How would you cope
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How would you cope
Coronavirus gets worse. Armageddon hits. And it’s a free for all and everyone for themselves.
How long do you think you could survive on a purely self sufficient lifestyle?
No electric. Gas. Supermarkets. Etc. Just thrown in at the deep end living off the land.
How long do you think you could survive on a purely self sufficient lifestyle?
No electric. Gas. Supermarkets. Etc. Just thrown in at the deep end living off the land.
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Re: How would you cope
7 weeks. I have been preparing the family for some time with regular dummy runs.
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Re: How would you cope
Just come on here for advice,this forum is full of clever bastards....we would probably all end up living in a comune together
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Re: How would you cope
Reminds me of the classic Private Eye cover showing Bush receiving the news re the 9/11 attack as he was listening to some school kids' recital.
"I'm Armageddon outta here ! "
We'll be reyt.
"I'm Armageddon outta here ! "
We'll be reyt.
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Just lightening the moodevensteadiereddie wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 9:56 pmReminds me of the classic Private Eye cover showing Bush receiving the news re the 9/11 attack as he was listening to some school kids' recital.
"I'm Armageddon outta here ! "
We'll be reyt.
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Re: How would you cope
You can survive without water for a week
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What was the name of that programme in the 80's that dealt with the possible aftermath of nuclear armageddon?
Edit: Just googled it. It was called 'Threads'.
Scary stuff.
Edit: Just googled it. It was called 'Threads'.
Scary stuff.
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Years. Now get off my land or I,ll shoot you with my massive gun arsenal. The end time is here. Storms, floods, now plague (can't wait for the frogs, will eat all the bloody slugs) The rapture is coming and Boris will save all the believers. AMEN.
NOTE TO SELF, LESS RED WINE
NOTE TO SELF, LESS RED WINE
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Re: How would you cope
As a complete introvert I've been prepared for this moment all my life
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I’m hard, and skilled - won’t suffer at all
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Me too.damo_whitehead wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 10:52 pmAs a complete introvert I've been prepared for this moment all my life
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Come and join us Zlatan, our bunker has spaces. The Handmaidens will look after you.
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Interestingly in Asda tonight I noticed that along with absence of bog roll - all the baked beans were also gone... there’s a correlation there
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Re: How would you cope
That fidel poster will need a mod to tell him what to do
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People act like lunatics during these types of scares, panicking, raiding supermarkets for toilet paper. Animals, they are. I'll continue to wipe with my hand like a normal civilised person, thankyouverymuch.
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Re: How would you cope
I wouldn't last a day without a shower and ale.
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Re: How would you cope
I'll continue to p!ss in the sink and Sh!t in the Shower.
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I legally own a gun so I'd be able to rob everyone of whatever stuff they were hording, which would of course be illegal but let's face it, the police would have have dissolved long ago.
Ps: don't believe everything you read on the internet
Ps: don't believe everything you read on the internet
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Re: How would you cope
More bullshit.Devils_Advocate wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 11:21 pmThat fidel poster will need a mod to tell him what to do
I've always been more of a rocker, in any case.
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I'm an introvert too and self sufficient. Are you my neighbour for the past 20 year?damo_whitehead wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 10:52 pmAs a complete introvert I've been prepared for this moment all my life
Need to set up a club: " introvert anonymous ".
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Full blown viking savagery would be my first idea trying not to time it too soon. Thought maybe Easter would be about right?cricketfieldclarets wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 9:51 pmCoronavirus gets worse. Armageddon hits. And it’s a free for all and everyone for themselves.
How long do you think you could survive on a purely self sufficient lifestyle?
No electric. Gas. Supermarkets. Etc. Just thrown in at the deep end living off the land.
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Re: How would you cope
Full works unfortunately. I blame the messageboard, you can only be called a cave man so many times until you start poking your forehead in the mirror believing it.
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Re: How would you cope
Are we allowed guns? Not that I have one but know how to fire one as I used to own two rifles. Also good at archery, so could probably make a basic bow. Depends what we have left to make do with. Would we have to make our own sharp implements? Basically are we all going back to caveman days? Or do we have access to knives, guns etc?cricketfieldclarets wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 9:51 pmCoronavirus gets worse. Armageddon hits. And it’s a free for all and everyone for themselves.
How long do you think you could survive on a purely self sufficient lifestyle?
No electric. Gas. Supermarkets. Etc. Just thrown in at the deep end living off the land.
Could I make a bow and arrow? Probably. Would it shoot straight? Not necessarily. Could I kill an animal for survival, skin, cook and eat? Yeah! Could I pillage other humans food? Yeah!
I've lived off the land before and have a basic understanding of making fires, shelter, foraging, traps etc.
I'd rather not though. If we had supermarkets I'd do as above and just get blathered every day. No football, no nookie...MEH!
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Contingency plan is to get into the camper van and head north. Wait it out in Caithness or somewhere for a month or 2. Have enough gas and food for a few weeks.
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Lenin wrote that we are just 3 meals away from rioting. (Or something similar to that!)
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I’d hunt quite happily. Not sure how some would cope without electricity and charged mobile phones though. I mean some teenagers would have to walk more than 5 yards without looking at a screen. They would have to live and fend for themselves instead of watching what everyone else was doing.
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Re: How would you cope
Think I vaguely remember that one.evensteadiereddie wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 9:56 pmReminds me of the classic Private Eye cover showing Bush receiving the news re the 9/11 attack as he was listening to some school kids' recital.
"I'm Armageddon outta here ! "
We'll be reyt.
Used to love that reverent mag.
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He looks to me for advice.Devils_Advocate wrote: ↑Thu Mar 12, 2020 11:21 pmThat fidel poster will need a mod to tell him what to do
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I take my rulings from Judge Judy.
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You can have whatever you can find!Claret32yrs wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2020 4:03 pmAre we allowed guns? Not that I have one but know how to fire one as I used to own two rifles. Also good at archery, so could probably make a basic bow. Depends what we have left to make do with. Would we have to make our own sharp implements? Basically are we all going back to caveman days? Or do we have access to knives, guns etc?
Could I make a bow and arrow? Probably. Would it shoot straight? Not necessarily. Could I kill an animal for survival, skin, cook and eat? Yeah! Could I pillage other humans food? Yeah!
I've lived off the land before and have a basic understanding of making fires, shelter, foraging, traps etc.
I'd rather not though. If we had supermarkets I'd do as above and just get blathered every day. No football, no nookie...MEH!
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Re: How would you cope
Easy with a belt fed weapon with plenty ammo.
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Yes, why has all the bog roll gone? It's not dysentery that's going round ffs! & it's not as if there's a lack of alternatives if you run short.....
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