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Offline Melvin

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Re: Got wood ?
« Reply #45 on: March 31, 2012, 02:34:06 PM »


It would boil down to water-food-shelter in a hurry.
I would not want to live in that world.



Yes and yes.

However, if we are forced to live in a hell on earth, some of us will live and some will die.

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Re: Got wood ?
« Reply #46 on: March 31, 2012, 08:00:21 PM »
The issue is that outside of modern society, you can't plan for future generations, as there is no stability. I mean even now, you can only help your offspring so much, and much of that comes in the form of guidance and teaching.

What if you built an underground bunker out in the woods. You got it all stocked up with a couple years worth of food, while you learn or re-learn nessecary survival skills. After three weeks out, your son gets mauled by a bear, and his leg has to be amputated. That supply of food is finite, and won't last long. Your son is no longer much good for hunting, and he probably wouldn't have a usefull trade that he can practice without a leg. Depending of the scale of the disaster we're talking about, your son probably won't get a mate (and thats what it WOULD be, a mate, not a wife, but a mate who would be with him because he could sire and provide for her offspring), as he won't be able to provide her or her offspring.



Point is that if you can't plan for future generations, then plan for the next 10 years. If you can't plan for the next 10 years, plan for the next 5. If you cant plan for the next 5, plan for just the upcoming year. If you can't plan for the next year, plan for tommarow. And if even your best laid plans don't survive the night, then focus on the next hour, the next minute, the next second. Focus on staying alive in the here and now. Becuase if you die right now, all of your plans, all of your preperation, were for naught.
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Offline Grayeagle

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Re: Got wood ?
« Reply #47 on: March 31, 2012, 11:11:11 PM »
Wife is disabled, I am on Social Security startin in June ..

I haven't decided yet what hobby I will pursue, thinkin R/C flyin
or mayhap shooting/reloading in /45 ACP ..would like to get a Kimber and mayhap a tommygun replica in semi-auto.
Gettin too old an slow to 'fight' ..would rather just have a .45 handy for the idiot encounter that may happen.

Not much says 'don't bother me' as well as a .45 round in center of mass.

-Just sayin.

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Re: Got wood ?
« Reply #48 on: April 01, 2012, 11:27:37 PM »
What are most houses made of ? ?  Wood. So could a handful of incindeary bombs wipe out are most populated citys? I think so, so part of my doomsday plan is to leave the city and go deep deep in the woods.. All you really need is guns, ammo, some medicine, water purify system, and hunting and fishing knowledge.. Dig your self a vietcong style dirt and wood bunker and learn the terrain.. 1 man army is not just a saying, 1 man could rain hail upon a small army.... If you know how.
what kind of small army, we talkin pros with air suppert and long range artillery, if thats the case you're most likely screwed.

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Re: Got wood ?
« Reply #49 on: April 02, 2012, 07:54:57 AM »
The people with bug out plans better be ready for the 50 armed dudes wandering around taking peoples stuff.

Not that I believe that there is ever going to be a need for any of that prepping. Those "preppers" live under the influence of fear and paranoia seems like a sad way to live.
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Re: Got wood ?
« Reply #50 on: April 02, 2012, 10:27:46 AM »
The people with bug out plans better be ready for the 50 armed dudes wandering around taking peoples stuff.

Not that I believe that there is ever going to be a need for any of that prepping. Those "preppers" live under the influence of fear and paranoia seems like a sad way to live.

Prepping is a very overarching concept.  Prepping can be the guy who lives in a bunker and has food stored for 40 years, or it can be the guy with a few days of food and water in his closet.  It's extremely individualistic and as always, it's the extremes who make a name for the entire community.  For me, it's not a polar shift, it's not solar radiation, but just your run of the mill natural disasters.  Most notably, I think about New Orleans, or the tsunamis we've seen in Asia; first world countries can turn into a hellscape very quickly.  As of right now, I've got some food stored, and I've also got a 72-hour bag (BOB Bag) that I can quickly grab and be 'okay' for a few days.  I have fun with preparing, it's almost another hobby of mine. 

For many, prepping isn't done with a constant sense of paranoia.  Not preparing however, is living in a fantasy world.
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Re: Got wood ?
« Reply #51 on: April 02, 2012, 11:07:47 AM »
Only one flaw.  The woods are made of wood.

bwahahahahahaaahahahaha
I am not even going to read any further into this thread because I doubt the concise and accurate statement right here can be topped. The rest is no doubt going to be an ongoing diatribe of doom and gloom countered with zombie ammo and dryer lint.

Thank you Curry1 for making me laugh out loud at my desk at work. Too damn funny.

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Re: Got wood ?
« Reply #52 on: April 02, 2012, 09:55:53 PM »
The people with bug out plans better be ready for the 50 armed dudes wandering around taking peoples stuff.

Not that I believe that there is ever going to be a need for any of that prepping. Those "preppers" live under the influence of fear and paranoia seems like a sad way to live.



I fear only God....50 armed dudes? LOL

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Re: Got wood ?
« Reply #53 on: April 02, 2012, 10:31:23 PM »
You're probably the type to test your bunker against small arms fire by shooting a .22 at it, because its one of the most common calibers in the USA, and completly ignore the fact that 'most common' is a relative term, and that even .50cal BMG isn't overly difficult to aquire.
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Offline kilo2

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Re: Got wood ?
« Reply #54 on: April 02, 2012, 10:47:08 PM »


I fear only God....50 armed dudes? LOL

Good luck to you.

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Re: Got wood ?
« Reply #55 on: April 02, 2012, 11:03:36 PM »


I fear only God....50 armed dudes? LOL

smart man :aok

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Re: Got wood ?
« Reply #56 on: April 02, 2012, 11:11:54 PM »
You're probably the type to test your bunker against small arms fire by shooting a .22 at it, because its one of the most common calibers in the USA, and completly ignore the fact that 'most common' is a relative term, and that even .50cal BMG isn't overly difficult to aquire.

You see that episode, too? lol I thought that was funny.
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Re: Got wood ?
« Reply #57 on: April 03, 2012, 12:36:32 AM »
You see that episode, too? lol I thought that was funny.

I laughed my arse off. All I could do was plot out how I would go about attacking it.

Best plan I could come up with involves our friend's light aircraft, which we would arm with a side door-mounted gatling gun we built from a conversion kit for a pair of ruger 10/22's (Of course we'll have upgraded it to accomodate 7.92mm weapons  :D) to act as a poor man's AC-130 and an AWACS.
You started this thread and it was obviously about your want and desire in spite of your use of 'we' and Google.

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Re: Got wood ?
« Reply #58 on: April 03, 2012, 06:56:27 PM »
My first thought was this: (Caution for strong language) http://youtu.be/evr_tP9cJWY