[FairMaiden]

I am SO glad I found this site! LadyRuby and others are so insightful and I finally feel as tho I'm not alone. I am a sustainable transportation consultant and I've known about peak oil for 6+ yrs now. I thought it wouldn't happen in my lifetime but I started to notice great increases in the price of oil, did some research and now I'm not so sure anymore.

I feel like there is nothing I can do to prepare anymore. I've sold my car and ride a bicycle everywhere. I am trying to pay down my mortgage but thats not really possible right now (fiance isn't working). We have a 2 br apt that is filled to the brim so if I wanted to keep extra food, water, etc - I have no idea where I would put it! We have some solar panels so I'm not totally lost. I dream every night of a little place with room for a garden (I'd feel safer if I had some food growing)...I dream about negative things as well. And I feel like something is bearing down on me these days. I just got engaged and I have no desire to plan a wedding. I feel as tho it would be a terrible waste of resources given what I know.

But then we can't stop living, can we?

[Deleterius]

" ... We cant stop a living cant we ? ... "


And when It will stop for us ? What are we gonna do ? stay focus

Ur asking if a full wedding party is a waste ? Of course it is ... but what will be a real waste is YOU being correctly informed and not taking some steps in order to help yourself and maybe folks around you ... , in this regard you still can accumulate adequate knowledge while not disturbing daily life of ordinary "ingorant" people living with you.

If they dont listen you still have two ears and one brain, use it

[americandream]

Well.......we had a choice.....we culda lived each according to his needs.....but instead we chose to live like locusts.........cause and now effect. Nothing we can do except wait for the end cos i dont see any changes happening at all apart from a few souls like yourself.

[ubercynicmeister]

Welcome, FairMaiden!

I'm gonna be friendly enough to say "hello", anyway, LOL!

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('FairMaiden', 'I') am SO glad I found this site! LadyRuby and others are so insightful and I finally feel as tho I'm not alone. I am a sustainable transportation consultant and I've known about peak oil for 6+ yrs now. I thought it wouldn't happen in my lifetime but I started to notice great increases in the price of oil, did some research and now I'm not so sure anymore.

[FairMaiden]

Thanks for the welcome ubercynicmeister!

I found a lecture by Prof Bartlet on the site and played it for my fiance last night. He watched the whole thing and afterwards turned to me and said: So what is it going to take to get you to stop worrying about this?

So we started planning and making a list. I feel SO much better now. He feels as long as we have each other, we can face anything. He's a dreamer but I love him

We've put off buying that new car he wanted and will put the extra money into our mortgage. I'm looking for a gov't job or something that is "crucial" enough that one of us will still be working if the economy crashes.

I just needed to "talking" less and "doing" more. Thanks for the help.

[ubercynicmeister]

LOL, Hi FairMaiden and thanks for the response...as no-one ELSE had greeted a fair maiden, I felt I ought to do it (your fiancee has a great gal!)

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('FairMaiden', 'T')hanks for the welcome ubercynicmeister!

I found a lecture by Prof Bartlet on the site and played it for my fiance last night. He watched the whole thing and afterwards turned to me and said: So what is it going to take to get you to stop worrying about this?

[LadyRuby]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('FairMaiden', 'I') am SO glad I found this site! LadyRuby and others are so insightful and I finally feel as tho I'm not alone.

[rockdoc123]

OK ...someone has to wade in here with the notion of calm....Look folks, historically what your are seeing in the markets over the last few weeks does not speak to "time to panic." The investment community are pretty much idiots who run on what everyone else is doing at that particular moment. The numbers in terms of demand and supply are still pretty confusing...if you can find someone who is tied into the the whole idea that the world is collapsing tomorrow who can claim that is incorrect then well I guess I must be wrong.
Stand back...be calm....get more information...understand how markets work.....and most of all understand that the so-called gurus of investment advise are pretty much idiots wandering in new territory right now.
Calm...ohm madi pad muhm. please!

[ubercynicmeister]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rockdoc123', 'O')K ...someone has to wade in here with the notion of calm....Look folks, historically what your are seeing in the markets over the last few weeks does not speak to "time to panic." The investment community are pretty much idiots who run on what everyone else is doing at that particular moment. The numbers in terms of demand and supply are still pretty confusing...if you can find someone who is tied into the the whole idea that the world is collapsing tomorrow who can claim that is incorrect then well I guess I must be wrong.
Stand back...be calm....get more information...understand how markets work.....and most of all understand that the so-called gurus of investment advise are pretty much idiots wandering in new territory right now.
Calm...ohm madi pad muhm. please!

[FairMaiden]

Funny you should mention a draft - my fiance was born in the US (I am Canadian) and he told me when I first met him that he often had nightmares about being drafted. Luckily he is getting too old for that (even if the proposal to raise it to 35 goes thru)...he's 33 now. I could handle something like that - I've seen death in front of me before. But he is a sensitive emotional guy and I would not like to see that change. It would certainly break a spirit like his. That is even worse than thinking aboou peak oil...

[ubercynicmeister]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('FairMaiden', 'F')unny you should mention a draft - my fiance was born in the US (I am Canadian) and he told me when I first met him that he often had nightmares about being drafted. Luckily he is getting too old for that (even if the proposal to raise it to 35 goes thru)...he's 33 now. I could handle something like that - I've seen death in front of me before. But he is a sensitive emotional guy and I would not like to see that change. It would certainly break a spirit like his. That is even worse than thinking aboou peak oil...

[FairMaiden]

LOL...well, we are in Canada...all his family is Canadian...his father works in the US alot bc he's an expert in his field and all the work is down there. So I think we are safe, phew. I feel for all the US soldiers who should be done and coming home but haven't been released. This is crazy.

[ubercynicmeister]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('FairMaiden', 'L')OL...well, we are in Canada...all his family is Canadian...his father works in the US alot bc he's an expert in his field and all the work is down there. So I think we are safe, phew. I feel for all the US soldiers who should be done and coming home but haven't been released. This is crazy.

[FairMaiden]

You are totally correct Uber!

I have always seen the "truth" of things - its my special gift. We were watching the news last night and the report said, "X's family claims he did not survive the attack but the police say that he is in critical condition at Y hospital." I turned to my fiance and said, "So he's brain dead and essentially dead to his family but for the police he isn't dead until he stops breathing." And today we heard an interview with a family member stating he was brain dead.

I have incredible intuition about these things. I actually gambled once bc my intuition told me my coworkers were making more money than I. I could tell by some shifty eyes and backward speak. So I walked in, demanded a raise and was denied. I told my boss, "I'm sure that everyone here is making more so I deserve equal." He avoided my gaze and said, "thats not true - we are all in the same ballpark. Actually, you haven't had a raise in a couple yrs...we can do something about that." I ended up getting a 12% raise. I know I was right. But I had no proof!

Uber - you'll find yourself a gal. J & I didn't meet until we were 31...he wouldn't have been able to handle me before then

[ubercynicmeister]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('FairMaiden', 'Y')ou are totally correct Uber!