Who's really ready for the collapse of civilization?

[GLV]

I take several prescriptions but y cutting all dosages in half, I imagine I am good for a long time. At my age--78, I don't worry a lot.

 

[nicky4968]

Osama Bin Laden has been on dialysis for a heck of a long time, and presumably still is. How, I don't know.
For insulin, two sheep a year have to be killed.
My wife is on asthma medications that are an absolute must. I have a revolver. I will figure it out.
I've been hit in the head before.
Things will get better.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Originally posted by Spotteddog:
Prozac, Schmozac!
Anyone ever heard of a Martini?
Why do I have firearms you may ask.
Answer, so I can acquire Vodka and ice.
Till I no longer can, civilization has not ended officially.
(EDIT) On further consideration, I've decided that if civilization "officially ends" I'll start smoking again. How you may ask?
See line #3 above...

I got to go with that-hell I even understand that there are plants that grow in nature that one can injest by smoking or eating which produce that oddly calming "I don't give a snot" euphoria that goes so well with the munchies

 

[guntownuncle]

Originally posted by Careby:
I'm sure it would be a real pain, but assuming I'm not murdered by roving hordes and my well doesn't run dry, I honestly think I'd be healthier without so much "civilization". Most all my health issues would improve after a few months of forced calorie reduction.

I like your way of thinking. Once we're forced to cut out all the crap we eat and we start getting exercise while we scrounge out a living, we'll be suprised what meds we don't need anymore. Some still won't make it, and that's too bad, but imagine the health problems that are common today that the next generation after the fall will find rare.

My problem is that I don't have a well, and there are no sure sources of water within walking distance of my house. Even if I had a well, the electricity to pump it would eventually run out. Even windmills need regular servicing. I guess I can try to move onto someone else's place near the river. After all, if civilization really goes, how long will the courthouse records last anyway? The new deeds may be written in lead.

 

[Bat Guano]

Hobbes nailed it: Life will be "nasty, brutish, and short"--again.

Probably those things can be mitigated somewhat through personal weaponry.

I don't think we want to find out firsthand.

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

At least there is plenty of protien around here. Anyone have a rub for "soccer mom".

 

[Spotteddog]

Yes I do Rick!
But mine got me slapped the last time I tried to use it?

 

[feralmerril]

I heard old family storys of people picking oats from horse turds when they were on the run over a hundred years ago.

 

[buckeyeshooter]

Medically speaking, which was what I thought the poll was about? There are 3 medical pro's in my immediate family. A nurse, dentist and doctor. No problem with medical care here.

 

[GatorFarmer]

Originally posted by buckeyeshooter:
Medically speaking, which was what I thought the poll was about? There are 3 medical pro's in my immediate family. A nurse, dentist and doctor. No problem with medical care here.

There is [a problem with medical care] if you need medicine and they don't happen to have a rather advanced chemisty set up in the basement.

What you need is someone used to field medicine - Army medics, Navy Corpsman, or doctors used to operating in third world conditions. Your average doctor or nurse in the United States isn't going to know how to treat a gunshot wound with Civil War era tools. Dentistry meanwhile is going to come down to a couple shots of moonshine and a Leatherman tool.

 

[Spotteddog]

Gator,
In this liquor control board state, they've conveniently located a Rite-Aid drug store in the same strip mall as the liquor locker! Pain killers w/o a prescription. Or any waiting time in line for that matter either! Just random drive by thoughts? I'll bet a generator capable of keeping a doctor and/or dentists office up and running, could keep a doc's family well fed as well as yours well cared for!

 

[gaucho1]

Nobody

And a few who don't get it.

 

[pps]

Originally posted by HOUSTON RICK:
At least there is plenty of protien around here. Anyone have a rub for "soccer mom".

Hoppes #9 works for me. Or tequila.

 

[BarbC]

What was the question? "If you can't get your medical treatment due to socialized health care rationing?"

I guess we'll go back to the "good old days" when people guarded their health and diet a little more carefully, and took care of their own aging parents, because they themselves was all they had to depend on.

 

[cusingeorge]

The only one I have to be somewhat concerned about is my daughter (Ulcerative Colitis) but we have tucked away about 2 months worth of meds and if SHTF we plan to knock over the drug store before leaving to our rally point!