>Reply-To: "Inagaddadavida,Baby" <raelsixty4@earthlink.net> >Rael's done some shoppin' over the last few months as well... ....There's my darlin'! Happy to see your post. Now, I am not a doomsdayer but hey, it don't hurt to hoard...um, (to FEMA I mean... put away only a few items) soz not to be totally at the whim of retailers. So I gots: lots of dried chiles hot sauce some cannned vittles toiletries (it's nice to have fresh breath and little body oder if'n yer house bound awhile) TOILET PAPER (hey, could be a good bartering tool) Got my own personal well, jugs for stocking wood stove and wood.....and plenty of property in the family to poach off of batteries too strike anywhere matches oil lamps flashlights hermetically sealed can with non-hybrid garden seeds and STUFF and live in an area where there are boo-coos of deer, turkey and other 4 legged varmits to russle up if'n we want to bbq! and as Rael mentions, I too work here at Cornell so if someone decides to waste our research facilities and whatever else is here, I would be toast! My best to all of you and hope we are still able to share our love of chiles and humorous stories come the new year! God Bless us everyone! Linda