[quote]Professor X wrote:
analog_kid wrote:
PRCalDude wrote:
Maybe I’ll just drive up to the west side of LA, where all the gun-hating liberals live, and take whatever I want.
We will run out of liberals pretty quick though since they will all be un-armed. At that point I say we seize control of the US military and take over the world. Who’s with me? Welcome to the United Republic Continents of Earth.
Weak.
Now, X-ica is a real name for my one planetary country.
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You could put a big giant laser on the moon and tattoo the earth with a big giant ‘X,’ sort of like that episode of the Tick where they wrote on the moon.
[quote]PRCalDude wrote:
Professor X wrote:
analog_kid wrote:
PRCalDude wrote:
Maybe I’ll just drive up to the west side of LA, where all the gun-hating liberals live, and take whatever I want.
We will run out of liberals pretty quick though since they will all be un-armed. At that point I say we seize control of the US military and take over the world. Who’s with me? Welcome to the United Republic Continents of Earth.
Weak.
Now, X-ica is a real name for my one planetary country.
You could put a big giant laser on the moon and tattoo the earth with a big giant ‘X,’ sort of like that episode of the Tick where they wrote on the moon.
[quote]Bauer97 wrote:
duece wrote:
But do you mean a months worth? A years worth?
If someone’s talking about an inflation-induced food shortage, that means long-term, as in several years (typically).
Honestly, if this Nation somehow finds itself in such a crisis where there is literally not enough food to feed suburban households, and you happen to be the house on the block that has a stockade of food, good luck keeping it to yourself.
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The real question is, who would be stupid enough to let the rest of the block know that you had food?
[quote]RebornTN wrote:
Bauer97 wrote:
duece wrote:
But do you mean a months worth? A years worth?
If someone’s talking about an inflation-induced food shortage, that means long-term, as in several years (typically).
Honestly, if this Nation somehow finds itself in such a crisis where there is literally not enough food to feed suburban households, and you happen to be the house on the block that has a stockade of food, good luck keeping it to yourself.
The real question is, who would be stupid enough to let the rest of the block know that you had food?[/quote]
[quote]analog_kid wrote:
PRCalDude wrote:
Maybe I’ll just drive up to the west side of LA, where all the gun-hating liberals live, and take whatever I want.
We will run out of liberals pretty quick though since they will all be un-armed. At that point I say we seize control of the US military and take over the world. Who’s with me? Welcome to the United Republic Continents of Earth.[/quote]
American States Sovereign Hegemony Over Land Everywhere would be good.
The real question is, who would be stupid enough to let the rest of the block know that you had food?
Easy. You’d be the only one who looked well-fed.
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Correct, we’re talking a legitimate food shortage, as in, not enough to eat. Not the price of milk going up a couple bucks/gallon.
If it ever got to that point, the people who have a basement stacked to the rafters with food might become fairly obvious, and that’s assuming houses aren’t looted without suspicion in the first place.
This is assuming a pretty extreme situation, though. If it ever started to get anywhere near that point for the U.S., why not just move? Sweden sounds nice…
[quote]pushharder wrote:
Reminds me of the time I was winter caribou hunting in Alaska. I’d been flown in on a SuperCub and dropped off on a frozen river. It was -30F and I had set up my tent on the ice and had worked up quite the appetite.
I tried heating my can of Dinty Moore beef stew delicacy on my backpacking stove in the face of a slight breeze but it didn’t work that well at that temperature. I was so freakin hungry that I didn’t care that I had to chip it out of the can with my hunting knife and eat it frozen.
It was absolutely delicious. You have no idea just how tasty stuff like that can be.[/quote]
Reminds me of the time She Say toasted me a plain bagel, put a slice of tomatoe on it and wrapped it in aluminum foil before we raced out the door to begin our day.
Was a bitter, yet crisp, October day. She Say slowed down to about 10 mph (she was running late to work) on Route 1 and I jumped out of the car right in front of the U. of MD.
I dust off my britches and got to walking towards my Western Literature Honors Class. As my cold fingers slid that warm bagel out of my pocket, I knew what heaven would taste like. I gulped it down in about 3 bites and fell on my knees right in front of McKeldin Library praising God and everything he had made.
The whipping breeze was wonderful on that cold morning.
I stopped by the old, hollowed out tree stump where I hid my grappa and copenhagen, washed down the bagel with the wine and plopped a big plug of snuff in between my cheek and gum.
The sun coming up told me I didn’t have much time to hotfoot it to class. I managed to slip in the back row before the head master locked the door.
I am trying to picture what a months worth of food saved up for me looks like.
I really don’t think I have the storage space.
Wouldn’t logging off of T-Nation and dropping down to about 89lbs be the best way to conserve and store food for the impending crisis?
Screw storage space, I’d be more concerned with the 2nd mortgage I would have to take out to pay for a year’s-plus worth of food for myself. It’s a frightening thought.
I do, for some reason, find it interesting to think about. What exactly would I fill a tractor-trailer with from Costco that wouldn’t perish, and would sustain me, for over a year?
Oh, and losing body mass for the sake of survival? Let’s be realistic here, Professor.[/quote]
Try being 45 and being told you have gallstones and a contracted gallbladder. There’s goes supplementing the good healthy stuff with chicken wings, pizza, lasagna, and ribs. Welcome chicken and fish, ostrich and buffalo.