List yer skill set
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 5:13 pm
Okay, some of us are cagier than others about advertising what assets we have in case SHTF, and I understand OPSEC discipline in such matters, but I'd be interested (only if yer comfortable with it) to hear about what you'd bring to the table in the event of zombie apocalypse. The wife wants to learn a survival skill, too. She works almost exclusively in medical insurance accounting, and is VERY, VERY good at it, but now she wants to be considered a "valuable person" should the grid go down, and not just another mouth to feed. Being the loving husband that I am, I want to help her acquire a few basic survival tools to wear about the belt area...
Here's some of what I got:
Expert Marine rifleman out to 500+ yards
Decent shot with a pistol, and getting better
Combat knife skills, blade maintenance
Can cook, clean, ferment beer and wine
A little gardening know-how (VERY little)
Orienteering/map reading/tactical maneuver
Radio-works (scanners, walkies, field expedient antennas, atmospherics, some Morse code)
Languages (English, Spanish, French, and Arabic)
Basic first aid/lifesaver CPR
Basic carpentry/woodcarving
Basic line fishing
Basic sewing/mending. And I'm a whiz at tub laundry
Basic leatherworking (tooling, resizing, leather care)
Basic plumbing
Basic vehicle maintenance (I'm no mechanic, but I can care for a car, truck, 5-ton, motorcycle, or bicycle)
Camps well with others (I lived outdoors for nearly all of 2003, in combat conditions)
Fully stocked, 3 day Bug Out Bag for two people, a fully stocked car trunk to Get Back Home
Can hike the train tracks South to Louisville (family) or North to Cincinnati (alternate)
Good with kids, pets, and parallel parking
And I can draw, paint, and roller skate plus carry a tune in a bucket.
I've put a lot of time and thought into this thing, but I'm always on the lookout for someone who knows more than me. Let me be your student.
Some of what I'd like to learn:
Metalworking (Been watching some DIY forge videos on youtube)
Hunting (I've only hunted terrorists, never shot my own food)
Herbs
Distilling
Reloading
Reliably make fire without matches
Spinning thread/yarn, weaving cloth
Flint knapping
Hide tanning
Axes, chainsaws, log cabins
The wife wants to start with herbs. Can anyone put us some knowledge on that front? We'd be much obliged.
- Keith
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Here's some of what I got:
Expert Marine rifleman out to 500+ yards
Decent shot with a pistol, and getting better
Combat knife skills, blade maintenance
Can cook, clean, ferment beer and wine
A little gardening know-how (VERY little)
Orienteering/map reading/tactical maneuver
Radio-works (scanners, walkies, field expedient antennas, atmospherics, some Morse code)
Languages (English, Spanish, French, and Arabic)
Basic first aid/lifesaver CPR
Basic carpentry/woodcarving
Basic line fishing
Basic sewing/mending. And I'm a whiz at tub laundry
Basic leatherworking (tooling, resizing, leather care)
Basic plumbing
Basic vehicle maintenance (I'm no mechanic, but I can care for a car, truck, 5-ton, motorcycle, or bicycle)
Camps well with others (I lived outdoors for nearly all of 2003, in combat conditions)
Fully stocked, 3 day Bug Out Bag for two people, a fully stocked car trunk to Get Back Home
Can hike the train tracks South to Louisville (family) or North to Cincinnati (alternate)
Good with kids, pets, and parallel parking
And I can draw, paint, and roller skate plus carry a tune in a bucket.
I've put a lot of time and thought into this thing, but I'm always on the lookout for someone who knows more than me. Let me be your student.
Some of what I'd like to learn:
Metalworking (Been watching some DIY forge videos on youtube)
Hunting (I've only hunted terrorists, never shot my own food)
Herbs
Distilling
Reloading
Reliably make fire without matches
Spinning thread/yarn, weaving cloth
Flint knapping
Hide tanning
Axes, chainsaws, log cabins
The wife wants to start with herbs. Can anyone put us some knowledge on that front? We'd be much obliged.
- Keith
[youtube]kuMkIJGri2M[/youtube]
[youtube]HjSACM5kynk[/youtube]