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Re: Could we survive?? [Re: 7mag] #7925574 08/06/20 03:53 AM
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Originally Posted by 7mag
So when this COVID "pandemic" started a bunch of us laughed. As it took fire the shortages began. Yeah I know we still joke about the TP that went AWOL through out the Country.

It was kinda funny...............at first until you found yourself as one who could not find any TP. I watched as supplies started dwindling. Can goods, hand sanitizer, gloves, masks and the list grew. It grew so much that our meat, chicken, pork etc started deminishing as well.

Prices started getting higher as supply and demand had to be met or some stores just price gauged you. The meat market around here is finally a bit better. For a while HEB was wiped clean and nothing coming in. Yeah I know, the factories workers had COVID ect

My family and I never have been hoarders, preppers and such. We kept a supply of stuff for about a month or so. TP was the only thing that really killed us or trying to buy it. TP is still on the short end in this area anyway.

Makes me rethink if we have been doing it right with everyday items. Also I do not think this Country can suffer anything larger then this virus. This was enough to pretty much cripple us, imo.


Me and mine will survive.
Been "not being wasteful" for over two decades.
Learning a little history will cause that.


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Re: Could we survive?? [Re: bill oxner] #7925601 08/06/20 07:38 AM
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Originally Posted by bill oxner
. . . . Its not going to happen.




Sure it is. Way worse than we can speculate on the web
Says so in Revelation. Look in the back of your Bible

Re: Could we survive?? [Re: txtrophy85] #7925602 08/06/20 07:43 AM
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Originally Posted by txtrophy85


Anyone seen the movie “ the road”? It would look a lot like that. No food to speak of . . .



Seen it. Have the disc.
" . . .Even if you knew what to do you wouldn't know what to do. . ."

Fairly prophetic for a fictional movie

Re: Could we survive?? [Re: 7mag] #7925715 08/06/20 01:06 PM
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Me and mine may not survive the whole deal but I guarantee you we will last longer than the urbanites. Half of them will die quickly without Starbucks and their TikTok videos.

Re: Could we survive?? [Re: 7mag] #7925759 08/06/20 01:52 PM
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Another book on the subject is Alas, Babylon.

Re: Could we survive?? [Re: unclebubba] #7925808 08/06/20 02:42 PM
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Those who think they can live off the land should read about what is called “rabbit starvation”.

I had to look it up. Caused by a diet deficient in fat. I would be eating plenty of pigs. No problem.

How big a place? What are your neighbors like? How far from city? Have sustainable water with no power? Hunting is even going to be different when we dont have feeders or a tractor to mow senderos and the batteries in your night vission die etc. just thinking out loud i think it would be a lot tuffer than some thing.

I believe the places to be for best chances of survival would be on major bodies of water potentially the coast places that get regular rain. a big one might be up north, the cold would be hard, but the permafrost would make a nifty little freezer.


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Re: Could we survive?? [Re: dogcatcher] #7925884 08/06/20 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by dogcatcher
Dehydration will probably kill more people than anything else. Either that or drinking contaminated water.


With a little bit of knowledge, water is not difficult to filter and make drinkable. You can take a gallon jug or one of those big water bottles, cut the bottom out, fill with levels of filter media which could be cloth, hay etc. Then rolling boil the filtered water for 15 to 20 minutes and you’re good to go.


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I dont think many could. You may have whatever you believe is the ticket , but if a large group moves in from different angles, your done. I live on a large amount of property and I have tons of animals, water , etc. You can still only protect so much , and kill so many people.

No matter the amount of land its going to come down to you protecting about 5 acres. They will watch you and kill you at some point

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Originally Posted by Brad Hardt
I dont think many could. You may have whatever you believe is the ticket , but if a large group moves in from different angles, your done. I live on a large amount of property and I have tons of animals, water , etc. You can still only protect so much , and kill so many people.

No matter the amount of land its going to come down to you protecting about 5 acres. They will watch you and kill you at some point


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I just love happy threads

Re: Could we survive?? [Re: Always ready 2 hunt] #7926247 08/06/20 08:49 PM
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I just love happy threads


roflmao I can't believe someone has "The Road" on dvd and watches it more than once. That's a whole new level of dark.


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Re: Could we survive?? [Re: 7mag] #7926284 08/06/20 09:23 PM
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I figured you as more of a book of eli kind of guy


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[After all,of that talk yesterday, this came in the mail today. You are all great salesman!

Get them before it is too late! Like T.P!


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Originally Posted by Superduty
[After all,of that talk yesterday, this came in the mail today. You are all great salesman!

Get them before it is too late! Like T.P!


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Those have a shelf life of about 4 years or so. Regular bleach lasts indefinitely. 16 drops per gallon of water. A gallon of bleach and a few Sawyer Mini's will keep a person going for years.

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[After all,of that talk yesterday, this came in the mail today. You are all great salesman!

Get them before it is too late! Like T.P!


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I have 18,000 gallons of water in the backyard and always have several gallons of bleach on hand. up




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[After all,of that talk yesterday, this came in the mail today. You are all great salesman!

Get them before it is too late! Like T.P!


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I have 18,000 gallons of water in the backyard and always have several gallons of bleach on hand. up


Didn't know, good to know. Thanks to you both!


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Good news guys. If anything like is being discussed actually happened. Ie government failure. There would be an armata of foreign soldiers heading to shore. You won't have to survive without the bare necessities for long.

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I have one in every vehicle. The one that’s bigger will actually screw in to a lot of water bottles.

I have the MRS guardian pump filter also, it’s pretty handy also filters viruses. It works well for large quantities like 5gals jugs


Only down side to the sawyer is if its wet and freezes it done so make sure and shake it out well


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I have one in every vehicle. The one that’s bigger will actually screw in to a lot of water bottles.

I have the MRS guardian pump filter also, it’s pretty handy also filters viruses. It works well for large quantities like 5gals jugs


Only down side to the sawyer is if its wet and freezes it done so make sure and shake it out well


I never had one freeze that's wet, sage advice up

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How do you THFers sleep at night with all of your delusional paranoia? I never counted sheep. I once counted coveys of my past. Now I count my blessings. I started yesterday with a great nights sleep, on to Folger's in my cup, good morning Janie, a great breakfast, cool morning walk, a little light yard work, on to a five star lighthearted book, the mother of all naps, evening martini, and the list went on until I until I feel asleep


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Originally Posted by bill oxner

How do you THFers sleep at night with all of your delusional paranoia? I never counted sheep. I once counted coveys of my past. Now I count my blessings. I started yesterday with a great nights sleep, on to Folger's in my cup, good morning Janie, a great breakfast, cool morning walk, a little light yard work, on to a five star lighthearted book, the mother of all naps, evening martini, and the list went on until I until I feel asleep





It’s not really delusional paranoia, just being smartly prepared with a minimal investment , I basically put 15k miles a year on my truck between hunting some really remote areas in Texas, out west and vacation. I probably average about 10 plus nights a year sleeping in back of my truck.

A water filter is no different then a plug kit and air compressor, IMO.


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Originally Posted by bill oxner

How do you THFers sleep at night with all of your delusional paranoia? I never counted sheep. I once counted coveys of my past. Now I count my blessings. I started yesterday with a great nights sleep, on to Folger's in my cup, good morning Janie, a great breakfast, cool morning walk, a little light yard work, on to a five star lighthearted book, the mother of all naps, evening martini, and the list went on until I until I feel asleep





Well Bill your life is almost over...so there is that.

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Originally Posted by bill oxner

How do you THFers sleep at night with all of your delusional paranoia?





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