True story - in the mid-1930's at the height of the depression my grandfather several times a day during the winter would send my 6-year-old father and his three sisters aged 9 to 13 down to the railroad crossing to throw rocks and snowballs at the steam locomotives as they passed by. The engine crews would retaliate and try to hit the kids by throwing lumps of coal at them. Once the locomotive had passed, the kids would gather up the lumps of coal that had been thrown at them and take it home to fuel the stove used to heat the house with.
@patsinnerdickey84404 жыл бұрын
Brilliant lol
@BluJns4 жыл бұрын
How very clever! and funny too!
@darrellmathis13 жыл бұрын
Now that is genius, lol!
@matt-hew693 жыл бұрын
Weaponized children have arrived. Lol
@sarw92943 жыл бұрын
That’s freaking smart❣️
@somuchinfo5 жыл бұрын
I have gone hungry and was homeless for a while when I was young. It is something I wish for no one and I have compassion for those that have or are going through that now. When you are hungry you learn to eat anything and appreciate it. I once found a bag of navy beans in an abandoned house. I had never cooked beans before. I fired up a sterno can and followed the directions on the bag. That was the greatest thing I had ever tasted in my life. My brother refused to go hungry, he turned to robbery and has spent 33 years behind bars for it. My wife cooks navy beans whenever I am depressed about things and we eat it together. My favorite food in the world! She saved my life by loving me and taking me in when she found me. People say the most important thing in the world is Family and they are right. I had no family when I was young but I do now thanks to my wife. Her and my children are the only thing that matters.
@NoMore-gc3gi5 жыл бұрын
God had compassion on you
@somuchinfo5 жыл бұрын
@@NoMore-gc3gi I agree
@dirtysanchez9414 жыл бұрын
Omgosh, I love you.. 💕
@juliebalderas17384 жыл бұрын
💕
@GregRickard4 жыл бұрын
It helps you appreciate what you have now though.
@sirsmilealot54582 жыл бұрын
Was born dirt poor in eastern Kentucky in 1950. My dad had severe mental problems and was sent to a hospital where he would be for years. Mom tried to feed us kids which numbered 9. I trapped rabbits at 7, worked any job I could get and bought food. Stole coal off a train car from time to time to heat in winter (not proud of that). Government commodities helped feed us but didn't do it all. A local church delivered a box of food one cold snowy night which I will never forget since we hadn't eaten in about 3 days. I am now middle class living in a nice home. I haven't forgotten my young life and I am a dedicated prepper with a freezer and two refrigerators full. I will not see anyone go hungry.
@johngreen1776 Жыл бұрын
I also have been homeless and hungry. It is amazing what you would eat after not having anything for one week. It was in the 70s, I had just graduated from college on the honor roll. I could not find a job and nobody would help me financially. It was a hard lesson, but I learned more being homeless than in college. This can happen to anybody. Your “luck” can change at anytime and everything go wrong. I don’t judge homeless people, it could be me or you next time. Help the homeless if you can!
@scotmandel6699 Жыл бұрын
sometimes its hard to know who actually needs help or are just scamming the system.
@WHSmith-zk2ox Жыл бұрын
I hate to break it to you Toto, but this ain't the 70's anymore... The signs at the zoo specifically tell you not to feed the animals.... And you have a college education?
@jeev4divine Жыл бұрын
Panhandlers are everywhere. I've lived out of car, 6mo, did not beg to anyone. Frugal is an important word. Those less fortunate than me, no car, no SOcial Security, can go to the many agencies, churches, even some stores will offer food, soupkitchens feed people everyday. Nice home now and when I'm out homeless beg with scams. I do not donate to them. Donate to those agencies that provide for legitimate homeless folks. Be careful around desperate scammers!!
@bluebell1924 Жыл бұрын
@@jeev4divine That's a good idea to donate to the agencies. Sometimes I feel a bit helpless with all the begging.
@flouisbailey11 ай бұрын
Red Cross and Oprah charities have boards who make over million a year. Give to those who help. If a local church has food bank that’s where it will do the most good.
@robertwatts54095 жыл бұрын
Two things to remember 1 You can't eat money 2 Government can't print food.
@kathyyoung17745 жыл бұрын
Robert Watts Beautifully put!
@princesshongdoe5 жыл бұрын
Thanks.
@theshowman10005 жыл бұрын
But you can sure grow it seeds will be a thing
@karimtabrizi3765 жыл бұрын
Exactly put
@xvanegas895 жыл бұрын
Can you imagine if the government printed seeds into money so you can grow food?
@TheSunGoethDown4 жыл бұрын
My Grandmom was a black woman during the depression. She could cook from raw goods, raised pigs and chickens, butcher fish and animals, make quilts & clothing. She had a massive garden and did canning. She networked with other women of all colors to trade eggs and other produce. She made & sold ice cream too. My grandpa worked hard but my Grandmom was a beast at survival. #Mary Frances of southern Virginia
@dominiquefelder18094 жыл бұрын
I KNOW THAT'S RIGHT!!!
@dakotaplainsmb77584 жыл бұрын
Kimberley B - your grandmom was a gem. Learn from her
@pinkrose57964 жыл бұрын
Kimberley B She sounds like the kind of woman I'd love to know. My dad grew up during the depression and had to drop out in the 8 th grade to help his family(11 kids). She had willpower, intelligence, knowledge, courage and a strong will to survive. She is definitely an inspiration to anyone who says you can't do something.
@nkiru614 жыл бұрын
Black people are usually pretty good at surviving under harsh condition. It may actually come in handy.
@patriciafisher11704 жыл бұрын
You were so lucky to have a grandmother such as yours Mine died young and my mother grew up in an orphanage but in the 70 s my husband and myself took ourselves to the country and raised 5 children growing a lot of our own food. I think we are facing the same thing now
@namehere49542 жыл бұрын
My great grandfather would order hot water at a diner and put some ketchup in it to make tomato soup & dumpster dived. He became an orphan (8yo) while migrating from Lebanon, so survived with kindness of people of NY, in 1899. Lived until 99yo and was a successful restaurateur.
@adrialee81492 жыл бұрын
Wow what a story its incredible what people can persevere through
@judeinLA.2 жыл бұрын
A biography of your great grandfather would be so choice.
@rollzolo2 жыл бұрын
Nowadays people slightly depressed and ends with suicide
@joanbelmont54502 жыл бұрын
🙏🏻
@ryancarter55032 жыл бұрын
I've heard of folks having to do that, they'd order a cup of tea save the tea bag and use the hot water with crackers/ketchup for a cup of soup, I can't imagine that being very filling but that's pretty resourceful
@dawncrawford7183 Жыл бұрын
My grandma lived through the Great Depression and it wasn’t until I was older I understood why Grandma never threw out left overs it was because she knew what it was like to be hungry. She was an amazing woman grew up in a two bedroom farm home with 11 siblings. I asked her one day how did they all stay in such a little home. Her answer was well precious you see the smaller the house the closer the family. And they were! I would look for something to eat in her cabinets and didn’t see anything but oh no grandma would throw me a simple delicious meal. We don’t have to have it as hard as they did back in The Great Depression. Prep, Prep,and Prep!
@slickdoglong3669 Жыл бұрын
Got a nice little farm here in Ohio a few cows be safe baby doll
@doloresdonahue4349 Жыл бұрын
Any eastern North Carolinians here?
@saundrajohnson15718 ай бұрын
@@doloresdonahue4349 Yes! Haven’t lived there in decades, but always proud of my Southern heritage.
@JaneJones-uh5leАй бұрын
My grandfather used to yell at me for only putting half a can of water in the Campbells soup, instead of a whole can.
@RedAppleBarn3 жыл бұрын
My dad almost starved to death during the depression and had seizures because of malnutrition. They were a family of nine in the 1930's. He told about if they had food in the winter it was sweet potatoes, white potatoes, onions and cow milk. Cornbread was a treat. At 87 and hardly can walk, he still gardens.
@sargee972 жыл бұрын
A truly amazing man by the sound of things xx
@Olenoides12 жыл бұрын
My great grandfather died from pellagra in SW Virginia during the 1930s.
@EmilyGloeggler79842 жыл бұрын
There are people his age who stopped gardening. It is not for everyone. God is in charge. Seek Him.
@DoubleplusUngoodthinkful2 жыл бұрын
@@EmilyGloeggler7984 God wants people to garden. Being able to grow our own food is one of His greatest gifts to us. Seeking God is great, but it's well known that He helps those who help themselves.
My grandparents lived in the city in New Jersey , she always kept a pot of soup on the stove she boiled chicken or beef bones added what every she could find including young dandelion greens to the mix and made her own bread . Men flooded to the city trying to find work , there wasn't any . They would go banging on doors begging for food to eat . Grandma "NEVER" turned them away ! A bowl if her soup with a hunk of bread , she gave them to eat on her back porch . She said some of the men cried when she gave them this meal ! ! . . . 💖
@joshuas.6862 жыл бұрын
I've been going through some rough times but this comment has really lifted my mood. Your grandma was an angel, it just goes to show what a little humanity can do in the worst of times
@sharonjacobs53512 жыл бұрын
@@joshuas.686 Joshua , I'm so sorry to hear that life is treating you roughly . You did a great job on the video . It's a true reminder how tough we can be when things seem impossible ! I'v prayed for you and want to encourage you . We're faced with such difficult times in our lives , what makes an individual a stand out like those people who lived and survived the Great Depression" , was their ability to carry on sometimes just moment by moment . You can do this . You can be an inspiration to others who are hanging on by a thread , during these dark days ! . . 🌻
@dilletanteproprietor2 жыл бұрын
People ask me what Id do if I dont own a gun to defend my food? ID SHARE IT!
@sharonjacobs5351 Жыл бұрын
@Nature Of The Beast Just an FYI ? Even the bones from a chicken , beef or hame can be slow cooked over low heat and make a delicious broth . You'd be surprised what you can eat if your hungry enough . . 🍵
@pegatheetoo1437 Жыл бұрын
I pray that people will be this kind when the SHTF. I'm afraid that too many have become so obsessed with prepping and having enough for themselves, that they have no compassion or empathy for others and would rather shoot than share! 😢 🙏🏻❤
@dr.froghopper6711 Жыл бұрын
My dad was born the year it started. My mom born two years later. Their childhood WAS the Great Depression and it formed their psyches. I was born in 1956 and I was raised in the Great Depression because my parents carry it to this day. My dad passed 2 years ago but my mom still talks about it.
@pegatheetoo1437 Жыл бұрын
Exactly! I was born in '48. My parents went through the depression and carried some of it with them, and some trickled down to me and on to my daughters. You don't forget lessons learned. You store up food when you can, you never throw anything away if it still has some value, and you help others whenever you can!!
@yvdmerwe68762 жыл бұрын
Who else is here because we're about to enter the great depression... again...
@ratare40show2 жыл бұрын
Me
@m4nny_1432 жыл бұрын
We’re already in it …
@yvdmerwe68762 жыл бұрын
@@m4nny_143 yeh well I said it a month ago. Every day takes us further away into the depths of utter dispair and mark my words, world hunger. The hunger games hay?
@m4nny_1432 жыл бұрын
@@yvdmerwe6876 scary stuff…
@TheSnakeskill00122 жыл бұрын
That's sure what it feels like. Two incomes a renter and still barely get by. Things will get easier if I stick with my career. But looking for tips to make these hard times easier
@muwgrad19874 жыл бұрын
Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without -- an old saying from the Great Depression.
@GEAUXFRUGAL3 жыл бұрын
This is how it is where I am now. You starve here it's because you are way too picky. Food is everywhere here.
@melissajennings89993 жыл бұрын
@@GEAUXFRUGAL same where I'm at...
@GEAUXFRUGAL3 жыл бұрын
@@melissajennings8999 70380?
@edwardmclaughlin79353 жыл бұрын
Annie Oeth "...ain't nothin left in this old world I care about......one, two, three shake your body down....."
@chuckc78153 жыл бұрын
@@GEAUXFRUGAL oh, are you a cannibal based in Beijing?? 🤣🤣
@TheFlutterrbye4 жыл бұрын
My mom tried to teach me so much about reusing things. Nothing went to waste. She would remove buttons and zippers from worn clothing. The clothing was used to patch, extend, expand, remake other clothing especially for the growing children. If it couldn't be used for anything else, it was used to make a quilt. A roll of paper towels was a luxury for her and would last about a year. So many times I didn't understand her. She passed about two years ago from pancreatic cancer. I miss her so much. But now I go through my sewing supplies, finding the elastic from undies, they are perfect for the masks we now are required to have. The buttons, zippers and so much more is now being used. I hear her sweet voice inside of my head telling me, I told you you'd need that one day. All stay safe.
@dawnjackson62994 жыл бұрын
I know how to sew but the material cost more than buying the whole item at Walmart these days thrift stores have gotten way more expensive since the upper-middle-class found out about them and the material used for today's clothing and blankets doesn't last sometimes not even through the first wash things will wear out faster than they did back then
@Lili-xq9sn4 жыл бұрын
I completely relate to your mom. I live like I'm in 1932.
@TheFlutterrbye4 жыл бұрын
@@australianwoman9696 Thankyou so much for the thoughts. She taught me so much. One thing that she made, that I get compliments and questioned about often. I had some nice towels that had worn out on the ends. She trimmed the worn part, used the elastic from my husband's worn out fruit of the looms, folded the towel and sewed the ends to be able to pull the elastic through and secure together making arm covers for my couch and chairs. The arms of the furniture stayed clean and the covers are easy to wash. 😊🌹🦋🌹
@Lili-xq9sn4 жыл бұрын
@Anthony 223 Throughout the 10-year Depression people needed all the necessities: shelter, clothes, shoes, etc. They had to scrimp and scratch out everything possible to survive. They learned to make do, but frequently had to do without. After things changed because of the New Deal, that generation continued to not waste anything. Our parents and grandparents passed those values onto the next generations.
@TheFlutterrbye4 жыл бұрын
@Anthony 223 Take a lesson from those who survived it and living now and sharing to the wise that will listen. There are non so blind, than those who refuse to see. I'm living with the same conditions, I would fix it if I could. I can't, but I need to figure out how to survive it. I do hope that you figure something out. I pray, that helps me.
@abetterwayblueprint2252 жыл бұрын
Community, hunting, foraging, blacksmithing, milling, weaving, sewing, mending, gardening, etc etc- all things the current society doesn't value, those are the things that really matter when society collapses. Thank you for posting this video! Al's my grandfather was a doctor during the depression- he and my grandmother saw it coming and prepared and stocked up what they believed they'd need. That taught me a lot about paying attention to the signs of the times.
@LDXReal Жыл бұрын
I value these things because they're a great way to live a more sustainable life. The more things you can learn to do for yourself the less you have to rely on systems that could fail at any moment, and the more you appreciate everything you have and all the possibilities there are. I'm grateful I learned to sew as a kid and I'm hoping to start an outside garden when I have more money. Until then, I'm researching how to forage and purify water, as well as first aid and upcycling things I have. As many ways as I can to live off the land and use what I have to the fullest extent. It's tough that current society doesn't prioritize these skills, but as people see how they aren't being treated right by the government, they workplace, the banks, etc, they are slowly shifting to relying on themselves, and taking power back into their own hands.
@ajourney502 жыл бұрын
Many years ago I had to move back in with my Mother and disabled brother, because I couldn't find a job in the town where I lived. Times pass, and I still live with them, because it's cheaper for all of us, and being older, we keep an eye on each other. It used to depress me, but I now realise it's for the best.
@lifeunedited67924 жыл бұрын
It's honestly weird that I came across this today. Just earlier today, and I'm being dead serious, I told my husband that I've been thinking a lot lately about something my grandfather used to say to us. He told us all as we were older and having our kids that if there was just one thing in life that he could teach us it's that history repeats itself. Then he'd say, you have a family and if you dont have a stock pile of non-perishables, such as canned foods and seeds to plant then you're doing it all wrong and you better pray you never have to regret it. So I said this to my husband today and told him for some reason it's been weighing on my mind, I can here my grandfathers voice saying to me, you're doing it all wrong and history repeats itself. Then tonight this video pops up. Coincidence?? Idk but it makes me feel like it might be time to reevaluate the way we grocery shop.
@intrinsiccinema73743 жыл бұрын
stock foods and home supplies and barter items
@purdyquibb3 жыл бұрын
Just curious on how far you've come in the 5 months. Hopefully your in a much better place now. Prep on!
@paulrichards23653 жыл бұрын
Get your money out of the bank and divest it, such as Silver & Gold, property etc
@rohawaha3 жыл бұрын
It's called " being moved by the Holly Spirit " don't ignore it , It's been going on for some time with the men and women in my church. Some are well to do , others not . I am a known Marksmanship instructor even the Pastor bought a handgun and showed up at my range. He had never owned a firearm before.
@Ma-dv9fx3 жыл бұрын
New great depresion already started.
@cockatooinsunglasses74923 жыл бұрын
When you rinse rice ~use the starchy water on the plants in the garden especially on trees-it’ll produce more and makes a healthier plant when used adequately.
@petersack50742 жыл бұрын
yes.....plant the 3 sisters: For many Native American communities, three seeds - corn, beans, and squash represent the most important crops. When planted together, the Three Sisters, work together to help one another thrive and survive. Utilizing the corn, beans, and squash together in your garden draws upon centuries of Native American agricultural traditions and expertise.
@mello43922 жыл бұрын
OH MY GOD THATS WHAT I DO too, it saves so much water
@mariekatherine52382 жыл бұрын
I use the rice water for more cooking or as a thickener. It’s also great for people suffering diarrhea.
@kevindumphy56142 жыл бұрын
Thank you i will remember that
@katelane36052 жыл бұрын
God bless.
@robertshorthill6836 Жыл бұрын
I am now 76. Before I was even born, my grandma would have my dad, who was a kid help her find and pick wild fruit, enough to make five pies. She would spend much of the days, as amount of flour and fruit would allow baking pies. She was related to a couple store keeper brothers who would sell these pies for 5 cents each, asking nothing in pay. My dad told me me grandma did this for several years. Impossible to imagine in this day and age.
@fsm123852 ай бұрын
My parents as kids lived thru the depression and correct they lived like it never changed .
@elizabethellis4214 жыл бұрын
I am glad that I have a farm. I am blessed that my parents taught me how to farm. How to can, garden, raise pigs, rabbits, cows, how to sew, trim hooves, help with birthing, and how to put my faith in God. I lost my mom, a year ago, August. She taught me a lot and I miss her. I still have my little 83 year old daddy. I am always learning new things.
@johnjacobjingleheimerschmi20704 жыл бұрын
Amen
@robertbone30644 жыл бұрын
May God Bless you Ms Ellis and your father.
@finolaomurchu88454 жыл бұрын
Bless you Elizabeth and your daddy greetings from Dublin Ireland ☘
@01283304 жыл бұрын
Wow God bless you... Very interesting I've always wanted to live the farm life it's just my daughter grandson and I in this world it's very hard but I always pray. Take care.
@erex98754 жыл бұрын
I very much want to live on a farm In the middle of nowhere because I know for a fact that stuff is coming in the next 10 years that will be hard if I’m not off the grid
@steves51134 жыл бұрын
'The more you know, the less you need" ~Aboriginal Proverb.
@AZ-kr6ff4 жыл бұрын
@@wegapaul3616 The wet sweatin' people?
@BarryMaskell4 жыл бұрын
“Only invest in a stock market that has a fence” - Aboriginal Proverb
@mariusciobanu20254 жыл бұрын
If that's true then by their own admission they didn't know much.
@zb72934 жыл бұрын
Nope...
@havesomedeathsticks4 жыл бұрын
From the group of people that never established the link between the act of sex and pregnancy... and couldn't invent anything beyond sticks.
@lckgilmo432 жыл бұрын
Scary thing is that both of my paw-paws said that a great depression will happen again and it'll be worse. Knowing how to survive off the land is key to survival. Hunting, fishing, raising your own livestock and gardening.
@bhageerah33702 жыл бұрын
All I’m going to say is that I’ve taken the lessons my grandparents learned and passed on to my parents to heart and using them for now. Folks may think I’m crazy but I see where we are heading. I’ve got cash set aside in my possession, seeds and everything to garden set aside and I’m just waiting. I see the cycle returning with the hyperinflation, devaluing of the dollar, and all the food processing plants mysteriously burning down.
@sqirleymeadows90254 жыл бұрын
Nothing will change until we can raise a generation that is happy with what they have ...
@sqirleymeadows90254 жыл бұрын
@TreesPottingchic These Leaders are CRAZY wise words if everyone thought like that there would be plenty left for those less fortunate x
@aryastark31484 жыл бұрын
We can start by not being a bunch of entitled overconsuming, overprocreating boomers who burn the world down. :)
@sqirleymeadows90254 жыл бұрын
@@aryastark3148 I agree we know the price of everything and the value of nothing
@tomd14344 жыл бұрын
Greed for more unfortunately is always going to be around
@garyo85464 жыл бұрын
because of Hollywood and the media (now internet and phone) that will never happen
@mammadeuces62423 жыл бұрын
My grandfather lived through the depression and World War II and he had 6 children and he had a grocery store in the basement and enough toilet paper for decades. I’m a prepper like both my grandparents and my family made fun of me until coronavirus came along. Recently I had a financial loss and thank god I have everything I need stored away 🙏
@Vixxiegurl2 жыл бұрын
I'm the same way but do not know if any of my family had hardships like that (I am from another country and my grandmother was privileged, as a young person she never went hungry). They used to make fun of me but I am the resource for information on anything now. I am also a registered nurse.
@lucasgaeta34032 жыл бұрын
grasshopper...and the ant. Be the grasshopper girl!
@marcushoward65602 жыл бұрын
@@lucasgaeta3403 You do realize the grasshopper was the lazy, evil villain, right?
@cindersmolloy65842 жыл бұрын
Good for you. Do not listen to the naysayers. Better to be safe than sorry
it's August 2022 now. This video is even more important than when it was posted
@jamesharrison9856 Жыл бұрын
Another characteristic of the Depression Generation which we have lost is a sense of reality and that reality guiding our decisions and actions. I’ve noted in Social media and other areas during COVID or natural disasters the inability of folks to face the fact that rather than whining about when will the electricity come back or when will we get more toilet paper, we should be facing the real possibility that we may never see these things again. As we said in the Army,” Hope is not a method of ensuring success”.
@shotgunblast284 жыл бұрын
It’s almost like you had a feeling we’d be in this situation again. My son is 26. He’s an old soul. He’s been hunting and prepping for awhile. He kept telling me for the last couple years of years that something was going to happen. He was right. He’s smarter than I am ! I’m so proud of him!
@shotgunblast284 жыл бұрын
J0e Biden thankyou.
@shotgunblast284 жыл бұрын
J0e Biden I figured that 😂
@octaviusgalacticus22534 жыл бұрын
Most of my family aren't preppers just my mom and I I'm 12 now and I wish to be a prepper when im older
@shotgunblast284 жыл бұрын
Luke Boswell good thinking sweety!!
@khappy12864 жыл бұрын
Good for you:) History repeats itself. So many I know have known this would come for 2 decades. Probably because we read the Bible ( Revelations). Things will get worse. Good you have your son:) Do you know Christ? Eternity is coming. Jn 3:16 God bless you:)
@jamesjeanalexander47163 жыл бұрын
I just turn 90 this Dec. 13th! And I've lived in this time! I still live with, raising my own food hunt and fish! Chop wood for heat and I still don't have electricity! Raised 12 children, with just what we could do! I'm not rich with Money but with love No matter who you were Evey one came together for each other! My mommy made her kids go out to the filled and gather rocks ,she put it in a pot of hot water! She called it love soap! Iowa's rased on the reservation for people everywhere was hurting and it was bad on the reservations!
@christinebastien29473 жыл бұрын
I wish i would know you I live on a reservation in french part of Canada I am lucky i have some money but i do not know how to work with my hands I went hunting for the first time with my brother last fall I will try to grow a small garden next spring I guess i should buy some tools to be able to chop wood for next winter I miss my ancesters Take good care of you
@gracie33633 жыл бұрын
We have the same birthday 🥳
@boomerangsruckflug85132 жыл бұрын
Amazing! You can be proud of you for sure. Greetings from Berlin Germany 💗🫂💗
@katelane36052 жыл бұрын
God bless you. I'm only 75:-) and have never been so lost or afraid for the future. Heat and water my most concerns...
@patschneider56712 жыл бұрын
@Kate Lane: I am 72. I started to food stockpile in 2018. 2020 Covid hit and I really got serious about having food and water at home. I have toilet paper and helped neighbors who couldn’t find it in my area of Colorado. Now we ‘share and network’ as neighbors on our street. We each have certain skill sets. This works for us. I start to make soups in Late August and freeze them. Then I share homemade soup, chili, cornbread, other breads monthly plus casseroles with 4 other elderly neighbors on my street. We pool our resources. We all are in Social Security and limited incomes. Don’t be isolated. Please. We have no family here. So our neighbors are now the family. Our church family also helps. It’s my husband, me, the big dog. I’ve learned not to cut ourselves off. We all need help. We all need interaction with others to get more ideas on how to survive the current 2021 situation. We will make it! Buy more blankets. Buy more water bottles. Do what you can now. This is the 2 things that concern you. Shop at Dollar stores and discount stores. You will find canned goods there. But mostly, don’t be isolated. There is help available! Take care! Pat in Colorado
@jimbox1142 жыл бұрын
My grandfather told me the same story about not understanding it was a depression because they were poor. Said they bought coffee and sugar from the store and that was about it. They lived in a shack with a lot of shared family land way out Wayne, WV. I learned a lot from that man about hunting and gardening.
@gracewaddell67402 ай бұрын
I remember my grandparents’ endless stories about the depression. Thankfully my grandfather had great skills and they made a living with bartering building for food. Awesome lessons from them.
@paintballgod335 жыл бұрын
People were also far more tough back then. Nowadays, people have temper tantrums if they don't have Wi-Fi.
@thepoastman2095 жыл бұрын
But Wi-Fi is life!!!!!
@spacelinx5 жыл бұрын
GazB85: Yes, and no. The OP is right. Most people nowadays can’t handle being without WiFi. I grew up watching the computer and Internet evolution take place so I can be fine without it. My kids on the other hand go crazy if they don’t have wifi and a screen to watch. They won’t read books or just “be bored.” My wife got them addicted to it all much to my frustrations.
@gigiis5265 жыл бұрын
@GazB85 We have far more technology now than back then. Yes, times has changed alot. Humans have changed. 2Tim 3
@Gerod2535 жыл бұрын
This is very true. The other side of that, however, is how much of our lives seem to now require the internet to function. Just walk into a retail store when their network is down and you’ll watch the entire store virtually grind to a halt.
@salyerbrandon5 жыл бұрын
The irony.
@lindajohnson78382 жыл бұрын
I’m 73 my parents grew up in the depression. We grew up poor in a major city. As society has moved ever closer to collapse I have been stocking up. Bartering, sewing, gardening, canning, making do thankfully are skills My generation have. I pity anyone under 50 today. Many wouldn’t know how to survive. Seem like the younger generations can’t wait for us older folks to pass away, they need to remember when we pass that knowledge goes with us. Trying to share survivor skills with whomever will . Unfortunately, many are so screen addicted they either do not have the time or desire to get their hands on learning. I applaud everyone who has or is willing to put in the time to learn. Many like myself are more than willing to share our knowledge and experience. Just last week my 12 year old granddaughter visited for a week. She wanted make a dress for a niece. We had to start with learning to thread a hand sewing needle. Needless to say she had absolutely no experience with fabric, notions, patterns…..didn’t know what a thimble or pinking shears were. Sadly over the course of a week, even though she wanted to sew, her main focus was her phone and/or I-pad…….when she wasn’t on-line she was totally lost. It was VERY frustrating to dedicate time and patience in trying to share when the student(my granddaughter was mentally checked out and couldn’t wait to escape back to technology. She was so eager to show me how fluent the web is about sewing skills and what goggle says about sewing but was almost unwilling to pick up the scissors. It is the disconnect between knowledge and hands-on skills that is the real issue. I congratulate everyone out there in you-tube land that has taken the time and effort to embrace both hands-on experience and media learning. You will be the survivors going forward. Still I am Praying for the future of America.
@pastorshawnbitner73162 жыл бұрын
You need to find someone to pass your knowledge on to. It may save many lives.
@amouramarie2 жыл бұрын
@chubbynugget That came to mind when he was talking about people having lost the ability for sewing and mending their own clothes, etc. Huh? Nah, you're just not paying attention to the teenagers. If you browse DIYs on KZfaq or whatever social media thing, it's full of high-school age girls with sewing machines, altering and customizing garments they pick up at thrift stores. I don't think it's ever been trendier to know how to sew since it was necessary to make all your clothes yourself lol.
@tingtingboll2 жыл бұрын
Don't pity, my 15 year old has been sewing for 4 years now. She cooks dinner at least 3 times a week as she has kept 150 years worth of family recipes. She can hunt, fish, shoot, has a black belt in taekwondo, and is one hell of an Archer. This kid even knows how to change the oil in her truck, change a tire, the car battery, etc from watching and learning from her grandfather. She has her own bank account and refuses to rely on her debit card. Her box garden flopped this year but that hasn't stopped her from building an additional box and taking a gardening class from our local plant shop so she can go for it again next summer and start her canning project. My gen Z (Zoomer as I call her lol) is a force to be reckoned with and smart. Don't discount their knowledge and skill, they just might surprise you :)
@bighands692 жыл бұрын
Also stock up on cheap vitamin d and vitamin c supplements.
@reswobiandreaming36442 жыл бұрын
People south of 50 often don't have opportunity to be self-sufficient because the government has taken all the resources to achieve this away from us. Then they tell the people older then 50 that we are a useless, hopeless good for nothing lot, basically kids having kids expecting them to provide for them. This is how the powers that be keep us all isolated so they can divide and conquer.
@DeborahNigheanMckinnon4 ай бұрын
We need to get back to the old ways. They shared with neighbors and saved everything...I thank God for the lessons
@three22672 ай бұрын
Both my Grandmothers were widowed with children during The Great Depression, The Dust Bowl then WWII. They were kids themselves during WWI not long before. They ended up much better-off financially later on in life, and had successful adult children, but that whole experience left life long eccentic habbits & behaviors. They reused baggies, foil, kept expired food, wore clothes or used sheets until they were threadbare. These habbits lasted the rest of their lives even though they had money at that time.
@barrythacker72815 жыл бұрын
During good times you only have to be good at one thing, after a depression you have to be good at every thing.
@elliesquires27535 жыл бұрын
Barry Thacker very well sai
@waldo00595 жыл бұрын
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@arlynbaggot61875 жыл бұрын
This is going in my memorable quotes file. Thank you!
@cynthiaburrus39015 жыл бұрын
Very Well Said.
@JohnDoe-xp6dr4 жыл бұрын
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. -Robert A. Heinlein
@kylekayser22912 жыл бұрын
My grandpa used to tell me about when he was 12 years old and left home on a boxcar to find work during great depression. His mother was a widow of 8 children during the great depression he lived til 78 and was a humble man that loved the Lord.
@countryfriedent2 жыл бұрын
Too bad the "lord" isnt humble
@kylekayser22912 жыл бұрын
@@countryfriedent How was the Lord not humble brother? He left heaven and the entire universe and became a man to suffer death on a cross for you and me. He could have spoke a word and sent legions of angels to slay his accusers but humbled himself.
@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr28232 жыл бұрын
I'm in a boxcar hotel right now, lol
@quantumtechcrypto70802 жыл бұрын
Nature is true equality and still not enough for the entitled leftists.
@chrissmith73642 жыл бұрын
@@countryfriedent my friend, he is the greatest example of "humble". ❤️
@lindastone32782 жыл бұрын
My Dad was a young Chemical Engineer & had good job & my Mom was a school teacher before she married. After she married she was not able to be teacher because those jobs were held for single woman. Even though they were able to make it pretty well they were really affected by the depression. They rarely threw anything away. When they died I had a terrible time cleaning out their house
@NextStop20302 жыл бұрын
Well they are 3D printing meat and growing meat. Neither sounds good and will mostly help kill us faster.
@TriciaRP Жыл бұрын
It is all about Jesus and THE WORLD HE MADE. JESUS IS COMING BACK SIN IS HORRIBLE. THIS WPRLD IS BAD. going back to GOD
@granite6762 жыл бұрын
Old folk are true survivors they know the score and are rich with tips ideas and ways to thrive in a depression. I love listening to old folk with their tales of how they coped and managed to stay fed and healthy 👍😉
@donnalibby62462 жыл бұрын
My parents went through the depression. My father would never eat soup and said he’d had enough to last him a lifetime during the depression. Growing up I always had good home cooked meals made from scratch. My mother would make the best casseroles out of leftovers. No food was ever thrown away. They were very frugal. There was an old saying that one could “squeeze a nickel ‘til the Buffalo sh**” and it was true, they could. Every penny counted for something. My grandmother taught me to sew my own clothes, quilts, etc and I learned to cook from scratch which I still do today at 73. I can raise my own vegetables in my garden and know how to preserve/can them. So many of these ways are becoming a lost art and it’s sad to see it happening. Is the fast paced materialistic society we live in today really worth it? I’m beginning to think not.
@genkiferal71782 жыл бұрын
I've met 60 year old women in the store who didn't know how to work a pressure cooker or which flour already had baking powder in it. They were 30 years older, so I was sure they'd know, so i asked them. Part of the blame is their own parents not teaching them. Teach your kids everything you know. My own parents didn't and expected me to know without being told.
@cindersmolloy65842 жыл бұрын
An interesting read. My parents said they had had enough of rabbit to last a lifetime as during the Depression (in Sydney) when men, known as rabbitos, would walk through the streets carrying loads of dead rabbits to sell. Men would also walk thr streets selling fish they had caught. They would try and make money any way they could. They were cheap. They would never touch rabbit in later years. Like you, I can look after myself, and my mother who is 98 still NEVER throws any food away. You are so right. The old way of living is becoming a lost art.
I totally agree with you. My grandparents lived through the depression and had a corner grocery store and also had a farm they grew vegetables on for the store. They were not rich by any means and thankfully they did not want for anything. But they did not buy anything either. The good Lord was watching over them. But you are so very right about so much will be lost as older people pass on. It is so very sad. I am a grandmother 👵🏼 of 6 grandchildren. Thankfully my one child knows exactly what is going on in the world. They are in their 2nd year of becoming Homesteaders. They limit the children’s tv time and my older grandchildren love to read and read to their siblings. Their parents are selective on what they read. Except for the baby and the next youngest, everyone works in the garden, planting seeds and plants and pulling weeds. I feel Technology has ruined the younger generation the most. I have an I phone but have come to dislike it. I waste too much time on it. I remember making my children’s clothing when they were babies and up to maybe age 5. I sewed teddy bears and dolls when they were little. They loved their toys. I used to go to a farm to pick vegetables and strawberries, but I blanched and froze a lot and would make preserves. I used to make scrap quilts, but tied the blocked. Growing up, a girl I knew lived with her grandmother and she crocheted. I asked her grandmother to teach me and she did. My first project was a vest and than afghans. I can’t do anything fancy but I can make them. It really saddens me what is happening in the world and to our country. I hate to think about all the great knowledge our grandparents and even our parents had that will be lost forever.
@suem59872 жыл бұрын
I hate our world. We're think we're so advanced not knowing how stupid we are
@robinmurray52665 жыл бұрын
I've always followed my grandparents advice. DON'T TRUST BANKS!
@TheLouisianan5 жыл бұрын
Plus, whats an FDIC guarantee when the currency becomes face value
@GetMeThere15 жыл бұрын
Well...my grandparents and parents trusted banks because of FDIC. Unfortunately, part of my family lore became "don't trust the stock market." As a result, they could have turned hundreds of thousands into tens of millions -- but missed out.
@JohnDoe-jt9oq5 жыл бұрын
DON'T TRUST ANYONE OR ANYTHING EVER!!! EVERYTHING CAN GO BAD AT ANY MOMENT!!! STAY INDOORS AND SUCK YOUR THUMBS THE WORLD IS A SCARY PLACE!!! And then we die and none of it mattered anyway.
@carmenortiz52945 жыл бұрын
@@GetMeThere1 You are delusional. During the Great Depression previous rich people were committing suicide after losing it all and the banks would close with people's money one day and never open again, which meant people lost all their savings. Robin is right. I have saving in the bank for things like my property taxes, which I pay in February or March so it's not in the bank for long and the rest is in my house in a fireproof safe in a secret place, until things improve. FDIC can't cover more than a small fraction of money in banks, it is an illusion.
@GetMeThere15 жыл бұрын
@@carmenortiz5294 Thanks Carmen. I'm afraid you're a bit too stupid to even bother replying to, however. Have a nice day though!
@lameesahmad91662 жыл бұрын
My mother told me a story about how after WW2 her father had died and her mother had very little food for the family. One day her dog dropped a large piece of meat that he had stolen from the butcher on the doorstep. Although my grandmother was a proud and good woman she cried and thanked God for the meat and they ate it. After the war my father could not find a job and he wanted to marry my mother so he migrated to Zambia and got a job in the Railways. He went back home to Cape Town in South Africa and married my mother and took her back to Zambia. When it became dangerous in that country my father took his wife and kids to live in Zimbabwe. We were a poor family and my parents had 8 kids. But we were living in a country which did not have the huge amount of saleable products that we have today in south Africa. We had a fairly large house with big grounds and we planted a large amount of vegetables. When they ripened we froze some of them, made preserves and lots of beautiful tomato and Logan berry jam. We did not have toys and recieved none Christmas time so we made our own. I did home economics at school where I learned how to cook and make clothes and with my brothers made tree forts and kites. When I got married I had a son but unfortunately my husband died when my son had turned 10 and life got hard. Even though I had work it did not pay much. My son and I picked berries for his school lunch and we made do. But living in a poorer area there was a bad element. To keep my son away from this element I went to a secondhand store and bought old tools. I found bits of wood and building materials thrown away by people and I taught my son how to make furniture. We are better off now but we do have fruit and veg in the garden and my son has an impressive tool collection. We dont send our furniture to others to be restored we do it ourselves. Coming from humble conditions we are more prepared for bad times. I cannot take credit for this. The honour is the right of my parents. Even though we are comfortable financially I am very careful when buying groceries. I dont buy what we are not going to use. I am very careful to avoid the impulse buying traps shops work on. And I carefully keep money aside for special offers on non perishable products such as cleaning liquids and toiletries. When the specials are made available I stock up as much as possible for a decent amount of time. This means that I only have to go shopping for perishables which keeps the money from falling like sand through holes in the pocket. Although my lineage is purely European I am Muslim. The Muslim community is awesome. If you need help with anything they are more than welcome to help you. We also try our best to help the poor people in the community. In our community there is no such thing as starving or impoverished elderly people or children. Although we are not related we are a family. I have a saying which I consider important and keeps my hope up when things are crashing around me. "My great great grandparents did not have what we have today and they not only survived but did alright. If they could do it so can we. We just have to research and learn some of the skills that we have lost."
@kathryndalton9867 Жыл бұрын
Hope the dog got some of that meat too for looking after it's family
@MrSam2497 Жыл бұрын
Great to see KZfaq suggesting videos like this. Really hammers down the situation we are in now
@EuphoriaCyborg4 жыл бұрын
If you stay ready, you don't have to get ready.
@laragreene83284 жыл бұрын
Boy scouts..."Be Prepared" ;-)
@RAPSNINO4 жыл бұрын
Sounds good
@x2gaming1494 жыл бұрын
Something told me about this a long time ago.. i had bought 1 ww2 gas mask on random because it looked bad ass.. over time i lost it and moved, but i always moved light and still do to this day. i went and got another gas mask only to lose it again sadly, but NOW im going full out and keep it in a safe place for good if needed... funny the things life lets you see early on when you are young
@johndododoe14114 жыл бұрын
@@x2gaming149 Make sure the filter in that mask is good enough to stop SARS-nCov2 particles, and make sure you don't share them with loved ones when mask is off.
@joeygibbs47753 жыл бұрын
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.“Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost!
@bohemianscrapgirl3 жыл бұрын
My mother in law saved twist ties that come on loaves of bread. We found them in a metal band-aid tin. She never got over the depression mind set. I loved her so much.
@bookmagicroe95533 жыл бұрын
My aunt saved plastic bags, foil, wrapping paper, paper clips, all sorts of stuff. She never got over the Depression, and her attic was full of saved stuff. Us kids slept on her back porch on hot nights. She grew a garden.
@cleopatra6582 жыл бұрын
My grandma saved everything! When we visited she would check the trash to rescue things we threw away! When her home was cleaned out, their was a lot of crazy stuff she saved!
@extendedpinky2 жыл бұрын
My grandma saved bread bags they make great lunch bags
@nugsymalone12472 жыл бұрын
My mom developed that hoarder mindset from growing up with grandparents that lived through it. I understand your comment soo much its scary lol
@carenfarmer47942 жыл бұрын
I save them now!! I'm 56, the youngest of 8 kids. My Mom grew up during the GD. She taught us all a lot.
@franciscorodriguez2592 жыл бұрын
My dad borned in 1913 went thru tough times!! He would always have a lot of sacks of potatoes , beans and rice. Even in modern times he never changed.hard life marks you forever!!preparedness pays off !!!
@robertshorthill6836 Жыл бұрын
I learned manual skills at an early age and dropped out of college to attend a trade school. I made a small living as a carpenter, electrician and a bit of a plumber, which I hated, but, as a "handy man" was able to stay busy when nobody else could or would do the jobs. I'm still poor and sick and retired. I've done a mess of stuff in this life and will welcome my last day on earth.
@robertshorthill6836 Жыл бұрын
It is now August of 2023. My wife and I have lived in the same house since '90. We lost the house during W Bush, due to being layed off and underemployed for more than a year. As a wood worker and carpenter, we started our own craft business making wooden spoons and kitchen items for sale on internet and summer farmer market. Still behind at the bank, facing foreclosure, a fellow bought this place in 2002, let me build a garage/ shop and rent from him. We fell behind on rent off and on and he put me to work for him doing maintenence work on several of his rental properties. It was a struggle, we were getting older, he had to up our rent a bit about every 18 or 20 months. Now I have had to retire from working at age 76, and due to health reasons. Our rent is going up in Dec so our daughter, who has retired from a child care career, talked us into moving into her garage for a living room/ bedroom, helping her with mortgage, watching her grandkids ( our great grandkids) and being an extended family under one roof. In my opinion, this country has steadily gone done the sh***t hole in the last 30 odd years. We are in the process of selling everything we can, getting rid of junk from 30 years of occupancy of this place to move into a new house with 6 cats, 2 dogs and screaming spoiled preschool girls. When I was 40, if I were told I would be near homeless at the flip of a coin at 76, I would never have believed it.
@danielbarcenas76993 жыл бұрын
Don’t take anything for granted be prepared.
@alicemueller58363 жыл бұрын
Amen.
@thepintman61663 жыл бұрын
This guy is prob the only prepper ive heard of talking about helping other people and his neighbours...Usually other preppers talk about turning their best friends and some say even turning family away because they didnt prepare.....This chap is legit and you can tell hes a decent human!
@hyphen.252 жыл бұрын
Excactly, if you get your friends, neighbors, and family working together you can survive almost anything. Be like an ant colony🙌
@motonut0072 жыл бұрын
I am a Master Technician and I remember my first team leader telling me back in the depression he fixed his Model T. The engine needed a bearing for the crankshaft. He couldn't get it. He soaked a piece of a leather belt in oil and shaped and shaved it to the thickness needed and used it to get by. Those engine run low rpm so I could see it working for a while.
@travismills45382 жыл бұрын
Who else is on here because of the upcoming recession 2022/2023?
@sharonstrech14615 жыл бұрын
I can cook...sew...garden...fish...can....make candles...soap...im mid 40s country girl....and im appalled by how helpless people are today
@NotAFeminist9764 жыл бұрын
sharon strech My mom worked in a cotton mill when she was around 12
@pinkrose57964 жыл бұрын
sharon strech Some can't even sew a button on their clothes!!!
@roberthertz66344 жыл бұрын
We can tx. UBER or face book ourselves.
@roberthertz66344 жыл бұрын
@@NotAFeminist976 God BLESS grandma.😂
@scotty38864 жыл бұрын
im in my mid 40s...i know how to do all of that and canning,sew,and im a guy...it how you were raised i guesd
@jimmascaro24564 жыл бұрын
My mother was raised in the depression. The stories! The sense of helping others. I have to share 1 that stuck with me. My Granddad would order a cup of tea for lunch for a nickel. He'd save the bag & pour catsup in the hot water for tomato soup. That was his lunch. He & my Nanna raised 3 ladies. God bless them. He never once complained. He never EVER spoke poorly of another person & he never once declined when I asked him to take me fishing. He hitchhiked across the country playing fiddle for the silent movie houses & delighted all 21 of his grandchildren with true stories of those adventures. Ive reassessed what wealth really is.
@Sam-zu8pc4 жыл бұрын
Jim Mascaro a favourite saying of mine is “none so rich as the poor”!
@TheNotsoignorant4 жыл бұрын
Lovely! Your post made me happy even!
@Sam-zu8pc4 жыл бұрын
Greg Jacques Lucifer's Jizz Gargler - lol you’re obviously not old enough to understand what is character building and what is an entitled little bitch. Buckle your seatbelt tight, because you’re about to struggle with the new reality we are all about to encounter...
@keyavi9392504 жыл бұрын
It’s sad to know people aren’t like that anymod
@keyavi9392504 жыл бұрын
Greg Jacques Lucifer's Jizz Gargler wut?
@ratlips43632 жыл бұрын
My mom used to tell the story about living in a "commune" community during the Great Depression. They had a room where all the shoes were kept. If you found a job and needed shoes/boots, you went the room and checkout what you needed. At the end of your job, you brought the money to the accountant, and you returned the shoes, cleaned and polished to the storage room, ready for the next person. They bartered pretty much what they grew in excess from the different backyard gardens that everyone maintained. In the end, they made it through, no loss of property or people. Everyone stayed the course because everyone had each other's back. As for making through with friends and family, it is always good to put together a list of who is good at what (medical, hunter/butcher, communications (knowledge of radios, morse code, etc) , who has medical issues (sleep apnea, mobility, sight/hearing), who has phycological issues (fear of heights, fear of small places, fear of insects/snakes, etc.)
@kirbyroad72222 жыл бұрын
My grandparents were so poor that the depression didn't affect them. They were poor before and after the depression. They saved everything, every board, nail, even scraps of paper. My great grandfather made his own tools, built his own buildings and worked his farm taking care of his animals and gardens. They didn't know anything else.
@HedgehogZone2 жыл бұрын
You call someone who owns a farm poor?
@kirbyroad72222 жыл бұрын
@@HedgehogZone Land wasn't expensive in the 1800s. My great grandfather was an early photographer in turn of the century. He made a living but was far from rich. The subject was the depression Era during which they had nothing but the farm as he had passed away and it was his widow, my grandmother and her sister, and a mentally handicapped son to keep it going. They raised their own crops, canned their own food and sold some produce to have any money at all during the depression. I remember my grandmother's sister and her husband raising, and selling strawberries and potatoes in the 60s to have any money. So yeah they had about 20 acres but were very poor. In my state alot of that generation had small farms but were dirt poor.
@barsoom433 жыл бұрын
My dad was a kid during the Great Depression.. He told a joke that behind every set of rabbit tracks you would find 5 sets of human tracks..
@ladysmith77473 жыл бұрын
My parents grew up during the Depression. I learned so much from observing my grandmother. She had a third grade education then worked in the cotton mills. She went through the Spanish influenza, WWI, the Depression, WWII. She had twelve brothers and sisters and only six of the kids lived to adulthood. She was always cheerful. Her life was simple. She didn´t drive, she had a vegetable garden, she washed all the clothes by hand. She kept her life simple. She was always cheerful and joking around. She kept it simple. She did not allow her circumstances to define her. She enjoyed all of her little chores around the house. She was inclusive. You could stop by her house anytime and you were welcome and she would offer you a bowl of vegetable soup. This is the time when we can show up everyday with a smile on our faces, an offering of food and companionship. Let´s all show up for each other.
It would be great if people today would be like that they are too narcissistic only caring about the self. It’s going to be interesting to see how well many people act when they find out their smartphones can’t be charged by candlelight
Im going into my 50's I was raised with my grandparents, and I loved how I was raised - hearing this explains A LOT of why and how I was raised. We had those big gardens, grandma canned and we ate most our meals from what we grew. Our neighbor kept heards of beef cattle and we bartered and traded. Grandma taught me to bake and sew, she made most of my clothes when I was wee little. Thank you for sharing, this brought light to why maybe my grandparents were like they were. XOXO
@MissingLinkMTB2 жыл бұрын
Everything you watch is about going it alone. Everybody's tips are about going it alone. You're a breath of fresh air. Nice to see somebody talking about coming together as a community
@fernforwood39894 жыл бұрын
Me & my Old Lady are poor as hell, & we have friends in the same boat. We treat each other like family & we help each other out.
@waynedalton6984 жыл бұрын
Remember ..those who are used to going without ...will fare much better than the Entitled
@davidbrown83034 жыл бұрын
Because poor people know what it's like to do without.
@patriciafisher11704 жыл бұрын
When you have very little the love from family and friends means more. I have been prepping but not for myself I would do anything for my family and friends
@helloly4 жыл бұрын
They ARE family. Not like family. Family isn't just blood related. The worse people are your blood
@davidbrown83034 жыл бұрын
@@helloly my mom is my best friend.
@JayJay-sf2wn4 жыл бұрын
About 15 years ago when I was a new nurse I was taking care the sweetest little old lady. She was adorable! When dinner was delivered it came with a pretty napkin. She said it was too pretty to use and wanted to know if she could keep it. It was just a paper napkin. She was just adorable because she thought it was so important. It's weird how we've gone to holding to holding onto a paper napkin to tossing out $1000 phones because they are a year old. Just crazy.
@estherloske81803 жыл бұрын
Hhhhmmn ... thats where I got that ! My mom grew up in depression era .. decades later .. she never used anything nice or pretty , but saved it or stored it away .. I have to really push through this thinking ..to be able to not do the same ..
@nacoleb64652 жыл бұрын
I use my phone until it literally dies...I refuse to get a new phone just because its new. It's too dang expensive.
@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr28232 жыл бұрын
I never got rid of anything that didn't still work.
@katielou7002 жыл бұрын
I've looked for recipes of the depression to try to save money. Lol, that’s when I discovered I was raised on it! Pork, sweet taters and collard greens was one of the best, along with hot water cornbread!
@JasonMichaelKotarski2 жыл бұрын
My channel isn't about prepping but we do almost everything you mentioned! How-to's, gardening, tools, carpentry, etc..... Glad this came up in my stream. There is a plethora of knowledge and skills that are being lost on an annual basis.
@deadfox73555 жыл бұрын
Those who are watching this. Take note, get ready. A wise man stores food, a fool devours all
@Dr.Pepper0014 жыл бұрын
He who fails to prepare prepares to fail.
@saosaqii58074 жыл бұрын
Dead Fox most Americans do store food. In their gut ofc
@scotty38864 жыл бұрын
its taco Tuesday...and its cold outside....im eating
@kozmickarmakoala35264 жыл бұрын
I got a bottle of wine and some pills.Should the worst befall us , I am ready.
@waterheaterservices4 жыл бұрын
Amen. God's word.
@rudyp94465 жыл бұрын
Just look at what the Amish are doing. Lots to learn from them. They could not care less, if the system goes down.
@rudyp94465 жыл бұрын
Most of them own guns just like us.
@rudyp94465 жыл бұрын
I know. I don’t want to argue with you. I believe we’re like minded people. I live in Amish country and have met many through my line of work. I have been blown away by what I have seen over the years.
@taxpayer95465 жыл бұрын
Rudy Priepke, please give us an example?
@vickyjanway45265 жыл бұрын
@Damnit Bobby lol we have some here They don't ride buggies anymore. Cars, ac ,all kinds of modern things. Just like every one else
@chrissewell16085 жыл бұрын
Yep, the Amish people are a good model. Many of us skoof at them now. But, that is how you want to end up living if things really got bad! Housing, food, water, businesses, order, safety, community, Really, it is not to bad, when you look at it.
@rjbarton20102 жыл бұрын
My grandmother did very well during the depression. She moved from MI to Cleveland, OH. She was a seamstress for a very famous suit company. She had a new car during the depression which was very rare as a single woman. She has always said to learn a skill because no one can take that away from you.
@brunoboaz7656 Жыл бұрын
My Dad was born in 1909 and lived through the Great Depression. My Dad used to joke that my Mom's birth in 1929 actually triggered the Great Depression. Mom was not amused.
@davidbennett95432 жыл бұрын
I was raised by my grandparents, he was born in 1923 she in 1925. He would always say” It might not be in my lifetime but it’s going to happen again, you just watch and see”.They both saved anything that might have a use in the future.
@nophdcoyote28914 жыл бұрын
I thought my name was "getwood" until I was 12.
@thomasgrey63094 жыл бұрын
Strange, I thought my name was changed to "gotwood" when I turned 12... hmm...
@mr.lavalove15324 жыл бұрын
Ha ! I have three kids that think that's their names 😁
@shadowling777774 жыл бұрын
Lmao
@kozmickarmakoala35264 жыл бұрын
@@thomasgrey6309 😆😆😆
@cathycasanos94444 жыл бұрын
So funny
@sargee972 жыл бұрын
There are a series of books I read a few years ago about the great depression in the UK. I think I've still got them somewhere, well I hope I have. The author was a child of that family, it was truly heartbreaking. I think her name was Hellen Forrester, if you ever get the chance please read them, such an amazing true account of those awful times. Thanks for posting so many great ideas, I'm from the UK and your grandmother was right when she said that people are selfish and I hope that if ever I can help someone I will, we all need a little help in life xx
@TIG2MAN02 жыл бұрын
In the small town I live in we had a storm come through, lots of property damage and town without power for a week and not on reliable for a while after. The red cross came in. It was great that in my small community everyone pulled together and helped each other out.
@anthonylivesay63585 жыл бұрын
When I was a young boy my grandmother and I were walking along and she spotted a brass nail laying on the ground. She bent over and picked it up and placed it in her pocket. I asked her why she picked such a thing up and she responded that she might need it. When we got home she pulled out a Folgers Coffee can full of odd nails and dropped it inside. A couple of weeks later my grandmother had a picture she wanted to hang in her living room and of course went to her can of nails. Reaching in she pulled out that nail and hung the picture then explained that event though she didn't need it when she found it she still found a use for it. Life lesson learned.
@septiawoman29114 жыл бұрын
"Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it."
@litote94 жыл бұрын
Did she find the picture too?
@jjhatnm4 жыл бұрын
We call them hoarders now. Just kidding lol!
@shawnr7714 жыл бұрын
@@jjhatnm No that is exactly what the people who survived the depression were. I recently have helped clean up a farm that was owned by a person who lived through the depression. This man KEPT EVERYTHING, except maybe used toilet paper.
@chrisgibbs82044 жыл бұрын
My Grandfather did the same with all the rubber bands that the mailman would drop as he entered the street and took out a new bundle of mail. "Perfectly good rubber bands" he would say. I found an A4 envelope stuffed full of them in his drawer.
@dawnswan10352 жыл бұрын
The depression left a lasting impression on my late dad. We lived in a large city, with a tiny backyard, but the amount of fruits and vegetables our 30x40 garden and two pears trees produced was amazing. Knowing genuine hunger day in and day out was something Dad, never wanted us to experience. I could write paragraphs about the resourcefulness and thriftiness of my dad, I guess he was prepper almost 6 decades ago, before anyone used the term. One of my Pops favorite sayings, one I live by is, "Use it up, wear it out, make it due, or due without." Bless my Dad and all those folks who lived through the depression, and "made do" without resorting to crime.
@Jbk4real2 жыл бұрын
Your confused
@JaneH36752 жыл бұрын
@Dawn Swan . .thank you for posting this about your dad. Mine was born in 1928..there were hard times but my grandpa always had a garden that my dad helped with. People learned how to survive back then without resorting to crime.
@dawnswan10352 жыл бұрын
@@JaneH3675 True! They may have been poor, but they had honor. They knew once a good name is lost, it's lost for good.
@pegatheetoo1437 Жыл бұрын
Too many people believe they are too good, and don't deserve to have to make do. Those are the ones today who go out stealing and looting and now, their crimes are accepted. Instead of teaching them to become the valuable and useful adults they are capable of being, we are telling them that we accept them as the useless , hopeless beings they are!
@FeguerFineArt2 жыл бұрын
I'm 57 and my parents were born in 1925 and 1928 I never thought that I would be going through what they did. But I'm glad that they instilled their values, morals, and work ethic in me.
@marycasanova89057 күн бұрын
My mother kept worn tires in the backyard, and resoled our shoes. And this was in the 70's. We'd walk around the neighborhood at night, looking for fruit trees that hung over walls. Bringing home bags of over ripe fruit.
@kristinamikkelsoncasanova62872 жыл бұрын
My mom grew up in Nebraska at this time. They lived on a farm but the dust bowl destroyed it and the animals. They almost starved to death. I am living on an acre of land in the desert and we have identified the plants that are edible are used for medicine. We are extremely poor and get food from the food bank. We dehydrate much of our food or can or ferment it. We also share with neighbors and help them. Basically doing what you just said.
@rifekimler33093 жыл бұрын
Both my parents grew up during the depression. My father said people didnt even lock their doors and windows. This time it will be a bloodbath; its not going to be close to the same thing.
@user-wc5bd4so9w3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I tried to find a way to go back to the REAL lifestyle (gardening and so on) last year but my parents didn't want to help. Now I don't care about them that much, I'll try my best but family does not mean anything anymore, if you don't want to help then don't stand on the way at least. Bloody stupid people making this life such a mess. And how crazy and brainwashed everyone is.
@gwarlow3 жыл бұрын
A “bloodbath”? Really? Well, good luck then.
@maggiethedruid90103 жыл бұрын
@@gwarlow it will be in the large cities, less populated areas will be better
@joecool46563 жыл бұрын
@@user-wc5bd4so9w I have gardened for 3 years and have found these foods to work really well: 1. Basil 2. Onions 3. Lettuce (grow this in the fall) 4. Corn (with tons of water and sunlight) 5. Roma tomatoes specifically (other types have all rotted) 6. Sunflowers (these can be grown in weird areas other stuff doesn’t fit. Just make sure they don’t shade edible plants. Easy 7 feet tall) 7. Tap maple trees and boil sap until you have syrup (silver maple trees work too!)
@BlackSupranoMDHTHC3 жыл бұрын
@@maggiethedruid9010 wonderful.
@mrthomas75112 жыл бұрын
In the 1990s my grandparents had a neighbor who had a massive garden. He was older than my grandparents and my grandparents lived through the depression. This old timer had a wealth of gardening knowledge. He grew a little bit of everything he could possibly eat. I was sad to see his home get sold after he passed away. That big plot of ground is now a patch of green grass and a trampoline
@My2up2downCastle2 жыл бұрын
Hello from England..... you are spot on! If and when the s does htf the people who will be hit the hardest, initially, will be the people who still expect vacations, are running 2 cars, live a middle class existence etc..... because those of us that have already been affected by 'cuts' and contempt are now accomplished at surviving. Another aspect that will have a devastating affect is the lack of skills that our Grandparents took for granted. I am thankful that once owned a smallholding (homestead) and if i didn't rear it or grow it, we didn't eat. The mindset, over here, at present is people don't realise just how bad things will get and they are clinging to the belief that those in charge are going to help them......and if you try and prompt any kind of self help, they think you are nuts and this 'alarmist talk' is all so unnecessary. I have given up trying to explain how 'convenience' has made people useless when it comes down to basics...... they think moaning about stuff on social media means they are doing their bit, and are doing nothing to buffer the blow right now. Great video 🌹
@Mapdotnowhere4 жыл бұрын
Scary that KZfaq is putting this in everyone’s feed
@DAN_ZEMAN4 жыл бұрын
Robert Jones Must be because it’s being searched and viewed by so many the algorithms will rank it higher and put in more feeds. More surprising they haven’t been censoring it like anything else of use
@wefukthenwo4 жыл бұрын
It's probably because we are headed into the greatest depression imaginable. The big reset has begun. 8(
@user-po4jj9cx9l4 жыл бұрын
@@wefukthenwo At least with the 1930's depression people were able to physically meet to help each other and work. Now we have an invisible, communicable enemy giving incentive to be the "Lone Wolves" the video author warns us about becoming.
@emtquiver15884 жыл бұрын
..so true blue scary😢
@wombatcitystudios4 жыл бұрын
Robert Jones not scary just expected, KZfaq’s job is to keep you on KZfaq as much as possible just like Fakebook
@VIDEOZONANETWORK4 жыл бұрын
This is not a joke. People prepare food for the next 90 days everything is getting worse in United States. Hope your learned something from this video, get money in your pockets not in the bank.
@marilynross92024 жыл бұрын
There are many places not taking cash because of the covid virus...cash carries lots of germs...no cash is spreading like wildfire right now...we had cash and lots of places won't except it now...so we spent the cash on pop machines...there only taking debit cards now
@monicahatch64984 жыл бұрын
You should investigate germ theory. Cash has been around how long? Digital crypto on the way. If your a good citizen you will keep what they give you for the month. SMH
@sethp450014 жыл бұрын
marilyn ross - I only pay with cash and give my cash a quarantine after Withdrawn from bank
@kaitlin24004 жыл бұрын
Keep in mind if you remove your $$ from the bank and store it In your house, home insurance won’t cover that if there’s a fire or theft or something. Be careful!
@drgeek1004 жыл бұрын
@Denise Angelus Villalobos bitcoin is the answer.
@enjoythemoment89732 жыл бұрын
Could you imagine how horrible it must have been to be getting through the great depression and then WWII begins
@NikiLivi5 Жыл бұрын
We are about to find out. We are going to have the second Great Depression and WW3 all at once.
@RomansEye Жыл бұрын
That’s how they make conscripts into soldiers
@serenarena1423Ай бұрын
My grandpa was from the Great depression and he was the most giving man but so down to earth. The stories I heard growing up of his time as a kid were terrifying. He was orphaned young and by himself. But he was a survivor and diy had nothing on him.
@HIDDENTIGER77725 күн бұрын
I respect your grandpa from the bottom of my heart. What an indomitable spirit!
@kathygarrett14564 жыл бұрын
When my husband and I both lost our jobs in 2008 my mother gave me her cookbook from the depression era. It got us through. I learned how to make out on practicality nothing. Tips and tricks is what can help.
@aFeverishFiend4 жыл бұрын
Mind sharing some of those tips?
@bob154794 жыл бұрын
I would love seeing this book.
@monseflores32844 жыл бұрын
Yes please, would you very kindly share some tips
@victorarregnelle89764 жыл бұрын
I find interesting people think this things will never happen, even though they happen often.
@janeaair4 жыл бұрын
@@aFeverishFiend This is a good channel for learning. kzfaq.info
@johnd43485 жыл бұрын
My mother went thru the Great Depression. Had to quit school in the 3rd grade to go to work in the fields. My father did not own his own pair of shoes, underwear or cloths until he joined the military for WW2. He had to share his cloths with 15 other kids. A piece of bread and a class of milk was all they had to eat. Sometimes they had to go a day or so without eating so others could eat. He was over 6 foot and weighted under 115 lbs when he joined the military . The Depression was tough. All those values were passed along to me. I have never been in debt and save 20 percent or more of my wages.
@rbeck3200tb405 жыл бұрын
I know someone who was a kid during the depression and was poor anyway . He said his mom would rub lard on their feet at night so they wouldnt get frostbite
@kathleensaenz47175 жыл бұрын
God bless.
@mmafreaks48715 жыл бұрын
my grandfather was 135lbs when he joined, He was a 6'2" good size man. I cant believe he was that light. Im the same size and I weight 210. Hell when he died I bet he was over 180.
@lastweek36065 жыл бұрын
Wow your mother makes my mother sound like she was rich
@johnd43485 жыл бұрын
@@mmafreaks4871Hard physical work and lack of food will keep you slim. The average weight of a man a hundred years ago was about 145 lbs. But they were twice as strong as men today. My grandfather was a logger. They did everything by hand and mules. He was barely 140 lbs when he was long from pictures I have seen of him but he cut down trees all day for 50 years using a ax and whip saw. Very physical work. I have heard that loggers burned around 8000 to 10000 calories a day. That's almost as much as a bear eats.
@kirshak7007 Жыл бұрын
I feel like this is going to be a useful survival tip for the depression coming our way
@beaternutz2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing such important information. God Bless
@farmfreshideas5793 жыл бұрын
My grandmother lived Way back in Appalachian Mountains and was completely self-sufficient including making her own soap, she also traded with people on the mountain for items. One year she needed a few items She couldn’t get on the mountains so she took a few days and traveled to the nearest town only to find out they were years into the depression. What’s a depression she asked😂 She said she was horrified to find out people were living as they were. It also scared her so, she took back to her Mountain sanctuary 😂
@suehowie1523 жыл бұрын
Wise woman..
@annaleedaughterofyhwh77672 жыл бұрын
I can’t tell you how much I loved this recounting of your Grandmother
@republicunited21832 жыл бұрын
My family is from E KY/TN, self sufficient! Farmers/coal miners.
Y'all were lucky to be in the USA during the 30's. The story's my grandma has told me about her childhood in Poland during this time and a bit later has left me eternally grateful. God bless the USA.
@ericunderwood96743 жыл бұрын
I hear that! Ruthless Germans....
@someguyyoudontknow2633 жыл бұрын
my grandpa doesnt want to talk about it but I was told he dug ditches for the nazis and acted as a gofer for the soldier to survive. if my grandpa wasn't street smart, I wouldn't have been born. Hes still alive and still tends a farm. still gets up in the morning, puts on his boots and gets to work. solid guy. todays men are pathetic and weak in comparison.
@ericunderwood96743 жыл бұрын
@@someguyyoudontknow263 surviving is our number one instict...glad he made it.... can't imagine being invaded like that. Dad was an Island Hopper in WWII..
@alicemueller58363 жыл бұрын
It's not the same anymore, things are getting worse not better. Read your Bible for it tells you, it's time for things to happen.
@ericunderwood96743 жыл бұрын
@@alicemueller5836 got faith?... Your very right...it is getting WORSE. ... Take care
@pauldodd20862 жыл бұрын
My grandpa lost $10,000 in the bank during the Great Depression. I and my two kids spent time in a homeless shelter. We are all now very good. They make great money and I live on $600 dollars a month. I have everything I need and am very content.
@lorablair38632 жыл бұрын
Where in the world do live on only 600 a month?
@joanmayo33302 жыл бұрын
Very happy for your peace and contentment!
@janeentumbao86902 жыл бұрын
Great content! Yes! Some cash on hand is always good! Many times when the power went out because of a storm, the registers were down. But they still took cash. I was still able to get what I needed while people looked glazed and confused. Yes! Community gardens! Save your fruit and veggie seeds to be replanted! And yes yes yes yes yes yes HELP ONE ANOTHER!!!!! Barter fairly! And learn how to cook, sew, fish and paint!
@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr28232 жыл бұрын
Did you know the dumba**ed settlers were trying to fish with frying pans...? It's amazing more of them didn't frickin starve
@thesumeriangod54214 жыл бұрын
I’m Hispanic & a lot of those traits are strong in the family. My grandmother is the queen of our big family, she is the oldest of 12 by 6 years so her whole life is taking care of loved ones & teaching life skills that everyone should have. Passed down by her grandma on to cook, how to sew, to clean especially the boys so the girls don’t have too, how to maintenance & repair the thing we use around us, making stuff from junk to use like making a BBQ pit from a old oil pipeline pipe, cutting grass without a gas powered lawnmower or fixing one that someone leaves out for junk, have trees of all kinds to eat from such lemon, pecan, orange, plums, grapefruit and then seeds like watermelon, cantaloupe, peanuts etc. She said we must know theses things so we never have to rely on ANYBODY. Don’t kill animals, unless you raised it yourself its whole life & it is going to feed the family & not just for one day. I don’t know understand why people want concrete beneath them makes no sense but we don’t get to choose what life we want to be born in, so enjoy the one you have because my grandma has a older sister but she was just never born. Have a good life my friends & thank you to whoever took time to read this.
@deweyoxburger29634 жыл бұрын
my hispanic grandma lived until 102 and taught me very valuable lessons. She was a millionaire when she died and lived off $300 per month. In here little 600K 2 bedroom house in Van Nuys she bought for 3K.
@thesumeriangod54214 жыл бұрын
Dewey Oxburger You are very fortunate to have been given time that most people will never be given.🙏🏽 I could only imagine all the lessons & stories she had from her good life.❤️
@nosomnesmentitisunt20434 жыл бұрын
We in America have alot to unlearn. Family values in America has been chipped away by greed.
@genkiferal71782 жыл бұрын
@@nosomnesmentitisunt2043 ego is the foundation of greed. that I AM BETTER THAN YOU attitude.
@souljahroch25193 жыл бұрын
This is great advice. I'm a Katrina survivor, & I've learned that you can't shoot your way out of a disaster, you can only 'share' your way out. Good Luck⚜✌
@deegreeeen86122 жыл бұрын
Nice idea but people have no honour, you'll just give all your stuff away.
@souljahroch25192 жыл бұрын
@@deegreeeen8612 The problem with your argument is that I received far more than I gave. It's just another unsubstaiated 'truth' that only exposes itself as prejudice in reality. I pity your blind selfishness.
@deegreeeen86122 жыл бұрын
@@souljahroch2519 It's experience. I pity the fool...
@veganconservative11092 жыл бұрын
@@deegreeeen8612 I'd agree, but during April of 2020 I had young kids ride up to me while I was working in the yard and offer me a roll of bathroom tissue if I needed it. I didn't as I had enough already, but did share a roll myself with the postal worker who was asking around if anyone had seen some in stores. Nearly had tears in their eyes when I came out the next day with a roll in a 'discreet' bag for them. Kindness and gratitude are powerful things.
@deegreeeen86122 жыл бұрын
@@veganconservative1109 As long as it's a toilet roll and not £36000, I agree. That was a nice gesture but it didn't have a consequence that would throw a spanner in the works of your life. We live and learn, it's all good character building stuff as my father used to say. All the best.
@dianenolting26222 жыл бұрын
My parents lived through this. Dad born 1930 and Mom born 1927 and talked to me about it. My Great Grandfather got his money before the depression. So learned alot from my parents.
@eleanormattice35982 жыл бұрын
Thank you for promoting preparation , living simply, community and sharing. That's what it's all about, depression or not!
@godfirst49644 жыл бұрын
My grandparents went through the depression so mom raised us on potato soup and navy beans with salt pork. I know how to cook and bake with very little. I’m grateful for growing up the way I did because I learned the basics in life and that has helped me through the hard times
@ismailmiah14464 жыл бұрын
Oats is also relatively cheap
@zzzpmi4 жыл бұрын
cheap yet delicious though
@continentalgin4 жыл бұрын
@@ismailmiah1446 Yes, and filling.
@ismailmiah14464 жыл бұрын
@@continentalgin Yeh and has fantastic nutritional needs....oats /rice/lentils/nuts/seeds are essential cheap and power foods.....
@ismailmiah14464 жыл бұрын
@@zzzpmi I put 1 cup oats/4 tea spoon peanut butter/milk /little chocolate powder blended. ...it's awesome power shake ....
@Adam.Rushing4 жыл бұрын
My grandfather used to say "if you have no more than one month's debt and no less than one year's food, you'll be just fine." Sad that we don't even follow that, let alone all the things you mentioned here.
@glitterrrgirlll52994 жыл бұрын
adam rushing good idea
@WayneDome-dm8iu4 жыл бұрын
It is impossible to grow in your own back yard in many states. The cost of water is too high. Some states have outlawed gathering and storing rainwater. Many states have outlawed the amount of money you can use without government consent. All laws and restrictions were in Democratic areas and states.
@BigTomInTheBasement4 жыл бұрын
@@WayneDome-dm8iu that stuff only lasts as long as long as the tyrants have power. There are many of us who are armed in in places like IL. Gov Pritzker was even somehow convinced to consider the gun industry as essential.
@bethfromchicago87192 жыл бұрын
My grandmother was warned to get money out of the bank before the crash of the depression. She then had about $630.00 of cash. The cash made a huge difference. The man who warned her had followed news stories in the newspaper. He made the correct conclusion to get money out of the bank.
@bethfromchicago87192 жыл бұрын
My grandmother had siblings who lost money to the banks. A few of them kept cash out of the banks after the depression. Those were difficult times.
@traceycrain96692 жыл бұрын
It's amazing that 3 years later, how much this hits home. Prepping veteran with real life skills. I hope to be helpful in the coming months, years.