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Will you be disappointed if Brexit goes smoothly

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Tawdrylocalbrouhaha · 11/02/2019 22:19

Genuine question to the Preppers - how will you feel if Brexit goes through with no significant shortages or civil unrest? Will you heave a sigh of relief and sleep better at night, or feel a tiny bit flat and disappointed?

It's the slightly excited tone of some of the Prepper threads that has me wondering this. As if having a reason to hoard is fulfilling some squirrelesque instinct, which my be thwarted if the hoards prove unnecessary?

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Calloway · 13/02/2019 17:58

Are people really still coming out with 'well Y2K came to nothing' statements? How embarrassing for them.

Littlespaces · 13/02/2019 18:03

Even if the economy recovers & things are better than expected quite a lot of damage has ALREADY been done.

Irish / English relations damaged
Scottish / English relations damaged
European / English relations damaged
Renewed violence in Ireland
Pound losing value
Lower GDP
Job losses already suffered
Businesses already relocated
NHS & care homes losing staff
Family & friends arguments
People's lives uprooted
Increase in racism & hate crimes
Resentment from the 1.4 million young people who are now of voting age
Loss of international respect

Solewindow · 13/02/2019 18:10

If anyone wants to buy powdered milk and multiples of baked beans and spam then more fool them.
I'd love to be a fly on the wall when they sit down to try and eat it for the fourth day in a row

Don't be such a tit. I haven't bought any spam, and minimal beans. I have bought the store cupboard staples we enjoy to ensure that we can maintain Business As Usual IF there are shortages, or price increases related to different rates of import tariff or transport costs post-brexit. I'm not going to throw it out If all goes smoothly, it'll just mean that I'll not need to buy dried or tinned ingredients for a few months. So what?

I think in the commercial world they call it contingency planning/inventory management.

bellinisurge · 13/02/2019 18:12

Spam free zone here. I would get it if I liked it. Plenty of variety in my pantry. But only for us.

Helmetbymidnight · 13/02/2019 18:15

Irish / English relations damaged
Scottish / English relations damaged
European / English relations damaged
Renewed violence in Ireland
Pound losing value
Lower GDP
Job losses already suffered
Businesses already relocated
NHS & care homes losing staff
Family & friends arguments
People's lives uprooted
Increase in racism & hate crimes
Resentment from the 1.4 million young people who are now of voting age
Loss of international respect

ah but you see to the brexiteer, some things are worth more than all that.

they cant explain what but hey

MrsTerryPratcett · 13/02/2019 18:24

3000 tins of sea urchins (instead of stuff they will actually use) and it will be compulsory to only eat the aforementioned sea urchins forever more.

I'd rather die. Fortunately we have rice, beans, tomatoes, haggis (these may not survive) and similar. No spam or urchins.

NopeNi · 13/02/2019 18:38

I would fucking love it if it went smoothly and was wonderful.

It won't though.

The level of planning is pretty much "unicorns and magic and holding hands chanting Engerlannnnnd and fuck me we didn't think about Ireland, or food, or security, or anything".

Juells · 13/02/2019 19:04

TheCounter
If anyone wants to buy powdered milk and multiples of baked beans and spam then more fool them.

😂 What an extraordinary idea of what prepping means, for most of us. I've been buying tins of tomatoes, anchovies, tuna, pasta, rice, lentils, chickpeas, things that I consider to be staples and that originate in Europe. Not a baked bean in sight.

malificent7 · 13/02/2019 19:04

I will eat my hoards but then i love angel delight, pasta , powdered custard and tinned pears!

Not all together i might add!

Littlespaces · 13/02/2019 19:05

I'm now craving Butterscotch Angel Delight.

malificent7 · 13/02/2019 19:06

Most of it is fairly normal food anyway...think tinned tomatoes, pasta and pesto rather than spam.

bellinisurge · 13/02/2019 19:08

That's the idea @malificent7 . Food you actually eat. Treats to cheer you up if that's your thing.
PS - don't forget breakfast stuff. Apologies if you are already sorted on that front.Grin

IDoN0tCare · 13/02/2019 19:14

Anyone watching channel four news. Even the Dutch prime minister, who was an ally has given up on Britain.

Juells · 13/02/2019 19:18

TheCounter

I worked for RBS at that time and they had whole IT depts working night-shift on Dec 31st 1999 and they all sat and waited... then performed various checks on data just hoping to find some sort of anomaly to justify their missing the biggest party for a thousand years and they found... Diddly squat!

Wasn't that because of all the time, work and money put in for several years beforehand?

Echobelly · 13/02/2019 19:20

I'm not really a prepper, but I plan to buy a few things to keep aside JIC - if things go well... well then I have at least bought a bunch of stuff while it's cheaper as I think there's very little doubt things will get pricier when we leave.

As a remainer, I'd be delighted if it goes smoothly, because I'm not someone who wants things to be bad just to prove a point! As it is, I suspect things won't be as bad as some remainers predict - I never believed for a moment, for example, that we'd need visas for holidays and indeed it's not going to be the case. Nor do I think it will actually be made impossibly difficult to work within the EU, although it will be more of a faff, and various things will be more of a faff, and it's not going to depress the economy for a long time, though not necessarily cause a total crash.

MrsWombat · 13/02/2019 19:21

I must admit I would be very amused if there was a short term shortage of fruit and veg or similar so I can hand out "told you so" rations from my supplies to the doubting. But over all I will be very relieved that all the things that are being put in to place like the army being on stand by are working.

The majority of my stash is normal food that we eat anyway. Some of the slightly more wackier stuff like UHT milk we will use up camping or baking.

Abra1de · 13/02/2019 19:27

It’s fresh fruit and vegetables that are most at risk and I can’t see how you can store these? Sadly.

Abra1de · 13/02/2019 19:28

And I’ll go without rather than eat tinned peaches.

bellinisurge · 13/02/2019 19:32

Easily done @Abra1de . Currently have loads of fresh fruit and veg that I dehydrated . But I'm Eddie the prepper so that's what I do.

Eddie is a character on Friends and my Eddie-esque adventures in dehydration are the source of some amusement to MN general Preppers.
Just in case you don't get the joke.
Which loses any comedy if you have to explain it Smile

Abra1de · 13/02/2019 19:36

Does it taste nice? 🙂

SalrycLuxx · 13/02/2019 19:38

I must confess - I have baked beans. The kids love ‘em!

IDoN0tCare · 13/02/2019 19:39

bellinisurge, I’m looking to buy a dehydrating machine. Have you any recommendations?

Calloway · 13/02/2019 19:42

Oh I'm fond of tinned peaches! And pears, and pineapples. Tinned veg, not so much. Aside from sweetcorn.

Abra1de · 13/02/2019 19:44

I like tinned asparagus and artichokes. And lentils.

I think frozen berries might be my saviour.

bellinisurge · 13/02/2019 19:45

@Abra1de - dd keeps eating the raspberry leather I make. And the water melon.
All the kale I grew last year (that I didn't eat fresh) is in a big jar with an oxygen absorber and added to soups and stews as and when.
@IDoN0tCare - mine's made by Callow on the basis it was the second cheapest in Amazon with good reviews Smile
Not a Brexit essential. Just my general prepper thing.