What skill would you bring?

[the festival spirit]

IF something catastrophic did happen, and there were only a few survivors here and there, and you were one of them, what skill would you bring to the new world?


I have become expert in a few things, if there is no-one to sue ;) or argue with, I could still bring my expert gardening skills to grow food and medicines for everybody, not being egotistic or wanting praise but for the 'greater good' if there is such a thing, (having to justify what I say as I go along has been a skill of mine for many years now.)

I am also an expert craftsman specialising in worling with wood.

What skill would you bring?

[barryscouser]

the ability to shoot you in the face and take your gardening from you :)

[the festival spirit]

the ability to shoot you in the face and take your gardening from you :)

IF you can get anywhere near me ;)


lol

[illuminotti]

hi,i'd bring motherly love i'm the best mum in the world lol its about all i can do anyway!!

[lottie]

Brilliant thread Festival Spirit!!

my skills would have to be growing vegetables/fruit/flowers! and saving/homing and feeding all the animals/people!! lol!! also i suppose my nursing/caring skills and i'd be quite happy to do a bit of teaching....

i think if something catastrophic was to happen i expect we would all have to adopt new skills to adapt to the new surroundings and situations we found ourselves in!! :)

[them]

Farming livestock & the aviculture of Chickens, Ducks & Geese
Growing giant vegetables
Sea fishing
Tatting (stealing)
Fucking about with Lister & Perkins diesel engines


http://www.hageprat.com/images/veg/giant-vegetables-pot-leeks.jpg

[viginti tres]

Whoops double post...soz

[viginti tres]

I'm an all rounder as I've trained in many skills.....healing and health and calming the panic stricken (which will be a must)...

......and if it comes to the worst : survival, self defense (how many people are we going to have to fight off, in the country especially, when food is no longer available and people resort to violence out of desperation or greed)...

....but mainly knowing the land and where to find food and water and what to avoid.....handy in Australia.

http://www.childsafetyaustralia.com.au/children/backyardsafety/images/deathcap.jpg

The world's most poisonous mushroom is the Angel of Death or the Deathcap.It looks very similar to an edible field mushroom but eating a Death Cap could easily kill you.

Found around the roots of trees in the cooler locations of Australia in places such as Canberra and Melbourne.
After eating these type of Fungi a person will experience stomach pain,vomiting and diarrhoea with blood present.

Unless the amount eaten is very small, the person is likely to die in a few days.

Power to the peaceful.

Mitchell.

[emily]

I would teach a children and people about bright side of the life and I would try to make a new civilization, good spiritual one :)
It is interesting, I had a dream two nights before that only 60 000 people survive lava. All people who survived were spiritual people, not materialistic and I was a leader. Something told me to make a new civilization on higher spiritual level, not like today. That I would do if that happend. :)

[rossus]

i can take care of the future of the community
and impregnate the women with new divine life

[auron]

I know how to make thousands of mushrooms. I can grow a certain herb too, with excellent results. :)

Other than that, I'll keep you all laughing, and joking. I will make sure there are smiles all around! :D

[blane777]

Well im a construction worker by trade so i can help make us all homes to live in plus other amenities essential to life :)

[space monkey]

What skill would you bring?

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/7254/drstrangelove1ed07on2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[space monkey]

i think if something catastrophic was to happen i expect we would all have to adopt new skills to adapt to the new surroundings and situations we found ourselves in!! :)

Best to do that beforehand, before one can be killed by the lack of such skills and knowledge.

;)

[adramelech]

I'm handy with weapons and good at manipulating people. Not bad skills to have in a budding civilization.

In seriousness, I've done extensive survival training, which I recommend everyone undergo for the coming years. Or even just go camping once in awhile, it won't hurt you. I've also practiced varying forms of energy work and physical and mental healing.

[space monkey]

I seriously need to go on a fire-lighting course, as I've tried to teach myself with a flint 'n steel, but with awful results.

[peter19]

haveing sexual intercourse with the ladys, and if we have a job centre in our tribe then thats the type of work im looking for :D.

im skilled at behing laid back and not careing to much, and just generally behing in a trace state.

[space monkey]

Really though, I don't think I can claim I have any skills, other than a sense of humour. I think most of my energy would would be put to simply surviving. And being British, I've never fired a gun. Although, guns aren't the only things that go CRACK...

[lightbeing]

Hmm, what would I bring........ Well, the ability to keep peoples spirits up and make people smile & laugh:) Also, I am an expert in skywatching for UFOs!:D

[lottie]

Hmm, what would I bring........ Well, the ability to keep peoples spirits up and make people smile & laugh:) Also, I am an expert in skywatching for UFOs!:D

Dont forget your new found painting/decorating skills...!!1 you can make everyones homes look attractive!! :):cool:

[a fine naked fellow]

Fire.( bow and drill) Rudimentary shelter building, and water finding/purifying skills.
And because of this… I would be the chief.
Not to mention
Silent walking, and camouflage know how. And a good measure of patience thrown in.

[eternal_spirit]

i can take care of the future of the community
and impregnate the women with new divine life


LOL that's blown my fantasy! Thought you where a woman Rossus.

I'm good at the caveman stuff, lighting fires, building a good fireplace, knowing which wood to use, in what order to use it.

[space monkey]

Why is it you can light a fire with a bow staff but when I douse moss that's been dried in my oven with thick streams of sparks over and over again, I get NOTHING!

:rolleyes:

[lightbeing]

Dont forget your new found painting/decorating skills...!!1 you can make everyones homes look attractive!! :):cool:

Oh yeah, I am well versed in painting iron gates as well!;) Also, I am highly skilled in washing the dishes!:D

[limelady]

I am a quantum healer, but I can diagnose illness and suggest natural treatments/remedies, I can sew clothes, knit, grow a garden, make pottery bowls and plates, and I can show others how I can cook a tasty meal out of virtually nothing! :D

[lemonique]

I am a quantum healer, but I can diagnose illness and suggest natural treatments/remedies, I can sew clothes, knit, grow a garden, make pottery bowls and plates, and I can show others how I can cook a tasty meal out of virtually nothing! :D

Ditto Limeladie's skills. I would look after the little ones and teach them what I know about growing food and herbs to heal, and spread as much love and peace around that I could.
Lemon ;)

[jaanus]

I am a quantum healer, but I can diagnose illness and suggest natural treatments/remedies, I can sew clothes, knit, grow a garden, make pottery bowls and plates, and I can show others how I can cook a tasty meal out of virtually nothing! :D

I'm sure your meals taste like virtually nothing also :) So I will bring all the spices I can find.

Keep up the good thread.

[umbrex]

my ninjaskillz

...and some krugerands

[lemonique]

my ninjaskillz

...and some krugerands

Is this yummy???:D

[edit]

hmm....

......an idea... for arte-earth-arr-ein-g-men-ts?! ..like

Palais
http://home.hccnet.nl/j.herling/Fietsvakantie%20Middellandse%20Zee%202000/Webfotos%20Fietsvakantie%202000/PalaisIdeal-1.jpgIdeal-1

[space monkey]

Edit, I did not know Gaudi had a "Mini-Me" clone. Fascinating.

[baron von lotsov]

Spotting liars, double agents and that sort of thing. I have a knack for it and always have done, even early on in school I always knew when the teacher was lying. I don't do it by even looking at the person and this really confuses the liar because they use facial contact to falsify the impression that they are telling the truth. Instead I listen very carefully to subtle intonation in the person's voice. This is virtually impossible to disguise because it is involuntary.

[garth]

Design & build any structure required...bomb shelter, house, bridge, dam etc etc out of anything, concrete, timber, steel, mud, straw, rock
Operate & repair any mobile equipment from a wheelbarrow to a combine harvester
Fix/repair/build pretty much anything like water pumps, artesian wells, fences, armaments,irrigation, waste disposal (septics),compound's,electronics,livestock handling facilities,gardens (hydro,soil,hothouse)
Invent stuff or make things out of bits & pieces like junk yard cars, machinery, labour saving devices - Mad Max type gear
Animal husbandry i.e cows, chickens, sheep, deer
Horticulture i.e fruit & nut trees, crops, hothouse
Alternative power generation - design & build

can teach others to shear sheep, milk & look after cows, weld, build, design, water hydrology, mechanics, timber milling & felling, horticulture,agriculture, arable farming, biodiesel making, electrical wiring, butchery, food preservation,

If the world becomes like a Mad Max movie..I'm gonna survive

[space monkey]

Design & build any structure required...bomb shelter, house, bridge, dam etc etc out of anything, concrete, timber, steel, mud, straw, rock
Operate & repair any mobile equipment from a wheelbarrow to a combine harvester
Fix/repair/build pretty much anything like water pumps, artesian wells, fences, armaments,irrigation, waste disposal (septics),compound's,electronics,livestock handling facilities,gardens (hydro,soil,hothouse)
Invent stuff or make things out of bits & pieces like junk yard cars, machinery, labour saving devices - Mad Max type gear
Animal husbandry i.e cows, chickens, sheep, deer
Horticulture i.e fruit & nut trees, crops, hothouse
Alternative power generation - design & build

can teach others to shear sheep, milk & look after cows, weld, build, design, water hydrology, mechanics, timber milling & felling, horticulture,agriculture, arable farming, biodiesel making, electrical wiring, butchery, food preservation,

If the world becomes like a Mad Max movie..I'm gonna survive

Damn... right on man. How did you learn all this? Through construction?

[bananaman]

What about the music? I could bash out a few chords to cheer everyone up. Actually that might be the end of civilisation. Hell, I'll risk it.

Bananaman (Diddley-dee).

[garth]

Damn... right on man. How did you learn all this? Through construction?

hey Space Monkey..yep, well sorta, am a builder by trade, but i get bored with my Job every 1 to 3 years or so, so i leave and find something else that interests me, soak up as much info as I can, then move on. At the moment I'm playing with Diesel engines (just about to refit the turbo out of my ute this afternoon). I can't stand not understanding how things work, so I find out.

plus have learned that everything you need to know is out there (or in here-self), you just gotta ask.

Cheers:)

[space monkey]

I guess you were the kind of kid that had to take apart all of his toys to find the magic, hehe.


plus have learned that everything you need to know is out there (or in here-self), you just gotta ask.

Cheers:)

Very true, you needn't depend on anyone for anything.

Unless it's a particular Nike Air trainer, you're after or an iPod, something like that.

;)

[garth]

I guess you were the kind of kid that had to take apart all of his toys to find the magic, hehe.



Very true, you needn't depend on anyone for anything.

Unless it's a particular Nike Air trainer, you're after or an iPod, something like that.

;)

Damn right, sorta like Trinity in the Matrix movie when she downloads the "pilots" training for the helicopter, been able to do this for years. Basically I see everyone in this Matrix as the same as me, so if someone else can do it, so can I (we are all equals), it's only knowledge (matrix knowledge at that). But yep, pulled everything apart and put it back together again.

Sometimes the "off the shelf" toys are damn good though, why reinvent the wheel eh, just know how to fix it if the time comes.:D

[umbrex]

Is this yummy???:D

krugerands are south african goldcoins :P
i'd advice to invest some cash in em. or silver eagles, whatever. anything but fiat money.

[shadow cat]

Hi Garth, with your incredible skills I thought you may enjoy having a look at this do it yourself 'Hobbit House' some people built in Wales..

http://www.simondale.net/house/index.htm
A Low Impact Woodland Home

:)

[lightbeing]

Hi Garth, with your incredible skills I thought you may enjoy having a look at this do it yourself 'Hobbit House' some people built in Wales..

http://www.simondale.net/house/index.htm
A Low Impact Woodland Home

:)

What a house, Lord of the Rings are my favourite films, I would love a hobbit house, superb!:)

[shadow cat]

Hi Lightbeing, yes it's very appealing isn't it? !!
You know, if there are survivors after a 'world event' I can imagine that they would have to build this type of dwelling.

:)

[space monkey]

It is true that, in a sane and normal and just world, I would indeed own a Hobbit hole in Sussex to Summer in...

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/9678/bagendip6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[danielg]

Got an excellent book on the very subject -
Home Work: Handbuilt Shelter: Amazon.co.uk: Lloyd Kahn: 0676553026950: Books@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61xF9MnzbiL.@@AMEPARAM@@61xF9MnzbiL
Has some excellent adobe, and native indyun shacks, more info can be found at http://www.shelterpub.com/

[shadow cat]

Wow Danielg ! great links !!thanks. I wish I could build things :(

Space monkey, of COURSE you would own a Hobbit hole in Sussex to summer in, we just have to organise that perfect world thingy :D

:)

[garth]

Hi Garth, with your incredible skills I thought you may enjoy having a look at this do it yourself 'Hobbit House' some people built in Wales..

http://www.simondale.net/house/index.htm
A Low Impact Woodland Home

:)

WOW..what a house, very unique...love the text regarding the construction process that states keep adding sticks till it doesn't wobble. Very original indeed..thanks for the link Shadow Cat..not built anything like that before although have built a few cellar/bunkers out of thick concrete.:)

[space monkey]

Wow Danielg ! great links !!thanks. I wish I could build things :(

Space monkey, of COURSE you would own a Hobbit hole in Sussex to summer in, we just have to organise that perfect world thingy :D

:)

But not before tea first, surely?

[space monkey]

WOW..what a house, very unique...love the text regarding the construction process that states keep adding sticks till it doesn't wobble. Very original indeed..thanks for the link Shadow Cat..not built anything like that before although have built a few cellar/bunkers out of thick concrete.:)

As charming as it is, it's very... "cosey". If it were Hobbiton, it would belong to a rather modest family. It's a bit rickety, ya' know? I'd want something a lot sturdier, more solid.

[garth]

As charming as it is, it's very... "cosey". If it were Hobbiton, it would belong to a rather modest family. It's a bit rickety, ya' know? I'd want something a lot sturdier, more solid.

I'm with ya there..check out this stuff www.monolithic.com (http://www.monolithic.com)..wouldn't mind building one of these

[the festival spirit]

hi,i'd bring motherly love i'm the best mum in the world lol its about all i can do anyway!!
This has to be the cuddliest skill ever 1st class illuminotti :)
Brilliant thread Festival Spirit!!

my skills would have to be growing vegetables/fruit/flowers! and saving/homing and feeding all the animals/people!! lol!! also i
suppose my nursing/caring skills and i'd be quite happy to do a bit of teaching....

i think if something catastrophic was to happen i expect we would all have to adopt new skills to adapt to the new surroundings
and situations we found ourselves in!! :)
Thanks Lottie, I am sure we would all have to adapt, I like the fact that you consider teaching, thats important, The nursing will
be most valuable alongside illuminottis mothering skills :)

Farming livestock & the aviculture of Chickens, Ducks & Geese
Growing giant vegetables
Sea fishing
Tatting (stealing)
Fucking about with Lister & Perkins diesel engines


Hey them, nice spread of food gathering there, I also am skilled at the fishing, I think the diesel engine knowledge would be well
good, if there was plenty of diesel left.
I'm an all rounder as I've trained in many skills.....healing and health and calming the panic stricken
(which will be a must)...

......and if it comes to the worst : survival, self defense (how many people are we going to have to fight off, in the country
especially, when food is no longer available and people resort to violence out of desperation or greed)...

....but mainly knowing the land and where to find food and water and what to avoid.....handy in Australia.
Power to the peaceful.

Mitchell.
Bringing Calm to work is an XLNT skill, good foresight there indeed, I seriously hope the new world will have done away with
violence.

I would teach children and people about bright side of the life and I would try to make a new
civilization, good spiritual one :)
It is interesting, I had a dream two nights before that only 60 000 people survive lava. All people who survived were
spiritual people, not materialistic and I was a leader. Something told me to make a new civilization on higher spiritual level,
not like today. That I would do if that happend. :)
Fantastic, o spiritual leader Emily, thats one heck of a dream you had, when you say survive lava, do you mean volcanic lava?
Brilliant thread Festival Spirit!!

i think if something catastrophic was to happen i expect we would all have to adopt new skills to adapt to the new surroundings
and situations we found ourselves in!! :)
Best to do that beforehand, before one can be killed by the lack of such skills and knowledge.

;)
Well said space monkey and that is right on why I started this thread, ;)

[space monkey]

I'm with ya there..check out this stuff www.monolithic.com (http://www.monolithic.com)..wouldn't mind building one of these

Living in a white bubble, catastrophe proof or not,is not my idea "Feng Shui".
Though this one's pretty interesting: http://www.monolithic.com/domesinnews/2007/03march/hgtv_domeofahome/index.html

No, it would have to be along the lines of Bag End, for Summering in Sussex.

[the festival spirit]

I know how to make thousands of mushrooms. I can grow a certain herb too, with excellent results. :)

Other than that, I'll keep you all laughing, and joking. I will make sure there are smiles all around! :D

auron, I am sure you wil be keeping busy making us all laugh whilst dishing out thousands of fine mushrooms ;) Nice 1,000 dude


Fire.( bow and drill) Rudimentary shelter building, and water finding/purifying skills.
And because of this… I would be the chief.
Not to mention
Silent walking, and camouflage know how. And a good measure of patience thrown in.

XLNT basic skills there fine naked fellow, chief, now the water finding and purifying is something I would like you to tell us more about
mate. Go on man start a thread?

Hmm, what would I bring........ Well, the ability to keep peoples spirits up and make people smile & laugh:)
Also, I am an expert in skywatching for UFOs!:D Superb skills there lightbeing keeping spirits up, what was that other thing
you mentioned ;) stargazing ;)

LOL that's blown my fantasy! Thought you where a woman Rossus.

I'm good at the caveman stuff, lighting fires, building a good fireplace, knowing which wood to use, in what order to use it.

are you skilled in drying curing food with different woods? thats something I would liek to learn mate.

[the festival spirit]

I am a quantum healer, but I can diagnose illness and suggest natural treatments/remedies, I can sew clothes,
knit, grow a garden, make pottery bowls and plates, and I can show others how I can cook a tasty meal out of virtually nothing! :D
being merely a quantum physisist (;) ) I am in awe of your healing abilities and all those other skills on top, XLNT

Ditto Limeladie's skills. I would look after the little ones and teach them what I know about growing food and
herbs to heal, and spread as much love and peace around that I could.
Lemon ;)
hey lemon, so your the babysiter on the other shift from illuminotti :) Cool so thats raising little ones who would be raising little ones too (little
planties) Nice one.

Spotting liars, double agents and that sort of thing. I have a knack for it and always have done, even early
on in school I always knew when the teacher was lying. I don't do it by even looking at the person and this really confuses the liar because
they use facial contact to falsify the impression that they are telling the truth. Instead I listen very carefully to subtle intonation in the person's
voice. This is virtually impossible to disguise because it is involuntary. I seriously hope we wont need these skills in the event, but
would be good for guard dog duties ;)

hmm....

......an idea... for arte-earth-arr-ein-g-men-ts?! ..like

Palais
http://home.hccnet.nl/j.herling/Fietsvakantie%20Middellandse%20Zee%202000/Webfotos%20Fietsvakantie%202000/PalaisIdeal-1.jpgIdeal-1

edits earth heart arrangements very cool a1 idea pal :) you build it, well celebrate it :)

Well, thats a good collection, what are we missing then, erm just this ?

Design & build any structure required...bomb shelter, house, bridge, dam etc etc out of anything, concrete, timber, steel, mud, straw, rock
Operate & repair any mobile equipment from a wheelbarrow to a combine harvester
Fix/repair/build pretty much anything like water pumps, artesian wells, fences, armaments,irrigation, waste disposal (septics),compound's,electronics,livestock handling facilities,gardens (hydro,soil,hothouse)
Invent stuff or make things out of bits & pieces like junk yard cars, machinery, labour saving devices - Mad Max type gear
Animal husbandry i.e cows, chickens, sheep, deer
Horticulture i.e fruit & nut trees, crops, hothouse
Alternative power generation - design & build

can teach others to shear sheep, milk & look after cows, weld, build, design, water hydrology, mechanics, timber milling & felling, horticulture,agriculture, arable farming, biodiesel making, electrical wiring, butchery, food preservation,

If the world becomes like a Mad Max movie..I'm gonna survive

Blimey mate :) joint chieftan here everybody :) artesian wells ... superb,

Cool

[lottie]

what exactly is 'illuminottis mothering skills' meant to mean? i dont understand.....

[the festival spirit]

what exactly is 'illuminottis mothering skills' meant to mean? i dont understand.....

hi,i'd bring motherly love i'm the best mum in the world lol its about all i can do anyway!!
This has to be the cuddliest skill ever 1st class illuminotti :)

Thanks Lottie, I am sure we would all have to adapt, I like the fact that you consider teaching, thats important, The nursing will
be most valuable alongside illuminottis mothering skills :)

[lottie]

ahaaaa!!!! ok, i get it now...didnt see her post, no wonder it didnt make sense...!!!:rolleyes: :)

[garth]

Living in a white bubble, catastrophe proof or not,is not my idea "Feng Shui".
Though this one's pretty interesting: http://www.monolithic.com/domesinnews/2007/03march/hgtv_domeofahome/index.html

No, it would have to be along the lines of Bag End, for Summering in Sussex.

Hey, think you'll find that a round/sphere house is the ultimate in balanced feng shui energy + a dome buried under about 2 meters of dirt is indestructible..like Nuke/weather catastrophe.

Granted some are a bit garish..yanks have a slightly different view on architecture to the rest of the world, but you just have to be creative.

Extremely energy efficient (helpful if fuel in short supply) and will last longer than your kids kids...if ya are serious about surviving a hostile world event then this is as good as it gets:D

[garth]

Hey them, nice spread of food gathering there, I also am skilled at the fishing, I think the diesel engine knowledge would be well
good, if there was plenty of diesel left.


If you are serious about surviving, particularly if ya want to do it in a little bit of style and don't want to become a donkey pulling a dray round a paddock, then owning a diesel anything is the vehicle of choice..and knowing how to maintain and fix it is valuable knowledge.

Diesel's (any diesel from a VW golf to a combine harvester) will run on straight vegetable oil..any vege oil will do like canola, olive, jojba, sunflower etc etc...put it in the tank and go..so in the event of a catastrophe when people are killing each other for a tank of gas (Mad Max) you can be safely going about your business with your diesel car/ute/tractor/truck running on vege oil from your own crops.

My advice (if anyone wants it) buy a diesel vehicle, if you live in a colder climate buy a fuel tank warmer for the vehicle (stops vege oil solidifying in cold temps). Buy a mechanics workshop manual for your vehicle (these are like car repair books for dumbies..v easy to read and understand and will show you how every single component goes together, how to fix it and what it should look like when in a good condition..absolute necessity)

If you can stockpile a spare set of tyres, fanbelts, oil filters etc..and if you are real keen buy a whole engine and gearbox...or if you need more than 1 vehicle in your everyday life make sure you get a model that has the same engine..like I have a tractor & truck that have the same motor in them..makes them interchangeable.

[emily]

Fantastic, o spiritual leader Emily, thats one heck of a dream you had, when you say survive lava, do you mean volcanic lava?



Yes, volcanic lava. :)

[stikmata]

I am an expert in Conflict Resolution.




a well timed, "Why don't you just kiss and make-up?!?"... will usually do the trick.

[danielg]

Myself and a backpack with a few essentials is all thats required... no need to stack up on combine harvester engines :confused: and post lists of cub scout badges.

[garth]

I suppose the big question is would you like to have a lifestyle that gave some time to enjoy you time and the (to quote Festival spirits initial post)new world left in the event of a catastrophe or would all your time be taken providing food, shelter, healthcare, water etc for yourself and your family/group.

As our great great parents had to do..daylight till dusk working in the fields, cause in my mind thats the type of eventuality that could exist. So why not develop skills that would provide for some time and labour saving to occur and reward you with some time to just be. But maybe my view on things is bit to far fetched..*shrugs shoulders*..I dunno

[danielg]

I suppose the big question is would you like to have a lifestyle that gave some time to enjoy you time and the (to quote Festival spirits initial post)new world left in the event of a catastrophe or would all your time be taken providing food, shelter, healthcare, water etc for yourself and your family/group.

As our great great parents had to do..daylight till dusk working in the fields, cause in my mind thats the type of eventuality that could exist. So why not develop skills that would provide for some time and labour saving to occur and reward you with some time to just be. But maybe my view on things is bit to far fetched..*shrugs shoulders*..I dunno

Creating and sustaining a habitat is part of being, not a toil that prevents it... what other creatures need combine harvester engines (your eg.) to create 'spare time' so they can be? Just be. Its a myth also that past generations toilled for subsistance like we do now with our 40 hours a week.

[space monkey]

Hey, think you'll find that a round/sphere house is the ultimate in balanced feng shui energy + a dome buried under about 2 meters of dirt is indestructible..like Nuke/weather catastrophe.

Granted some are a bit garish..yanks have a slightly different view on architecture to the rest of the world, but you just have to be creative.


That's what I meant, they're totally lacking in aesthetic. But like you say, you have to be creative. Like, one of those covered in slate panels would look rather handsome IMO.

[space monkey]

Creating and sustaining a habitat is part of being, not a toil that prevents it... what other creatures need combine harvester engines (your eg.) to create 'spare time' so they can be? Just be. Its a myth also that past generations toilled for subsistance like we do now with our 40 hours a week.

Isn't and wasn't agriculture one of the staples of the control pyramid? Or are you talking about small societies along the lines of the Hopi?

[danielg]

Was saying that past generations didn't have to toil like they do now. Working on a small holding growing veg for a few hours a day doesn't compare to 40 hours a week. There is a community in Italy that has rejected industrialisation, they live subsistence living, growing veg and crops in small holdings and work 3 hours a day... rest of the day they chill out drinking wine and playing music...theres no need for machinery at all... a madmax world would be shit imo, would sooner go back to our roots and reject all industrialisation, were civilisation to collapse (hear my prayers god!). Think I'm off tropic here, any excuse for a rant :o

[cheeb]

I really dont understand these eschatological fantasies.

If this supposed scenario were to happen , I doubt anyone here would survive.
By the fact that they are all on the internet,therefore connected to a telephone system and electricity receiving device and hence in the midst of BABYLON!

The survivors of an armageddon hypothesis are probably living as far away from civilisation as possible

And are using their skills right now to "live their lives"

It can be done

I've turned this damned contraption off for a week because I felt it was seducing me and being a bit addictive!

I took a few days off work to meet the" People"that i'm fond of giving "Power" to(or summat)

Most ain't interested
But Some are!

Iv'e come to the fatalistic conclusion,
that you are either

Part of the PRoBLEM or
Part of the SoLUTION

I hate fence sitters(agnostics_human beings)

I love people that take sides(Atheists,christians,muslims,jews,buddists,ac tivists-human doings)

This scenario that you have created post apocalypse could easily be created

RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW

And it would be brilliant, creative peaceful

The way that we always knew

We should live in harmony, discord and love

Me, Id'e rather be surfing!

POWER TO THE PEOPLE
PEACE ON EARTH!

Hail Eris,
Hail Eros,
All Hail Discordia(or summat)

[the festival spirit]

I really dont understand these eschatological fantasies.

If this supposed scenario were to happen , I doubt anyone here would survive.
By the fact that they are all on the internet,therefore connected to a telephone system and electricity receiving device and hence in the midst of BABYLON!

The survivors of an armageddon hypothesis are probably living as far away from civilisation as possible

And are using their skills right now to "live their lives"

It can be done

I've turned this damned contraption off for a week because I felt it was seducing me and being a bit addictive!

I took a few days off work to meet the" People"that i'm fond of giving "Power" to(or summat)

Most ain't interested
But Some are!

Iv'e come to the fatalistic conclusion,
that you are either

Part of the PRoBLEM or
Part of the SoLUTION

I hate fence sitters(agnostics_human beings)

I love people that take sides(Atheists,christians,muslims,jews,buddists,ac tivists-human doings)

This scenario that you have created post apocalypse could easily be created

RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW

And it would be brilliant, creative peaceful

The way that we always knew

We should live in harmony, discord and love

Me, Id'e rather be surfing!

POWER TO THE PEOPLE
PEACE ON EARTH!

Hail Eris,
Hail Eros,
All Hail Discordia(or summat)

es·cha·tol·o·gy(sk-tl-j)
n.
1. The branch of theology that is concerned with the end of the world or of humankind.
2. A belief or a doctrine concerning the ultimate or final things, such as death, the destiny of humanity, the Second Coming, or the Last Judgment.

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I would have to say,
I really dont understand eschatological so I went and looked it up,

There is nothing eschatological about this thread, it seems it is far from it, the opposite, not the opposame.

Do you see cheeb, you are way off, this is about keeping mankind going, not the 'end' its about making people aware of the possibilities.

And that only. Perhaps the 'destiny of humanity' is my work, it is 'human' (apparently) to be mistaken, distracted, there is MUCH of that on this site, but we keep going nevertheless.

Some people see things negatively, some positively, me I try to find a balance, because I believe everything is for a good reason. Garth has provided XLNT advice for those that need that kind of advice, I am glad he said it for me, I did go through all the 'second engine' second set of spares ETC, but left it all alone years a go, there will be plenty of deisel vehicles knocking about in rural areas if the catastrophic did happen. (hopefully)

I do not believe that these kind of catastrophic events WILL happen, but I do believe that being aware of the possibilities WILL help.

Thanks garth and all the others for the good advice (especially building cobs)
That is something I am going to be doing shortly, Also the advice that a domed building under a small amount of earth was ONE of the messages I was hoping to see here. XLNT THANKS

[binhdinh_khiwarrior]

I would bring my Qi and martial arts skills and act as healer, and body guard (against ppl such as the one who threatened u with a gun..fool)....

[resistance]

Hi, i would bring many skills but on the other hand i would probably stay away from large groups for a number of reasons:

(1) somebody always wants to play leader because they think that they know best (probably somebody who has already got a managerial position and has authority stamped all over them) this will cause unnecessary conflict within the camp and that spells failure.

(2) A survival situation will bring the worst out in people (especially the ones that already don't respect others) so avoiding these groups of hyenas will be a must for your own survival, particularly if yu have anything of any value and want to keep hold of them i.e food supplies, weapons, tools etc.

(3) large groups will draw attention to other more aggressive gangs that will be fully prepared to use any violence necessary, what ever the motive.

(4) An organized group of say a 10-12 people who can trust each other is far better than a group of say fifty that live in fear of each other, thus not knowing who to trust?

RESISTANCE

[garth]

Hi, i would bring many skills but on the other hand i would probably stay away from large groups for a number of reasons:

(1) somebody always wants to play leader because they think that they know best (probably somebody who has already got a managerial position and has authority stamped all over them) this will cause unnecessary conflict within the camp and that spells failure.

(2) A survival situation will bring the worst out in people (especially the ones that already don't respect others) so avoiding these groups of hyenas will be a must for your own survival, particularly if yu have anything of any value and want to keep hold of them i.e food supplies, weapons, tools etc.

(3) large groups will draw attention to other more aggressive gangs that will be fully prepared to use any violence necessary, what ever the motive.

(4) An organized group of say a 10-12 people who can trust each other is far better than a group of say fifty that live in fear of each other, thus not knowing who to trust?

RESISTANCE

Your right about a small group being the best for survival. The trick is to get organized, know your group members strengths and weaknesses, then act (as a group) accordingly.

[them]

Farming livestock & the aviculture of Chickens, Ducks & Geese
Growing giant vegetables
Sea fishing
Tatting (stealing)
Fucking about with Lister & Perkins diesel engines


http://www.hageprat.com/images/veg/giant-vegetables-pot-leeks.jpg

Update..

I would like to add a few extra skills I've gathered which include fish, meat and cheese smoking along with some charcuterie techniques.

The potential for adding new skills to your repertoire is never ending ;)

[the itinerant shrubber]

Im fertile with good genes and multiple orgasms are my speciality. I can even give them to other people sometimes.
Need I say more.:cool:

[them]

Im fertile with good genes and multiple orgasms are my speciality. I can even give them to other people sometimes.
Need I say more.:cool:

I think you speak the truth.. I got a semi-lob-on just reading your post http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/6844/mapmessyfapper.gif

[entrangermercenary]

I think you speak the truth.. I got a semi-lob-on just reading your post http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/6844/mapmessyfapper.gif

:eek:

:D

Nice emicom

[sannox]

i can navigate , im a city &guilds cert builder i know about engines a bit and horticulture also know my way around it a fair bit and can speak german and french pretty good i can fish and have years of hiking \camping experience ,
fuck you lot im ok jack :D

[them]

:eek:

:D

Nice emicom

Have you been a bad boy!? lol :eek:

I see that you are on a warning which means I can't send you a PM. Send me an email, you now my name so add the letter (s) to the end of it and @gmail.com me ;)