< 18
18-25
26-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
60+
This may seem like a strange question but how old are you.
Of course you dont have to answer but l am just trying to see if the mentality we share comes with age or is it influenced from
something/someone else.
I have talked/met a few of you and it seems we are older. The younger people I've talked with just dont seem to have a clue.
Be ready now, you won't have that chance later.
Great idea here, LB. I took the liberty of attaching a poll to consolidate answers as well.
But my answer is 35, and I've been at this - to varying levels of effort and effectiveness - for about 9 years.
Consilio et animis
Essayons!
40 here, but I put 41-50 because I am closer to 41.
"When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes DUTY!" - Thomas Jefferson
MIT you missed one catagory. 3 days older than dirt!
Im 53. Been at it off and on since I was a kid. Parents and all grandparents always fed themselves. More or less homesteaders to some degree thru the grandparents generation.
Same as the folks above, my age group is the 40-50's, but Ive been at this for about 15 years, so maybe its something in the generational side? Raised by my grandparents, and they went thru the great depression, so the mindset was already in place by the time I was born. Could it have something to do with the scare in regards to Y2K?
RELIGION IS LIKE A PENIS
Its fine to have one,
Its fine to be proud of it,
But please dont whip it out in public and start waving it around,
And PLEASE dont try to force it down my children's throats.
An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.
61 here and still surviving. One day at a time.
Welcome Spider. Head over to the introduction thread and let us know whats up.
Soon to be 42.
Have been "preparing" since the mid 1980's when I had a "go bag" ready for when the 1st Russian Shock Army came thundering down my street.
Heady times, my friends, heady times.
If you think that come SHTF you are gonna jock up in all your kit and be a death-dealing one man army, you're an idiot - izzyscout
63 trips around the sun ; 64 comes in October.
My mom's parents lived on a farm that Rubber Maid bought years ago from what I understand. As stated by others they grew and raised their food. I've prepped lightly over the years in case I have to leave quickly and where I live I don't see that changing until we get the HELL out of Ohio. Have lots of things ; all in a mobile set up.
Age has a bit to do with it but not necessarily across the board. I'm looking at 43 this year and the so has a couple years on me. She's definitely down for the cause.
Now on the other hand, my mother thinks I'm nuts for putting back more than a few days of emergency supplies and as much as I try to wake her up, she just doesn't get it.
I'm not sure how the youngin's poll. The vast majority of my friends are 30+.
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