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Survivalist Fantasies
Re: Survivalist Fantasies
by smallpoxgirl » Fri 10 Feb 2006, 15:31:05
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('spear', 'S')urvivalist fantasy?One word.Aegean.
One word: Huh?
You're planning to move to Turkey?
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Re: Survivalist Fantasies
by spear » Fri 10 Feb 2006, 15:39:39
No smallpox,I will go across and raid.
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Re: Survivalist Fantasies
by Specop_007 » Fri 10 Feb 2006, 17:01:34
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PrairieMule', 'W')ell said Spec. It's all a matter of degrees. We all know to what degree you are with the gun thing and I have pretty good idea of your level of awareness and fieldcraft skill. Let me ask you this, who or what books have you found influenced your mindset?
As strange as it sounds....
No books. No manuals, no websites. I learned in the field so to speak.
I lived about 10 miles outside of town on a farm. The town had a population of roughly 1200. It was COUNTRY. My best friend lived less then half a mile away, and my other best friend lived a touch over a mile. We'd walk between each others houses. This was as early as grade school.
When the oldest of us got his drivers license, we were hell on wheels. We'd spend all day not in town chasing tail and goofing off, but wandering around the countryside. We fished, we hunted, we trapped, we sniped praire dogs. We camped out, we made honest to god steel swords and beat the snort out of each other. We set trap lines, stuck a pole in the water then grabbed the guns and walked the banks poppin bunnies and any carp up in the shallows. We played around with explosives (Cause every kid loves things that go BOOM).
While I might not be able to keep up with a SEAL or survive like a Ranger, I also didnt learn what I know by hiding in my room and reading and playing keyboard commando. Not implying anyone has of course, but the point is most of what I know I learned by being out and doing it. Which does have its downside of course. I learned a dozen ways NOT to catch a rabbit before I learned one that works. Some guy who read a book then went out was a step ahead of me. I learned how to tan hides by having a few go bad. Trial and error.
Life was good growing up, I wouldnt trade it for anything in the world. Paris Hilton and all those spoiled brats, they can keep that rich lazy materialistic lifestyle. I liked growing up poor.
So really, my mindset now is just one more degree down the road. When I was still out with my friends, it was only smart to bring some stuff along. We got stuck, miles from home. If you didnt have a shovel or spade, you better plan on walking. We'd find ourselves 20 miles into Colorado on some dirt road and we were hungry. Better have a Snickers, cause its a long drive back home. Better take enough ammo, it SUCKS runnin out halfway through the day.
So, being "prepared" came from being young and as I got older I just took it up a degree. Instead of having enough for lunch for the day, I want enough for the week or month or year.
Just in case.
"Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the
Abyss, the Abyss gazes also into you."
Ammo at a gunfight is like bubblegum in grade school: If you havent brought enough for everyone, you're in trouble
Abyss, the Abyss gazes also into you."
Ammo at a gunfight is like bubblegum in grade school: If you havent brought enough for everyone, you're in trouble
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Re: Survivalist Fantasies
by Specop_007 » Fri 10 Feb 2006, 17:11:54
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('smallpoxgirl', 'C')an I just say. Specop....you rock!
Darn shame you're married.
Darn shame you're married.
"Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the
Abyss, the Abyss gazes also into you."
Ammo at a gunfight is like bubblegum in grade school: If you havent brought enough for everyone, you're in trouble
Abyss, the Abyss gazes also into you."
Ammo at a gunfight is like bubblegum in grade school: If you havent brought enough for everyone, you're in trouble
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Re: Survivalist Fantasies
by smallpoxgirl » Fri 10 Feb 2006, 17:15:18
Can I just say. Specop....you rock!
Darn shame you're married.
Darn shame you're married.
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Re: Survivalist Fantasies
by k_semler » Sun 12 Feb 2006, 00:09:30
The Marines said it best: "Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome". That is the only way to deal with TEOWAWKI, or even TSHTF, (like in N.O.).
Here Lies the United States Of America.
July 04, 1776 - June 23 2005
Epitaph: "The Experiment Is Over."
Rest In Peace.
Eminent Domain Was The Murderer.
July 04, 1776 - June 23 2005
Epitaph: "The Experiment Is Over."
Rest In Peace.
Eminent Domain Was The Murderer.
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Re: Survivalist Fantasies
by Plantagenet » Tue 28 Jun 2016, 13:28:17
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Now you too can be a survivalist!!! Learn to survive the apocalypse while staying at a five star resort!!!
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Re: Survivalist Fantasies
by vtsnowedin » Tue 28 Jun 2016, 14:55:23
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'A')re you rich?
Are you worried about surviving peak oil, global warming, and other coming disasters?
Now you too can be a survivalist!!! Learn to survive the apocalypse while staying at a five star resort!!!
where-rich-people-learn-how-to-survive-apocalypse
For only $1430 a night, you can learn how to forage and farm, make your own clothes, shoot, cook for yourself, build a shelter, scrounge for gas and other supplies in the remains of Amerikkka, and do what it takes to survive the coming EOTWAWKI --- and live in pampered luxury and eat five-star dinners while you do it!
Are you worried about surviving peak oil, global warming, and other coming disasters?
Now you too can be a survivalist!!! Learn to survive the apocalypse while staying at a five star resort!!!
where-rich-people-learn-how-to-survive-apocalypse
For only $1430 a night, you can learn how to forage and farm, make your own clothes, shoot, cook for yourself, build a shelter, scrounge for gas and other supplies in the remains of Amerikkka, and do what it takes to survive the coming EOTWAWKI --- and live in pampered luxury and eat five-star dinners while you do it!
Wow Planty drag up a ten year old thread?
I must say I miss Smallpox girl. She was a hoot.
So all the super rich will retreat to Montana? Good they will bypass me and I won't have to deal with them after their supply of jet fuel runs out.
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