Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
Posted on 12/29/2009 7:23:03 AM PST by ChocChipCookie
Someone really needs to invent a sarcasm/satire font.
SnakeDoc
It’s spelled Pfhoeiegnicxksque.
Many times have I fed on fresh rabbit and squirrel, prepared without refrigeration, thanks to a well aimed 22.
Call the 22 a mobile food bank. But just one tool in the chest. All capable of food procurement. And powerfully accurate defensive/offensive measures.
Well, at least I got it.
Thanks for the chuckle.
If you are serious, then learn...Go camping...go hiking...study topo maps of the areas that are around you or where you make your plans to escape to...
I, myself, have a major health problem (recent leg amputee) but I have learned from tours in SE Asia and lived in the mountains how to handle things...
You can learn and teach your family...It just takes willingness to live and survive...
I was hoping your post was satire. Whew! For awhile I thought you were from the 9th Ward of New Orleans and voted for Obama.
Unfortunately I suspect there are people out there who think the government will provide everything for them and will do nothing but sit on the porch and wait for a check.
Funny, the main part most good bug-out plans is how to make the bug-out place as civilized as possible, with a comfort level as close to the previous abode as can be achieved.
I would like to come up with a couple of paragraphs of the ultimate, clueless, survivalist that mentions all of the highlights.
For instance maybe he could turn in all of his dead father’s Krugerrands to buy a storage shed in the back yard to keep all of his freezers in.
Since he stores frozen foods now, he could get rid of all his mothers canning jars and equipment out in the garage that were taking up so much space and such.
one should own a 22 handgun EVEN IF they have more powerful sidearms. It is useful for small game hunting, target practice, pest removal and of course if you are scavenging and come across some 22LR ammo you’ll have a gun that shoots it.
And if you have to defend yourself with a 22, shoot for the eyes or head.
I live in Maine; RURAL MAINE
Newsweek may call them ‘preppers’, we just refer to ourselves as ‘year round residents’.
What I meant was that most people aren't in a big hurry to become a refugee, living in the cold, wet, hot, filth, etc., until it becomes an absolute necessity. Each additional year in age, and those other complications mentioned, will force people to do what they can to stay in their homes and neighborhoods as long as possible.
The same security issues that arise in a suburban neighborhood will probably be occurring on the highways, in the mountains, along the rivers, or wherever else we go, in varying degrees.
I agree doc.
Food gathering equipment should include:
Piano wire for snares
Fishing rod and reel (I like fly reels and rods).
Rifle .22 or so. I prefer larger cals as some single shots can be loaded as good shotguns.
Hunting dog of medium size capable of running down rabbits.The dog is your radar, your food gatherer and your first line of defense. Labs are perfect. Watching a hunting dog work the meadow for rabbits is remarkable.
When in a questionable situation keep your eyes on the dog. They have a better grasp of the situation than you do. This is from direct experience.
I know survival. But unfortunately my wife don’t completely understand. She is good about the food and provisions stockpile. But don’t quite understand the need for lots of firepower, or anything about wilderness survival.
Her family was shocked that this past year. We bought a RV and she actually went camping. In her mind it is camping. She has no clue, nor desire to tent or backpack camp. Frankly I am too old to sleep on the ground. But have, can, and am prepared completely if need be, and not complain.
But a well provisioned Travel trailer, pulled by a provisioned 4 wheel drive truck, given enough warning of an evac, can provide everything we need to survive comfortably off the beaten path for a few weeks. Assuming it is safe to leave the home base. Wildfire.yes. shtf.....no. Pulling a camper out of a desperate area would be suicide.
It is true that there are few freeways to really get out of Phoenix if there was a mass evacuation. There is a series of farm roads around the edges and if I lived there I would make it my business to learn the main ones. If you could beat the in town traffic trying to get out you could beat the pack to the freeway on the outskirts and make it out sooner than those that will only use freeways or major streets.
That’s true for those who can afford the expense of a second home/property AND the expenses involved in its’ upkeep.
Send her to thesurvivalmom.com. Lots of good info there about firearms, concealed carry, etc.
As far as age goes, I’m right there with you. I’m not sure I could handle a major lifestyle change from suburbia to a wilderness retreat. My husband talks big, but I’m not sure he could handle it either.
That’s good advice. I know a couple of routes to Wickenburg, but few others. I’ll check it out.
How about “ I built an ice house so I could keep my stuff cold. And a brick house so the big bad wolf couldn’t break in”. And bought a kerosene lantern so I could read my stockpile of super hero comic books” Plus I bought some emergency firewood from 7-11”!I can warm my vienna sausages on my mergency camp stove and have some canned tuna”! Plus an extra ATM card in case I lose one”
We could call the book, “Survival Guide for Post Obama Voters”
The government is more likely to treat preppers as “the enemy” than to help.
Lefties/elitists see any individual that is attempting to take care of himself and his family as a threat.
Look at their classification of “domestic terrorists” from early BHO DHS. I’m sure anyone that is a “prepper” is also considered “dangerous”.
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