"preppers"

[Victor Steinbok]

"That've" would have been too strange to write... I defer to AZ for the
rest... ;-)

     VS-)

On 1/21/2012 3:42 PM, Ronald Butters wrote:
> On Jan 21, 2012, at 2:03 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
>
>> Not necessarily--they are the people who buy full-year dehydrated food
>> supplies advertized by and with the help of Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity. There are several companies that sprung
> [sic]
>
>> up in the last five years or
>> so that cater to this "need". These also tend to be Ron Paul
>> supporters--at least for his demand to the "gold standard". I am not
>> sure there is a term yet for those demanding such a prudent economic
>> move, but it has a long history. Bomb shelter? Meh!
> This is not a prescriptive "sic" -- just wondering how widespread it is =
> (or if VS  just left out a "have")

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