Sooo. Gas prices, weak dollar, food shortages, possible recession....

...anybody else taking inventories and planning a trip to the bulk staples isle at Sam's?

I'm headed there unfortunately, but for different reasons. I'm sure the place will be packed with chicken littles.

Chirp-chirp.

It was surprisingly calm. We did have a contest of how many bags of rice you can carry, which reminds me that I need to start working out again.

Yep, got over 14,000 rounds stocked up.

For the hippies/zombies of course.

I buy that kinda stuff in bulk anyways.

I keep 10lbs each of all-purpose flour, cane sugar, and enriched long-grain white rice in plastic airtight containers.

Thankfully, I don't use a whole lot of sugar. Remember, my dad's a Type I diabetic. When I was growing up, we didn't have sugar in our house.

I use the generic brand of Splenda in my tea, coffee, and when I'm cooking.

I've heard it's only long grain rice that's in short supply. Short of that...

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I drink sweet tea [I almost typo'd that as "sweat" tea ] like a fiend.

I can easily drink three or four gallons of it over the course of a weekend.


Our friends refer to our pantry (which is huge) as the "Y2K Closet" because of all the food items stored there.


The funny thing is that we normally don't eat a lot of rice, but since I've heard about this shortage, I've been thinking that I should go out and buy a few big bags of it.

If worse comes to worse I will go live in my picnic house on my farm. I have a lake well stocked with fish, forests abundant with game, and can easily plant a big garden.

Also, I've... buried certain things around the farm.

Are you sure I don't know you? We once fired a guy for doing something similar.

You really should get some pigs.

For burying supplies?

Why would you need to buy staples in bulk? A box should do. How many reports are you printing?!