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anyone that relies on technology and never expects it to fail wont last long post SHTF, there will be a large "die off" of the useless and unwilling following SitX, only those willing to learn the skills of our forefathers(pre industrialisation) will have any chance of survival, even people with huge stocks of canned/tinned food wont be assured of survival as I don't believe it is possible to store enough food to last the rest of ones life, we need people with farming and horticultural skills, people who know how to grow food and rear animals, those are the ones who will be in high demand, along with anyone with basic medical skills.
 
anyone that relies on technology and never expects it to fail wont last long post SHTF, there will be a large "die off" of the useless and unwilling following SitX, only those willing to learn the skills of our forefathers(pre industrialisation) will have any chance of survival, even people with huge stocks of canned/tinned food wont be assured of survival as I don't believe it is possible to store enough food to last the rest of ones life, we need people with farming and horticultural skills, people who know how to grow food and rear animals, those are the ones who will be in high demand, along with anyone with basic medical skills.

That be true!

like in horror/apocalypse movies there is always that one setting in the corner head resting on the knees sobering unresponsive to the folks around em, I have NO patience NO tolerance and NO mercy for them people I presume to put a bullet in the head and move on
 
I always thought I could do a lot of stuff but I only know 2-3 of those and can do reasonably at maybe another 2-3. Just goes to show how many things there are to know, and why in the long run some form of community is better than being a one-man band.
 
I always thought I could do a lot of stuff but I only know 2-3 of those and can do reasonably at maybe another 2-3. Just goes to show how many things there are to know, and why in the long run some form of community is better than being a one-man band.

I am really starting to rethink the community thing! I have been pretty much a solo thinker for most of my life but as my body ages and my concern for my wife it may be the best option, my favorite saying (or our motto) to her (she gets it now) 'I'm not going to be around forever and you need to learn a few things' - the more I get involved such as forums as this lets just say I'm evolving and rethinking my strategy my biggest problem and perhaps really my only problem is trust, a friend pre-SHTF may not be a friend post-SHTF so, do I really want to put all my eggs in one basket? in a community setting it's all or nothing, for me, it is a dilemma.
 
Yeah me to, I've always pretty much always done things by myself. My missus and I were talking about this yesterday, if she goes first I have to learn....hmm nothing really, I'd have to start doing a few things I currently don't but know how to do like washing the clothes but that's about it. Whereas if I go first she could not keep anything running around here, she'd have to sell up and move into town.

I am also thinking about a community because I can't do a heck of a lot of things in that list and many of them will be important, but how do you set one up? Unless you are dead lucky and have all your neighbours on the same page, or have some friends who are willing to contribute to a common BOL.

And even if you can organise something there will always be problems with personalities etc and tough decisions to be made post-SHTF that many may not agree with. And current friends are so under little or no stress, unless you're all old Army buddies or something you don't know how they will react under stress and it could all fall apart. It's a whole can of worms.

Oh and BTW, welcome to the "Grumpy old man" club :)
 
another possible problem, if one had a community BOL pre-SHTF, places such as this will be under the scrutiny of the governments and looked upon suspiciously perhaps evoking a response from law enforcement, I guess that may depend on the amount of traffic and building pre SHTF
 
Keeping in mind that SHTF could be Civil unrest like in any modern War zone you may have cars electricty , modern COMM's and most anything we have today but food and other goods shortage and a very unsafe enviroment .
 
My skills outside of my survival skills are all over the board, I'm a small retiring rancher but I see most of my live stock being poached post SHTF given they are 80 miles away all in open range. I have a good working knowledge in blacksmithing light and heavy equipment repairs gunsmithing, construction, welding (all metals), tracker, trapper, farming, canning, smoking (meat) hide tanning.

The problem I see not many people have just the basic knowledge in the older professions (old ways) or even the bare minimum in basic survival skills most of the people that have these skills are around my age and older and I don't want to set around teaching a lifetime worth of skills to the younger crowd that only knows technology in a post SHTF. I have taught survival skills to the cob/boy scouts in my earlier days and that was enough! now I'm older a grouch that have very little patience with people and I think most around my age and older may feel the same way, it's not personal though my wife whom is a lot lot younger then I calls me a grouch everyday and everyday I find myself biting my upper lip and tong at the same time with her so maybe just maybe she is unknowingly teaching me to be nice post SHTF
I'm with you, Maverick - not much patience for teaching the younger crowd since they don't have the patience for learning.
 
Our group is pretty well rounded. Most are former military. One was a combat medic and now a rn. Another buddy did trapping and pest control for a number of years. A couple are union carpenters by trade. A new guy is, well, he's just big. I mean huge. Maybe he can pull a plow.
 
I'm with you, Maverick - not much patience for teaching the younger crowd since they don't have the patience for learning.

The whole generation seems to have ADHD....and can't seem to dig their nose out of their cell phones for more than two minutes.
 
and the bad thing about the cell phones.is my mom and me watched something on tv last night.in which the kids,from teens to young adults in their 20's get to distracted with their cell phones and have accidents because of it.and way to many dont learn from that..
 
and the bad thing about the cell phones.is my mom and me watched something on tv last night.in which the kids,from teens to young adults in their 20's get to distracted with their cell phones and have accidents because of it.and way to many dont learn from that..

I was driving to school at age 14, the only distraction I had was day dreaming on my way to work after school, things have changed dramatically from my time as a kid and not necessarily for the better and since I was working and not doing my chores I had to contribute to my siblings allowances for the privilege of working.
 
yeah.we had so little to distract us when we were teens compared to now..i was driving cars motorcycles and go carts by the time i was 14 or 15..but that was out where we lived only..fewer things to run into and/or over..lol..and unlike many kids these days.we were taught responsibility.
 
When I lived in Saudi, I was 13, and driving around a small motorcycle, all over our compound (was a couple of miles in diameter). I wouldn't trust my stepkids now with a car, let alone a motorcycle, and they are 19 and 21!
 
There's no doubt, the younger generation had better grow up fast, or we are in for a rough retirement! Where I work now I see 8 or 9 new hires that are worthless to each 1 that has some sort of work ethic.
 
hmm,seems that the magic words "work ethic" is rare there too as it seems to be here,my instructor in the ambulance I was training in said it too...they get trainees and the younger they are,less willing they are to work properly,some even downright lazy and stupid not wanting to listen to advice from pro's,as they the young ones know it better ;)
 
but,once in a while there comes a young one,busting his/hers butt off to work properly and hard and the boss have more or less to force him/her to keep a break and go home to rest...and not kill one self with work..
 
Where I work we hire constantly trying to keep a work force , if we hire 5 hopefuly 2 will turn out to be good employs then 1 will want others to pick up thier slack so they can just hang on 1 will walk off the job when they realize they have to be punctual and work while on the clock and 1 will be some psyco crazy we have to deal with .
I have actualy gone through the hireing pool to try and fill posistions , picking the ones that no one elese would call . Right now I have all Highschool Seniors making up my 2nd shift that want to work after school and simi retired folk making up my 1st shift . I dont have to work with the 3rd shift this year thankfully .
 
Where I work we hire constantly trying to keep a work force , if we hire 5 hopefuly 2 will turn out to be good employs then 1 will want others to pick up thier slack so they can just hang on 1 will walk off the job when they realize they have to be punctual and work while on the clock and 1 will be some psyco crazy we have to deal with .
I have actualy gone through the hireing pool to try and fill posistions , picking the ones that no one elese would call . Right now I have all Highschool Seniors making up my 2nd shift that want to work after school and simi retired folk making up my 1st shift . I dont have to work with the 3rd shift this year thankfully .
We have a lot of part time retirees too, and there usually better than the kids.
 
Since I retired the Wife forced ask me to work for with her, so all I do is split core samples for her spectrophotometer. I might add, without pay, personally I think it borders elder abuse but she assures me it is not though I made the unfortunate mistake of asking her what makes her think it is not, she bends and kisses me on the forehead and says 'because you love me' *sigh
 

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