a personal comment on this stockpiling

Sorry, editing error around the tea lights, but I think the gist is there.

Nannan2

I find the advice from Andy B strange,as we are usually told by government NOT to stockpile.I think he is just trying to be different to other pm's.But he's failing miserably.Still,his pension&future's secured now eh? Thats all i think they get into politics for these days,not to help their country in any way.🤨😤

He explicitly is not telling us to stockpile. Three days worth of food is not stockpiling.

We're used to Andy,living in Lancashire- he's always on tv,saying what he wants for 'greater manchester'- which seems to get bigger every week as he includes more smaller towns into that 'greater' blanket.He's a jumped up mayor really.😆

*Jumped up

Nannan2

I find the advice from Andy B strange,as we are usually told by government NOT to stockpile.I think he is just trying to be different to other pm's.But he's failing miserably.Still,his pension&future's secured now eh? Thats all i think they get into politics for these days,not to help their country in any way.🤨😤

How is any of this about stockpiling?

I just don't understand. I know some people only buy food as they need it, but really - there days' of food in the cupboards is not stockpiling, is it?

If people were buying 100 loo rolls or enormous bags of pasta that would be different, but a few extra cans of food and some bottles of water?

Also, we are only asked not to stockpile when there is an emergency in action and supplies are short. If people buy a few extra things now, there will be no need for them to panic buy - only the unprepared will have to grab whatever spare water and tins are on the shelves.

Graphite- how do we 'keep warm' if power goes out? I dont have a wood burning stove or similar,so what then? Can use blankets i guess.But it wont warm all house up.and i cant afford a calor gas stove.so,dont know really.

So in three days everything would be fine& back to normal then?😆🙄

Well if theres a WW3 son said we'll all be nuked so 3 days storing stuff wont help😐😑

Not sure whether this will help anyone at this particular moment in time, when so many are feeling panicky and want to stock up fast, but it's essential to bear in mind the use-by dates of the things you're storing. If you buy a huge stock of, say, baked beans in one go, then they're all going to mature in one go, too. So buy in dribs and drabs, or be prepared to be eating beans every day for ages when they all fall due!
Building up a food store should be done slowly over a period of months (even years, depending upon what you're buying and how much spare cash you have each time you go to the shops). Once you've put aside everything you want to keep for emergencies, you'll need to keep rotating it, week by week (use a tin this week, replace it next week, etc). Don't set it all aside and forget it until it's needed or you may get a shock when you look at the use-by dates! ("Four dozen tins of beans and they'll all be past it by next Thursday fortnight!")
Also, Jenni Ren is right - take care who you buy things from, as all the shysters will be out there by now, taking advantage of people panic-buying whatever they can for as little as possible!
I don't think it's worth panicking over but, in today's global political climate, I don't think we can afford to be ostriches either. I'm beginning to think the "nutty hoarders" have been more or less right all along - if nothing happens, they'll still have their food stocks and no harm done. But if something does happen, then they won't be quite as fazed as the people who didn't bother and are now looking at empty shelves.

Casdon- the OP specifically says 'stockpiling'🙄

Excellent idea.👍

We are getting into very silly territory here. Three days buys time to sort out whatever issue has occurred, eg restoring the internet, floods subside, snow melts etc. etc. of course it won’t resolve a war, that is not the point.

When we had the Covid epidemic I stocked on tinned goods.
I've had to rely on them since then when I've been too ill to get to the shops .
So I've restocked .

Nannan2

Casdon- the OP specifically says 'stockpiling'🙄

Yes. Do you consider three days supply of tinned and dried good stockpiling?

Nannan2

So in three days everything would be fine& back to normal then?😆🙄

Only if you took a chance and turned out to be lucky. If not, it'll be a different scenario. Climb up on the wall, pick which side you'll drop, then live ( or don't) with the consequences. Life was ever thus.

Anyway ive got tinned stuff in as i can resort to them if my sons dont want same at tea- but they wont eat the stuff in tins so they would starve.well one would eat as he like beans but other one very much into fresh or frozen meat items.(both have food issues)

That post was a comment on cat litter and doubled up dust bin bags

Casdon- depends how much you eat in 3days😅 to some might be hardly anything,to others might be way too much.

Graceless- cat wont let us share his litter tray,hes very possessive😆🙀😹

Nannan2

Casdon- the OP specifically says 'stockpiling'🙄

I'm not Casdon, but the fact that the OP says something doesn't mean we have to take it as gospel.

People very clearly have different ideas about what 'stockpiling' means. My definition would be that a food cupboard with an additional few tins is very far from that. In any case, stockpiling is not a moral outrage, unless there are shortages, and currently there are not.

If I spend my own money on bottled water, it's not stopping you from quenching your thirst, is it? Even if I had a garage full of the stuff, (which I don't.) If the water supply failed, and people started buying up huge quantities, then it would be stockpiling and very selfish, but the whole point of this is that we won't need to do that if we have some in store.

Sorry - the doorbell went mid post, and I'm behind the times now😀

I do not stockpile, but if my doors were locked, I could eat for weeks. I buy things on offer, so at them monet I have, for example 12 tins of beans and 10 of peas, 24 loo rolls and 2 packs of tricolor pasta, among other things.

That makes sense to me. Perhaps someone could explain how that differs from their definition of stockpiling though?

You only have to wander round Costco to see that very many people buy in bulk - it's cheaper and saves you going shopping so often Is that stockpiling?

Yes it may be "advise" but when it is constantly being talked about in the media and also by government politicians , it does make you think "should I be doing this" especially when you are responsible for vulnerable people , I bet if it does happen there will be people who get berated for not listening and being " power outage" ready, by well meaning GN members .

This stupid government scare mongering!!! Won't be getting prepared!!!