The Simple Skills aren't So Simple
I mentioned in another thread that there are so many skills we would need to survive a Zpoc or any kind of massive disaster. How many of us can sew our own clothes or cook our own foor? Okay, we all know you're gonna have to know how to shoot in order to stay alive. You're gonna shoot zombies and you're gonna shoot food. Now how many know how to field dress what they shoot? Can you skin that critter? Can you tan the pelt? Once the ammo on the store shelves is gone you're gonna have to reload your own. Do you know how to make a primer, a lead slug the proper caliber or how to make gun powder? We talk bicycles, cars, ATVs, Motorcycles and even horses but how many of us have used these things? Riding a bicycle is almost a given but some folks never learn to drive a car let alone a motorcycle, ATV or snowmobile. How many of us know how to cue a horse? How many of us know the proper use of spurs? What's the easiest way to get feathers off a bird you shot and managed to dress out without ruining it? How many can plant a garden? How many know about hydroponics? You may not have access to a garden plot and may have to grow food on a rooftop in a home made green house. Do you have these skills? Do you know someone who does? Can you get enough people together who have different skills that can be used to survive?
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Permalink Reply by Melvin "Chems" Nivlem on -
When it comes down to it, survival will be oh so very hard. So many variables come into play, so many things could go wrong. Tho to help you prepare, id recommend any type of Survivalist's Handbooks. At least if your out on your own in nature you will know how to survive and what to do when things go wrong
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Permalink Reply by JB on -
All right guys, I need a roll of toilet paper, three matches, a pencil sharpener and some dental floss...
"What are you going to do with that, JB?"
I'm going to make a satalite dish, I hate PBS...
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Permalink Reply by Jericho Syndrome on -
sounds more like what MacGyver would make with.....
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Permalink Reply by Jason Valentine on -
... I'm gonna hold up in a library... problem solved. :P
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Permalink Reply by JJ on -
You boil the bird right? You know, for the feathers..(Stared at)....What?............What?!.....you know what, screw bullets, right now I'm hungry XD
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Permalink Reply by PRIME_Ω_PREDATOR on -
You're right. You boil the bird after you gut it. The feathers come off easier.
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Permalink Reply by TravisMath on -
The smell is almost enough to make you not want to eat, of course when the zombies come it will be a little easier. (From my experience with chickens)
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Permalink Reply by PRIME_Ω_PREDATOR on
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Simple skills. How many know how to sharpen a knife or axe or machete?
How many have stayed more then a weekend out in the woods in a tent or less?
How many have found their way around with just a topographical map and compass?
Can you sew a button on?
Survival isn't simple. A natural disaster kills many folks. Throw in a couple Zombies and most people are dead but they'll be living dead soon after.
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Permalink Reply by Fetters on -
i own a machete, black coated for stealth, i keep it extremely sharp, its a ka-bar, i can split a haor with the edge, its my baby. i stayed outside on top of a mountain for 5 days straight once. it was cold as hell, but i survived off of fish and granola bars, and some frogs legs. i learned how to make many traps off of a book, titled how to survive in the woods. i reccomend it. the traps were easy enough for a child to make, and work with nothing more than a stranded couch potato would have(it describes how to turn your shirt and some sticks to make an effective net. it shows seven diffirent ways to make fire without matches, how to make shelter in many diffirent conditions.
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Permalink Reply by Nick S. on -
whats the best way to learn some of these skills? like reloading ammo or making gun powder? id really like to know.
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Permalink Reply by PRIME_Ω_PREDATOR on
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Find someone you know who does it now. The best way to learn is first watch and ask questions then hands on. You can read all the books in the world but until you handle the tools you really don't learn.
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