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!"
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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.