When Crap hits the fan equipment and survival tips?

[Scaramouche]

Hi Sev,
"Britain's been "gone" since The Saxons and Angles arrived"Yeah fair enough,butt still managed to cut the tripes out of you Guys in the Crimea.

 

[BaronOfHair]

@sevbucmash "
recall one city in Florida from late 90s, back then it was part of bigger city. I remember white Americans living in that city.

Nowadays? Hispanics, Cubans, Venezuelans, Jews, Ukrainians, Pols, Russians, Portuguese, Brazilians. You have to drive north to county line to see white Americans"

Tatars aside, Russians are generally pale complexioned. You worry needlessly

 

[Travel memoir21]

Some ghetto parts of Urban culture I can understand. But if you can't handle being around a group of good natured Haitians, Jamaicans and certain good parts of South Africa....then you've got a lot of internalizing to do when it comes to racial diversity and getting along with others. I love me some soul food on a Sunday after church lol

 

[Scaramouche]

Some ghetto parts of Urban culture I can understand. But if you can't handle being around a group of good natured Haitians, Jamaicans and certain good parts of South Africa....then you've got a lot of internalizing to do when it comes to racial diversity and getting along with others. I love me some soul food on a Sunday after church lol

Hi Memoirs,
Jamaica I know nothing of,Haiti it seems is run by bloodthirsty gangs,the Kenyans sent Soldiers in to help but they gave on the challenge...I have travelled round South Africa twice,was very beautiful,but I am informed that now,even in the Cape and Natal,law and order has broken down,going to view the wildlife and scenery with a tour group would be OK,but to wish to meet and mingle,you must have a death wish.

 

[sevbucmash]

Back in the day we used to steal gas. I hanged out with a dude who stole gas, lul. First of, you'd need gloves. Gloves from home depot will do. Second you'd need a hoodie and something to cover your face with. Then you'd need a flat screw driver, larger size. With it you'll open fuel doors, and if there is a lock cap, lock cap as well. Then you'd need to experiment with different hoses, ideally you want a hose that siphons a large can in a minute or so. Fuel tanks nowadays have mesh filters, so hose will have to be stiff enough to break those loose.

If done right, you can siphon a fuel tank worth of fuel in just couple of sessions.

 

[BaronOfHair]

I've been thinking what should we do just in case things get more chaotic and gets worse

They did in many respects*, and yet, the planet kept on turning and billions of us are still kicking. The catacylsms we imagine rarely materialize in actuality

*Let's also note here that in other respects, life is better than it was even in The 2000s, especially immediately after 9/11

-Our airwaves are no longer bombarded with those color coded terror alerts for Al Queda attacks that never come to pass

-Even these recent military adventures in Venezuela and Iran are pretty mild in comparison to our prolonged blunders in Iraq and Afghanistan

-Fewer Americans are in prison than was the case over the last decade

-Recently as '05, TV didn't extend very far beyond The Big 4(ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox) on broadcast... HBO scripted programming like The Sopranos was still an outlier, while by-the-numbers productions (24, Prison Break, SVU, CSI)on broadcast TV were hailed as "ground breaking"

-Google/Gmail didn't really become a thing until the mid 2000s

-Doordash, Uber, and the like either didn't exist at all or were still in their infancy

The list could go on at length. While I'm not a fan of tribalism experiencin a resurgence front '16-today, nor the censorious direction our culture has taken, materially speaking, life in most respects IS richer in ways we could've never imagined when thr new millennium

 

[Scaramouche]

Back in the day we used to steal gas. I hanged out with a dude who stole gas, lul. First of, you'd need gloves. Gloves from home depot will do. Second you'd need a hoodie and something to cover your face with. Then you'd need a flat screw driver, larger size. With it you'll open fuel doors, and if there is a lock cap, lock cap as well. Then you'd need to experiment with different hoses, ideally you want a hose that siphons a large can in a minute or so. Fuel tanks nowadays have mesh filters, so hose will have to be stiff enough to break those loose.

If done right, you can siphon a fuel tank worth of fuel in just couple of sessions.

Hi Sev,
Some years ago I cornered a rather nasty specimen,he had a hand pick
which he used to smash a hole under the tank,as he also carried a large knife,discretion became the better part of valour and I got out of his way.

 

[Bible_Belt]

Hi Sev,
Some years ago I cornered a rather nasty specimen,he had a hand pick
which he used to smash a hole under the tank,as he also carried a large knife,discretion became the better part of valour and I got out of his way.

The first rule of knife fighting is don't get in a knife fight.