How to survive the Apocolypse

[GunnyGene]

According to the NYT. This is hilarious :lol: :lol: Everything but guns (they're restricted doncha' know). You might get in trouble with the law. Errr, WUT law? :roll:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/23/style/how-to-survive-the-apocalypse.html

 

[ditto1958]

Seems like after food and water a gun and some ammo might be the first thing I would want to have.

 

[bobski]

I'd want to know a farmer that had 40 acres and a mule...........

 

[Jeepnik]

You can have all the supplies in the world. If you can't protect them, someone else will have them.

But I suppose the NYT thinks we'll all just hold hands and sing Kumbaya as the world crumbles.

 

[bobski]

I say get one of those mushroom things in the middle. no one would mess with me.

 

[mohavesam]

Huh.

 

[Mike J]

I was thinking about this a while back. I think I am going to stock up on .177 caliber pellets. The reason being an air rifle is capable of taking small game & it quiet enough not to attract attention to oneself. Of course everything on the above list is a good idea as is a gun but I kinda have that one covered. As far as the nytimes I guess it could be useful too if one needed something to start a fire with. I'm not sure how well it would work as a toilet paper substitute. I guess if you were really, really bored & wanted some fiction you could read it but I probably wouldn't recommend it.

 

[eveled]

You can't use the NYT for TP, because it already has crap on it.

 

[Jeepnik]

I was thinking about this a while back. I think I am going to stock up on .177 caliber pellets. The reason being an air rifle is capable of taking small game & it quiet enough not to attract attention to oneself. Of course everything on the above list is a good idea as is a gun but I kinda have that one covered. As far as the nytimes I guess it could be useful too if one needed something to start a fire with. I'm not sure how well it would work as a toilet paper substitute. I guess if you were really, really bored & wanted some fiction you could read it but I probably wouldn't recommend it.

You're behind the curve. But I chose .22 caliber. Rifles only, plinking with handguns is fun, but they really are powerful enough to reliably take small game.

 

[GunnyGene]

I was thinking about this a while back. I think I am going to stock up on .177 caliber pellets. The reason being an air rifle is capable of taking small game & it quiet enough not to attract attention to oneself. Of course everything on the above list is a good idea as is a gun but I kinda have that one covered. As far as the nytimes I guess it could be useful too if one needed something to start a fire with. I'm not sure how well it would work as a toilet paper substitute. I guess if you were really, really bored & wanted some fiction you could read it but I probably wouldn't recommend it.

You're behind the curve. But I chose .22 caliber. Rifles only, plinking with handguns is fun, but they really are powerful enough to reliably take small game.

You can't have one. The NYT says so. You'll just have to make do with that condom slingshot and gummy bears till you're rescued. :lol: :wink:

 

[coach]

Small liquor bottles? I think not.

 

[Jeepnik]

Small liquor bottles? I think not.

Yep, go big or stay home.

 

[gramps]

Well, I have all that save the jet pack, parachute, slingshot, and foldable kayak. Ya'll need to learn to snare small animals- even quieter than air guns.
gramps

 

[Cholo]

Almost 40 years ago I said that my survival kit was a roll of Copenhagen and a gross of rubbers. I still find nothing lacking in that wisdom...

 

[GP100]

Almost 40 years ago I said that my survival kit was a roll of Copenhagen and a gross of rubbers. I still find nothing lacking in that wisdom...

Don't forget the Penicillin for the aftermath..

 

[GP100]

Almost 40 years ago I said that my survival kit was a roll of Copenhagen and a gross of rubbers. I still find nothing lacking in that wisdom...

Don't forget the Penicillin for after you use the rubbers.. You'll need it nowadays.. And some Ajax, and maybe some other antibiotics..

 

[Mike J]

You can't use the NYT for TP, because it already has crap on it.

:lol: :lol:

 

[bogus bill]

Many years ago I had a friend/co-worker who was a odd ball but smart as a whip. He never married and besides his job with me he was a lesser known TV actor. He was ultra right wing and published some pamphlets trying to get a group of survivalists started.
His idea was for everyone chip in and buy farms and build communes of strictly people of key knowledge such as a doctor, farmers, swat military type etc. When "The day" come, they were to have the commune to run to. No one else welcome. He and I disagreed on one point. He was one of those guys that denied there was a holocaust.

 

[opos]

Living in San Diego with marinas full of big offshore yachts with thousands of gallons of diesel on board and with on board water makers our plan is simple.
Most of the big thumpers are owned by Nevada and Arizona folks that come over on hot weekends to party and beat the heat....they are not here and many don't have "caretakers"..they just sit....I've run boats all my life and stealing one of those would be about a 10 minute proposition...so if it all comes to pass...we will load up the cats, grab some food and cash and go steal whatever looks good and head for Baja....remember it's the big one so I really wouldn't care about being a nice guy...just grab one and go.

 

[Jeepnik]

Living in San Diego with marinas full of big offshore yachts with thousands of gallons of diesel on board and with on board water makers our plan is simple.
Most of the big thumpers are owned by Nevada and Arizona folks that come over on hot weekends to party and beat the heat....they are not here and many don't have "caretakers"..they just sit....I've run boats all my life and stealing one of those would be about a 10 minute proposition...so if it all comes to pass...we will load up the cats, grab some food and cash and go steal whatever looks good and head for Baja....remember it's the big one so I really wouldn't care about being a nice guy...just grab one and go.

Wow! Sounds like the script from Fear the Walking Dead. But you better be darned careful who you steal from. They might take offense and shoot, I know I would.

 

[opos]

Living in San Diego with marinas full of big offshore yachts with thousands of gallons of diesel on board and with on board water makers our plan is simple.
Most of the big thumpers are owned by Nevada and Arizona folks that come over on hot weekends to party and beat the heat....they are not here and many don't have "caretakers"..they just sit....I've run boats all my life and stealing one of those would be about a 10 minute proposition...so if it all comes to pass...we will load up the cats, grab some food and cash and go steal whatever looks good and head for Baja....remember it's the big one so I really wouldn't care about being a nice guy...just grab one and go.

Wow! Sounds like the script from Fear the Walking Dead. But you better be darned careful who you steal from. They might take offense and shoot, I know I would.

Since it's all a fantasy I thought I'd take it to the limit....Why go to Mexico..it's already an apocolypse in full swing...they are all coming here.

 

[Cholo]

opos, let me know when you sail so I can be there to take it from you