After the Zombie apocalypse

I can find the best diesel to run on veggie oil, and convert it too!

Over the last couple years I have become more and more of a gunsmith in this area and have been building several rifles a year that are not for myself. I have also been working on becoming more accurate with a variety of handguns and rifles and at more varied ranges.

I do a bit of leather work nothing fancy just good solid stuff. I have started working on metal work again and I am setting up a place for my forge and learning to make my own charcoal to help fuel it. I am working on my first long bow project, it will be a gift for my fiance (she wants to learn and I have been shooting a bow since I was 6 or 7). Good at hunting, fishing and general woods stuff. Working on my green thumb we are putting in a garden again this year and getting some help to learn what we did wrong last year. I use to be a whiz at computers and electronics but I seem to have left that part of my brain behind at some point and have been doing more things outdoors.

I'm a jack of all trades, intelligent, a quick study, have numerous vehicles adaptable for many contingencies, many day's supplies and a healthy supply of guns and ammo.

I'm also lazy and a heavy sleeper. I probably wouldn't survive the outbreak.

rmarkc wrote: I'm a jack of all trades, intelligent, a quick study, have numerous vehicles adaptable for many contingencies, many day's supplies and a healthy supply of guns and ammo. I'm also lazy and a heavy sleeper. I probably wouldn't survive the outbreak.

But, I hear brains are tasty, so it might not be so bad.

I can fix Lotuses. And people.

Rob_Mopar wrote: Osterkrautarians

Ooo I like that. You'll be last against the wall.

The use & repair of guns (I sure wish I'd learned how to make reloads..), growing our own food, repairing old machines, medical care..I sense a common theme here.

Osterkraut wrote:

Rob_Mopar wrote: Osterkrautarians

Ooo I like that. You'll be last against the wall.

At least I've got that going for me.

Ill die fo sho. I wish I knew more. Book knowledge isnt too useful when you have to live by your wits and sweat.

I sit at a computer all day, and I went to school for a degree in advertising.

I could...no that won't work...I might be able to...nope, not a chance.

um...driver?

Parts sourcing Brad, that's your strength, we have to keep the ZAV fleet running bro

aussiesmg wrote: Parts sourcing Brad, that's your strength, we have to keep the ZAV fleet running bro

They're all in Atlanta. Of course, it's gonna be a lot easier when you can walk out to the road to get whatever you need. Zeds don't need cars, right?

I have skills similiar to most on this board when it comes to all things mechanical, immediate access to (right over the next hill) many thousand acres of gov't land they won't be needing that backs up to one of the larger National parks on the east coast. I have a fair amount of wilderness survival training and have the tools and experience to built livable structures without electricity or power tools. and guns did I mention guns. I know how to use them and maintain them fairly well. Sadly,All this means is I will probably end up being eaten by Zombies before I get out of bed on the day of the Apocolypse.

Ooooh I know! I know! I live in an apartment building. Granted this may not SOUND beneficial, but hear me out. There are 3 entrances into the building and one garage door. All entrances are double door'd heavy duty safety glass. None of the apartments are on entrance level. The garage is on entrance level, has a steel door, and can be operated manually. I've thought about this- It's a damn good fortress. I live on 3rd floor so I definitely won't be eaten because I'm not dumb enough to open my door if E36 M3 gets real. This means I will have free reign of a nearly zed-proof building right away. I'm next to a water tower, a few large ponds, a grocery store, a drug store, a major(ish) highway, Walmart, moments from the St. Paul armory, a gas station...... I've thought about this. I can survive and would have plenty of room for others. One bonus to living up north, zeds freeze in the winter.

I'm a fan of Lovecraft... Nah, I'm useless.

Im an amature gunsmith and have made a few rifles essentially from scratch. I make my own black powder and bullets. I reload modern ammunition and can self-source many of the parts of nessasary. I grew up shooting and scored "rifleman" at an appleseed. I can hunt, fish, forage and farm. Ive not tried trapping... I cant fix everything, but i can try, and can rig things to work like nobody's buisness

Why wait till after some disaster?