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Steelsun · 10-03-2011, 08:04 PM

Guns and Ammo: Check
Long Bladed instruments (in case of ammo shortage or zombies): Check
Spears/Polearms (also useful for crowd control): Check
Pepperspray: Check
Knowledge necessary for making traps (food/safety) and improvised "bang bang": Check
Ability to eat bugs: check (did it in the army, and for an FYI: remove the hind legs on grasshoppers - they scratch - worms are better - rinse em and swallow them whole)

Need to get a new motorcycle though - run much faster and farther on limited fuel, able to get around barricades/accidents/demolished strictures, etc.

Need to get a halligan - these are long crowbar like devices that the fire dept and others used to pry open doors, break through walls, etc. Also make great melee weapons.

Been quite a few years (20+) since I went through survival training in the military, so should brush up.

Jake · 10-03-2011, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by jeeper

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Let's just say that cannibalism is more appealing than eating bugs to me...

Though, if it truly was "the end of the world", no holds would be barred, and I would do whatever it took to survive.

Even now, if my power is out for more then 20 minutes I'm making a list of my most tastiest looking neighbors......just in case.

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Originally Posted by Steelsun

Guns and Ammo: Check
Long Bladed instruments (in case of ammo shortage or zombies): Check
Spears/Polearms (also useful for crowd control): Check
Pepperspray: Check
Knowledge necessary for making traps (food/safety) and improvised "bang bang": Check
Ability to eat bugs: check (did it in the army, and for an FYI: remove the hind legs on grasshoppers - they scratch - worms are better - rinse em and swallow them whole)

Need to get a new motorcycle though - run much faster and farther on limited fuel, able to get around barricades/accidents/demolished strictures, etc.

Need to get a halligan - these are long crowbar like devices that the fire dept and others used to pry open doors, break through walls, etc. Also make great melee weapons.

Been quite a few years (20+) since I went through survival training in the military, so should brush up.

Now my plan is to just meet up with Brian!

KdLaneJr · 10-03-2011, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by ggeen

But, but, but, what about the zombies???

Zombies just mean you will have a constant source of meat...

iCe · 10-03-2011, 10:23 PM

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but most of us are going to die if the world ends. We kind of need the world... if for no other reason than it gives us a warm(er) place to stand than space.

Here's the really bad news. Most people are ill equipped to survive a true meltdown. There are plenty of scam artists out there that will take your money and sell you some pretty bizarre and worthless items. You can buy seeds but it you've never gardened before you'll be lucky to live long enough to see the seeds come up, if they even come up. You can stock up on ammo and guns all you want but you can't eat or drink ammo and guns... you can, however, shoot your neighbor and take all of their stuff

so there is an upside. It would be better to find a group of multi-disciplined people, hope that they don't think you would taste good with carrots and potatoes in a white sauce, and try be a productive member of a team than it would to try to go solo.

It cracks me up when I hear the "crisis garden" commercials. Up until the drought did mine in I had a nice little "practice" garden going. It had full time drip irrigation and once we hit non-stop 100° days it would set blooms (various vegetables) but not produce fruit. So, if the world had gone to h e double toothpicks around July things would have been pretty grim around here. Maybe my 2012 garden will be better.

Water, food, and shelter. Those are the important things. The first makes TX a not so great place to be right now. I have a water well. In a worst case scenario there would be no electricity so no water for me. Food... I already mentioned the state of my garden so it's either the neighbors cows or the neighbors. Except most of them are from the city... so they aren't likely to make it back here in time for supper

if the world melts down. They'll likely feed some of the more enterprising city dwellers.

There are some Off the Grid movements out there. A lot of them miss the mark and focus on alternative energy. Water and food... those two things will decide most peoples fate.

You know what really hacks me off? The thought of not having electricity. How am I supposed to charge my camera battery without electricity? My computer won't work without electricity so I won't be able to download my images and process them... And I won't be able to post them. That's just plain nonsense...

Ricco · 10-03-2011, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Steelsun

Guns and Ammo: Check
Long Bladed instruments (in case of ammo shortage or zombies): Check
Spears/Polearms (also useful for crowd control): Check
Pepperspray: Check
Knowledge necessary for making traps (food/safety) and improvised "bang bang": Check
Ability to eat bugs: check (did it in the army, and for an FYI: remove the hind legs on grasshoppers - they scratch - worms are better - rinse em and swallow them whole)

Need to get a new motorcycle though - run much faster and farther on limited fuel, able to get around barricades/accidents/demolished strictures, etc.

Need to get a halligan - these are long crowbar like devices that the fire dept and others used to pry open doors, break through walls, etc. Also make great melee weapons.

Been quite a few years (20+) since I went through survival training in the military, so should brush up.

You're going to be quite a sight going down teh road with all that gear.

Chief · 10:41 PM

I would be more worried about all the other crazies out there than I would be about the end of the world as we know it. But just in case you can all give me full control of your bank and savings accounts.

I already have enough guns and ammo and buy more every time I go to walmart. Been thru military survival traing before vietnam and bugs and other little crawly things don't taste that bad. I even have numerous hand powered water purification pumps. Water, food and weapons thats enough. OOP's forgot Tabasco Sauce. It makes everything better especially grasshoppers...

Gordon

jeeper · 12:11 AM

I think the thing I will miss the most in the 'end times' will be cold beer - or cold anything, I guess.
When the world ends, my family and I will be marching North, lol.

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Originally Posted by iCe

You know what really hacks me off? The thought of not having electricity. How am I supposed to charge my camera battery without electricity? My computer won't work without electricity so I won't be able to download my images and process them... And I won't be able to post them. That's just plain nonsense...

You need an old manual film camera. That **** can survive a nuclear strike/EMP. No computer required. Just a few chemicals, and a dark space to work in.

jeeper · 10-03-2011, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by KdLaneJr

Zombies just mean you will have a constant source of meat...

Not so sure I'd be eating that meat...lol!

iCe · 10-04-2011, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by jeeper

I think the thing I will miss the most in the 'end times' will be cold beer - or cold anything, I guess.
When the world ends, my family and I will be marching North, lol.

You need an old manual film camera. That **** can survive a nuclear strike/EMP. No computer required. Just a few chemicals, and a dark space to work in.

Film camera(s)-check. Scanner still needs power though. Maybe I'll get one of those propeller hats and put a generator in it