The formal introduction

Hello survivalmonkey's, I'm glad to have found the site and hope to ad something of value to the forum. I have been 'prepping' almost my whole life, just that, back then, it wasn't called prepping it was called living. To me, prepping is not something that you decide to do as an occasional event, it's a way of living that you adopt and is done constantly and consistently, continually building, improving, and planning for tomorrow. We put back a little of this and that, we repair rather than replace, we make do with what we have. We have also learned that NO ONE goes it alone. Community is key. That being said, I may at times come off as anti-social, but know that's a result of getting burned a few times. I still realize that I need to sleep, down time; so I still have to have someone watching my back. Hence, community!
So, community, anyone here close to Jackson, in west Tennessee?

 

Prepsteader13, In response to your 'formal introduction', let me pass to you a warm formal welcome! You will find a lot of ideas, experience and good conversation from all over the world here.

Personally, I dislike the word prepper or even prepping because it is nothing more than being prepared, prudent and using one's common sense. I live in North Idaho and it is indeed a way of life here, everyone does it because it is a necessary fact of life.

Anyway, WELCOME!

 

greetings prepsteader13, in your text above i agree with you, as i've been prepping since the mid 70's, i also agree about community, as no one is an island! there is much to see & learn here, much good info in resources and the various threads on the forum, i hope your journey here will be rewarding. sorry don't live in Tennessee.

 

Welcome from North Carolina's Crystal Coast. Most of the folks I hang out with come across as anti-social, sarcastic and socially unacceptable. You should feel right at home here. Yup, I never knew I was a "prepper." It took me a bit to learn that my Jeep was an SUV, and more recently, that I was a deplorable.

 

Welcome aboard!

 

Welcome to the Monkey! So glad you found us.
Looking forward to hear of your past prep situations and future plans!

 

Welcome to the Monkey!
Sloth ,one of the canuks

 

Aloha and e komo mai!

 

Welcome to the Monkey.
I happen to be near Jackson, in Fayette County!

 

Howdy, from NW Alabama!

 

Yes welcome Prepsteader13.
I think the word "Prepper" is perhaps a self-described term that came out of the survivalist community. People who wanted to raise chickens and store grain but were squeamish at the idea of using weapons to defend them? It's really just a marketing term now isn't it, A brand under which you can take a $80 eBay water filter and rebrand it as an emergency water filtration system. I was at a local "prepper shop" in the backblocks buying a CB that was on special when I saw just a unit sitting on the shelf. I told the owner/Entrepreneur I had two identical ones at home. He was charging $240, they had his brand name on them, a sticker. He started to tell me why these were different but I changed the subject. The whole shop was just a front-end for a small warehouse full of Chinese crap and super expensive long life food packs. Not a single compound bow in sight.

Me, Opinionated? Oh yes.