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Topic: Consider Your Skills For A Minute;
Lordling Joined Mon 12/31/07 Posts: 536	Sun 03/16/08 01:49 PM
Here's a fairly comprehensive list of skills & items: * physical fitness/health * basic & advanced first aid * storage of emergency supplies (ammo,food,medical,domestic,tools) * marksmanship (handgun, shotgun, rifle) * some form of martial art * basic construction techniques * fire building * cooking over fire * rock climbing & rappelling * mending & sewing * herbal-lore * basic agri-science & storing of organics (canning,drying,pickling) * mountain biking * hunting,trapping & skinning * tanning * woodcutting * soap-making * smelting/refining * blacksmithing * knife-throwing * basic meteorology * basic chemistry * basic astronomy - orienteering/navigating * distillation * bow & crossbow * basic veterinary first aid * animal husbandry & taming * equestrian skill Like you need marksmanship with a shotgun True, but you still need to know which end goes "boom", and how to operate/maintain it. lol.........39 been hunting since 12, think I might just know which end goes boom....lol and break one down also repair it Oh, I figured that you did, being the author - it was the universal "you".

toastedoranges Joined Thu 01/03/08 Posts: 11042	Sun 03/16/08 01:51 PM
would you be able to survive in a post-apocalyptic world? No electricity, no plumbing, no grocery stores, etc. Think of the Gilligan's Island theme song, but you don't get a professor! yes, i believe so.

texasrose9 Joined Fri 08/17/07 Posts: 1140	Sun 03/16/08 01:51 PM
Unfortunately, not sure I could without help.

Jasonbourne Joined Sat 02/23/08 Posts: 175	Sun 03/16/08 01:52 PM
Why not?????, many organisms have survived several apocalyptic catasthophies,........

Lordling Joined Mon 12/31/07 Posts: 536	Sun 03/16/08 01:56 PM
Unfortunately, not sure I could without help. Somehow, I think that help would be lining up at your door.

iceprincess Joined Tue 11/07/06 Posts: 5938	Sun 03/16/08 01:57 PM
ummm i freely admitt NO

toastedoranges Joined Thu 01/03/08 Posts: 11042	Sun 03/16/08 01:57 PM
Why not?????, many organisms have survived several apocalyptic catasthophies,........ that question doesn't seem to be whether or not the human race would survive, but moreso if you could with your own skills

shutterbug Joined Sat 06/16/07 Posts: 34376	Sun 03/16/08 01:59 PM
My daughter just asked me last weekend if I'd move to the Kiribati Islands with she and her husband. I could probably handle visiting for about a week, but don't think I could live that way all the time. Hmmmmmmmm...rethinking this now... Can a take any man of my choosing with me?

AllSmilesInTulsa Joined Mon 05/28/07 Posts: 1903	Sun 03/16/08 02:02 PM
I think more of us could than they think. After Oklahoma lost power due to an ice storm, I know I can. And, now I always keep my gas tank at least 3/4 full. It was unbelievable how people scrambled to find a gas station with power.

caamken Joined Sat 09/01/07 Posts: 18287	Sun 03/16/08 02:03 PM
can I go and get some more ammo before this happens

Jasonbourne Joined Sat 02/23/08 Posts: 175	Sun 03/16/08 02:04 PM
Why not?????, many organisms have survived several apocalyptic catasthophies,........ that question doesn't seem to be whether or not the human race would survive, but moreso if you could with your own skills Definitely,........Yes.

tmbond Joined Sat 02/09/08 Posts: 1462	Sun 03/16/08 02:07 PM
Oh yes I would survive and prosper. I have ALL the skills on the list and more.

Peccy Joined Thu 06/28/07 Posts: 17181	Sun 03/16/08 02:47 PM
Oh yes I would survive and prosper. I have ALL the skills on the list and more. this is Rambabe.....a cute-ass survivalist!

tinabelle Joined Tue 09/26/06 Posts: 1044	Sun 03/16/08 02:48 PM
without question.

cool_guy_incognito Joined Sun 08/26/07 Posts: 643	Sun 03/16/08 02:59 PM
if that were the case...all main resources would probably be used up within months due to selfish survival tactics. yep, people get that way...think of AKIRA! Which resources would that be? It doesn't mean to acquire & horde 400 cases of Beanie-Weenies. The goal should be to only stock up on enough supplies to sustain you until you become self-sufficient. Hording non-renewable material makes no sense, and would probably only make you a target for those who have adopted the predator/scavenger lifestyle. Yes, I agree, some people would turn to that, and that's what all the martial skills are for. okay, perhaps a month is too soon. but i'd say a year. imagine all the people living on this planet striving to survive. and hell yes 400 cases of beanie weenies are gonna become very sufficient! its a matter of life and death. and truely in the end will skill really matter. it will become the case of man vs. beast. and no matter how civilized man is compared to beast. beast has the upper hand. but then theres hope. but of course...this is not reality.

chevylover1965 Joined Sat 09/29/07 Posts: 43370	Sun 03/16/08 03:02 PM
i think i could ?

Jess642 Joined Sat 03/31/07 Posts: 22732	Sun 03/16/08 03:03 PM
would you be able to survive in a post-apocalyptic world? No electricity, no plumbing, no grocery stores, etc. Think of the Gilligan's Island theme song, but you don't get a professor! yes, I lived it for 13 years, with a husband and four children.... no electricity, no running water.... and limited access to commodities. Yes I can, and would survive if civilisation as we know it was to collapse.. Even down to bush medicine.

UplandHunter Joined Thu 02/07/08 Posts: 8066	Sun 03/16/08 03:04 PM
ive been in some survival situations before...and im still here

hottpinkilicious Joined Fri 10/26/07 Posts: 552	Sun 03/16/08 03:06 PM
After being a single mom for 17 years, It would just be life as usual....no electric, no food, no gas, typical life stuff LOL!

Thomas27 Joined Sun 10/21/07 Posts: 4860	Sun 03/16/08 03:07 PM
I bet Chuck Norris could!