Am I Crazy?

[jyo]

Don't forget your belly-button lint---gotta be at least as good as dryer lint and you carry around a supply with you!

[1lostinspace]

what does the lint do for you?

[Res]

Yes. You are crazy... Your wife should be doing the laundry

[sfonelson]

Hah! I wish! But then again, the laundry room is a perfect place for me to hide the Christmas Presents for her! She never finds them.

Yes. You are crazy... Your wife should be doing the laundry

[iareConfusE]

Lint seems like it would make good tinder for fires, so probably not a bad idea.

[xrMike]

You're saving dryer lint? In a ziplock bag?

So.... in the event of societal breakdown, what do you suppose you'll use the lint for? Knit yourself some new socks?

My vote is that you're crazy...

Dryer lint makes an excellent fire starter, either by itself to catch a spark and then work into a flame, or combined with wax in various ways. Which makes it a good addition to a bug-out or car bag.

Good on the OP for making himself better prepared.

[Dooligan]

I'm just gonna use my cat as an emergency firestarter. Plenty of fur and fat for fuel, plus jerked cat is delicious!

No, you're not crazy. That's actually a pretty cool little trick. You learn something every day. Thanks!

[Petro6golf]

Your not crazy. Crazy people dont know that they are crazy. being prepared is not a bad thing. I wouldent talk to people at work about it. Sheeple dont understand

[xrMike]

Sheeple dont understand

But they'll be the first ones to ask you to share your fire, or your food and water, when they have none because they did not plan for the unexpected....

[SigP510]

No, you're not crazy. You're in early stages of prepperitis. Mine started with lint too, funny. (I now have a very large bag of lint... and a few large lint balls mixed with candle wax too. Great PROVEN fire starter).

Here's what I do to keep my wife on board with my SHTF/TEOTWAWKI prepping activities - Treat it like a hobby. Take it seriously, but not yourself TOO seriously.

My wife now actually sees the practicality behind it, after wearing her down a little bit at a time. We live in SF... the 'big one' is coming!

I started a 'do you have a hidden cache in the forest' poll in another thread... if the wife thought I was seriously considering doing it, she'd probably put her foot down on that. lol.

[Petro6golf]

theres nothing wrong with prepping or being prepared. its a useful hobby and good to think about. theres a limit, if you have 100,000 rounds of ammo, level 3 plate carrier and 100 guns you might be stretching it.

[OHOD]

And so it begins...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsive_hoarding

[xgi1991]

lint? Yes, that is phase one. You'll be ok though. Look at it this way-you buy car insurance, you buy home insurance, flood insurance, earthquake insurance, life insurance, a dog farted in my yard insurance, there is nothing wrong with taking charge of your own policy for you and your family, after all, no one else will. You have a long road ahead of you, welcome to the club.

[RGERBER]

The State of California FEMA and the Red Cross all say you should have a 3-day disaster pack. – remember Katrina, we have an earthquake and it may be a few day’s before supplies can get to you and your family.

I for one will not depend on Government to help me.

[Jsapata]

When you have to ride with someone a couple hours each way you eventually run out of things to talk about that are work related!

You might be right about the water. It tastes horrible, that reminds me that I need to get an RO filter system hooked up right away. When I moved recently, I left the old one with the house. I sure do miss RO filtered water.

I don't talk to anybody at my workplace about any of this. I keep my work at work, and my home life at home.