TOTALLY GEEKED!

I've been homeless more than once, I think that gave me a lot of survival skills. Just the knowledge that I can keep going and endure through seemingly impossible odds is a barrier some people can't even cross.

I can cook and can. I know the best hair conditioner. I have the most awesome supply of TP. In fact, of all paper products. We could use a bunch of my cooking stuff on an open fire. I can sew too. I also have the nurse stuff going on. And, I run really slow so I'll get eaten first.

I dont run fast but I only have to run faster than njn. I might survive.

I can cook on fire and I am not afraid to bait my own hook or take the fist off the hook. I can also shoot as well as throw a cast net.

LOL! 

I develop software.  Oh, wait...

Maybe I could be the one who rounds up the little kids and keeps them happy/distracted while the grown folks go out and kill the zombies.

Remember, in the apocalypse you only have to be faster than the slowest person. Of course, then YOU become the slowest person, so...

Even though I'm skinny, I can do some serious heavy lifting.

At one time I would have been able to do just about anything from hunt to butcher to grow food, filter water, general car repair, General house hold repair, I know how to cure and smoke meat for long term storage. I can sew and have basic first aid knowledge.

I tend to be very organized and methodical.

But since my health has gone down, I would make a great meat shield.

But keep me around long enough to teach you how to do the things I know, ok?

We need someonecto document the experience. You can do that. Until we need to use you as a distraction.

VetteGirl wrote:

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Even though I'm skinny, I can do some serious heavy lifting.

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 I have extra poundage so can wait you out on the lack of food.

I have a semi, I know how to sanitize water, scuba dive, I can cook just about anything so it is at least safe to eat, over a campfire. I know how to dress to stay warm. And if all else fails, I know where I stashed the wine. Oh! and always have a cork screw on me.

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:

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VoiceOfReason wrote:

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I'm decisive. I can make decisions under pressure. And I'm logical.

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 Me too!  I suddenly don't panic when others do an quickly organize.

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 Yep.  If you're gonna lose an arm, you want  me around.  I don't panic.  

 

If it came down to running someone over to survive, I could do it.

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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We can keep Lily and when we have to sacrifice someone as a decoy we can use her. Sorry Lily!

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It's cool. My kids have already dubbed me the meat shield in case of a zombie invasion.  

VoiceOfReason wrote:

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We need some with the superpower of fertility because we need to repopulate the earth. I'm not in the running for that.

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 Me! Oh wait.. that's kind of a weird thing to volunteer for. 

I'm a pretty good negotiator, I can usually make people comfortable working out win-win solutions.

Also I've spent 40 years in operating rooms as an observer and instructor.

And I'm old and slow, with a limited life expectancy.

We have lots of guns...and a schit ton of ammo. G can fish and hunt. We'll be fine.

Ohfour wrote:

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We have lots of guns...and a schit ton of ammo. G can fish and hunt. We'll be fine.

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 I'm going to Tn

I am young and as far as I know, fertile.
I have a high tolerance for gross things.
I can bandage things, and know slightly more than basic first aid.
I know a lot about your standard farm animals and crops.
I can drive most things.
I can build a fire.
I can cook.
I can lift heavy object, work hard, and keep moving basically forever.

I also panic easy, and become cranky when over-tired. Can't stand the sight of blood, or to have it on me. Not a fast runner, or thinker.
Not a leader, but a loyal follower. I would make a good supporting character, and would probably survive to the end of the story and get a moderately happy ending, ie, maybe a happily-ever-after with another supporting character or whatever.

Sorry, but I know some of you wouldn't survive.

Besides essential skills, you would need to be able to "keep up". The old, infirm, and those with health problems would not last long. Sorry. If you are in those categories, just be glad it's NOT, in fact, the apocalypse.

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:

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Survival of the fittist!

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It absolutely would be.  Also, those in heavily populated metro areas would have a hard time, as well.  The available food would soon be gone since it would have to be divided up by so many more people. 

 

Rural people would have several distinct advantages.

A.  The are much more likely to "miss" whatever apocalyptic event occurs--nuclear war, a devastating virus, massive terrorist attacks, or whatever.  Those would almost certainly hit metro areas first and harder. 

B. Rural areas would have more food, and much more food per capita. 

C.  Rural people would be more likely to have necessary hunting/fishing/butchering/scavenging skills, on average, than those from metro areas. 

D.  Rural people would be "home".  They would know the land and topography, and would have advantages in defending it against those branching out from metro areas. 

 

Heck, the entire state of Pennsylvania can't even find one guy who disappeared into the woods. 

I am pretty much a survivalist.  And am good at it.  I take it very seriously.  I don't think people would want to vote me into their "community", however, because I am perceived as a bit unusual, strange, or weird, online and offline. 

I have lead some interesting lives, and I am used to being a lone wolf.  To tell you the truth, I prefer to be on my own because people and society tend to annoy me.  I like to make my own rules and not be told I have to do this and that.  I am used to being in a lead, not surrogate role, so perhaps community is not for me.  If I see something that needs to be done or needs fixing, I just do it.  I can be restless that way.  But who knows.

 

My assets and skills:

Cooking:  Yes, I can actually cook.  I usually don't do a lot, as food is a problem for me right now.

Sewing/Mending

Wilderness survival skills

Fishing: drift net, throw net, pole, spear

Hunting:  able to clean and dress an animal, use a rifle, shot gun, bow and arrow, crossbow, various types of knives, dart gun, swords

I can repair things

I have medical skills, and am able to diagnoses and treat injuries and illnesses.  Also know how to treat using herbs and alternative methods.  I am also able to perform Reiki (healing through the energy field) by the laying on of hands

I can operate various types of transportation equipment, including small planes, helicopter, semis, other trucks, cars, boats, and yes, certain kinds of spacecraft.

My demeanor can be steely and cold when it has to be.  I am very level-headed, don't waver and am not indecisive, and used to making split second decisions. 

Otherwise, I have been in wilderness survival situations before.   I have been homeless on a few occasions.  I have also killed other people and beings before.  And I am okay with that.  One has to do what one has to do.  I have also been shot, stabbed and suffered other injuries, so I know what the pain feels like.  I have a natural immunity to most deadly communicable diseases, but as I do not get sick from taking shots, like flu shots, I just get them anyway if they're free.    

I know a lot of people make fun of the apocalyse and those "doomsday prepper" types, but truthfully, having skills one can use to survive will be a plus rather than a burden.  A major strike to our electrical grids is a real possibility.  And natural disasters will become more frequent as the years go by.  Being able to survive without electricity or supplies or on very little for a few days, weeks or months will be most advantageous.  I recommend picking up and honing skills now.  In a world driven by technology when all one has to do is push a button, what if that button did not work?  What would you do?  Would you be screwed?  The Boy Scouts put it best in their motto.  "Be Prepared".   Thanks.

I nominate RTL as our leader!