@@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?
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
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.
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.
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
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!
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?
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!!
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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!!
@@pegatheetoo1437 My parents were young children during the Depression. My grandparents weren't too bad off (not rich though) but pinched pennies and lived frugally. My grandfather passed and then my grandfather maybe 10 years later. When my mother and her siblings went to clean out her home to sell it, they discovered that she was a hoarder and had saved everything! A friend's mother was like that too. She saved every single magazine and newspaper (among other things )that she had read! There were stacks and stacks of them all over the house - these people had money too! The Depression had a profound effect on people!
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.
@@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.
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
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
Yes, stock up on food and water now, keep your money out of the bank, get out of the stock market and buy gold and silver! Gold is globally accepted and hasn't lost its value in 6,000 years!
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
@@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.
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!
If people only knew what parasites these people actually are. In history their were people that used to get ran out of countries, they ended up having to change their last names not to be recognized, because people knew how bad they were. Revelations 2:8.. that's all iam saying.
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 ! ! . . . 💖
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
@@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 ! . . 🌻
@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 . . 🍵
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! 😢 🙏🏻❤
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.
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.
They were very astute! If you listen to the videos of Lynette Zang, an economist here on RU-vid, , she and many others are predicting a crash that will be as bad or worse than 1929. She's the only one though, who strongly advises to prepare by taking your money out of the bank but also the stock market, treasuries, bonds, annotates or any other fiat currency. It will be worth zero. Instead she says to buy gold and silver which hold their value (gold has for 6,000 years and is accepted globally!). Gold is high but silver is reasonable now. Both will skyrocket in a crash. She has a farm where she's been growing food and recommends on stockpiling food, water and other necessities. She saw the handwriting on the wall in the 2008 plunge and started prepping then. She explains exactly what is happening that the government won't tell you!
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
@@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.
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 🙏
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.
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.
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
@@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. 😊🌹🦋🌹
@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.
@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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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!
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
@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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
@@thenewbrazy9997 Funny how the weird uncle every body avoided suddenly becomes the go to guy. Not to help him, but to get from him. My go to response has become "You'll figure it out." Like I'm going to be able to tell you in 10 minutes what I've learned by study, practice, and paying attention for the last 55 years. lol.
As always my advice for right now in this day & age. When ANY government wants you to go totally digital with your money, tell them NO. That is a way fir the government to have absolute control over you. If you have CASH, you have choices & freedoms. There are MANY reasons why going totally digital wouldn’t work. 😉
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.
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
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
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!
@@starseeds7376 Me since this current president took office. Just as I predicted, and unfortunately as long as he is in office it will get worse. He knows nothing, sees nothing, hears nothing, except his desire to be re-elected and couldn't care less if we all, especially older citizens just died off.
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!
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:)
Young Thug Leak Station foolish outlook. If the economy tanks, today will be no different than 100 years ago. Young people today think that “modern tech” will somehow save them from desperation and starvation when they’re broke, there are no jobs, and the government is bankrupt. Society devolves back to basic subsistence by default. Just look at Venezuela or any other modern society that was rich in recent decades, but are now forced to eat their own pets to survive.
@Young Thug Leak Station no it isn't.It is always a good rule of thumb to take prudent advice from people who were successful and came before us. Having large stockpiles of gold and green cash will never go outta style. Hate to break it to you. Maybe you don't have any? LOL. I have castle walls of 100's and 150 ounces of gold and I feel just fine, thank you.
When I was a kid, we made fun of the mexican migrant workers for having so many living together. Now I see that they were the smart ones to do it that way.
I'm 69. Nothing worse than growing old alone. I recently remarried. Planning on younger family members moving in too. My wife is 15 years younger. Still, not good for an older couple living alone. Need young strong people for income and chores. The way its been done for thousands of years.
In Victorian times families lived together. There kids got married and made them a house on the family land and each helped one another. Now they don't stick together they kick their kids out at 18. I know because I do a lot of reading I'm a little bit of a nerd.
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!
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
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.
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.
@@МарияНиколова-ф7ю 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!)
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 😂
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
@@HawkGTboy I don’t doubt it I’m only 22 and when I was like 5 my neighbors both had tattoos on em. One time another neighbor had a crazy German Sheppard that chased after the old man and I guess he had concentration camp flashbacks cause he started bawling
Things were really bad in Australia too my grandma and her whole family shared their resources her wage went from 1 pound per week before to 7.6d but she was lucky she had a job (scullery maid at the local school) they took in boarders her brothers worked when there was a ship in. And I think Her older sister took in sewing. Her dad had only one arm after a harvester mangled it as a boy. So the work he did was limited. The point is they had to work very hard and be resourceful to survive. Family/community is a resource you can't do without. I can relate to the cans of food too we found some dating back to the 1960s more than 20 years old she threw out nothing! And my grandfather was the same when he died we found boxes and boxes of old magazines in the roof which we started to burn turned out there was a $50 note in each one. He didn't tell a soul! My grandma flew to England and Holidayed for 3 months spoiling my cousin and still had money left over when she came home. I grew up on stories about the great depression.
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
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.
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.
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.
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!
Know your blood type. It will be worth it's weight in gold. My Dad always said - Eat before you leave the house because you never know when you'll get the next meal. Nowadays it keeps me from eating fast food crap.
I work at a plasma center. Many dont know their blood type, yet they've spent time in a hospital or had blood drawn. I don't know why they don't know their blood type or their child, either.
KaleidoscpoeJunkie, In the Netherlands it's forbidden to know your bloodtype. I once asked my doctor and she said:"No, we will not give it to you, to nobody." Only my husband knows, because he was in the military.
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.
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 ..
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.
@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 RU-vid 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.
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 :)
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.
My daughter and granddaughter just " don't get it". I can survive, my son can and are much better prepared but you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.
It will never be a perfect world. You "led the horse to water". In your shoes, I'd do two things. 1, I'd plan to provide for them, anyway, and be fine with it. 2, I'd celebrate that they are not living a life of anxiety. You are not anxious, because you are prepared. They are not anxious, because they do not see a threat/risk. What is bad is the person who is anxious but does nothing about it -- no prepping, and I have met people like that.
The funny thing is if you grew up poor, you already know what to do to survive. I don’t know what will happen in the next few weeks due to Coronavirus but just know we will get through this ❤️
I grew up poor, and I know how to survive, but that doesn't mean that I or we will get through this. I already have a job loss, as do many others. Some of us will not get through this. Praying, hoping, and wishing aren't the same as doing. This is no time for memes or emoticons.
@@JT-lt5gr you will get through this. Did you applied for unemployment? Are you taking advantage of the different companies that are on demand of new workers? Vision how you will survive this and become aggressive in seeking a job. You got this! Most importantly Do Not Loose Hope. God is able. Trust the Lord!
Me to I only had a pair of shoes for the whole year and if I was lucky every end-of-the-year my daddy took us to Buy clothes for the whole family I'm very used to have little but I also know that God is my Shepherd I will not panic I will only trust in the Lord to give me the strength and the wisdom to do the right thing and to go through whatever happened😏
I grew up in Poland during the communist era and my grans had their own garden plot and they were living fairly frugal although had money. 30 years later I am fairly chilled out about what is ahead of us because I can do a lot of stuff myself and since 2008 my wife and I been preparing food and learning how to live on a budget. When SHTF you will see lots of folks running like headlless chicken and going mad about the situation. Buckle up, the ride will be bumpy.
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.
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.
We only put our money in the bank that we need to pay the bills. The rest is on us. We have also quit using any credit cards. I write checks to pay my bills and cash to buy groceries. There was a lot of bartering in the great depression. They said that one of the top bartering items was "salt".. Iodized salt. Your body does not produce iodine. And you cannot live without it. It is just as necessary as water.This was something I learned in the Great. Depression era . " Don't be scared, Be prepared"
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.
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.
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.❤️
We live in a very different culture now. There are many, many more people so the need will be greater, and we have far more dependence on manufactured goods so have lost our "homemaking" skills. It would be a nightmare.
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.
December 13th is when joe biden is rolling out the new currency. I'm expecting the dollar to crash and I am slowly withdrawing all my cash and buying gold. Plus its useful to stock up on guns and ammo. Good luck finding ammo when all the stores are closed
Jeff K ALOT of people are going to die. That’s just a fact, However unfortunate it may be. People are going to gut each other without a moments hesitation after a few days of no food
@Timothy Mckee more like the lawyers and those who run insurance industries (car, life, house, medical ..how much insurance do we actually need??? most of the money spent on them goes to waste anyway)
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.
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...
Cob: fantastic! Are you aware of the Grand Solar Minimum (mini ice age) we have entered? Tremendous climate changes coming full steam ahead. Everyone who grows food will be far ahead of everyone who does not know how. The storms coming are going to drastically alter crop production worldwide. Food prices to skyrocket in 2020+ and continue on an upward trajectory. YT channel: Adapt 2030. Interviews: John L Casey, Anita Bailey PhD, Lee Wheelbarger, Robert Felix, Ice Age Farmer, Ardruino Tronic. Start with Casey's interviews. All the best.
Falling into a depression now is virtually impossible,the market has fail safes built in keeping all your money in one place is fool Hardy I'm well diversified plus having a couple thousand in gold ?silver and such is a good idea
My pawpaw grew up during the depression. He taught me when planting a garden to plant enough for 1. Eating fresh 2. Preserving 3. For the neighbors 4. For the homeless. 5. For the thief in the night. Too always save seeds from my fresh eating. Enough to give to anyone who couldn't afford to buy for themselves. At first I thought " who has room for that? But it's actually just 5 more of each plant and it works out just right. I have so many seed banks to give away I go looking for ppl to give them too.
@@VickiWilliamson, your welcome. I've researched and made a list of everything we eat for the whole year. Then I found out how many plants for each for the whole year. I was expecting some grand numbers but actually it's not as much as ppl think. Plus most of them can be grown vertically to condense space. Good luck growing. 💜
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
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.
@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.
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!
Back in the depression, deer were hunted to near extinction. Any prepper that thinks that they will get their rifle and feed their family is kidding themselves. Start storing food now.
Dad and his friends always hunted for food, not sport. Some people don't hunt, don't know how, or are afraid of it. I don't think we would run out of wild game here. Most people ice fish, have boats with paddles, or canoes.
@@mollypadilla5734 "erosion of the cans and rust." There would be no erosion of the cans as home caners use jars. But you would still need to observe the lids which are made from metals. As long as the lid is still sealed tight, the food should be good.
He doesn't do it for survival. He does it because it's ingrained in his psyche. He also spent over 30 years with the highway department finding things at the side of the road.
I dumpster dived for 10 years starting around 2002 because I KNEW the economy was gonna collapse and all this food was going to waste anyway. I wanted people to see me so then when they were forced onto food stamps they knew it was not as bad as me dumpster diving.
Things are different now, too, with registering, licensing, and the all the other bureaucracies not dealt with in the 30's. Ladies selling lunches these days, would have to register their business, have the health dept. come in and make sure everything is up to code in their home kitchen, get their food handlers permit, and all that nickle and dime stuff that would be very difficult for those without extra nickles and dimes. The 30's was a much simpler time that allowed for simpler ways to survive. Now, one is supposed get a license for a yard sale and pay taxes on those sold goods. One of the problems with another great depression is we're also facing authoritarianism and/or fascism where the government can declare a National State of Emergency pretty much making the Constitution null and void. I think another depression would be very different from anything America has experienced, and it is frightening.
Barry Austin The Depression is already here in many ways, my friend. My own town is an ever-growing world of self-service automation & the resulting "Will Work For Food" cardboard signs on street corners that only ever used to possess the city's STOP signs. The entirety of American production has been farmed out to slave labor industries on foreign lands while American taxpayers foot the bill for policing the world & our infrasture crumbles with the many pot holes and vacant stick & brick mini-malls dotting our streets. Production is gone & we are losing the service industry by the day in a war-for-profit business model that never seems to profit the American people near as much as it's costs in both cash & the lives of our sons & daughters. This is the torch passed from one administration to the next as if politicians on the Right & Left are racing on the same team at the Olympics. Whether we have Capitalism or Socialism, Fascism is definitely rearing it's ugly head in America... each administration & their arms of propaganda tweeking the unacceptable of past & existing generations into the accepted "normal" of the new. And as long as our favorite politician, be it Red or Blue, where's our favorite team color... we will respond with an affectionate, "I love Big Brother!"
@Barry Austin Read all 14 pages of the Green New Deal. It has no weight whatsoever in any legislative body. It's quite broad, & it really is too late to fix anything we've done to God's creation. Man absolutely can & has affected climates & environments, usually for the worse. Now we have six or seven oceanic garbage patches the size of continents. I've never seen beaches so dangerous on which to walk, nor such prolonged bad weather, & I've been around some seven decades now. Man is a disease on this planet, for the most. We've crossed the point of no return. All we can do now is plan how to live in a very hostile environment. Fine. I'll be gone soon enough. The best thing folks can do is plan for the event, build underground, & intermarry, bc pinkies won't thrive in a UV scorched world.
Actually during a real Apocalypse, government regulations would be one of the first things to go, you would have chaos to deal with instead. And 'State' and 'Local' governments would hold SWAY in that situation so the FEDERAL laws you speak of wouldn't hamper those women as long as the Local government didn't see anything wrong with it. Also, you could "sell" or 'barter' out of a church. While the Federal government can indeed call a 'National' emergency, each State has that same power... We keep seeing ONLY the Federal Government 'problems' but it will be the State/Local governments we have to deal with in that situation and if we vote the wrong people in, well...
Love you all stay safe and trust God, beware of the ones who become leader minded in the groups, everyone should have a say that counts. Trust eachother but don't be foolish. Love God and love eachother 🕊💖🌻🌾
It wasn’t the New Deal that got our ancestors through the Great Depression, it was strong families and strong communities working together. I sometimes think that is why the government and big business want to destroy the family so that we are dependent on them for sustenance and survival.
It was WW2 that got us out of the great depression as much as anything , and fueled the economic tidal wave of prosperity that lasted in this country until the early mid 70s when the energy crisis began .
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.
@@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.
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.
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.
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
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.
@@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.
