What post apocalyptic skills do you have?

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Okay, let’s just say for the sake of argument that an “apocalypse” has happened, worldwide, all societies have collapsed, no one knows why…

perhaps some radioactive zombies, annoyed because they weren’t “raptured” or something were able to cobble together some EMP devices and detonate them in orbit at the same time that theYellowstone super caldera blew it’s top, and the poles shifted, while the Earth was in the path of a Gamma Ray Burst…

Light levels are low, plants can still grow, but growth rates are reduced, and global temperatures have dropped 15 to 20 degrees due to the ash fall from Yellowstone, electricity still works… as long as we can keep the power plants running…

What post-apocalyptic skills would you be able to bring to the Smartest Post-Apocalyptic Survival Enclave on the planet? (Cecilville)

(No embellishing or making up skills now, be honest, liars get thrown in the Radioactive Zombie Pit)

I would bring;
Vegetable Gardening (outdoor in dirt and indoor hydroponic under artificial lighting)
Knife sharpening
Hunting
Fishing
Home defense
Reloading (handgun, rifle, shotshell)
Camping

Of course it goes without saying that everyone should be willing to teach their skills to anyone interested

Who’s going to be our first medic, veterinarian, brewmeister, law enforcement, telephone sanitizer, and who knows what else

And since it’s my thread, and my apocalypse, any and all anti-gun sentiment must be left outside the walls of Cecilville, if you don’t like guns, the next encampment down the road, Flowerchildia, welcomes any and all, as long as they hate guns… :wink:

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Well, I’m part zombie, so I got that going for me.

I know lots about electricity and lighting.

I have extensive wilderness skills, including tracking, kayaking and canoeing.

I have experience flint knapping and basic geology knowledge.

I can cook.

I’ve built houses.

I’ve built cars and engines.

I’ve used guns, crossbows and bows.

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I starve prettily.

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Hmmm, let’s see. I have no appreciable outdoors skills, crafting/building skills, gardening skills or technical/maintenance skills. Also my current job is in marketing and I’m short-sighted and hard of hearing. However I’m passably fit and surprisingly strong, I’m a persuasive public speaker, I’m utterly unflappable and calm even in the midst of a dire crisis, and despite limited access to firearms, I am a very good shot. Oh and I’m a damn fine cook too. I’m not sure what role there’d be for me in Cecilville – perhaps leader of the local defense, manning the walls and inspiring the troops against a fearsome zombie horde? I’m a very fast learner and unafraid of hard work, so give me a hammer, a shovel and a rifle and I could help out pretty much anywhere I guess.

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Crochet blankets, clothing, rugs, baskets
Canning fruits & vegetables
Care for, ride, train (at a basic level) horses.
Cooking, in general

Hmm… C is for catastrophe

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Oh hey, I forgot to mention that I know a lot about bicycles and bicycle repair.

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I could make clothes, blankets, and outerwear for our volcanic winter. I am also pretty good at kludge-fixing things–not electricity and stuff, but most former college potheads can make surprisingly useful things out of complete junk. And if we happen to raid an Ikea, I can put all that crap together with a minimum of mistakes and shame-crying.

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Foraging, vegetable gardening, and I’ve started making my own booze (mostly from foraged fruit), though I’m hardly expert yet.

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I can easily do 1 and 2 pin diapers, am willing to care for up to 15 children at a time, I can cook for large amounts of people on short notice, I do dishes and I’ve got a strong back.

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I can fix just about anything that is mechanical or electro mechanical

I can shoot rifle, pistol and shotgun need bow practice

I have tools and useful books ie. the tool that opens the water valves on the exterior of multi story buildings

I know some basic military/police tactics

Calm when disaster strikes and I have a very loud voice, people listen when I speak

Slow to anger, quick to act and a nice person IMHO

Capt

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With people like these, I totally want to live in Cecilville. Do I have to wait for the apocalypse? Can I have you all as neighbours right now?

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I’m mostly useless, but I can clean computers, and I can bring my ukulele if anyone needs entertainment…

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So, you’re Bicycle Repair Man, Cecilville’s resident superhero…

Don’t worry, there are no International Communists left to threaten bicycles… :wink:

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I could boss people around

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Nope, as the thread creator, that’s my job, you can be the Secondary Shouting Assistant in charge of Vogon Poetry if you’d like, though

Oh and I almost forgot, no career politicians in Cecilville, they are given a choice of exile to flowerchildia or being dumped into the Radioactive Zombie pit

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I’m just generally handy and willing to work; I get things done quickly and efficiently. I’m a very good cook. I know how to raise and process poultry, and have some experience in training horses (and a lot of experience in riding, handling and caring for them.) I was a vet tech for a little while so have some skills in repairing animals, although not all that much.

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I finished fallout on both PC and Xbox 360!

I have watched every episode of The Walking Dead

I have gone extended periods without showering?! :eek:

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Virgin Converter.

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So…you handle wood?

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Camping/hiking/navigation/routefinding
Wilderness First Aid
Competent carpenter/woodworker - have build log cabins, shelters, and other structures
Long distance runner
Potter