The servant waits while the master baits. It's good to be the king.

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Quote from: Skee on January 30, 2014, 06:31:32 PM

I'm pretty much completely useless.  You'll want me around for sure because i'll do nothing. I'll be the most valuable member of the community because I'll make everyone else feel so worthwhile.

At least we know who'll be king...

Hey! I already called dibs!

I have skills, but I'd be dead in 3-6 months once my pills run out. 

Quote from: cultureslayer on January 31, 2014, 09:31:50 AM

I have skills, but I'd be dead in 3-6 months once my pills run out. 

Susan's in the same boat. Synthroid is kinda hard to come by after an apocalypse.

Yup.  I try to keep some ahead (Armour and other pig based ones have had shortages in the last several years), but it has a shelf life and after that you are screwed.  Maybe I should figure out how much is in the average squirrel thyroid and then I could know how many days to spread one of those out over in case I'm in some backpacking gone bad situation.  Icky parts is that cooking ruins it, so I'd have to eat raw squirrel thyroids. 

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Quote from: cultureslayer on January 31, 2014, 09:31:50 AM

I have skills, but I'd be dead in 3-6 months once my pills run out. 

Susan's in the same boat. Synthroid is kinda hard to come by after an apocalypse.

Yup.  I try to keep some ahead (Armour and other pig based ones have had shortages in the last several years), but it has a shelf life and after that you are screwed.  Maybe I should figure out how much is in the average squirrel thyroid and then I could know how many days to spread one of those out over in case I'm in some backpacking gone bad situation.  Icky parts is that cooking ruins it, so I'd have to eat raw squirrel thyroids. 

I'd so do that.

Mmmmm. Tennessee sushi.

 


Also... crap. I hadn't considered that in my initial post. Ok, I'd haiku the fuck out of the apocalypse... for a time. There. That's more accurate.


the ticking demon
time; pending horseman of death
the waning swiftness

well, shit... that's grim. 

Quote from: cultureslayer on January 31, 2014, 09:43:25 AM

so I'd have to eat raw squirrel thyroids. 

very dangerous, good chance you would end up with Crutzfeld-jacob (sp?) disease. killed my father in law last year, they think he got it from cleaning squirrels? of course you may live a month or two longer than without it?

Considering I'd be dead in about a week without the pills, I'd take my chances if it came to it.  I should figure out what wild animal is least likely to carry disease (while still being possible to kill, not going to try to go after unicorns or mountain lions) and try to use that one. Hopefully society doesn't collapse anytime soon.

chornbe, I think you could go without pills and just be tired and sluggish. I take more than you do, and I weigh less. 

I guess we could use this apocalypse to clean the gene pool.  All those relying on big Pharma to get though the day would be gone in no time.

Sadly, that's true.

chornbe, I think you could go without pills and just be tired and sluggish. I take more than you do, and I weigh less. 

Agreed. But now that I'm regulated, I'd be worried about backsliding and being worse off than before I was medded. I'm taking 112mcg now after 3 or 4 adjustments.

I wonder how many people's health would improve under the circumstances? weight loss would be inevitable along with the associated health benefits of more exercise?

I wonder how many people's health would improve under the circumstances? weight loss would be inevitable along with the associated health benefits of more exercise?

That's what I always think.  If people weren't so fat, the need for a lot of medications would diminish significantly.

Quote from: Black Hills on January 31, 2014, 12:49:53 PM

I wonder how many people's health would improve under the circumstances? weight loss would be inevitable along with the associated health benefits of more exercise?

If everyone woman ends up looking like this sandwich-needing crack-ho skag, I'll go hump trees instead.

SHE'S BEAUTIFUL, HE-MAN! -- Skeletor

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I agree with you, but I'm afraid that is what a "healthy" human looks like. we are used to fat chicks (of varying degrees) here in the U.S. that is probably a healthy weight/build for a woman her age.

I wonder how many people's health would improve under the circumstances? weight loss would be inevitable along with the associated health benefits of more exercise?

My dad attributes his no longer needing medication for diabetes to forced weight loss from having a heart attach and triple bypass.

Then again, if he had just lost the weight before, maybe he could have avoided the heart trouble.

I agree with you, but I'm afraid that is what a "healthy" human looks like. we are used to fat chicks (of varying degrees) here in the U.S. that is probably a healthy weight/build for a woman her age.

No muscle tone, no shape, sickly. bleh.

When your jaw looks like a handle, you're too skinny.

sickly. bleh.

When your jaw looks like a handle, you're too skinny.

by American standards, you are correct.

Quote from: CLAY on January 29, 2014, 08:01:26 PM

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I can brew and distill.
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You will all be welcome at Claymerica.  Even the fertilizer people- we need people to haul water and garden too!

I'm in!

Oh, and I'm very MacGyverish. No functional fixedness here. Very useful problem solving skill.

Henry VI

 

Shoot a rifle and pistol like  mo'fo. Check. ( and I don't mean urban style sideways.

Reload ammo. Check. When you all run out of ammo, go see the crazy cat guy. He makes nice consistent ammo that dont blow up yer gun. Of course I havn't quite worked out the logistics of primer and powder availabilty. Those will be worth more than equivalent weight of gold.

Fix yer watches. I'll probably have a ten year supply of batteries for the $500 Desert Combat Swiss waterproof shockproof bulletproof crystal Tactical watches built to survive anything that lives in bugout bags becuse Mr. Preperatory wasn't smart enough or watch-savy enough to buy an inexpensive automatic.

Preserve and defend the common cat species. You all will be trading off your wives for my kittens with good low maintenance hunt and survival skills. They'll be rare as hen's teeth when morons like Clay shoot them off for food. I will have the only rat, rodent and vermin-free environment in my compound.

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Quote from: Smilodon_Con on February 01, 2014, 03:08:27 PM

Fix yer watches. I'll probably have a ten year supply of batteries for the $500 Desert Combat Swiss waterproof shockproof bulletproof crystal Tactical watches built to survive anything that lives in bugout bags becuse Mr. Preperatory wasn't smart enough or watch-savy enough to buy an inexpensive automatic.

Preserve ajnd defend the common cat species. You all will be trading off your wives for my kittens with good low maintenance hunt and survival skills. They'll be rare as hen's teeth when morons like Clay shoot them off for food. I will have the only rat, rodent and vermin-free environment in my compound.

Yeah...because a watch is right at the top of my list of shit I need for the post-apocalypse.

You mean those cats that will be caught in traps, skinned for fur and hide and dropped into the stew pot or chunked up as bait for larger animals? Those cats?

Mmmmm. Cat.

Well this could shape up to be an entertaining Saturday night. 


 

I'm afraid I would be useless in the post-apocalypse.  I'm not even big enough to be good eating. 

Don't sell yourself short, there's bound to be a tapas night.

I'm an economical shot.
I don't panic when you do.
I'm hella trustworthy, and "swimmer free" since '81.
You can leave me in charge of the distillery and women's compound.









 

I can reproduce 

I can't anymore!  Best co-pay ever spent!   

Hmmm, I'm an average shot, can't tie a decent knot anymore but I can make a killer breakfast. 

 

I can:

Repair combustion engines
Repair small electronics
Hunt/Clean/Cook game
Build and maintain survival camps

Oh hell I'm a basic outdoors man.. So whatever that is worth is has it.

I can sing and dance.

Flamenco would be great for tapas night.

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Quote from: Cookie on February 02, 2014, 07:30:02 PM

I can sing and dance.

Flamenco would be great for tapas night.

I will dance for Blue.

Get your plate early, it'll be in short supply.

I can do anything, just like Zombo.com