Getting prepared just in case

[Olympeagal]

Is anyone else preparing or making plans, in case the situation in the Middle East escalates?
Ive filled my car up with fuel. Should i be doing more?

You're a bit off there.

Cigarettes weren't £1.89 for 20 in the 1970s. In the early 1970s they were 25p to 35p for 20, and in the late 1970s they were 45p to 55p. It was the early to mid1990s before cigarettes were almost £2.00 for a pack of 20.

Petrol was 70p to 80p a gallon in the mid 1970s, not £1.89. That is early to mid 1990s prices.

You're fairly close with the price of a gallon of petrol NOW though! Depends where you live. In my little market town it would be around £5.70 a gallon, in a few towns not far away, it would be 50p to 80p a gallon more.

As an aside, I don't understand how ANYone can afford to smoke. It's £17-£18 for a pack of 20 now! 😱

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That's reminded me of when i went shopping for the first time in about week after having a hellish throat infection and went very wrong by the Ben & Jerry's 😬

Yes, I've bought more chocolate buttons.

Very remote so we try to keep the cars topped up. Saves a specific journey to the garage if they get low.

We always have a few weeks of supplies. No panic buying and not related to the Middle East. Could be snow. Russia. Etc. We live further east. Also grow a lot of fruit (benefit of being remote we do have some land) - mainly to have fresh food around the house, but great to avoid pesticides and fungicides, plus air miles. Planting fruit trees and berry canes should really be encouraged. Great for pollinators. Plus the UK imports most of its fruit.

Used to live in the Middle East. Feel so sorry about the innocent loss of life.

I can't ride a bike 😭. I'm doomed aren't I.

You are talking about stockpiling, which is selfish. But making sure your family could go without power for a couple of days isn't selfish!

Buy loo rolls

seriously, nothing, filling the car up is potentially sensible to avoid people panicking next week but unless you want to import a specific product from the Middle East you’ll be fine

You get more chocolate for your money buying bars. I study these things carefully. Such is the life of an addict.

I’m going to keep on retweeting Trump’s speech in support of the USA’s actions.

And order a takeaway.

Where are you going to drive to exactly?

Funny that. I bought some today too.

🤣🤣🤣🤣 brilliant

Will my Shein order be delayed

I get bollocked by DP everytime there's a vaguely reasonable (ie, only twice the price instead of 4-5 times) offer on gluten free pasta.

Well, I say bollocked. He does it in a sneaky way - every meal he makes, he mixes up the shapes. And if he's really, really annoyed at having to find homes for 16 bags and 8 boxes of assorted types, he snaps the long pasta into pieces before boiling it.

Doesn't seem to have an issue with 5kg bags of short grain rice, for some reason, though.

It is highly unlikely power will be cut off here due to the war. OTOH it is very likely to be cut off in Iran and Israel.

I struggle with this, I've never smoked, never drunk alcohol, never done drugs so why aren't I rich? I know I buy too much chocolate but that pretty cheap in comparison.

Maybe it's the four kids and eight GC. Too late to do anything about that now.

Hopefully not. Love your name 🐰🥕

Yes, I do too, especially fruit and nut. But just love the buttons with a hot cup of tea.

Thanks Happy Face 😀

OP, you are getting a bit of a hard time from people who are not worried and who are not making preparations. None of that helps you and the reason that led you to put a post on here.

I do have a few suggestions and they do not include stocking up on toilet roll.

First, write down what you’re frightened about, what you are worried will happen and why it is that those particular fears are getting to you at the moment. Just take 15 minutes to write that all out.

Second, find someone you can talk to about your fears. I have a friend in a similar situation and she talks to a close neighbour, a man who is older than her and he calms her down. You need to talk to someone. As I read things, you are on your own, worried about your other half and worried about how you will cope. That’s completely understandable.

There are other things you can do. You can look at Preppers websites, in fact I think there’s a Preppers thread on MN. I don’t suggest you go down the lines that they go of getting generators, bags that can store food for up to 10 years without it deteriorating, ground sheets and goodness news what else including digging shelters in the garden. However, you can do little things and those threads might give you some ideas.

One of these might be making sure that you have a set of rechargeable batteries, that they are charged up and that you have a charger to charge them up again. Make sure you have a good torch that they fit into and that you know where to find it.

You could get some tins of food in. You could get a water purifier such as a Water To Go bottle.

Write down what you’re worried about and write down what you can do about these things. Also, I suggest that you have a think about where your fears are coming from.

Best wishes. You are not alone and please do not take to heart the supercilious and jokey comments that are on here. I understand that you are worried and anxious and many people will be feeling the same.

Finally, as an afterthought,I suggest that you do not listen to the news or read newspapers. This is an approach taken by many people and it takes you out of the sphere of unnecessary worrying.

No stocking up in my home i hate clutter.
Pluse it wont help if shit hits the fan ill have to run and leave it.

Oh well if war happens it happens i dont mind.

Oh lent is a struggle. I can just imagine that lovely melt In the mouth.

I'm talking about stockpiling, yes, but also the whole sanctimonious "look at how clever I am buying an extra tin of soup every week" performative, self-satisfied crap that seems to go with this trend (for want of a better word). It just makes me cringe.

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I won’t be panic buying…