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good afternoon everyone this is Tony from her Homestead skills
and today well I've got a few things I want to discuss showcase so many of us here
have been very busy probably over the last two years two and a half years canning dehydrating
preserving in any number of formats
all kinds of food that you may have grown in your garden that you have raised on your Farms
that you have purchased from stores and so now you have a nice little Nest Egg put away
we've all been very little very concerned about what the future
holds and that's why most of us have been doing this and some of us although
we've always preserved some foods a lot of us have ramped up
that process over the last few years some are just brand new at it and still just trying to learn
and realizing that there are a number of different methods of storing food long term
and you know we all utilize some more than others um are more comfortable with some
message more than others so anyway we do what we can we stash away what we can and now what
now for we think that we are prepared for what may come at least that is what we're
intending we're trying to make sure that we are prepared for an eventuality where there is
minimal amounts of food okay so here we are we've got our food stash
we're comfortable we know we're going to be okay for a little while maybe it's
six months maybe it's a year maybe it's 10 years maybe it's 20 years we all have our
goals and we've set our ideals of what we think we need or may not need then the issue always
becomes what happens when that day comes okay so we are all um hoping that they will never come
but what happens when it does come what happens when that day that you've been preparing for that
you've been stocking food up for happens and the mass of public begins to realize
that they are not prepared that they only have enough to last
them two three days a week or two at best what happens then
okay we've known that farmers have warned us for perhaps even a year now that there are issues
they've had to
Slaughter some of the animals that they probably would have kept for breeding for the next season
they've had issues where they've had to plow Fields under rather than grow crops on them
for various reasons there are a number of things that they've warned us about that
a lot of us have perhaps not listened to maybe some of us have but the majority of the population
go to the store and they see I mean I go to the stores and I see full shows I see nothing to worry
about the only thing that I see to worry about are higher prices and yes those higher prices are
difficult for a lot of people on fixed budgets to deal with many many people have cut back on
luxuries what they eat what they don't eat I've always cut back I've always been a
scrimper in the saver so it's nothing new to me doesn't really hurt me doesn't really affect me
cut back again I think I just had a very short lull there where if I spend a few extra
dollars it was no big deal but it pairs that those days are over now too and it's back to
scrimping and saving and that's okay I'm very much accustomed
to that lifestyle and it doesn't hurt me at all so but there are people that
didn't have those few extra dollars to begin with and I can say honestly but it's only been the last
few years where I've had that what I call that luxury myself so that is going by the wayside now
as well okay so I don't think too many of us have thought of what we would do when that day comes
when the Panic starts to set in
are you going to go out and
be in the crowd and see what happens or are you going to hunker down in your homes and
try to avoid it all I know the last time or should I say the first time that I noticed
panic in the stores and it was a few years ago oh during the toilet paper run
I did go out I was in the midst of it when it occurred and I was rather shocked by what I saw
people were panicking and that was
just a mild occurrence that actually went away pretty quickly but what what happens when it
becomes serious and it lasts longer than a week I mean that didn't really last all that
long people started to they panicked for a few days and then after that they were reassured
that everything would be okay and little by little everything was okay store shelves were restocked
they were depleted almost as quickly as they were restocked but they were restocked until it got
to the point where they stopped being depleted and people started being comfortable again that
store shelves were full and there was nothing wrong so what happens when
that occurs again and I don't think that next time it's just going to be
an issue of a toilet paper run I think this time they'll probably be looking for food
so what do we do you're gonna I don't think any of us have thought about what we would do
certainly I would
be thinking of my family first
making sure that they're okay and then making plans after that with my family
but other than that I don't think I even know what will happen I don't know what will happen
and don't know how long it will last don't know if I've prepped enough don't know if
how ugly things will get it wouldn't be the first time that Society has collapsed
and things got very ugly we don't expect it to have everything has been
quite well managed probably in North America for the longest time our generation has not seen any
real tragedies and I always said that to myself that my generation was actually lucky that in in
where I come from I have seen no tragedies no warm no excessive deaths no I mean this pan
this last two years have probably been the worst that this generation has seen in North America and
our children probably have been to a large degree Molly coddled spoiled
and nothing wrong with that I really think that you should spoil children
but at the same time they should also understand that they are spoiled and that
things may not always be so Rosy no I did speak to one of my children
and she said they're fine well I actually I speak to all of them but yeah they're all okay but one
of them said yeah if we're fine neither her or her mate came from Wells I mean just my daughter she
certainly didn't come from wealth and although they're probably doing quite well now she said
they're both capable of cutting back and they have no qualms about doing that so
that's fine if they have to cut back on the luxuries that they have enjoyed the
last little while they're quite willing to do so and it won't hurt them so okay that's
the right attitude but how ugly can it get how deep can it get we know that the
governments have been trying to get control of the population we know that they're trying to
do to us what the Chinese and the Iranians are doing to their population it hasn't
succeeded here but there certainly has been attempts to get that much control and the
population is starting to fight back um they won't be locked down they won't be made to
follow restrictive laws without there being consequences to those that um
try to push them in that direction without justification and we ask questions and we
want to know and we want the truth and we want answers not happy with yes our fearless leader
tells us to do this and we will obey we're not that kind of society sadly
some are whether it's out of fear or whatever the case is
I think in the U.S you're pretty lucky to have the second amendment
that tends to keep things at Bay that a kiss and a couple of interesting things
that are happening as a result of our truckers Convoy talking about
those that object to lockdowns and control measures that are excessive
the inquiry is still ongoing and Tamara litch who was one of the claimed organizers and one charged
with being an organizer and whatever charges were laid against her she is testifying today
at the same time in Alberta we have uh three individuals who were charged with the blockade
organizing the blockade that prevented goods and services from going across the border
and interesting enough supported the fact that hundreds and hundreds of truckers are
driving to that Courthouse to support those three now one of those three were
instrumental and were the ones that encouraged the blockade I don't know
I mean they know but they were the ones charged with that offense so and they were the ones that
will have to face the fines and they could face up to 10 years imprisonment so there is
a slew of truckers going out to support them and so they should they were all in it together
they should still stay in it together okay yes we've got enough things going on in our
own uh little corner of the woods here um also the proposed School workers strike is
happening apparently they have gone out even though their strike is considered
illegal and each one of those people could be faced with a four thousand dollar daily fine
and the union has stated that they will pick up that fine so
obviously somebody's got a lot of money anyway um I'm for the children I don't I think the children
have been put through enough the last two years fortunately only two of my grandchildren are
affected by this and sadly one of them does not do well unless they are in a classroom
environment and the other one is so she does okay the last ones are still too small so um yeah it's
I still do have grandchildren that are affected by this and as do most people but um anyway
lots happening um
people are protesting all throughout Ontario for the um School workers
people are supporting the truckers in Alberta anyway too much is going on yeah interesting
times and I know the U.S of course you've got your elections this week early next week good
luck to you all I hope I prepare for the worst and hope for the best this is Tony from her Homestead
skills hope you enjoyed this little update and we will catch you on the next one bye for now