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Being the grey man

There is a thread on the forum regarding being the grey man which I think we will need to become unless we are going to live well away from others. Personally I live on the outskirts of a town and down a cul de sac. Most of the people here are older residents and less […]

Population reduction

During and after an event we are working on the assumption that there will be a reduction in the population due to the event or in the aftermath with the lack of infrastructure leading to death.

To put it in a less clinical and more emotive way we are looking at people dying either by […]

Starting young

When I was a boy I was in the Scouts, first in Scotland where I had a tartan neckerchief and a 5 inch fixed blade tartan handled sheath knife as part of my uniform. We were taught many interesting things including map reading, self defence, starting fires, etc. and, critically, responsibility.

When I cam down […]

Anaesthetics for survival

Watching a cowboy film today where a cowboy needed some dentistry performed. Of course in those days it usually involved just pulling the tooth. The anaesthetic used then was either a bit of chloroform, ether, a bottle of whiskey or being knocked out.

I think we are quite a bit further advanced than that and […]