@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@tonyshowoff said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

The real thing here: Unless you have actually used survival skills in a real setting (reading about them doesn't count 99% of the time) the chances of you actually being able to survive a stressful situation are pretty slim. Book smarts will not do you a whole lot of good in bad situations where you have to react quickly.

Yup, pretty much the military will be who survive. Only people trained AND experienced in anything even remotely similar. A few others will survive, but the first hours will wipe out essentially everyone. No matter how many great ideas you have, those first hours will kill you almost certainly so no amount of "you know what would work well" will help.

I was in the military. All of your meals are provided. It's not like they really teach your survival in the traditional sense. My AIT wasnt mountain man

I imagine it also depends on which military, I came from a newly formed country which was extremely poor, but the Americans did drop some MREs from time to time. That's how I discovered the other love of my life, Tabasco sauce.

Yeah. If Tabasco Sauce can make an MRE edible then that is really a testament to it. I'm American

Are your MREs as bad as ours? http://www.mreinfo.com/international-rations/german-epa/

Nothing is as bad as the MRE Burritos. They are almost 100% plastic. It's so bad.

How about the breakfast omlette one? I've heard horror stories

Stellaris has been exceptionally good

Ditto Men of War: Assault Squad 2

The first gave me everything I wanted from Masters of Orion 3 without the micro-managing

MoWAS2 is everything I liked about the first one with better graphics and a whole heaping steaming pile of bugs fixed.

@DustinB3403 said in Walking Dead Plot Holes - How would IT folk survive:

OK so lets assume we have an yacht with Helipad on it, room for ~15-20 people.

We're docked in the ocean, just off the coast far enough you could see the coast, close enough if you had to you could make a run in for supplies etc.

(I'm using a yacht as getting a hold of and driving an aircraft carrier seems very unrealistic)

What is next?

Blackjack, strippers and booze.

We all take turns as the strippers unfortunately.

@gjacobse said in Walking Dead Plot Holes - How would IT folk survive:

@MattSpeller said in Walking Dead Plot Holes - How would IT folk survive:

Y'all need to live on an island to appreciate how silly this all seems, messing about with ships and all that bother.

Oil and nuclear and goodness knows what else.

If you want to live for a long time to wait stuff out, it's best not to put your life on a limited supply of anything. Including islands I suppose but it seems easier to have a farm with dirt under your feet instead of steel.

Pretty sure @MattSpeller just offered up his apartment. Just have to 'toast' a bridge or two.. But issue then becomes - how to do you secure your boarder (beach)

Y'all are more than welcome hahah

One tends to know one's own environment best - no bridges around here mate

Plenty of islands to choose from however my first choice for a group of 20-40 would be something like this:

https://www.google.ca/maps/place/49°27'06.3"N+124°17'42.1"W/@49.4517161,-124.2974431,1434m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d49.451751!4d-124.295029

With plenty of room to grow to neighbouring islands. Plenty of farm land, some of the best you could dream of.

Security by obscurity and careful observation would be my suggestion. Keep fires contained and minimal, no buildings or clearings obvious from the beaches.

Rich and abundant food from the sea and many native deer and bear on the larger islands.

Fuel pump assembly for a Yaris? Worst case we could mail you one. Those are prolific here.

@thwr https://www.amb-trade.de/lang-de/part/770240D050/30-toyota

@thwr damn

I'll keep thinking about this, gotta go for a bit

@DustinB3403 said in Walking Dead Plot Holes - How would IT folk survive:

@tonyshowoff said in Walking Dead Plot Holes - How would IT folk survive:

@scottalanmiller said in Walking Dead Plot Holes - How would IT folk survive:

It's copper and silver that kill the bacteria. Other metals might actually encourage it.

Iron certainly does encourage it, especially as it oxidises. Don't forget to get your tetanus shot.

I don't think copper / silver would require you to need a tetanus shot would it? It doesn't rust, promotes the death of germs etc.

I get one regularly to ensure I have no issues, but still.

I'm wearing (work issued) shirt full of silver threads. Highly highly recommend.

"SILVERESCENT TECHNOLOGY

Powered by X-STATIC, it inhibits the growth of odour-causing bacteria on the top"

http://shop.lululemon.com/p/mens-ss-tops/RAD-Short-Sleeve/_/prod2040082?rcnt=3&N=8ac&cnt=21&color=LM3EC9S_1966

@BRRABill said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Enjoying ML all to myself...

We of the night's watch...

@BRRABill said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@MattSpeller said

We of the night's watch...

Not me...

There's a part of the vow I just can't commit to.

Vows are made for breaking my friend

sssssnick

All I know...

ssssnick

Is which one....

ssssnick

Will come last.

schlick-shlack

Thinking of France and all the innocent people.

I can't help but appreciate a military that really does hold it's self to a high standard. It's not clear yet if they are behind this, but their legacy of over turning naughty rulers is really good.

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@JaredBusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

I'd really like to build a small forge and melt the platters. Still don't know what to do with the flash bits tho.

They are basically coated glass, just break them?

For the platters sure, but what about the newfangled silicon only storage?

when you put a bunch of stuff into a forge to melt it and there's some unwanted crap it's called dross or slag

burn it all and let gravity sort it out

@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

I personally would rather boil water than to have to buy bottled water from the store.

The water out of the bottles is often just as bad, granted not sewage bad, but still just bad.

I just don't believe that 212F will kill sewage. I'll take the bottled spring water.

Bottled spring water for myself as well please

Sandwich, smoke and 2L of water

@thwr said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:

@MattSpeller said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:

Sandwich, smoke and 2L of water

A real purist

This is what happens when you pack your own lunches. I have no one to blame but myself lol

@scottalanmiller Did you just spam your own forums with your own articles? How dare you

Present day is by far my favourite period.

Least famine, disease, rape, torture, pillaging, crime, murder, ignorance, slavery, brutality, fear, distrust, abuse.... I could go on.

Good start to my week....

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