Important skills to have for the coming zombie-pocalypse (Page 5)

Renee - 2010-09-23 10:16 AM

This was an exercise in what skills we would need to acquire. I covered that base.  See: Water treatment skills (under need to acquire).

Post-zombie survival skills are nothing to joke about.

drewb8 - 2010-09-23 10:16 AM The problem with holding up in a Sams Club or a Home Depot is that it would probably be pretty stressful knowing that the zombie hordes are so close and constantly worrying that your defenses are enough to keep them out, it'd be hard to sleep.  Plus the constant scratching at the doors, bellowing and moaning the word "brain" over and over just outside the fortress would probably be like chinese water torture after a while and would greatly reduce my enjoyment of the zombie NFL games.

Pector55 - 2010-09-23 10:28 AM

Drew, you just turn up the volume on what you are watching.  As for DVDs getting old... no kidding.  Why do you think grown men have gigs of free internet porn on their laptops.  Think ahead and be prepared.

Besides, nothing would be scratching.  They would be shot before they got withing 50yds of the building.  Target shooters and firearm collectors purchase military surplus ammo by the case, not by the 20rd boxes. 

TriRSquared - 2010-09-23 10:26 AM

OK, well then I'll acquire the monk like ability to survive on 1/2 hour a sleep per day.  Super fast reflexes like a ninja.  Go train with the Marine snipers.  Learn hand to hand combat with the Rangers.  I'll be INVINCIBLE!

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Pector55 - 2010-09-23 8:28 AM

Drew, you just turn up the volume on what you are watching.  As for DVDs getting old... no kidding.  Why do you think grown men have gigs of free internet porn on their laptops.  Think ahead and be prepared.

Besides, nothing would be scratching.  They would be shot before they got withing 50yds of the building.  Target shooters and firearm collectors purchase military surplus ammo by the case, not by the 20rd boxes. 

Renee - 2010-09-23 10:37 AM I'm thinking another sea approach would be feasible and less arduous.

Enlist someone like Pector (and his family), plus 3 or 4 more comparably trained guys to join you on an oil rig. In exchange for their security services, they are fed and sheltered. That is, if he can stomach living in a commune.

Grow tropical fruit trees - mangoes, oranges, lemons, limes, avocado, papaya ,tamarinds.

Go spear fishing.

You could store heaps of rice (carbs).

You could probably even raise chickens (for eggs - more protein) but then you'd have to store chicken feed.

Enjoy life.

Add to list of skills to acquire: radio communications. To communicate with our network of oil rig families.

drewb8 - 2010-09-23 10:40 AM
Yeah, that's true, although I'm not wild about the choice of either constant wailing or blasting the tv/music all the time to drown it out.  That constant state of alertness to keep them away from the building would get old after a while.  I'd like to be able to just sit back and enjoy watching zombie Brett Favre drop back to pass and guess which play his arm is going to drop off on.  Just like now.  But faster.

TriRSquared - 2010-09-23 8:35 AM

Sam's Club sells noise canceling headphones

drewb8 - 2010-09-23 10:44 AM
Sweet.  Ok, I take it back.  As long as you had enough people to spread out the responsibility of keeping the zombies away Sams Club might be ok.  I hope they have lots of air freshener too because all those zombie corpses (?) outside the building are going to start stinking pretty good before too long.

drewb8 - 2010-09-23 7:16 AM The problem with holding up in a Sams Club or a Home Depot is that it would probably be pretty stressful knowing that the zombie hordes are so close and constantly worrying that your defenses are enough to keep them out, it'd be hard to sleep.  Plus the constant scratching at the doors, bellowing and moaning the word "brain" over and over just outside the fortress would probably be like chinese water torture after a while and would greatly reduce my enjoyment of the zombie NFL games.

Renee - 2010-09-23 10:37 AM I'm thinking another sea approach would be feasible and less arduous.

Enlist someone like Pector (and his family), plus 3 or 4 more comparably trained guys to join you on an oil rig. In exchange for their security services, they are fed and sheltered. That is, if he can stomach living in a commune.

Grow tropical fruit trees - mangoes, oranges, lemons, limes, avocado, papaya ,tamarinds.

Go spear fishing.

You could store heaps of rice (carbs).

You could probably even raise chickens (for eggs - more protein) but then you'd have to store chicken feed.

Enjoy life.

Share your bounty with people who are living on sailboats. They could do some gardening work in exchange for food. Or make use of their other skills. Barter economy.

Add to list of skills to acquire: radio communications. To communicate with our network of oil rig families.

Renee - 2010-09-23 10:37 AM I'm thinking another sea approach would be feasible and less arduous.

Enlist someone like Pector (and his family), plus 3 or 4 more comparably trained guys to join you on an oil rig. In exchange for their security services, they are fed and sheltered. That is, if he can stomach living in a commune.

Grow tropical fruit trees - mangoes, oranges, lemons, limes, avocado, papaya ,tamarinds.

Go spear fishing.

You could store heaps of rice (carbs).

You could probably even raise chickens (for eggs - more protein) but then you'd have to store chicken feed.

Enjoy life.

Share your bounty with people who are living on sailboats. They could do some gardening work in exchange for food. Or make use of their other skills. Barter economy.

Add to list of skills to acquire: radio communications. To communicate with our network of oil rig families.

Pector55 - 2010-09-23 10:50 AM

I kind of like the oil rig idea.  Can we at least pick something that doesn't explode?
Maybe we should pack up some Oxy/Acetalene torches to cut away some of the steel so we could create more room for growing things.  Potatoes are a great source of food and are not bad at storing.  One idea may be to assure we have a way to heat things so we could can vegetables that we raise.  The source of fuel for heating water during the canning process could be problematic though.  Perhaps the security team would have to also use the sailboat option to visit land for occassional wood gathering?

TriRSquared - 2010-09-23 7:55 AM
Would need a way to keep the floating zombies from crawling up the outside of the rig.

Big Appa - 2010-09-23 11:03 AM

some large disks welded to the supports would do that nicely, even if they got to the rig there would be no way to get up.

Big Appa - 2010-09-23 9:03 AM

some large disks welded to the supports would do that nicely, even if they got to the rig there would be no way to get up.

Big Appa - 2010-09-23 11:03 AM

some large disks welded to the supports would do that nicely, even if they got to the rig there would be no way to get up.

ironannekidd - 2010-09-23 11:09 AM

Kind of like those disks they use to keep squirrels from getting to the bird feeder.

Renee - 2010-09-23 11:07 AM

Well, this is why you invite men who are trained in the security arts to join the commune.

Renee - 2010-09-23 11:55 AM Security team - former military. That's the Pector-point.

I'm sure they could make use of an engineer on their security team. As long as he doesn't use his math skills!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Joke. That was a joke.)

ETA: I think anyone who wants to live on the rig should possess bilingual skills. English and Tongue-In-Cheek.

TriRSquared - 2010-09-23 12:24 PM
You'll be apologizing once your (insert mechanical or electrical device here) breaks and want me to fix it   :P

So Pector's the brawn, I'm the brains.  What are you bringing to this commune missy?

"English and Tongue-In-Cheek" -- funny...