[PenultimateManStanding]

Need someplace to chat with friends awaiting the end of the world? Need to talk about nothing in particular when you have a ton of bricks awareness that this world is doomed? Tired of hearing about every single thing that you used to be interested in? Nothing seems to matter like it used to? Tired, even, of people trying to convince you and debate about what is so painfully obvious, i.e. peak oil? Tired of all the speculative nonsense? Can't get into Baseball? Do your scruples prohibit you from becoming a drug addict or drunk? Too chicken to rob banks and have a thrill before it's all over? Don't worry, in a little while, you'll have more important things to think about.

[Schweinshaxe]

For Christ's sake PMS, take it easy on the doomerism. I mean people may actually believe that this PO-armageddon crap will happen for real...

And then we have the zombies... The dreaded PO-zombies...

PO will be like a walk in the park. Nothing to worry about!

[Aimrehtopyh]

Would it be like a petroleum speakeasy? I'm thinking of a go-kart track in a private warehouse where people can secretly get their petroleum/nascar/lead-foot jollies after the shortages/rationing kicks in. We could serve ethanol smoothies at the concession stand and have the worlds first horse-drawn sobercab. All prices denoted in Euros or Gold of course.

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Aimrehtopyh', 'W')ould it be like a petroleum speakeasy?

[ironborne]

I live in an urban jungle and go downtown during the day to shop for what I need but at night I have to hide in my bunker so the diseased can't get me. Soon I will rescue a fine proud black woman and we will live happily ever after or at least until her diseased brother finds us. (Charleton Heston in Omega Man)

[lateStarter]

When I was a teen-ager (many, many years ago) I used to watch in amazement as my neighbor spent countless hours turning his backyard into a swampy survival training ground. He would spend most of his weekends, slithering around in the 'swamp' on his belly and occasionally he would pop-up and let some scary looking hunting arrows fly at the straw-men he had propped up in various locations. Now I understand. He was just ahead of his time. The neighbors were too afraid of him to complain. His wife was pretty cute (from the perspective of a horny teenager).

Now, I try to spend as much time as possible in the surrounding forests and swampy areas in order to toughen myself up. Nothing like getting covered by ticks and eaten alive by mosquitos for developing self-confidence. I was doing some research about the forest area where I conduct my training, and found out that there are 31 different types of mosquitos in the immediate area. My wife is not usually real happy when I come back.

One time, I tried eating some strange looking slugs. I was so sick after that for several days, my wife wanted me to go to the hospital. I was throwing up so much, my eyes were bleeding. At least I learned something - don't eat those funky looking yellow slugs.

I'm planning on spending the entire weekend in the forest (without any supplies or gear) as soon as I get a weather forecast that includes some rain. I'll let you know how it goes....

Please share your own 'survival' experiences...

[Zardoz]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('lateStarter', 'P')lease share your own 'survival' experiences...

[lateStarter]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Zardoz', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('lateStarter', 'P')lease share your own 'survival' experiences...

[anneliese-nyc]

I survived another work day . Dodged traffic to get to the train. On the train I saw a friend and we started to chat. A man told us that we should not be talking .(huh ?)
So I told him that anyone could talk as long as it was in a normal tone and not loud. I also told him that it was not a library but a public transport and he was travelling with the masses .He kept insisting we could not talk and I kept explaining we could. lolMeanwhile my friend did not utter a word ...knowing her she was running through her mind all the rules and regulations of the transit system trying to think of any restrictions for normal conversation .
THEN , I had to dodge the homeless panhandlers at the station while I wait for the bus .
Finally I made it to the office where I do meaningless work all day except for surfing the web for long periods of time .
It is usually uneventful going home..the bus is usually close to being on time.(I think he times it for me since he notices the days I am not there) and back to the train where EVERYONE talks on the PM ride.
Actually, I should have written about the time I was in Costa Rica and decided to go whitewater rafting with my then not now boyfriend . Neither one of us had a clue. I picked a 3 thinking it was middle of the road. That 3 turned into a 5 due to high water. 20 miles of adrenalin .Even tho' I was sure I would die I remeber the waterfalls and the virgin rainforest.....incredibly beautiful.
BUT NEVER AGAIN ! lol

[Laurasia]

I, once again, overcame the incredibly seductive urge to take a little nap behind the wheel of my car travelling at 60 mph on the long straight road back home after a hard day's work. Traffic lights are the hardest.

Regards,

L.

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('anneliese-nyc', 'I') survived another work day . Dodged traffic to get to the train. On the train I saw a friend and we started to chat. A man told us that we should not be talking .(huh ?)
So I told him that anyone could talk as long as it was in a normal tone and not loud. I also told him that it was not a library but a public transport and he was travelling with the masses .He kept insisting we could not talk and I kept explaining we could. lolMeanwhile my friend did not utter a word ...knowing her she was running through her mind all the rules and regulations of the transit system trying to think of any restrictions for normal conversation .
THEN , I had to dodge the homeless panhandlers at the station while I wait for the bus .
Finally I made it to the office where I do meaningless work all day except for surfing the web for long periods of time .
It is usually uneventful going home..the bus is usually close to being on time.(I think he times it for me since he notices the days I am not there) and back to the train where EVERYONE talks on the PM ride.
Actually, I should have written about the time I was in Costa Rica and decided to go whitewater rafting with my then not now boyfriend . Neither one of us had a clue. I picked a 3 thinking it was middle of the road. That 3 turned into a 5 due to high water. 20 miles of adrenalin .Even tho' I was sure I would die I remeber the waterfalls and the virgin rainforest.....incredibly beautiful.
BUT NEVER AGAIN ! lol

[Pops]

It's raining.

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pops', 'I')t's raining.

[PenultimateManStanding]

Spent 6 hours with 7th graders. The one white girl in the class said to me that she's white. The other kids always want to know if I speak Spanish. I tell them I know algunas palabras malas. Later the white girl asked if she could turn on the radio if she played it low. I said sure. Within a minute she had cranked it up so I unplugged it and called her a LIAR! Kids were smiling and we had a mock argument. Kids love mock arguments. But the damn radio stayed off. The internet went down while I was there so I couldn't log off. Fortunately (I don't like to leave classes with the computer logged into Peakoil.com) I'm going back tomorrow. That will be a minimum day and I will get full pay for working from 8 to 11 am.

[mekrob]

You're a teacher, pen? No wonder you're a doomer.

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mekrob', 'Y')ou're a teacher, pen? No wonder you're a doomer.

[Zardoz]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', '.')..But I feel for these sweet, lively kids. How did they ever deserve such a future?

[PenultimateManStanding]

We need to come together as people and not political partisans. Don't look to the top, they don't know; don't look to the past, it doesn't apply.

[PenultimateManStanding]

And chocky, what makes you so chocky? it's something I've noticed about the open forum, that it does fall off to dead sometimes. It is absolutely my favorite forum, but I lament when it dries up.