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I think NSG could use a survivalist club, not only so we can prepare for unlikely fictional disasters like vampire invasions and such (for fun) but also to prepare for actual disasters like hurricanes and earthquakes.

Post all survivalist links and knowledge you possess here.

I am a bit paranoid/survivalist (it's the same word, two spellings), and I've got three (consecutively worse but more reliable) personal plans of action in case of a nuclear war.

I have a copy of The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks. Does that help?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie_Survival_Guide

I have a copy of The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks. Does that help?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie_Survival_Guide

Welcome to the club. :tongue:

I can escape from handcuffs, straitjackets and other restraints. I have also escaped from quicksand no less than four times. *nod*

I can start a fire with a magnifying glass. Top *that*! :tongue:

I am a master of exactly zero forms of unarmed combat, but have an old bomb shelter in my back garden. Am I in?

I can tell if it's day or night, even when my clock's broken.

I am a master of exactly zero forms of unarmed combat, but have an old bomb shelter in my back garden. Am I in?

Sure. The bomb shelter makes up for everything. It can protect you from nukes, bombs, invasion, zombies, heck just about everything except earthquakes and black holes. :p

In case of a pandemic cataclysm, most members of this forum would of course die in a variety of horrific and messy ways. In case I'm so (un)fortunate to survive the first chaotic period of violence, plagues and epic global population decrease, it's probably because of a lesson I learned from Jared Diamond's book Collapse: if a civilization fails, changes are that cannibalism is going to become a reasonable alternative for starvation. Proteins are proteins.

In case of a pandemic cataclysm, most members of this forum would of course die in a variety of horrific and messy ways. In case I'm so (un)fortunate to survive the first chaotic period of violence, plagues and epic global population decrease, it's probably because of a lesson I learned from Jared Diamond's book Collapse: if a civilization fails, changes are that cannibalism is going to become a reasonable alternative for starvation. Proteins are proteins.

And long pig can be prepared in many delicious ways.

So I've heard.

Lets be honest the best thing to do in a lot of doomsday situations is to take a gun, put it too your temple, and pull the trigger. A quick, clean, painless death is preferable to being eaten by zombies or Hurdegaryp.

In case of a pandemic cataclysm, most members of this forum would of course die in a variety of horrific and messy ways.
Ha! You wish. My plan A is being aboard at the time, and we'll just collect the finest foods from coastal cities as our "protection payment".

No resorting to dirty and cholesterol-laden human meat; we'll leave that to you.

Do you ever frequent a fast food restaurant, Vault 10? If so, your words proof empty.

Do you ever frequent a fast food restaurant, Vault 10? If so, your words proof empty.
Heh, never! I've never eaten at one for all my conscious life, and I'd have to starve for a week for the thought of consuming the crap they serve at such places to even cross my mind.

How often are you not entirely conscious but still capable of consuming thoroughly fried clumps of semi-organic matter?

How often are you not entirely conscious but still capable of consuming thoroughly fried clumps of semi-organic matter?
Not sure what you mean.

More bluntly put: how many times are you drunk (or under the influence of something else) & hungry?

As an English Major, I am well qualified to analyze and discuss any rogue novels that we happen to encounter in the wilds. I can also identify the symbolic importance of whatever it was that destroyed civilization.

More bluntly put: how many times are you drunk (or under the influence of something else) & hungry?
Last time was in 2007, except I wasn't hungry. If at home, I keep at least some salmon to go with the beer, and if not, I get some other good snack.
I can't stand drinking without quality food to go with it. It's like... eew, just poisoning your own mouth.

bump to raise club membership

I can escape from handcuffs, straitjackets and other restraints. I have also escaped from quicksand no less than four times. *nod*

A bit careless to fall back in 3 times after you know it's there!


In survival terms, I can spot a syllogism at twenty paces, and always carry a .45 caliber deductive reasoning argument which fires hollow-tipped axiomatic logic.

Also, I have an umbrella.

I command legions of random creatures. Am I in?

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a205/ulteriormotives/Zombie-Killer.jpg

I command legions of random creatures. Am I in?

sure :p You're not the only one *whispers to one of my gnome commanders*

I have a copy of The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks. Does that help?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie_Survival_Guide
I read that name as "Mel Brooks" the first time through. It would be quite a different sort of guide, wouldn't it?

Forget about zombies, we need to be ready*for the day the U.S. goes bankrupt.

I read that name as "Mel Brooks" the first time through. It would be quite a different sort of guide, wouldn't it?

Max Brooks, if I recall correctly, is his son.

I can start a fire with a magnifying glass. Top *that*! :tongue:

I have started a fire with ice. Topped.

Also, I'm good with a .22 rifle, and with a heavy enough rifle I can take down a deer, skin it, and prep the venison for dinner.

Am I in?

Max Brooks, if I recall correctly, is his son.
So maybe it's not that far off. Judging by the discussion in this link, probably not.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2003/10/26/DI2005033114558.html

Best Q&A...

Silver Spring, Md.: How can a layperson like myself distinguish between a zombie and a bureaucrat?

Max Brooks: Simply put, a zombie will try to eat you, a bureaucrat will try to ruin several hours of your day.

I can start a fire with a magnifying glass. Top *that*! :tongue:

Fire is easy. You can start a fire with steel wool and a 9v battery, if you so choose. Personally, I've got strike anywhere matches, a lighter, a Blast Match (http://www.ultimatesurvival.com/product_view.cfm?product_ID=436), char cloth, and 91% isopropyl alcohol in my bug out bag (the alcohol is for my Mini Bull Designs (http://www.minibulldesign.com/) Nion 2 stove).

No plans for most forms of disasters. I am, however, perfectly capable against vampires, given how I have a holy symbol on me at all times.

I can make non-explosive molotov cocktails, filter water through my socks, and always carry a bottle of vinegar in my backpack (you never know when you might need one!). In addition, in case of a zombie apocalypse, I make sure that I keep bars of soap shaped like boots in all of my bathrooms.

No plans for most forms of disasters. I am, however, perfectly capable against vampires, given how I have a holy symbol on me at all times.

The Count de Magpyr would emit an evil laugh at this point, if modern vampyres simply don't do that kind of thing anymore.

I'm an Eagle Scout. I know how to hunt, fish, make shelter, handle firearms, cook, do first aid, and assorted other skills.

Fire is easy. You can start a fire with steel wool and a 9v battery, if you so choose.

Indeed, fire is easy. I've done it by several methods - friction (both bow and drill as well as fire plow - fire plow's are toughies), steel wool and a battery, lens, magnesium fire stick, and the good old flint and steel.

Most unusual methods I know of would be using the bottom of a coke can as a parabolic mirror or potassium permanganate and glycerin.