Am I Crazy?

[sfonelson]

I consider myself a normal guy. I have a house in Elk Grove, CA. Have a good full time job, married, no kids. I like guns, I like shooting, and I am about to start reloading as soon as the second coat of Tung oil is done drying on my work bench that I built.

I don't have a bug out bag, but or anything like that. But I do keep my pantry stocked with plenty of food, have plenty of water. I don't necessarily think that CA is going to slide off into the ocean, or that zombies are going to take over. I seem to be your average Joe.

My main point is, I was doing laundry last night and had a bunch of lint in the dryer vent that needs to be removed. Instead of throwing it away like usual, I put this handful of lint into a ziplock baggie, and threw it in my closet next to my gun cases.

Is this the first step to becoming crazily obsessive with being prepared for the breakdown of society?

Is my next step going to have a level I, II, and III bug out bags with ziplock baggies of lint in them along with a s-load of other stuff?

[SScott]

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[Jsapata]

Maybe it is the water in Elk Grove because I am now just starting to stock my pantry etc. I agree with it being better to have and not need. My wife and I discussed and concluded that we could be better prepared for something like extended loss of power or job loss now that we are only a single income family.

I have found telling most co-workers anything about this plan results in them poking fun at me. The exception is my boss. He has an "emergency bag" in his vehicle at all times with the basics and keeps his home stocked with food and water.

[sfonelson]

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.

Maybe it is the water in Elk Grove because I am now just starting to stock my pantry etc. I agree with it being better to have and not need. My wife and I discussed and concluded that we could be better prepared for something like extended loss of power or job loss now that we are only a single income family.

I have found telling most co-workers anything about this plan results in them poking fun at me. The exception is my boss. He has an "emergency bag" in his vehicle at all times with the basics and keeps his home stocked with food and water.

[MissionMTMan]

If that's all you have, I must be certified insane and need to be put in a mental asylum. Good start though and keep it up. Treat it like an investment. Slowly add to it each month and you will be surprised with what you end up with...

[Dubious_Beans]

Instead of throwing it away like usual, I put this handful of lint into a ziplock baggie, and threw it in my closet next to my gun cases.

Is this the first step to becoming crazily obsessive with being prepared for the breakdown of society?

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...

[Mr Wizard]

Uh, Oh...lint.
Yes, you're a crazy, certifiable, looney tune, tin foil hat wearing nutcase.
Welcome to my world!

[maddoggie13]

If you are crazy, most of us are nuts....

[DemocracyEnaction]

Read PATRIOT By James Rawles And no your not crazy some of us can think beyond the next text msg from our droid.

[sfonelson]

Hah! That's my point exactly. In reading other bug out bag posts, people save this stuff in order to use it to start fires easily. Not only that, some other people use it as a buffer for their ammo packs or whatever, so they they move they don't make noises...

EDIT: Plus is free. An in this hobby, not many things are free...

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...

[GrizzlyGuy]

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...

If he's crazy then I am too. I keep my ziploc bag of dryer lint in the cabinet above the dryer and add more to it whenever I do laundry. Click here and you'll see why we don't think we're crazy.

[HiPower823]

It starts fires very easily... You're not crazy, I've saved mine before a camping trip.

[Dark&Good]

First, the answer to your question: "Am I Crazy?" Yes. Or No. It doesn't matter, as long as you don't get fixated on something. As long as your "bug" doesn't get in your way. Can you live? Can you feel happy? Can you feel sad? If "yes" is your answer to these, you shouldn't ask that question any more.

Every sane guy will either already have a handful of lint, or he will try to get something like that, when he will need it...

[sfonelson]

I clicked on that, and clicked on the first link with the video on how to create the water proof fire starters in the egg crate. That's pretty cool!

If he's crazy then I am too. I keep my ziploc bag of dryer lint in the cabinet above the dryer and add more to it whenever I do laundry. Click here and you'll see why we don't think we're crazy.

[Boberama]

That's crazy. My great-grandma made small carpets out of the strings of cake boxes my great-grandpa brought home. He ate something from the bakery every single day.