What Survived the Apocalypse?

[Brooks_]

Doesn't bother me but one site still has the heebee jeebees from talking about catheters last week.

This is entrapment. Not dark yet.

 

[MACCanadianCoop]

Doesn't bother me but one site still has the heebee jeebees from talking about catheters last week.

 

[ColtHandorf]

No business establishment should be called Dick's. Ever.

So disappointing. Like Five Guys.

Meat is meat.

Wallabies use tiny fusion reactors at the base of their tails to hover slightly. In emergencies they can use them as "super jump" boosters to flee from threats. This is why sometimes at night you can see what look like tiny jets of flame moving across the land far out past the dingo fences in the bush.

Why don't they teach us this in science?

We'll erect a memorial in her honor in a parking lot somewhere.

We could just leave her crocs she tripped in when they got her. Those should take a long time to break down into something small enough to pollute the ocean's waters.

We could send Ralphie on a mission.

https://www.croptrust.org/our-work/svalbard-global-seed-vault/

I thought that said crop dust and I was like,

Cool! We can talk about placentas and gross everyone else out!

Although, my dogs use to steal/fight my cows for their placentas growing up.

When I was pg

I have decided this is an abbreviation for pregnant? I don't think it's pg, like for kids/when you were a kid.

 

[azurbanclucker]

Why don't they teach us this in science?

My understanding is that this is fairly new tech and they're still working out the kinks. There have been several incidents of Wallabies accidentally boosting into orbit which the Australian military has had to disguise as secret missile tests and cover up. Once they get all the bugs worked out, David Attenborough and Steve Irwin's kids are supposed to do a docuseries on it to introduce the tech to the world on some Discovery plus exclusive marketing deal.

 

[ColtHandorf]

My understanding is that this is fairly new tech and they're still working out the kinks. There have been several incidents of Wallabies accidentally boosting into orbit which the Australian military has had to disguise as secret missile tests and cover up. Once they get all the bugs worked out, David Atternborough and Steve Irwin's kids are supposed to do a docuseries on it to intorduce the tech to the world on some Discovery plus exclusive marketing deal.

Is anyone else ridiculously excited for the new documentary David Attenborough is doing?

 

[Hayden Goseek]

I know the hazards of opening old threads, especially one that started out light hearted and got serious but I did want to tell this story in case it helps ONE person prepare.

My Dad was in the US Navy during the Korean Era and one of his post was on Guam.
He said that a peculiar thing about the area where he stayed was that you could walk into the jungle in any direction and pick breakfast. Guava, breadfruit, mangos, passion fruit, cherimoyas all to be had.
He found out that ten years earlier the story was quite different. When the Japanese invaded in 1941, the population who fled into the jungle faced starvation in a true 'food desert'. After the War they vowed that THAT would never happen again. They planted the jungles with edibles and my Dad was there just in time to appreciate it.
What kind of fruit and nut trees, perennials, berries, herbs could you be sewing in the woods, creekbeds, and hedgerows around your place 'just in case'. (And what will your grand children think when they see how you prepared for their future?)

 

[MACCanadianCoop]

I know the hazards of opening old threads, especially one that started out light hearted and got serious but I did want to tell this story in case it helps ONE person prepare.

My Dad was in the US Navy during the Korean Era and one of his post was on Guam.
He said that a peculiar thing about the area where he stayed was that you could walk into the jungle in any direction and pick breakfast. Guava, breadfruit, mangos, passion fruit, cherimoyas all to be had.
He found out that ten years earlier the story was quite different. When the Japanese invaded in 1941, the population who fled into the jungle faced starvation in a true 'food desert'. After the War they vowed that THAT would never happen again. They planted the jungles with edibles and my Dad was there just in time to appreciate it.
What kind of fruit and nut trees, perennials, berries, herbs could you be sewing in the woods, creekbeds, and hedgerows around your place 'just in case'. (And what will your grand children think when they see how you prepared for their future?)

That's actually pretty cool and something I never thought about before

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I know the hazards of opening old threads, especially one that started out light hearted and got serious but I did want to tell this story in case it helps ONE person prepare.

My Dad was in the US Navy during the Korean Era and one of his post was on Guam.
He said that a peculiar thing about the area where he stayed was that you could walk into the jungle in any direction and pick breakfast. Guava, breadfruit, mangos, passion fruit, cherimoyas all to be had.
He found out that ten years earlier the story was quite different. When the Japanese invaded in 1941, the population who fled into the jungle faced starvation in a true 'food desert'. After the War they vowed that THAT would never happen again. They planted the jungles with edibles and my Dad was there just in time to appreciate it.
What kind of fruit and nut trees, perennials, berries, herbs could you be sewing in the woods, creekbeds, and hedgerows around your place 'just in case'. (And what will your grand children think when they see how you prepared for their future?)

We have black walnuts and blackberries growing around here already but of course they're seasonal. That's a good thought, but we have seasons here, unlike the tropics where things grow and produce year-round. Lilies are edible and there are loads of those around, they are practically weed status around here. Might be a good idea to learn how to prepare them. Will have to think on this some more.

 

[Isadora]

We have black walnuts and blackberries growing around here already but of course they're seasonal. That's a good thought, but we have seasons here, unlike the tropics where things grow and produce year-round. Lilies are edible and there are loads of those around, they are practically weed status around here. Might be a good idea to learn how to prepare them. Will have to think on this some more.

Wouldn't hurt anything, that's for sure.

 

[Ursuline Chick]

Think about what grows seasonal in your area that is eatable. Also think about what you may be able to put up for only one year, until the next crop comes in.