Yes, but you can live like a king for a day on a shilling in Hammersmith 
I have the basic emergency kit, either in place or within reach.
At home I have a couple of generators (3.6kW and 2kW) plus a jerry can of petrol usually used for my mower. They are enough to run my fridge and my chest freezer permanently and provide enough power to use the microwave and some lighting.
In my car is a first aid kit, a fridge and an aux battery (usually used for camping)
I am not ill prepared even though floods and bush fires are unlikely to reach my house. I have an evacuation plan though it probably needs updating.
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Wow. “evacuation plan”, “a couple of”, - it sounds like you’re well-prepared. What else can you possibly do? I’d probably be running across the field like a headless chicken. Plenty of things to do.
There are reasons for everything, I only have two generators because one failed and I couldn’t get the part at the time, so I bought another, it was a time when my area had a lot of power failures (no longer the case)
The evacuation plan dates back to when I had kids at home, I think most Aussies have one (see the links I provided above in post #14). It takes very little effort to make a list of the things you need to collect or do.
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Since I’m just pottering around today…
Swedish army issue Trangia, absolutely rock solid!
And no, this isn’t my hip flask 
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Can see a bit of clutter there Chilli!
If reasonably healthy, prepping probably is worth it but I’m not sure long-term prepping would be worth it for me and Mrs mart. Maybe not worth planning for longer than a few weeks at most. We rely on medical stuff that isn’t available for storing. Doctors will only prescribe a few weeks requirements at a time. We hit the buffers after that.
I expect a lot of people would be in the same boat.
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You haven’t given up completely, I hope, mart.
But I know what you mean: your days are numbered, so you may as well give up your seat on the escape bus to someone more worthy.
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These emergency plans are only for an emergency like a flood or bushfire where the emergency only lasts for a few days normally.
This not apocalypse stuff with cellars full of food and guns
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Ah right - I’ll get rid of my stash of puncture repair patches then. 
don’t do that Mart, they could used as elastoplast for wounds, when things get nasty
I never thought of that! I’ll hang onto them for sure.
The vision should be to die on the bike 
Ride without tyreing.
Yes, exactly, keep pumped and introduce a bit of Leccy.
Personally I rarely used them, I kept a spare tube and tyre levers under the seat of my bike, with quick release wheels it was quicker to change the tube than mess about with glue and sandpaper.
In my car I keep a small bag of goodies
Spare phone, scissors, spoon/fork/knife thing, nail clippers, spare phone, wire cutters, comb, lighter, elastic bands, band aids. Sometimes comes in handy.
The magnifying glass is for us old folks that can’t read small writing.
From memory the case is actually a pencil case that I bought at a “back to school” sale in Big W
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Go on Bruce, rub it in, still needing a Comb 
Aussie grooming kit. 
Just a bit of humour regarding the tyre patches.
I had a bad experience trying to mend a puncture years back. It happened in the middle of nowhere with a howling gale blowing. I got it done but later got a pair of ‘Dutch Perfect’ mountain bike tyres and a spare innertube. I never got a puncture with those tyres on. The innertube wasn’t ever needed but always carried it just in case.
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