Not to indulge DH in his Doom-ageddon plan (possibly zombie and snow related)

[VerityClinch]

DH is convinced Doom-ageddon could strike at any moment. With zero notice. When pressed he has been unspecific about exactly what this might entail, heavy snowfall, the failing of the financial markets, zombies, alien invasion, not getting a bonus this year etc

However he is adamant we are ill-prepared for this.

We have a freezer full of food, a wood burner, lots of logs in the garage, a snow shovel, a sledge, lots of stairs (is it daleks or zombies that can't climb stairs?) For looting purposes, we are two mins from a massive Tesco and could def get there quicker than our octogenarian neighbours.

I concede we do not have much tinned food, and no bottled water. However I suspect DH does not want to buy a lot of soup quite as much as he wants an oil powered generator and an axe.

AIBU just to ignore him?

I have googled OFRS yet am still not really enlightened. Would someone please explain Pombear perhaps?

OFRS is an Oh Fuck RuckSack - someone else on here called it a BOB (bug out bag?)
It's the bag you keep permanently packed so that if there's a major emergency and you have to flee for your life, you just grab it and go.
They are actually quite common in the US in the hurricane areas I think.

Thank you - that is the first time google has let me down (does that mean the apocalypse is coming?). Now it all makes sense.

Well, perhaps not sense, but I see what you're getting at

Pom if you've got a Cobb oven and Kelly kettle you can move in for nothing

Although we're going to be short on bedrooms if there are five of you...

gonnabeasquash

OOOO
The Cobb comes in its own OFRS too, with all its accessories neatly packed

The property didn't come up, they want me to sign in :(
although this is a good thing really as it means nobody else can find us!

Bugger.

this one

It also has a cellar. I imagine that to be a huge plus point, although I don't really know why.

We have a stream at the bottom of our garden, and no near neighbours. There are fields full of livestock we can pick off as and when. I'm sure if there was electricity the oil fired gizzards of the aga could be ripped out and converted to solid fuel. Thousands of trees for wood. We have a dog to attack looters/zombies. I just need a gun.

I had great fun a while back - when I was on a slightly doom-laden winter-preparations buzz - looking at the US websites for disaster preparations. I am not totally doomed in the first wave, but will probably be gone by the end of the first fortnight.

But some of the fora on those websites can make for very entertaining reading

What would the people selling that house do if you told them to take their precious carpets with them? is that just a cash grab by saying they aren't included in the sale? What earthly use would used carpets be to someone...

And the cellar is useful because you get a truckload of long life supplies, on palletts, shrink wrapped, stash it all down there, then brick up the doorway and disguise it behind a bookcase or similar. Then you have all those stores for later on, and looters can't find them.

No this is a Zombie proof house!

I don't think they're fitted carpets, more like enormous rugs, probably a bazillion years old and inherited and vastly valuable but not in an apocalypse

It is Grade II listed which might be a bit of a problem in terms of fortifications, but when Doomageddon strikes the planners will have their ill prepared brains eaten by zombies other things to worry about

Survival is quite easy actually.

All you need is:
One comfy bed, 2 pillows & a duvet per person.
Snacks & bottled drinks.

When the apocalypse arrives then all go to sleep for a few hours.

When you wake up: have a drink & snack then look out of the window - is it still the apocalypse?

If so, just go back to sleep.

& Repeat until the apocalypse is over.

(Students, shift workers, cats & old grannies are experts in this survival technique. Best have one of these in your household.)

Survival just prolongs the agony, when the zombies come just let them in. Also, if he's pissed you off with all the survival nonsense then this would be the perfect way to take your revenge.

OMG Ebb, that truly is my dream come true of Zombie Apocalypse housing. I want one sooooo badly. Mine would have to have a roof garden, interior well, serious numbers of solar panels and wind turbines built in and a heat exchange jobbie in the garden to provide endless leccy and heat. I would also require a chimney (can't live without my woodburner now), and large underground garage for the APC which I will be using for foraging trips. The swimming pool is a definite bonus.

I am loving the comments too!

My dh has stocked piled tins of food and bottled water in our loft. I think he is bonkers, but I do humour him as he gets quite upset if i take the piss. I wouldn't tell anyone in RL though for fear of them agreeing with me! Also when the disaster does strike, every fecker in the neighbourhood will be banging on the door to get to our supplies if they knew!!!

I do think there will be some kind of breakdown of society within the next 20-30 years, either due to soaring food prices or the benefits system collapsing. It's quite sensible to make precautions such as storing non perishable food and building fortifications.

But how does anyone know what zombies eat?
Why will they want to eat people?

Zombies may be happy to survive on Pringles from the local Tesco.
I suspect Pringles are one of those foods that never decays (too many chemicals).

Then they will get pissed in the wine & spirits section & fall asleep.

latara you're thinking of teenagers...

Yes the teenagers can party with the zombies & neither will notice the difference

I think only the ruthless and selfish will survive.

I can imagine there'll still be a few MP's and bankers knocking around...

That's good I'm both of those things.

If its a nuclear attack I want to go in the first wave though. I will run towards the mushroom cloud tbh.

I can't believe that not one person has mentioned the lions that will be trying to pick us off. Not one.

There aren't any in this country. Well there's four in Bristol zoo but I'd shoot them for their pelts if I had to.