Tents and sleeping bags for PO

RealityCheckBounced · Heavy Crude Joined: Jan 27, 2005 Posts: 106

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!! Laughing

Eating bugs. HeeHeeHeeHeeHee!!!!

Burrying the dead. HoHoHO HAAAAAA!!! eh heh eh heh!!!

Building bunkers. Ahhhh HA HA HAAaaaa!

Swiss army knives. Tehehehe uh huh huh HAAAAAA!!!

Rambo DVD. oh wait, nevermind. Smile

Oh the things that get suggested around here will never cease to amaze and humor me.

NiKfUrY69 · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:11 am Post subject:

RealityCheckBounced · Heavy Crude Joined: Jan 27, 2005 Posts: 106

I suppose they could be used to dig an oil well or something. Laughing

I bet if you asked somebody who lived through the great depression which would have been more useful for them, a swiss army knife or a bottle of ketchup, they'd probably pick the ketchup.

In planning for the future its best to decide what you need in the order of the probability that you would use them. Around here people seem to prepare as if planning for the worst overall possible breakdown scenario then working up to the rest of the more likely scenarios. If things don't get that bad you'll end up with none of the things that you need and a bunch of junk you don't. Its just so backwards.

RonMN · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:19 am Post subject:

MMMMMM! Bug stew! Razz

Taskforce_Unity · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 12:11 pm Post subject:

aflurry · Intermediate Crude Joined: Mar 28, 2005 Posts: 838

I was talking to my ma about preparation. she has been aware of the PO possibility from way back and I credit her for making me aware of the fragility of industrial living.

I find it hard to predict what exactly will be needed and when. I imagine that as the peak crests you will see local disruptions and shortages, they will be patched or rectified, and them some other piece of the fabric will tear. over time the tears may get progressively more severe. but there is a possibility that the solutions will get progressively more appropriate. I think you can say this is true without predicting either a hard or soft landing overall.

because of this i think it is hard to say flatly whether it will be better to be living in a city or the country, to be buying guns and ammo or farming tools and seeds. I think a general attitude of flexibilty and mobility will be an asset.

my mother's suggestion for stocking up seems prudent. keep a few large barrels of water in the basement, some bulk bags of rice and lentils, and charcoal. If you are out power and gas you will need to cook food. May only need a couple weeks worth until they fix the problem or you locate better digs. then at that time you will reassess preparations for whatever shortage may seem most likely at the time.

i know only a few people that would resort to cannibalism the first time they couldn't get a frappuchino... (you know who you are).

peak oil is such a fundamental and pervasive event that it will cause complex and progressive changes to our lives. the changes will come in stages, and coping schemes may work for a while, then lose effectiveness. i'm not making any big changes in my life until necessity or opportunity points me in a certain direction. i'm just trying to get educated.

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Pops · Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 7:16 am Post subject:

Eating bugs is a bit extreme, but trading a pocketknife for a bottle of ketchup?

Probably not if you venture out of the house much farther than the driveway.
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Doly · Expert Joined: Dec 03, 2004 Posts: 4040

I can see a likely ketchup/swiss army knife exchange scenario. Survivalist peak oiler, with plenty of swiss army knives and army rations, becomes desperate for something tastier. Farmer next door offers a bottle of homemade ketchup.

PhilBiker · Light Sweet Crude Joined: Jun 30, 2004 Posts: 1326

RockHind · Expert Joined: Feb 19, 2005 Posts: 92 Location: S Florida

Mordern man has progressed long past the point of needing to cut things, and any one who still does is a throw back. No matter how far we fall, we will never revert to the point of having to cut again.

And seriously, who needs to be warm when they sleep?

Now how do I open these damn frozen kechup packet...

smiley · Fission Joined: Apr 16, 2004 Posts: 2144 Location: Europe

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PhilBiker · Light Sweet Crude Joined: Jun 30, 2004 Posts: 1326

Hey RealityCheckBounced, how 'bout this. Instead of a choice between the ketchup bottle and the swiss army knife you have to choose between a can of food and the knife. The knoife has an opener on it. Smile

NiKfUrY69 · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 2:44 pm Post subject: