Brother in Law is a new Prep'r

[longbow]

Just thought I share with you what my brother in law has done to get better prepared.

It all started a while back when he said he's coming to my place if things get bad. I said you'd better come prepared because I'm not going to see my kids not have food because he wasn't prepared. At first he got alittle upset, then I sent him some email lists.

Over the weekend he showed me what he's done, and he is now welcome to show up at my place in a major event. He has six totes of gear and other stuff that would make his showing up at my place a minor issue. He also has a unique job and would be a plus to have.

His biggest purchase was a new full sized SUV that can easily bring his critical gear and loading it would go quickly. He also have about 6 duffle bags he'd use for soft stuff to force into corners and stuff. For Chirstmas he got a soft top storage unit to tie down on the top of his truck for other gear.

Overall, I'm impressed. You can teach an old dog new tricks.

 

[grunt soldier]

nice. don't you love when people see the light

 

[Armed & Christian]

Fantastic! When my B.I.L. (who earns more than my wife & I combined) gave me the, "When the SHTF we're coming to *your* house" spiel, I told him that I'd prefer he didn't; I'd have enough problems on my hands without having to use up my ammo on him, my sister & niece. When he said he couldn't believe what I'd just said, I asked him how he would feel about having someone who made more $$ than he did suddenly moving into *his* house, contributing nothing, and depleting *his* icebox.

He's doing his own prepping now, too

 

[longbow]

Fantastic! When my B.I.L. (who earns more than my wife & I combined) gave me the, "When the SHTF we're coming to *your* house" spiel, I told him that I'd prefer he didn't; I'd have enough problems on my hands without having to use up my ammo on him, my sister & niece. When he said he couldn't believe what I'd just said, I asked him how he would feel about having someone who made more $$ than he did suddenly moving into *his* house, contributing nothing, and depleting *his* icebox.

He's doing his own prepping now, too

I hit the BIL with the same issue and he went OH crap, you could be the one. I'm stuck dealing with. That worked as well as the emails.

 

[Brian87]

I am still working on my brother, he thinks i am nuts. He'll come around.

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

I've got one BIL who signed up for a second tour hunting Charlie cause he thought it was "fun". Sent me a huge box of MREs just because he heard I was thinking of stocking some in a while back. The other one makes more money than God as an independent contractor. "Just doing paperwork and helping get ships in and out of port". Right. I don't think either of them would be a problem, or a drain on supplies. Of course, when we admitted their dad last month the nurse did a double take, just like in the movies, when she asked if he'd had any previous surgeries, and my wife said only the steel plate in his head, and I added, "courtesy of the nazis". Tough bunch.

 

[irishfan]

If I were to get married then the "character" who would become my brother in law would be better off not coming here if he needs something.