Let's come up with the end of the world work out plan

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All kinds of places, like the gun forums, and right here on bf.c, have regular threads on SHTF, and zombies and crap, where the old debates over ARs v. AKs and "which is the best combat knife?" get hashed out in even more unrealistic situations than normal.

However, next to no one talks about the physical rigors of the "end of the world." This is probably because no one wants to acknowledge that should they be survivors of some natural or manmade crash of civilization, billions of people are going to actually die and the "winners" are likely going to be resorting to cannibalism for awhile. Not as glamorous and Busse v. Fehrman.

So, I have started a sort of tongue in cheek inventory of things I know, have done, or need to work on to be ready for the actual end of the world. Please feel free to add to the list.

  1. Know how to shoot. (Gotta be able to keep what you have).
  2. Be able to shoot at a human being. (Thanks Uncle Sam!)
  3. Develop a high tolerance for pain. (I just stabbed myself, so CHECK!)
  4. Develop a high endurance for privation. (I went on a diet, so CHECK!)
  5. Wean myself off of caffeine and other addictions, (TOTAL DISASTER IN THE FORM OF SWEET TEA).
  6. Get in shape, but not too good of shape. (Some fat reserves are going to be essential when there is no food to speak of, while I am probably going to have to shoot my workout warrior neighbor early in the disaster when he goes calorie crazy.
  7. Improve my strength. (Trying to get up to doing a 235 pound bench press at least 20 times in a row.)
  8. Improve my endurance. (I have taken to hiking around town in the morning with 65 pounds in my backpack. Looks wierd, but I am not chafed anywhere by the pack anymore.)
  9. Getting to the dentist more regularly. (Tooth pain really blows, so I am forestalling any problems as long as I can.)
  10. Learn more first aid. (I covered that one by, guess what? Yes--stabbing myself).
  11. Learn to climb and rappel. Bear Grylls makes me jealous in this one area only--he is not limited by the approachability of the immediate terrain.
  12. Learn to fish better. My fishing skill sucks.
  13. Learn edible plant/mushroom identification better. (Sure would be nice to be able to eat what others pass up because they didn't know it was food.)
  14. Master the fire bow. (I have made them and don't like them so I usually let my son play around with it after I say "screw it" when I have a firesteel on my keychain, a firesteel attached by lanyard to my primary knife, and a fire piston and tinder in my backpack.
  15. Lastly, I need to do some studying up on survival cannibalism, just in case.;)
 
I went through this in my mind ad nausium for quite a few years and I came up with what I like to call "The 50% principal".

I like to try to be in the top 50th percentile in anything I do and I figure being better than half the population at a variety of skill sets will put me on top.

I'm not looking to be the best at any one thing, just OK at almost everything.
 
Boats said:
[*]Master the fire bow. (I have made them and don't like them so I usually let my son play around with it after I say "screw it" when I have a firesteel on my keychain, a firesteel attached by lanyard to my primary knife, and a fire piston and tinder in my backpack.
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While I have various types of fire starting tools, I will first turn to my always present Bic lighters. ;)
 
What I want to know is this: how much are these?

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shotgunner11 said:
I went through this in my mind ad nausium for quite a few years and I came up with what I like to call "The 50% principal".

I like to try to be in the top 50th percentile in anything I do and I figure being better than half the population at a variety of skill sets will put me on top.

I'm not looking to be the best at any one thing, just OK at almost everything.
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:D That is what I am doing ...
 
Hey guys, quit hogging up the top 50th percentile spots! I can barely fit in now! :p
 
#9 is going to kick me in the ass because I got 4 wisdom teeth coming out and I haven't got them checked. So far it doesn't hurt.

But if the SHTF, I'm gonna hide and stay away from people. There's going to be crazies all around.
 
  1. Know how to shoot. (Gotta be able to keep what you have). Definitely check. One of my many hobbies of younger years was competition shooting. ..and none of that multi thousand dollar bench pussy stuff.
  2. Be able to shoot at a human being. (Thanks Uncle Sam!) I'm from Memphis so f@cking CHECK.
  3. Develop a high tolerance for pain. You have no idea what I put myself through just to know how far I can push myself and prove to myself that my will is unbreakable. I f@ck myself up good on the reg.
  4. Develop a high endurance for privation. Did anyone read my survival diet thread? Check for sho.
  5. Wean myself off of caffeine and other addictions. Had to do it before because the doctors thought that this was what was causing the headaches. Check.
  6. Get in shape, but not too good of shape. I'm chubby, but I know I can walk for 10 miles before I have to stop. Check.
  7. Improve my strength. Yup. I push the weight son.
  8. Improve my endurance. Test myself on the reg to make sure I can travel on foot anywhere I need to go.
  9. Getting to the dentist more regularly. This one I'm not so good about. I still have my wisdom teeth... well, what's left of them. They've kinda rotted themselves out.
  10. Learn more first aid. I can put me back together pretty good and I've patched up others in a pinch. You can always learn more though. Main thing is keeping a cool head and I've gotten to where I can do that well so I make good decisions.
  11. Learn to climb and rappel. I can both both at a novice level, but i would like to be a spidermofo.
  12. Learn to fish better. I fish son.
  13. Learn edible plant/mushroom identification better. I suck at this. Got the books, but it's hard to find someone to walk around with me and verify stuff who knows what they're talking about.
  14. Master the fire bow. I'm pretty damn good at making fire in several different ways. One of my favorite things to do. <---pyro
  15. Lastly, I need to do some studying up on survival cannibalism, just in case. I've eating some seriuosly f@cked up stuff. Of course I don't know since I've never been in a situation where it's necessary, but I think I wouldn't have an incredibly hard time with this. Seems to me, there might be a mental aspect, but I doubt i couldn't get through that.



shotgunner11 said:
I went through this in my mind ad nausium for quite a few years and I came up with what I like to call "The 50% principal".

I like to try to be in the top 50th percentile in anything I do and I figure being better than half the population at a variety of skill sets will put me on top.

I'm not looking to be the best at any one thing, just OK at almost everything.
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I did this on accident with damn near everything in my life. That's the product of going from hobby to hobby and never spending the time to become "great" at anything. I can do everything better than everyone who can't, but I can't do anything better than someone who specializes in it.
 
texastonydobbs said:
if you barter the right items ,I'll help you into the 50% club :D
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Bartering is one of the skills that we'll likely need if the shit hits the fan. :thumbup:

Preparing for disaster is something that I constantly work on and I'm mildly confident that I can handle most of the things that are likely to strike our geographic area. I am more concerned that my extended family (parents, six siblings and their kids and grandkids, etc.) isn't even a little bit prepared. I have tried to ease them into a preparedness state of mind with useful gifts that hint at the topic, but I am convinced that they are content to just go on in their daily lives with their heads stuck firmly in the pile of sand that has a big sign saying "It won't happen to me". :confused:
 
Plant ID good to know. Forget about mushrooms, even the experts can screw up.
Freeze dried food has a shelf life of 20-30 years if stored properly.
Get a large capacity gravity water filter ie Big Berky.

Ammo will be the currency of the future....have plenty of .22 lr.:thumbup:

Fire steels last longer, and extras will barter well.


Are you thinking 2012?
 
Don't forget #16. Telling your loved ones you love them before this all happens :) Hopefully this doesn't interfere with #15
 
El Gringo said:
Plant ID good to know. Forget about mushrooms, even the experts can screw up.
Freeze dried food has a shelf life of 20-30 years if stored properly.
Get a large capacity gravity water filter ie Big Berky.

Ammo will be the currency of the future....have plenty of .22 lr.:thumbup:

Fire steels last longer, and extras will barter well.


Are you thinking 2012?
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No, I am thinking 2010 at the rate Obama is going.;)
 
on #15, there is a disease, basically the human equivalent of mad cow. can't remember its name, but use caution when eating longpork. reject the brain.
grandma schooled me on #13 when i was a young'un. 2-5 are all mind games, and i don't have a mind.

i've got pretty good endurance, can lift when i have to, and have a little fat reserve, it probably won't last me very long, but i should have some pemmecan by then. mmm powdered meat in animal fat.
 
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