Thread: PREPPERS - Those who plan to survive

Originally Posted by redhaze

My interpretation was that he was saying he planned to rob people as well.

Being well versed in his posts that is exactly what the scumbag meant. Hopefully he will be stuck on a rig off the coast of Bangladesh when the SHTF.

Originally Posted by ENT

That was a quick Google,

No, knew that (after googling!) years ago.

Originally Posted by ENT

any university graduate(or undergrad student) has a better understanding of academic discipline than you have.

Just as your (yet again) jumping to conclusions, as shown in the quote above, proves you have no scientific discipline.

Originally Posted by wasabi

The largest group of Preppers in a controlled cult world wide is the 7 million strong Jehovah witness, who believe Armageddon is imminent.

From what I remember the Mormons/Latter Day Saints are well into prepping too. I don't know which group is larger though...

See, this bit I don't understand.

I google Armegeddon and the definition is 'a dramatic and catastrophic conflict, especially one seen as likely to destroy the world or the human race'.

So if Armegeddon destroys the world or the human race, wtf do the loony Jehova Witnesses prep for? No point in stockpiling food etc if they're all going to be dead!

Originally Posted by ENT

If ever a catastrophe hits, it'll be the leanest, meanest, brainiest most mobile bastards that will survive into the future,...the minimalists.

I have to agree with you there, ENT old chap, except for the last bit and the "mean" bit. You don't have to be a minimalist to be lean, brainy, and mobile, and although mean is an advantage in an apocalyptic world, I don't believe it's necessary.
But lean (in the strong and wiry sense), brainy, and mobile will definitely be an advantage.

Originally Posted by Simon43

See, this bit I don't understand.

I google Armegeddon and the definition is 'a dramatic and catastrophic conflict, especially one seen as likely to destroy the world or the human race'.

So if Armegeddon destroys the world or the human race, wtf do the loony Jehova Witnesses prep for? No point in stockpiling food etc if they're all going to be dead!

Not sure...are they the rapture nutters? God or spacemen will come down and take them away to safety?
Then there's the Scientologists...I think they believe spacemen will come for them.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

So if an apocalypse strikes, where do you think is the safest place in the world to be?

I'm in Naypyidaw, which was planned by the Burmese military to be a safe 'retreat' in times of war and disaster. Not sure if there are underground bunkers here (actually, I'm sure the military here have many well-stocked, underground bunkers). The wide roads are designed to allow planes to take off and land as well.

Safe here? Or safe where you live?

Originally Posted by bsnub

Right so that must mean that you plan to use your guns to take shit from unarmed people.

You would be the first in line, because fuck you, and you probably have way too much calorie dense food & beer anyway, fatty.

Originally Posted by redhaze

My interpretation was that he was saying he planned to rob people as well.

Well seeming as most of you haven't a clue how fucked things can get, more than anything else I would want guns & ammunition.

I went through Katrina & got a real good look at what can happen when shit goes bad. Im not worried about food/water/shelter so much, its the looters & criminal types that will get ya imo. At least at first. Absolute chaos and if you can survive the first couple months your chances of survival increase exponentially. I literally saw police stealing shit from gas stations.

But I also just like guns, shooting, hunting, etc... anyway, so im not really "prepping" for anything really.

Originally Posted by bsnub

Being well versed in his posts that is exactly what the scumbag meant.

There isnt a person on this board that would sit and watch their family starve to death or die of infection if they had the means to steal/take with force what they needed to survive.

Id probably kill you & take your home just to give my dog a place to shit

Originally Posted by Simon43

So if Armegeddon destroys the world or the human race, wtf do the loony Jehova Witnesses prep for? No point in stockpiling food etc if they're all going to be dead!

Or if they're all going to heaven.



edit: Ah, I see Maanaam beat me to it...

Originally Posted by Simon43

See, this bit I don't understand.

I google Armegeddon and the definition is 'a dramatic and catastrophic conflict, especially one seen as likely to destroy the world or the human race'

I doubt that total destruction would occur, and religious nutters will be going crazy claiming one of their gods is behind it all and the "chosen few" will have some sort of god given right to do as they please with other folk.

It'd be up to folks to get over the massive culture shock that would come with an armageddon type disaster.

Stockpiles of food and equipment would be a plus, if they could be safeguarded.
So guns might help there, but guns are noisy and lights are a dead give away of location as are smoky fires and any any sort of radio communication.

The hungry or just plain crazies out looking for resources will be zeroing in on vulnerable groups and will either turn their members into lackeys or slaves.

It's possible that some groups would work out an organized social system of division of labour and property in order for the group to survive and continue reproducing itself, but new blood would be needed within three generations or genetic screw-ups would start showing.

Tribalism would be the norm, egalitarian or not, and weaponry for survival would become highly innovative, as scavenging for useful technological resources would be also be as competitive.

I can see that small groups would band tentatively together in order to complement eachothers' skills and resources and as protection against marauding bands of opportunists.

Some survivalists have been talking about CB radio as being the go for communication while others think the carrier pidgeon will make a comeback.

Head for the hills.

Originally Posted by Slick

Originally Posted by bsnub

Being well versed in his posts that is exactly what the scumbag meant.

There isnt a person on this board that would sit and watch their family starve to death or die of infection if they had the means to steal/take with force what they needed to survive.

Id probably kill you & take your home just to give my dog a place to shit

I recon the Mad old coon from Pattaya would do that and have a good old belly laugh in the process.

Yelled at some old people on the BTS so that tells ya he is quite an evil sort of basted.

Originally Posted by Slick

Originally Posted by bsnub

Being well versed in his posts that is exactly what the scumbag meant.

There isnt a person on this board that would sit and watch their family starve to death or die of infection if they had the means to steal/take with force what they needed to survive.

Id probably kill you & take your home just to give my dog a place to shit

At a pinch, I'd probably turn cannibal.

Some survivalists have been talking about CB radio as being the go for communication while others think the carrier pidgeon will make a comeback.

Some of the radio ham rigs that I have are solar powered, physically very small (5cm x 1cm x 3cm), yet allow reliable voice and data comms up to 5,000 KM.

IMHO, it's better to eat the carrier pigeon.

I'm sure you could find a bottle of sauce somewhere to go with that.

Originally Posted by Simon43

Some survivalists have been talking about CB radio as being the go for communication while others think the carrier pidgeon will make a comeback.

Some of the radio ham rigs that I have are * solar powered, physically very small (5cm x 1cm x 3cm), yet allow reliable voice and data comms up to 5,000 KM.

IMHO, it's better to eat the carrier pigeon.

* I'd be interested in them, I've had a look at some stuff like that,...purely as an amateur.

PM me if you have something the layman could look at.

Actually Ent, since this is a preppers thread, I'll post the info in open-forum, to encourage discussion.

I use small rigs like this one:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PSK-BPSK-20-...item33b8163858




This little rig connects up to your laptop audio in/out socket, and with a free downloadable program, allows you to send 'text' messages, images, emails etc via this shortwave rig.

The unit is very small and can be run off a low current 12 volt supply. I use a fold-away solar panel product that is about A4 in size when folded up.

The antenna is just a piece of wire of a specific (resonant) length, thrown into a tree.

The unit puts out about 2 watts of power. Sounds bugger all? I've used these units in Phuket to chat with people in Japan and Australia on a daily basis. When I was in Yangon in 2012, I (illegally) used one of these rigs from my third floor apartment to chat with some guys in Nepal, using just a random length of wire draped over my balcony.

The antenna wire can also be used to truss up the carrier pigeon that you're going to cook.

Cheers for that, sounds like the go!
I was involved in getting UXO Lao interested in using a solar powered unit like that a few years ago.
Up till then they were relying on cell-phone contact with searchers in the field,...a bit useless at times.

The bit of wire can also be thrown over existing phone lines on poles, wire fences etc to act as aerials.

I played around with old crystal sets years ago, thinking of tinkering around with them again.

Up till then they were relying on cell-phone contact with searchers in the field,...a bit useless at times.

Better to stick to the KISS technique - radio hams are often the first to re-establish comms after a disaster.

After Katrina wiped out mobile and fixed line comms, the hams re-established reliable radio comms.

After the 2004 tsunmai, Phuket island had no contact with the authorities in Bangkok until an Italian radio ham provided a comms link.

I have been trying for years to get the Myanmar authorities to issue me with a ham licence here, so that I can 'tinker' and develop some useful radio comms equipments and strategies.

Their new comms Law even provides comprehensive details of the application process and regulations. But the dumb fcuk who actually issues the ham licences doesn't want the responsibility to give me a licence.

Right now, I'm networking to try to get a good contact high up in the Myanmar government who will order him to issue the licence - he has no problem to give me the licence if a senior bod tells him to do it....

Originally Posted by Slick

Id probably kill you & take your home just to give my dog a place to shit

You would run into the wrong end of my Tavor and go out like the little bitch you really are. Most likely be one of the first to drop leaving all your guns to be picked up by the next guy. Fucking internet tough guy...

https://www.lovemoney.com/galleries/...e-world?page=1

^Since it's in an old missle silo the bedrooms are a little "snug." That color is a little off-putting too.

The condo bedrooms are generously apportioned and super-snug. A virtual LED window simulates the great outdoors and residents can choose the scene they want to see, depending on their mood.

So I guess it's not just god botherers, hillbillies and rednecks that are prepping...

^ The wealthy have to stay somewhere.

No mirror on the ceiling? No bolts for body restraints?

Since one (hopefully not just 'one') is likely to be in the bunker for a fair time after the catastrophe, it would seem logical to past the lengthy hours in carnal pleasures or extended masturbation.