I'm certified by the NRA as a Sharpshooter, 1st class. I guess I'll be protecting your asses from the zombie hordes. Being a teacher as well, I guess I would be able to develop a curriculum in order to teach the uneducated the skills contained in the brains of those doing other important jobs.
I'm Sharpshooter Bar 2. The only reason I'm not an Expert is because summer camp ended. Also, there is no sharpshooter first class. You probably mean marksman first class.
Tech Ed ftw! I know many different sets of skills ranging from hand tools to machine tools to higher technology. I am also good at passing those skills onto other people so I could work on training a new work force the skills relevant to the situation.
Well, As with many people here, I'm a good shot - with My bolt action 30.08, I get Half inch groups at 300 yards, and just under an inch at 550. I wanted to Join the army and become a Sniper, but unfortunately I cannot anymore. Desk job = DO NOT WANT.
Also, In addition to killing it, I can prepare my own meat - My grandfather was a butcher, and I've learnt how to cure skins. I once Shot a Kangaroo, skinned, buchered and cooked it, and now his skin is hanging on my wall.
I've been taught traditional Aboriginal Australian techniques - And I'm good with most general survival techniques. And while I can throw a boomerang with a rough degree of accuracy - I can throw a non-returning boomerang accurately enough to hit a kangaroo or other large mammal - but I'm better with a spear.
Much like WaterIsPoison, I'm trained in very extensive first aid.
I'm skilled at Distilling, Which would be handy - Alcohol is able to be used as a fuel, to clean and sterilise surfaces, to disinfect wounds, and so on.
Also, I'm rather fit - I'm no Olympian, but I'm certainly above average by a fair margin when it comes to fitness and strength.
I'm also skilled at making and repairing things - I can make just about anything, with a little thought. I can even forge things, if necessary.
I will have the knowledge of history that will...help prevent us from making the same mistakes again?
Oh and I am really good with children, I shall care for the babies and children that are needed to repopulate the earth while people are out doing work.
THERE'S MY JOB! I shall help women make the babies that shall repopulate the earth. And there shall swarm upon the globe a new breed of hairy Men, and they shall be a race called Jason.
THERE'S MY JOB! I shall help women make the babies that shall repopulate the earth. And there shall swarm upon the globe a new breed of hairy Men, and they shall be a race called Jason.
I think you need another skill, we need a wide genetic pool, plus the women have to be attracted to you.
THERE'S MY JOB! I shall help women make the babies that shall repopulate the earth. And there shall swarm upon the globe a new breed of hairy Men, and they shall be a race called Jason.
OMG! The post-apocalypse will be bad enough without this fresh hell. We'd have to have another apocalypse to get rid of the Jasons.
Also, In addition to killing it, I can prepare my own meat - My grandfather was a butcher, and I've learnt how to cure skins. I once Shot a Kangaroo, skinned, buchered and cooked it, and now his skin is hanging on my wall.
I've been taught traditional Aboriginal Australian techniques - And I'm good with most general survival techniques. And while I can throw a boomerang with a rough degree of accuracy - I can throw a non-returning boomerang accurately enough to hit a kangaroo or other large mammal - but I'm better with a spear.
I'm skilled at Distilling, Which would be handy - Alcohol is able to be used as a fuel, to clean and sterilise surfaces, to disinfect wounds, and so on.
Now that would be useful. Depending on the circumstances, people wouldn't be able to plan on recycling ammunition, so they'd probably have to gear down to spears and arrows and such over time.
Alcohol would be gold. It would have all the uses you describe and it could be used as a trade good.
Off topic - can 'roos be tamed? Would you want them tamed or are they nasty? When you put your skin on the wall, did you sing "So we tanned his hide when he died, Clyde - and that's it hangin' on the shed."?
I think that if the end of the world is to come during my life time I think that first of all I would try to check on my family around me and my friends. Once I check on them, I see how many wanna come with me to the end of the world, or to find a place that is not neither cold or hot. I would assume that zombies are roaming the world, that radiation is almost everywhere and that there is a bunch of war all around the place. I would still think that there must be a place that is in peace. Well I would look for it. But before I need: - A special item that is located on the second floor from my old school on the second classroom from sub school 6. - A biology book - A Chemistry book - A Microbiology book - A Physics book - A Calculus book - An internam medicine book - Some medicine and antibiotics - pencil and paper - A scarf, my clothes and a week of clean underwear ( come on is the end of the world, you gotta have clean underwear). So, I know how to make a good arrow, a shank, fire, and to protect myself from the cold. - Also a car, I gotta need a good car.
Well, I would go south, if only because I know Spanish, enough to let myself communicated with the south, is gonna be crazy, because south america is a little bit crazy as it is now, but down there is my home and I think that during the 80's I already survive some crazy stuff down there in Peru, so END OF THE WORLD, BRING IT ON!BRING IT ON!
can 'roos be tamed? Would you want them tamed or are they nasty?
I don't know if they can be tamed, Skippy was but that was a 70s TV show. They are pretty nasty, however they are good eatin'. Keep them away from your other animals though, unless you want them dead.
can 'roos be tamed? Would you want them tamed or are they nasty?
I don't know if they can be tamed, Skippy was but that was a 70s TV show. They are pretty nasty, however they are good eatin'. Keep them away from your other animals though, unless you want them dead.
Really? Just out of spite or for food? I kinda thought they were herbivorous. How are they nasty? Do they have bad tempers or are they just dirty and smelly? On our farm, we had some goats. The billies were smelly and ill-tempered but the nannies were nice. Some of our goats were nervous, which made them hilarious. If you have a farm, you need a nervous goat.
I STILL can't get "so we tanned his hide when he died, Clyde, and that's it hangin' on the shed." outta my head.
Did you ever see the old version of "On the Beach"? It made the apocalypse look pretty good. At least for a while.
Off topic - can 'roos be tamed? Would you want them tamed or are they nasty? When you put your skin on the wall, did you sing "So we tanned his hide when he died, Clyde - and that's it hangin' on the shed."?
Well, They Can but you have to do it from when they are small - There are cases of where a person has approached a Kangaroo, thinking them friendly creatures, and a Big red Boomer* has killed them deader than Marlon Brando. And Yes, They are herbivores, but they can be vicious as hell.
Wombats are even worse - Not only can they Run at 40 KPH and Stop dead in half a stride, They are also Nuggety little bastards - It is certainly not unknown for a Road Train(Read - very big, very long Truck) to run one over, bend or snap the front axle and Roll the entire rig - and the wombat Survives.
(Even more off topic - For some reason, I have a mental image of Optimus prime getting Pwned by a Wombat.)
And while I did sing while I tanned the hide, It wasn't Rolf Harris, It was actually Flogging Molly.
(* - Not the Machines from Bubblegum Crisis, but actually another name for an adult male kangaroo.)
Edit - I almost forgot - How the Kangaroo Will kill you is they grab you with those little hands, Which doesn't sound so fearsome, And then Kick with the hind legs, Disembowelling the opponent, which sounds somewhat more so.
Wombats are even worse - Not only can they Run at 40 KPH and Stop dead in half a stride, They are also Nuggety little bastards - It is certainly not unknown for a Road Train(Read - very big, very long Truck) to run one over, bend or snap the front axle and Roll the entire rig - and the wombat Survives.
Emus also survive if you hit them with your car (not sure about trucks), your car doesn't survive so much. Also an emu ate my sausage (an actual sausage) when I was little, just came right up to me at a family picnic and took it out of my hand, oh and a black swan bit my finger around the same time. I don't like birds.
As far as Armageddon goes, I suggest keeping the kangaroos for the eating.
(* - Not the Machines from Bubblegum Crisis, but actually another name for an adult male kangaroo.)
I finished The Road this weekend. I wouldn't normally bother people with such an update, but I just wanted to say it was pretty good. It never said what happened, but there was a lot of imagery that evoked a sort of nuclear winter. Ash covered everything, it was terribly cold, they couldn't see the sun for all the cloud cover, the plants and trees were dying, etc. There wasn't a lot of action, but the imagery and descriptions of what the main characters saw was actually pretty scary. Scarier than normal for one of these books.
Even though I had it with me for a week, I didn't really get a chance to sit with it for longer than a few minutes until Saturday. I think a person could easily read it in a single sitting if they had a few hours to spare. I'm gonna have to find A Meeting at Corvalis next. It's the next book in the Dies the Fire series. It's a good story. The one science fiction-y thing that happens is suddenly all electricity is just gone, like from an EMP along with gunpowder and most major esplode-y stuff. They never say why, although it's hinted that it might be some alien doohickey. So there's an apocalypse without the bad stuff in The Road. People can do agriculture, and gradually work up a pretty decent society. The one bad thing is the long, long descriptions of the Wicca ceremonies of one society. I have nothing against Wicca, but the author just describes every little bit of certain ceremonies in minute detail. After reading The Protector's War, the second book, I knew way more about Wicca than I ever wanted to know.
Steve, what are you gonna do about your allergies when the apocalypse comes? You're gonna need dogs to help protect you against the walking dead and you're gonna have to be able to eat whatever is available.
My watch tells me it's not yet the apocalypse. Thus, prepare! Helpful texts: - Zombie Survival Guide - Worst Case Scenario Handbook - Local boyscout manual containing information ranging from how to tie your shoes to how to make a deadly trap with nothing but wood, your bare hands, and teeth. - Suggestions?
This thread is awesome. I would be useless I think. I could probably keep engines running as long as we could find fuel but other than that . . . useless. I'm hoping for a Mad Max style dystopia.
This thread is awesome. I would be useless I think. I could probably keep engines running as long as we could find fuel but other than that . . . useless. I'm hoping for a Mad Max style dystopia.
Agreed. Thus get your hands on useful literature, read them, practice them and go to the gym.
. . . *steps out of his own way and shouts the same to himself, only louder*
I would be an errand boy, most likely. I could teach people some last resort self-defense (as I am almost a black belt in Taijutsu). I don't think I would be very useful.
I'm skilled in drafting and architecture(both in planning and building), I can fight, and I'm strong enough to do heavy lifting. Other than that, I don't have many skills, but I have tons of random knowledge and I'm good at organizing people. I think that in an apocalypse situation, people with skills at hunting, gathering, and farming would be the most useful, followed closely by those with smithing skills and the knowledge to build effective water filters and housing.
The Discovery Channel has a new show beginning tonight called The Colony. It's supposed to be a reality show about people pretending to be surviving an apocalypse and what they do to survive. I might watch a little out of curiosity, but they usually don't do a very good job on shows like this. Does anyone remember that show Who Wants to be A Superhero? That was lame. The Colony will probably be lame too, but I'll give it a chance.
Speaking of this sort of thing, I just requested One Second After from the library. It looks like it might be an acceptable story. I saw the author give an interview on C-Span, and he sounds like a bit of a conspiracy nut, but I'll give the book a chance as well.
My watch tells me it's not yet the apocalypse. Thus, prepare! Helpful texts: - Zombie Survival Guide - Worst Case Scenario Handbook - Local boyscout manual containing information ranging from how to tie your shoes to how to make a deadly trap with nothing but wood, your bare hands, and teeth. - Suggestions?
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I'm also an accomplished shooter, hunter, and fisherman, so I can get us food.
I wanted to Join the army and become a Sniper, but unfortunately I cannot anymore. Desk job = DO NOT WANT.
Also, In addition to killing it, I can prepare my own meat - My grandfather was a butcher, and I've learnt how to cure skins. I once Shot a Kangaroo, skinned, buchered and cooked it, and now his skin is hanging on my wall.
I've been taught traditional Aboriginal Australian techniques - And I'm good with most general survival techniques. And while I can throw a boomerang with a rough degree of accuracy - I can throw a non-returning boomerang accurately enough to hit a kangaroo or other large mammal - but I'm better with a spear.
Much like WaterIsPoison, I'm trained in very extensive first aid.
I'm skilled at Distilling, Which would be handy - Alcohol is able to be used as a fuel, to clean and sterilise surfaces, to disinfect wounds, and so on.
Also, I'm rather fit - I'm no Olympian, but I'm certainly above average by a fair margin when it comes to fitness and strength.
I'm also skilled at making and repairing things - I can make just about anything, with a little thought. I can even forge things, if necessary.
Oh and I am really good with children, I shall care for the babies and children that are needed to repopulate the earth while people are out doing work.
Alcohol would be gold. It would have all the uses you describe and it could be used as a trade good.
Off topic - can 'roos be tamed? Would you want them tamed or are they nasty? When you put your skin on the wall, did you sing "So we tanned his hide when he died, Clyde - and that's it hangin' on the shed."?
- A special item that is located on the second floor from my old school on the second classroom from sub school 6.
- A biology book
- A Chemistry book
- A Microbiology book
- A Physics book
- A Calculus book
- An internam medicine book
- Some medicine and antibiotics
- pencil and paper
- A scarf, my clothes and a week of clean underwear ( come on is the end of the world, you gotta have clean underwear).
So, I know how to make a good arrow, a shank, fire, and to protect myself from the cold.
- Also a car, I gotta need a good car.
Well, I would go south, if only because I know Spanish, enough to let myself communicated with the south, is gonna be crazy, because south america is a little bit crazy as it is now, but down there is my home and I think that during the 80's I already survive some crazy stuff down there in Peru, so END OF THE WORLD, BRING IT ON!BRING IT ON!
I STILL can't get "so we tanned his hide when he died, Clyde, and that's it hangin' on the shed." outta my head.
Did you ever see the old version of "On the Beach"? It made the apocalypse look pretty good. At least for a while.
Well, They Can but you have to do it from when they are small - There are cases of where a person has approached a Kangaroo, thinking them friendly creatures, and a Big red Boomer* has killed them deader than Marlon Brando. And Yes, They are herbivores, but they can be vicious as hell.
Wombats are even worse - Not only can they Run at 40 KPH and Stop dead in half a stride, They are also Nuggety little bastards - It is certainly not unknown for a Road Train(Read - very big, very long Truck) to run one over, bend or snap the front axle and Roll the entire rig - and the wombat Survives.
(Even more off topic - For some reason, I have a mental image of Optimus prime getting Pwned by a Wombat.)
And while I did sing while I tanned the hide, It wasn't Rolf Harris, It was actually Flogging Molly.
(* - Not the Machines from Bubblegum Crisis, but actually another name for an adult male kangaroo.)
Edit - I almost forgot - How the Kangaroo Will kill you is they grab you with those little hands, Which doesn't sound so fearsome, And then Kick with the hind legs, Disembowelling the opponent, which sounds somewhat more so.
As far as Armageddon goes, I suggest keeping the kangaroos for the eating. And a Cylon.
Can somebody note me as voting for that as being a good swag idea.
Even though I had it with me for a week, I didn't really get a chance to sit with it for longer than a few minutes until Saturday. I think a person could easily read it in a single sitting if they had a few hours to spare. I'm gonna have to find A Meeting at Corvalis next. It's the next book in the Dies the Fire series. It's a good story. The one science fiction-y thing that happens is suddenly all electricity is just gone, like from an EMP along with gunpowder and most major esplode-y stuff. They never say why, although it's hinted that it might be some alien doohickey. So there's an apocalypse without the bad stuff in The Road. People can do agriculture, and gradually work up a pretty decent society. The one bad thing is the long, long descriptions of the Wicca ceremonies of one society. I have nothing against Wicca, but the author just describes every little bit of certain ceremonies in minute detail. After reading The Protector's War, the second book, I knew way more about Wicca than I ever wanted to know.
I'm still a teenager though, so I'd probably apprentice under somebody skilled. I'd help/protect them and in return they would teach me.
- Zombie Survival Guide
- Worst Case Scenario Handbook
- Local boyscout manual containing information ranging from how to tie your shoes to how to make a deadly trap with nothing but wood, your bare hands, and teeth.
- Suggestions?
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*steps out of his own way and shouts the same to himself, only louder*
Speaking of this sort of thing, I just requested One Second After from the library. It looks like it might be an acceptable story. I saw the author give an interview on C-Span, and he sounds like a bit of a conspiracy nut, but I'll give the book a chance as well. Water purification tablets and a crowbar.