Who else is here because we're about to enter the great depression... again...

@ratare40show

Жыл бұрын

Me

@m4nny_143

Жыл бұрын

We’re already in it …

@yvdmerwe6876

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_143

Жыл бұрын

@@yvdmerwe6876 scary stuff…

@TheSnakeskill0012

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

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.

@patsinnerdickey8440

3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant lol

@BluJns

3 жыл бұрын

How very clever! and funny too!

@darrellmathis1

3 жыл бұрын

Now that is genius, lol!

@matt-hew69

3 жыл бұрын

Weaponized children have arrived. Lol

@sarw9294

3 жыл бұрын

That’s freaking smart❣️

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.

@flouisbailey

9 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.

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.

@adrialee8149

Жыл бұрын

Wow what a story its incredible what people can persevere through

@judeinLA.

Жыл бұрын

A biography of your great grandfather would be so choice.

@rollzolo

Жыл бұрын

Nowadays people slightly depressed and ends with suicide

@joanbelmont5450

Жыл бұрын

🙏🏻

@ryancarter5503

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

Two things to remember 1 You can't eat money 2 Government can't print food.

@kathyyoung1774

4 жыл бұрын

Robert Watts Beautifully put!

@princesshongdoe

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

@theshowman1000

4 жыл бұрын

But you can sure grow it seeds will be a thing

@karimtabrizi376

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly put

@xvanegas89

4 жыл бұрын

Can you imagine if the government printed seeds into money so you can grow food?

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-gc3gi

4 жыл бұрын

God had compassion on you

@somuchinfo

4 жыл бұрын

@@NoMore-gc3gi I agree

@dirtysanchez941

4 жыл бұрын

Omgosh, I love you.. 💕

@juliebalderas1738

4 жыл бұрын

💕

@GregRickard

4 жыл бұрын

It helps you appreciate what you have now though.

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?

@saundrajohnson1571

5 ай бұрын

@@doloresdonahue4349 Yes! Haven’t lived there in decades, but always proud of my Southern heritage.

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 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.

@sargee97

2 жыл бұрын

A truly amazing man by the sound of things xx

@Olenoides1

2 жыл бұрын

My great grandfather died from pellagra in SW Virginia during the 1930s.

@EmilyGloeggler7984

2 жыл бұрын

There are people his age who stopped gardening. It is not for everyone. God is in charge. Seek Him.

@DoubleplusUngoodthinkful

2 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.

@seanrathmakedisciples1508

2 жыл бұрын

@@sargee97 Thanks kzread.info/dash/bejne/q2Z-q9xpYbCxmNI.html

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

@dominiquefelder1809

4 жыл бұрын

I KNOW THAT'S RIGHT!!!

@dakotaplainsmb7758

4 жыл бұрын

Kimberley B - your grandmom was a gem. Learn from her

@pinkrose5796

4 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.

@nkiru61

4 жыл бұрын

Black people are usually pretty good at surviving under harsh condition. It may actually come in handy.

@patriciafisher1170

4 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

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

10 ай 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!!

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

10 ай 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.

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.686

2 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

@sharonjacobs5351

2 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 ! . . 🌻

@dilletanteproprietor

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

10 ай 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! 😢 🙏🏻❤

Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without -- an old saying from the Great Depression.

@GEAUXFRUGAL

3 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.

@melissajennings8999

3 жыл бұрын

@@GEAUXFRUGAL same where I'm at...

@GEAUXFRUGAL

3 жыл бұрын

@@melissajennings8999 70380?

@edwardmclaughlin7935

3 жыл бұрын

Annie Oeth "...ain't nothin left in this old world I care about......one, two, three shake your body down....."

@chuckc7815

3 жыл бұрын

@@GEAUXFRUGAL oh, are you a cannibal based in Beijing?? 🤣🤣

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.

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

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.

@dawnjackson6299

4 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-xq9sn

4 жыл бұрын

I completely relate to your mom. I live like I'm in 1932.

@TheFlutterrbye

4 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-xq9sn

4 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.

@TheFlutterrbye

4 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.

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.

@petersack5074

2 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.

@mello4392

2 жыл бұрын

OH MY GOD THATS WHAT I DO too, it saves so much water

@mariekatherine5238

2 жыл бұрын

I use the rice water for more cooking or as a thickener. It’s also great for people suffering diarrhea.

@kevindumphy5614

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you i will remember that

@katelane3605

2 жыл бұрын

God bless.

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”.

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.

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.

@johnjacobjingleheimerschmi2070

4 жыл бұрын

Amen

@robertbone3064

4 жыл бұрын

May God Bless you Ms Ellis and your father.

@finolaomurchu8845

4 жыл бұрын

Bless you Elizabeth and your daddy greetings from Dublin Ireland ☘

@0128330

4 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.

@erex9875

4 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

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.

@intrinsiccinema7374

3 жыл бұрын

stock foods and home supplies and barter items

@purdyquibb

3 жыл бұрын

Just curious on how far you've come in the 5 months. Hopefully your in a much better place now. Prep on!

@paulrichards2365

3 жыл бұрын

Get your money out of the bank and divest it, such as Silver & Gold, property etc

@rohawaha

3 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-dv9fx

3 жыл бұрын

New great depresion already started.

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 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.

'The more you know, the less you need" ~Aboriginal Proverb.

@AZ-kr6ff

4 жыл бұрын

@@wegapaul3616 The wet sweatin' people?

@BarryMaskell

4 жыл бұрын

“Only invest in a stock market that has a fence” - Aboriginal Proverb

@mariusciobanu2025

4 жыл бұрын

If that's true then by their own admission they didn't know much.

@zb7293

4 жыл бұрын

Nope...

@havesomedeathsticks

4 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.

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!

@christinebastien2947

3 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

@gracie3363

2 жыл бұрын

We have the same birthday 🥳

@boomerangsruckflug8513

2 жыл бұрын

Amazing! You can be proud of you for sure. Greetings from Berlin Germany 💗🫂💗

@katelane3605

2 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...

@patschneider5671

2 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

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

@NextStop2030

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

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 👍😉

Don’t take anything for granted be prepared.

@alicemueller5836

3 жыл бұрын

Amen.

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

2 жыл бұрын

Too bad the "lord" isnt humble

@kylekayser2291

2 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.

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

Жыл бұрын

I'm in a boxcar hotel right now, lol

@quantumtechcrypto7080

Жыл бұрын

Nature is true equality and still not enough for the entitled leftists.

@chrissmith7364

Жыл бұрын

@@countryfriedent my friend, he is the greatest example of "humble". ❤️

Great to see KZread suggesting videos like this. Really hammers down the situation we are in now

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.

@HedgehogZone

Жыл бұрын

You call someone who owns a farm poor?

@kirbyroad7222

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.

Nothing will change until we can raise a generation that is happy with what they have ...

@sqirleymeadows9025

4 жыл бұрын

@TreesPottingchic These Leaders are CRAZY wise words if everyone thought like that there would be plenty left for those less fortunate x

@aryastark3148

4 жыл бұрын

We can start by not being a bunch of entitled overconsuming, overprocreating boomers who burn the world down. :)

@sqirleymeadows9025

4 жыл бұрын

@@aryastark3148 I agree we know the price of everything and the value of nothing

@tomd1434

4 жыл бұрын

Greed for more unfortunately is always going to be around

@garyo8546

4 жыл бұрын

because of Hollywood and the media (now internet and phone) that will never happen

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 🙏

@Vixxiegurl

2 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.

@lucasgaeta3403

2 жыл бұрын

grasshopper...and the ant. Be the grasshopper girl!

@marcushoward6560

2 жыл бұрын

@@lucasgaeta3403 You do realize the grasshopper was the lazy, evil villain, right?

@cindersmolloy6584

2 жыл бұрын

Good for you. Do not listen to the naysayers. Better to be safe than sorry

@seanrathmakedisciples1508

2 жыл бұрын

@@cindersmolloy6584 kzread.info/dash/bejne/l4BrpKuAns2ag6Q.html

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 !!!

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.

During good times you only have to be good at one thing, after a depression you have to be good at every thing.

@elliesquires2753

4 жыл бұрын

Barry Thacker very well sai

@waldo0059

4 жыл бұрын

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@arlynbaggot6187

4 жыл бұрын

This is going in my memorable quotes file. Thank you!

@cynthiaburrus3901

4 жыл бұрын

Very Well Said.

@JohnDoe-xp6dr

4 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

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!

@shotgunblast28

3 жыл бұрын

J0e Biden thankyou.

@shotgunblast28

3 жыл бұрын

J0e Biden I figured that 😂

@octaviusgalacticus2253

3 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

@shotgunblast28

3 жыл бұрын

Luke Boswell good thinking sweety!!

@khappy1286

3 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:)

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.)

When my grandparents were growing up, they had to walk to school, 5 miles, in the snow, uphill...both ways! Luckily, they didn't suffer from mental/emotional problems caused by TV and internet...like me!

@renebleu8711

2 жыл бұрын

Our elders were tough and these new generations like yourself are weak/pathetic/losers

@elsthielens5297

Жыл бұрын

both ways uphill??? impossible one must have been downhill surely

@northernyetigaming8566

Жыл бұрын

@@elsthielens5297 nope, went to school up hill and went home uphill.

@patriciamichelleisaac2562

Жыл бұрын

Education also affects mental health- not just tv and internet. Keeping intouch with people can affect your mental health, reading a newspaper etc etc etc

If you stay ready, you don't have to get ready.

@laragreene8328

4 жыл бұрын

Boy scouts..."Be Prepared" ;-)

@RAPSNINO

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds good

@x2gaming149

4 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

@johndododoe1411

3 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.

@joeygibbs4775

3 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!

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.

@genkiferal7178

2 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.

@cindersmolloy6584

2 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.

@seanrathmakedisciples1508

2 жыл бұрын

@@cindersmolloy6584 kzread.info/dash/bejne/l4BrpKuAns2ag6Q.html

@kholbrook203

Жыл бұрын

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.

@suem5987

Жыл бұрын

I hate our world. We're think we're so advanced not knowing how stupid we are

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

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.

People were also far more tough back then. Nowadays, people have temper tantrums if they don't have Wi-Fi.

@thepoastman209

5 жыл бұрын

But Wi-Fi is life!!!!!

@spacelinx

5 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.

@gigiis526

4 жыл бұрын

@GazB85 We have far more technology now than back then. Yes, times has changed alot. Humans have changed. 2Tim 3

@Gerod253

4 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.

@salyerbrandon

4 жыл бұрын

The irony.

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.

@pastorshawnbitner7316

2 жыл бұрын

You need to find someone to pass your knowledge on to. It may save many lives.

@amouramarie

2 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 KZread 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.

@tingtingboll

2 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 :)

@bighands69

2 жыл бұрын

Also stock up on cheap vitamin d and vitamin c supplements.

@reswobiandreaming3644

2 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.

My mom took a half of warm potato in her pocket s .which was her lunch. She was glad to have it and often shared.

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.

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.

@bookmagicroe9553

2 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.

@cleopatra658

2 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!

@extendedpinky

2 жыл бұрын

My grandma saved bread bags they make great lunch bags

@nugsymalone1247

2 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

@carenfarmer4794

2 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.

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-zu8pc

4 жыл бұрын

Jim Mascaro a favourite saying of mine is “none so rich as the poor”!

@TheNotsoignorant

4 жыл бұрын

Lovely! Your post made me happy even!

@Sam-zu8pc

4 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...

@keyavi939250

4 жыл бұрын

It’s sad to know people aren’t like that anymod

@keyavi939250

4 жыл бұрын

Greg Jacques Lucifer's Jizz Gargler wut?

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.

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

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.

@mondopinion3777

3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful and true.

@miguelpintadostanford711

2 жыл бұрын

I like your story thank you for sharing!

@seanrathmakedisciples1508

2 жыл бұрын

@@miguelpintadostanford711 kzread.info/dash/bejne/l4BrpKuAns2ag6Q.html

@pmscalisi

Жыл бұрын

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

@seanrathmakedisciples1508

Жыл бұрын

@@pmscalisi kzread.info/dash/bejne/l4BrpKuAns2ag6Q.html

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.25

Жыл бұрын

Excactly, if you get your friends, neighbors, and family working together you can survive almost anything. Be like an ant colony🙌

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!

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

I can cook...sew...garden...fish...can....make candles...soap...im mid 40s country girl....and im appalled by how helpless people are today

@NotAFeminist976

4 жыл бұрын

sharon strech My mom worked in a cotton mill when she was around 12

@pinkrose5796

4 жыл бұрын

sharon strech Some can't even sew a button on their clothes!!!

@roberthertz6634

4 жыл бұрын

We can tx. UBER or face book ourselves.

@roberthertz6634

4 жыл бұрын

@@NotAFeminist976 God BLESS grandma.😂

@scotty3886

4 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

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.

@waynedalton698

4 жыл бұрын

Remember ..those who are used to going without ...will fare much better than the Entitled

@davidbrown8303

4 жыл бұрын

Because poor people know what it's like to do without.

@patriciafisher1170

4 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

@helloly

4 жыл бұрын

They ARE family. Not like family. Family isn't just blood related. The worse people are your blood

@davidbrown8303

4 жыл бұрын

@@helloly my mom is my best friend.

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

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.

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.

@estherloske8180

3 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 ..

@nacoleb6465

2 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.

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

Жыл бұрын

I never got rid of anything that didn't still work.

Those who are watching this. Take note, get ready. A wise man stores food, a fool devours all

@Dr.Pepper001

4 жыл бұрын

He who fails to prepare prepares to fail.

@saosaqii5807

4 жыл бұрын

Dead Fox most Americans do store food. In their gut ofc

@scotty3886

4 жыл бұрын

its taco Tuesday...and its cold outside....im eating

@kozmickarmakoala3526

4 жыл бұрын

I got a bottle of wine and some pills.Should the worst befall us , I am ready.

@waterheaterservices

4 жыл бұрын

Amen. God's word.

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.

@lorablair3863

2 жыл бұрын

Where in the world do live on only 600 a month?

@joanmayo3330

Жыл бұрын

Very happy for your peace and contentment!

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.

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.

@septiawoman2911

4 жыл бұрын

"Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it."

@litote9

4 жыл бұрын

Did she find the picture too?

@jjhatnm

4 жыл бұрын

We call them hoarders now. Just kidding lol!

@shawnr771

4 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.

@chrisgibbs8204

4 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.

I've always followed my grandparents advice. DON'T TRUST BANKS!

@TheLouisianan

5 жыл бұрын

Plus, whats an FDIC guarantee when the currency becomes face value

@GetMeThere1

5 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-jt9oq

5 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.

@carmenortiz5294

5 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.

@GetMeThere1

5 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!

Thank you for sharing such important information. God Bless

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

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-wc5bd4so9w

3 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.

@gwarlow

3 жыл бұрын

A “bloodbath”? Really? Well, good luck then.

@maggiethedruid9010

3 жыл бұрын

@@gwarlow it will be in the large cities, less populated areas will be better

@joecool4656

3 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!)

@BlackSupranoMDHTHC

3 жыл бұрын

@@maggiethedruid9010 wonderful.

I thought my name was "getwood" until I was 12.

@thomasgrey6309

4 жыл бұрын

Strange, I thought my name was changed to "gotwood" when I turned 12... hmm...

@mr.lavalove1532

4 жыл бұрын

Ha ! I have three kids that think that's their names 😁

@shadowling77777

4 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@kozmickarmakoala3526

4 жыл бұрын

@@thomasgrey6309 😆😆😆

@cathycasanos9444

4 жыл бұрын

So funny

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.

@bethfromchicago8719

2 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.

I feel like this is going to be a useful survival tip for the depression coming our way

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..

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.

@deweyoxburger2963

4 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.

@thesumeriangod5421

4 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.❤️

@nosomnesmentitisunt2043

3 жыл бұрын

We in America have alot to unlearn. Family values in America has been chipped away by greed.

@genkiferal7178

2 жыл бұрын

@@nosomnesmentitisunt2043 ego is the foundation of greed. that I AM BETTER THAN YOU attitude.

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.

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.

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.

@rbeck3200tb40

5 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

@kathleensaenz4717

5 жыл бұрын

God bless.

@mmafreaks4871

5 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.

@lastweek3606

5 жыл бұрын

Wow your mother makes my mother sound like she was rich

@johnd4348

5 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.

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 😂

@suehowie152

3 жыл бұрын

Wise woman..

@annaleedaughterofyhwh7767

2 жыл бұрын

I can’t tell you how much I loved this recounting of your Grandmother

@republicunited2183

2 жыл бұрын

My family is from E KY/TN, self sufficient! Farmers/coal miners.

@farmfreshideas579

2 жыл бұрын

@@republicunited2183 we could be relayed 😂

@seanrathmakedisciples1508

2 жыл бұрын

@@suehowie152 kzread.info/dash/bejne/l4BrpKuAns2ag6Q.html

This is Much more relevant now than 3 years ago. Thanks 👍🏼

My dad lived through the great depression and years later he growled at me for using two pieces of paper when i could have used one. Living through times like that makes you hypervigilent and i think it does stay with you for life.

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.

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.

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 🌹

it's August 2022 now. This video is even more important than when it was posted

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.

@Jbk4real

Жыл бұрын

Your confused

@JaneH3675

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.

@dawnswan1035

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

10 ай 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!

Just look at what the Amish are doing. Lots to learn from them. They could not care less, if the system goes down.

@rudyp9446

5 жыл бұрын

Most of them own guns just like us.

@rudyp9446

5 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.

@taxpayer9546

5 жыл бұрын

Rudy Priepke, please give us an example?

@vickyjanway4526

5 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

@chrissewell1608

5 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.

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!

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

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

Thank you for promoting preparation , living simply, community and sharing. That's what it's all about, depression or not!

Dad lived it, and spent the rest of his life saving money and hoarding canned food: It had THAT effect on people. Fear...real fear.

@HawkGTboy

2 жыл бұрын

@@batbarasobczak351 Doubt.

@alexeisenhardt9299

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

@BobbyGeee

2 жыл бұрын

PTSD will do that

@BobbyGeee

2 жыл бұрын

Not in a meaning of it being a bad thing

@leasachapman21

Жыл бұрын

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.

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.

@aFeverishFiend

4 жыл бұрын

Mind sharing some of those tips?

@bob15479

4 жыл бұрын

I would love seeing this book.

@monseflores3284

4 жыл бұрын

Yes please, would you very kindly share some tips

@victorarregnelle8976

4 жыл бұрын

I find interesting people think this things will never happen, even though they happen often.

@janeaair

4 жыл бұрын

@@aFeverishFiend This is a good channel for learning. kzread.info

My coworker told me that his father in law refused to eat chicken because that’s all he ate during the Great Depression. My father told me that he ate a lot of cabbage because that’s all that was available. He didn’t get to eat chicken often so he loved it. My mother said that they lost their small farm during the Depression.

@user-oq5ys1xn1x

Жыл бұрын

we had the same with pasta/ Its the cheapest possible food in Russia. Have a big laugh at Italy

My grandfather said that, he'd say "depression?? There was a depression in Eastern Kentucky??Hmm we just called it life."

My mother in law told me during the depression her mother picked a wild weed (looked like spinach) they ate it and all got sick. I remember as a child we were very poor, my dad was sick, my mom had a painful leg (eventually had surgery and went to work), war problems/ injuries, we went hungry, my mom would cry over it. After about 3 days of being hungry, my brother and I (maybe age 8 and 9) would get up about 5:30 and go a few blocks away and hide in a bush waiting for the milkman and breadman to make their house deliveries, we would pinch (steal) one item from each porch, we would raid fruit trees, vegetable gardens, that's how we survived! I remember being evicted and homeless, sometimes living in abandoned houses, no plumbing, no electricity. Missed a lot of school because of it but I always passed my grades. Sometime we didn't have winter boots or warm coats, or even school supplies. Eventually my brother and I went to live with my grandmother for a year. My younger brothers lived in a hotel room with my parents. Things eventually got better, my mom went to work, my dad worked when he could. I went to work at 12, lied about my age. My parents were almost 40 when they began having kids, people thought they were our grand parents . I made sure my kids never went without! They don't know my story!

@ThePinkBinks

2 жыл бұрын

They should know your story. You do them a disservice by not teaching them that.

@debra1363

2 жыл бұрын

Please tell your children your life story and your grandchildren if you have them Teach them everything you know it will be the best gift you could give them.

@cynthiakeller5954

Жыл бұрын

You story is interesting. It shows perseverance in the eyes of adversity. Don't be ashamed of it! They will share it with their children, a gypsy hobo story.

@carolynwatson4301

Жыл бұрын

The weed is poke weed. You can only eat it in the early spring. Otherwise it is poisonous.

@jonawesolowski-thecommunit9968

Жыл бұрын

They should know your story. May make em more apt to appreciate what they have. Not saying they don't appreciate it, but when someone doesn't know something, they don't know

My mother say the same thing. She lived through WW2, and German Occupation. We helped eachother back then she told me. One day one of her friends didnt come to school. Her dad was arrested by the Germans, and the family was poor. The teacher said that everyone should share half their lunch, and my mother and the teacher went over to the family, they hadnt had food for days.. My grandmother was definitely a prepper. When she died, we found food everywhere.

@paulrichards2365

3 жыл бұрын

People are not the same now. Most will not help.

@stevenschnepp576

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulrichards2365 You say that like neighbors weren't snitching on each other back then.

@happycook6737

2 жыл бұрын

That was a smart teacher who save that family.

@seanrathmakedisciples1508

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulrichards2365 kzread.info/dash/bejne/l4BrpKuAns2ag6Q.html

@seanrathmakedisciples1508

2 жыл бұрын

@@happycook6737 kzread.info/dash/bejne/l4BrpKuAns2ag6Q.html

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.

That's true, during the great depression some went hungry others starved. I read of a study from Harvard that reminded us of that. My mother told me that their family didn't go hungry because they lived on a farm but others did go hungry.

My grandma told me they read about the depression, it was bad for the city folks but she said it didn't effect them because they lived on the farm and were self-sufficient. This has always stayed in my mind, try to be as self-sufficient as possible.

@rcppop3090

5 жыл бұрын

Gene Holt hard to be self sufficient when the bank forecloses your home and you don’t have any land to work.

@rcppop3090

5 жыл бұрын

Gene Holt but I totally agree with your point. I’m just saying in the event of a major collapse, everything is lost. All that being said I lived and survived through what in my experience was a depression. The down turn of 2008 was horrible but not anything like the Great Depression. My wife and I had started a business in 2005 and had a baby we moved into my parents garage and lived there for 6 years before we were able to turn things around. I managed to keep my business intact and my wife finished school with her masters degree from U.C.Davis

@raeholt4249

5 жыл бұрын

You are a survivor.

@rcppop3090

5 жыл бұрын

Sheila T. Yes

@kathryngagne5813

5 жыл бұрын

My Great Aunt said the same thing.

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.

@governmentgum8583

4 жыл бұрын

Hardly anyone knows their blood type these days. It could be stapled to their foreheads and they wouldn't remember it.

@carennorthcutt7724

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@wesknitter407

4 жыл бұрын

@Abdul Jalloh Just in case you ever need a blood transfusion...A+ B+ O+ or O- are the most common...you should find out.

@theboudica2.043

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@ellalarkin1016

4 жыл бұрын

KaleidoscopeJunkie, I don't understand why knowing your blood type will be worth its weight in gold?

Love this message!! So many have no idea!! Thankful for channels like yours!

The part that's going to be the worst is like you're grandmother said, people are so greedy and self centered and just won't get along, there is no sense of kindness is most communities, out of all the people you see daily, how many say hi, not a one most days. Most People suck, which makes suffering even harder for the rest of us