On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:42:57 -0700, pyotr filipivich
> wrote:

>unthawed w/o damage.]
> And figure on getting more than you think you will need. One
>method is to take the Official Government Estimate, double it, and
>move to the next unit of time. Umm, but be reasonable. I mean, if the
>Gov says "plan for a year", laying in supplies for two decades might
>be a bit much. Might.


Or might not be enough.


"Human nature is bad. Good is a human product*
A warped piece of wood must be steamed and forced
before it is made straight; a metal blade must be put to the whetstone
before it becomes sharp. Since the nature of people is bad, to become corrected
they must be taught by teachers and to be orderly they must acquire ritual
and moral principles."
—Sun Tzu
*