My advise would be to learn to grow potatoes. What is the single best advice you have to give? Choose only one thing. That's what makes it the most important.
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My advise would be to learn to grow potatoes. What is the single best advice you have to give? Choose only one thing. That's what makes it the most important.
Assume NOTHING. By that I mean be fully alert as to 100% of your actions, no matter how simple. Example you are going step on a rock mid-stream to make crossing easier & safer. But examining the rock for assumed purchase. Maybe it is covered with a slippery algae. Look & think before you leap. Assume nothing.
There is a reason it is on the front of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
"DON'T PANIC!"
;)
i've got to agree here. situational awareness and assessment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sourdough
if you subscribe to the cooper system, i basically hold that once you understand that there is even the potential for a threat, however small or large, there is no code white. it doesn't only hold to violent threats, but for any situation. i try not to be caught outside my home, if even then, without my mind open and my head on a swivel, as a threat could emerge from any source at any time.
it even comes in fun, as my lady likes to try to sneak up on me, or hide waiting for me to come into a room for a laugh, any time i haven't got a tool in my hand.
I would say, "Don't look at things for what they are...look at them for what they could be"...don't confuse symbol for reality. Don't judge the situatation- accept it, then make the most of the surroundings. A Wal-mart or a Garbage Dump both hold the same potential if you can be objective and look at things in their purest sense and not get bogged down by preconceptions....every tool is a weapon if you hold it the right way
All good advice! My piece for this would have to be "Never give up!".
When you admit defeat, you're a dead man.
Don't leave your brain at home. It's handy. Use it.
Slow down and think. Slow is smooth and smooth is fast. Don't risk a mechanical injury or something worse because you think you are in a hurry. It's not worth the chance.
Mr. Murphy can show up at anytime
I would paraphrase what several have said. First and foremost , stay calm
All great thoughts. Being limited to a single idea, I would add....practice. It does you no good to think you know how to do or use something, only to find out that in a time of need that you really do not. I guess it's sort of like - boots in the field.
Know your limits and your equipment , because being in an emergency is not the time to find out you can't do or use something.
Self reliance.
The only thing you should assume is, no one's coming to help. Prepare accordingly.
Umm..Zombies only die from head shots.:whistling:
Keep yourself OUT of a REAL survival situation,,,
Pray, Proverbs, Prepare in at least two's, Low profile, Avoid confrontation if possible, when you cant leave your pencil at home
I'll remember that...thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by ClovisMan
Get a ton of survival info microfiched, keep it in the BoB, along with a 24x magnifyer. Photography shops sell such magnifyers, for checking out negatives.
Survival of what?
So far I see advice that will keep you alive as you get from the door of the wallmart to your car (which is a necessary part of life), advice for combat in urban zones, advice for growing crops if you make it to the next growing season, three different philosophies of life and how to kill zombies.
My best advice would be old school; keep a one year food supply on hand and money to cover 6 months expenses.
There are several million people in our civilized, unzombie plauged, modern and technical society (that does not see itself in a survival mode yet), that already wish they had done that.
I consider that like saying you should learn to read and write. So basic that it goes without saying.
Better yet is to live it, on a daily bases. What some call "Boots in the Field".Quote:
Originally Posted by y2k
I like that one best.Quote:
Originally Posted by BENESSE
I've never assumed that, wouldn't think any would, if they come HERE.
y2k, you'll be amazed what people assume.
For example, they assume that anyone gives a flying flick about what they have to say when they haven't established any credibility by exercising common courtesy of introducing themselves.
And contrary to popular belief (your), almost everything that goes without saying actually needs to be said.
Anyone who can't be bothered to just look at the obvious facts, and instead cares about who the messenger was, is beyond help, anyway.
Then perhaps you need to run along and try to impress those who don't know better.
Actually, this paid off in spades when I got laid off and went back to school. We had quite a bit saved-up, so could live out of the pantry for awhile. Had to worry about the house payment after awhile, but good to know we had a bit before we would starve.Quote:
Originally Posted by kyratshooter
There's no reason to starve. Just stop making the house payment, for a month or two, and that will buy well over a year's supply of food. you can live in a van, or have a small pull trailer, put your stuff in a storage spot, etc. The house is MAIN drain of $, for nearly everyone, and it's bogus, in nearly every case.
Stop and think about what you need to do. I guess pray goes along with this. Is that two?
I guess my first. Stop and think.
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What's your single best survival advice?
Keep breathing.
I won't go there, I won't go there. I won't go there. I am realllly trying not to go there :gagged: :gagged:Quote:
Originally Posted by canid
hahahaha. well; as long as you're not going there...
well here goes, mine is: prior planning prevents pi$$ poor performance.
there's an old saying and I don't know if it's true but it goes as such, 15 minutes of planning saves an hour later on.
Or save your breath...as the case may be.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2dumb2kwit
At any point in time, try to improve your situation in any way possible.
Sorry if this isn't one thing but it is one of my favorite quotes:
~R.A. HeinleinQuote:
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
Specialization is for insects!
Honestly, I don’t know. But when the SHTF I’m sure we will figure it out. Until then I hope the good Lord lets me live long enough to learn as much as I can so I can pass that knowledge to my kids. I probably won’t make it but I would feel better knowing I gave them as much as I could.
Determine what direction the mob is heading and go the other way.
I'd say the single best forum survival advice is learn to use the search function....http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...urvival+advice
It's just to hard to give one piece of advice that trumps all the rest when survival could mean something different to everyone. I guess mine would be know your own limitations and keep "plan B" within what you know you are capable of doing.