Things that will be missed in the PAW.

[brokedownbiker]

1. Being able to pick up the phone and talk to my elderly parents in Alabama, or anyone else for that matter.
2. Definitely will miss the Internet- we take for granted just how much information we have at our fingertips
3. Schwans Peanut Butter Crunch ice cream- no explanation needed
4. Riding my motorcycle for pleasure on back roads- wouldn't risk it post-SHTF

[rockriver]

being able to freely buy gasoline to run the vehicle anywhere i want to go.

we live in the hotter portion of the country.. air conditioning.

[tech]

Been thinking about this since the thread started...

Inexpensive fuel, wide variety of inexpensive foods, the level of personal security currently enjoyed are my top 3.

[bushrat]

I think I would miss the internet mostly. I'm constantly going to it to search out information on some subject that caught my fancy. Also, I get a lot of emails from all over the country from old friends. I'd really miss knowing what's going on in their lives.

We've traveled a great deal over the years. I think not being able to keep in touch with all the friends we have made around the world would be sad.

[Grantmeliberty]

I plan on having ice available for quite a while. The Mr Freeze icemaker uses so little power that you only need a solar panel and an inverter and you can continue to have ice.
Communication and travel will be the things I will miss most.
Strange that I put that "will" not "would" but somehow it seems a certainty that things will disrupt.
Thomas Paine wrote of an innkeeper with a child at his side who, seeing the oncoming storm ( the war for independence), hoped that it would not come in his lifetime. Paine saw that attitude as improper, better that we deal with the trouble than leave it to our children. Our generation, and the ones before us brought about this mess, why shouldn't we be the ones to be cleaning it up? As Patrick Henry expressed it :
If we wish to be free — if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending — if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained — we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us! They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength but irresolution and inaction?

Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. The millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.

Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston!

The war is inevitable — and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come.

It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God!

I know not what course others may take but as for me: give me liberty or give me death.

[Tnhunter]

Maybe answers for all of these.

Ice and Ice Cream, basic refrigeration - the return of the Ice House. I believe in the "Little House of the Prarie" series, Laura Ingles Wilder touched on this.
Pizza - Make your own flour, sauce and cheese.
Fantasy Football and the NFL - Cannot help you there.
Soda - Learned how to make REAL soda in Food and Dairy Microbology using yeast in college. it works.
A really good Beer - Home brew
The Interweb - won't be missed - Get people back into actual books and reading.


My kids wearing clothes that fit
New Shoes (Wife)
Power Tools

[crossbow]

an endless supply of hot running water
an endless supply of fresh fruits and vegetables in the super markets.
an endless supply of gas or fuel if I decide to cross the country.
hospitals and Drs available like they are now.

as I read some of the responces, I don't believe there are many serious preppers or people who any idea what's coming on this forum, most think the next depression is going to be like a weekend without eletricity and on Monday things will be back to normal, what ever that is today.

[monkeybird]

Air Conditioning!
Safety
Grocery Stores
Internet

Let's face it - we'd all miss a whole lot! The loss of a civilization.

[arcangel911]

A readily supply of toilet paper, when I run out.
Cold beer when I go to the store.
Soda in a can, once again at the store.
When I turn the light switch, the light comes on.
Loads of information at my finger tips, when I get on the internet.
When a tool breaks, I can go to to Home Depot and get another one or two.
In fact, Home Depot in general.
The library working well.
911 working
Phone system in working order
Take out Chinese food.
Amazon.com
Cabela’s or Bass Pro

And above all else, a good night sleep. I wish we could all say that when the SHTF we will be sleeping easy, but I doubt if that will be the case.

[rockriver]

i went to visit a customer friday. the customer and another vendor were talking
about the same stuff we talk about here.
the customer has a lot of large equipment.
i finally spoke up that he was so much better off than most people because of
his equipment.
he immediately replied.. "what good will the equipment be if i can't get parts when things break."
--
so my contribution to this thread.. is

"repair parts"

[kihnspiracy]

Ice cream, air conditioning.

[hua man]

Exotic spices, like cinnamon. Chocolate. Things that are imported from other countries that make life a lil bit better.

Oh, and my sanity. I haven't lost it yet. It's around here somewhere.........

[Grinnan Barrett]

Simple medications we take for granted.
Feeling safe at any time
Going to the grocery store ( I used to have to baby sit foreign dignitaries from the Eastern Block and was amazed at the fact they wanted to go to a super market. I have seen some cry as they walked around the place)
Electricity
Fresh running water
Toilet paper
Good shoes
Loved ones lost due to the situation