly wrote "Frankenstein" on a Summer vacation to Lake Geneva, because it was too cold to go outside.

Some of the disconcerting:
The ice age came on very, very quickly, and they still don't know why it happened. It could have been sun spot activity, but there was nothing to measure that at the time.

Millions starved, and the cold and wet from the mini ice age indirectly led to plagues that killed many millions more.

The French Revolution was indirectly caused by mini ice age weather patterns that brought on famine in that country.

Theft and taking was routine, as people would do anything to get a bite to eat. Except for the treatment of native Americans/First Citizens, we fared better on this side of the pond. The land was just more abundant than the population needed. That may not be so now.

Stock up!

[Kathy]

I missed the Mini Ice Age program; hopefully they'll rerun it.

You know, although we have a ton of disasterous possibilities from foreign & domestic entities; the things I'm more concerned about are weather & man made disasters.
Nuclear accidents, major fire or chemical spills, weather patterns that seems to be getting more unpredictable and extreme not to mention hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes.

If we're prepped for any natural & non-war man made disasters; then if the worries about foreign invasion or terrorism occur we should be fairly well prepared.

Learn to stock up, learn to garden, learn to hunt/fish/forage, find secure, reliable water sources, learn self protection techniques and work to get independant of the grid and typical 'services'-we may each have to find ways to cook, wash and live without electicity, gasoline/diesel & piped in water.
It can be terrifying to contemplate or it can be a call to arms that we each use as a personal challenge to get ready!

[Deleted]

I loved watching the mini ice age. cool information and makes me want to prepare more.