End of the World Skilz

Cloud · 03-04-2011, 03:31 PM

you got any? What would you like to learn? I'm talking about survival, subsistence, self-reliance, jack/jill-of-all-trade, life skills.

I have very few. I can cook, but my cooking skills with open fires are limited. I can/could crochet a blanket or (possibly) garments out of fabric scraps. I can teach basic English and reading. I can take care of children and babies.

I'd like to learn how to grow food, especially hydroponically. Make candles.

ZenGum · 03-04-2011, 07:06 PM

I can move well through rough country, track animals (never killed one), choose good campsites, make campfires, find water.
I can kludge repairs to vehicles and McGyver stuff.

I cannot hunt, farm, or grow food.

I will outlast civilisation as long as my stash of tinned food lasts. About two weeks. Then I starve.

Griff · 03-04-2011, 07:15 PM

I can build, grow, kill stuff, raise critters, cut wood, but there are no guarantees in the survival game...

Cloud · 03-04-2011, 08:05 PM

I can make paper from old paper, leaves, rags.

I can write porn. That's a life skill, innit?

footfootfoot · 03-04-2011, 08:32 PM

I'm pretty much golden, I can do just about everything I'd need to do to survive. I could use a brush up on my evasion techniques vis a vis electronic surveillance, but the obvious analog stuff I'm good with.

But let's say you went camping and you forgot your sleeping bag and you had to share a sleeping bag with the person you went camping with and the next morning you awoke to find...

ZenGum · 03-04-2011, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

I can write porn. That's a life skill, innit?

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

But let's say you went camping and you forgot your sleeping bag and you had to share a sleeping bag with the person you went camping with and the next morning you awoke to find...

One pornographer is enough, Foot3.

footfootfoot · 03-04-2011, 08:42 PM

Well, I wasn't really counting that as a survival skill, per se...

and I take it you don't fancy going camping with me either?

Nirvana · 03-04-2011, 09:30 PM

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But let's say you went camping and you forgot your sleeping bag and you had to share a sleeping bag with the person you went camping with and the next morning you awoke to find...

Sheldon?

skysidhe · 03-04-2011, 10:38 PM

I don't know. I haven't tried to catch a fish with string and a bent paper clip.Would it work? Would I remember to even carry string and paper clip with me against the day?
I hope someone would be worried about me if I did. lol

Yes, I would love to learn those things. REAL survival skills.

zippyt · 03-04-2011, 10:49 PM

Cloud · 03-04-2011, 10:52 PM

I'm actually going after more general, practical, sustainable skills, than apocalyptic survival strategies. Like a trade or a craft. Woodworking, sewing, food preservation--foxfire skills.

zippyt · 03-04-2011, 11:04 PM

Well I can fish , hunt , do some basic Black smith stuff , ive made wine and beer , dont Mind sleeping in a tent , canoe, kyack , Build and tend Many different fires ( yes there IS a difference ) , cut weld and fab steel , Do the grunt work in a garden , survive in Hot , cold and wet weather , shoot , swear , and be generly happy in fucked up situations , take controll in Worse that fucked up conditions and deal with the problem ( generly)
That enough ?

Cloud · 03-04-2011, 11:11 PM

it's plenty. "enuf" is for you to decide.

sexobon · 03-05-2011, 01:56 AM

I can rob from the rich and give to the poor.

glatt · 03-05-2011, 06:47 AM

I can hide and avoid confrontation

03-04-2011, 03:31 PM	#1
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	End of the World Skilz you got any? What would you like to learn? I'm talking about survival, subsistence, self-reliance, jack/jill-of-all-trade, life skills. I have very few. I can cook, but my cooking skills with open fires are limited. I can/could crochet a blanket or (possibly) garments out of fabric scraps. I can teach basic English and reading. I can take care of children and babies. I'd like to learn how to grow food, especially hydroponically. Make candles. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

03-04-2011, 07:06 PM	#2
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	I can move well through rough country, track animals (never killed one), choose good campsites, make campfires, find water. I can kludge repairs to vehicles and McGyver stuff. I cannot hunt, farm, or grow food. I will outlast civilisation as long as my stash of tinned food lasts. About two weeks. Then I starve. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

03-04-2011, 07:15 PM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I can build, grow, kill stuff, raise critters, cut wood, but there are no guarantees in the survival game... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

03-04-2011, 08:05 PM	#4
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	I can make paper from old paper, leaves, rags. I can write porn. That's a life skill, innit? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

03-04-2011, 08:32 PM	#5
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I'm pretty much golden, I can do just about everything I'd need to do to survive. I could use a brush up on my evasion techniques vis a vis electronic surveillance, but the obvious analog stuff I'm good with. But let's say you went camping and you forgot your sleeping bag and you had to share a sleeping bag with the person you went camping with and the next morning you awoke to find... __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

03-04-2011, 08:42 PM	#7
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Well, I wasn't really counting that as a survival skill, per se... and I take it you don't fancy going camping with me either? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

03-04-2011, 10:38 PM	#9
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	I don't know. I haven't tried to catch a fish with string and a bent paper clip.Would it work? Would I remember to even carry string and paper clip with me against the day? I hope someone would be worried about me if I did. lol Yes, I would love to learn those things. REAL survival skills.

03-04-2011, 10:49 PM	#10
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	__________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

03-04-2011, 10:52 PM	#11
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	I'm actually going after more general, practical, sustainable skills, than apocalyptic survival strategies. Like a trade or a craft. Woodworking, sewing, food preservation--foxfire skills. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

03-04-2011, 11:04 PM	#12
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Well I can fish , hunt , do some basic Black smith stuff , ive made wine and beer , dont Mind sleeping in a tent , canoe, kyack , Build and tend Many different fires ( yes there IS a difference ) , cut weld and fab steel , Do the grunt work in a garden , survive in Hot , cold and wet weather , shoot , swear , and be generly happy in fucked up situations , take controll in Worse that fucked up conditions and deal with the problem ( generly) That enough ? __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

03-04-2011, 11:11 PM	#13
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	it's plenty. "enuf" is for you to decide. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

03-05-2011, 01:56 AM	#14
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	I can rob from the rich and give to the poor.

03-05-2011, 06:47 AM	#15
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I can hide and avoid confrontation

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