Optimist!

Why don't you just add 13yrs. for good measure?

children are the wild card imo.....you cant move far or fast, they mean more to us than ourselves....and they are so vulnerable...but, i dont see why any healthy single guy couldnt run circles around or make fools of those who who would attempt to enslave him.

In a way though I think children have more of a survivalist mindset than most adults. I am thinking of the street children I have seen as I have travelled. Children has a much stronger will to survive, and they get over grief etc. quicker than adults. It is a worse blow to parents to lose their children than vice versa...

...depends on the child, depends on the parents...

It must be a real bitch to carry all that all the time.

And I bet you get funny looks at metal detectors.

Sure it depends, but I think as a general observation it is true. But I think as part of survival prepping, one should teach your children to be as independent as possible. Probably that is the most important preparation there is!

In my diesel you funny guy.

Lots of good responses here much appreciated.

I guess what's bugging me more than usual is the fact that it might not even be me.

Could very well be my wife or one of the kids that goes down gets really sick or hurt and you are stuck in a situation where you watch them suffer imagine what that would do to your psyche when everything is already heading south like a freight train on steroids.

Guess it's best to cross that bridge if or when it shows up been a couple of hard days here and i'm kinda projecting a bit as i have lots of support to help me cope.

Dunno what i would do if that support was pulled at a moments notice.

...God never gives us anything we can't handle. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ies/smiley.gif

One thing you gotta remember is your family/your family name has been around for centuries, or you wouldn't be here, so I figure we come from survivors.

It has been mentioned here....
The biggest thing I think we all need is mental strength the ability to think under extreme pressure.

You can have all he food preps, silver,gold, it isn't going to do you any good if you can't function.

Ya free I hate that saying,http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ies/smiley.gif you can handle anything if you have to.

That's the gist of it.

God is interesting, but He can also be a dick.

I know that I'm not going to make it to the other side, but I'm ok with it.

Just a strong feeling that I have.

Doesn't mean I won't try, or have accepted defeat, I just think I know how it's gonna go down.

What a GREAT thread this is! THIS is the kind of thing that makes me come back to this place day after day wading through the drama BS... http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/wink.gif

The thought of me shot to death in my own home by evil's minions. I'm glad that I could lift your mood Gaillo. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/wink.gif

Well... now that you put it THAT way... http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/grin.gif

I am likely not going to make it, but I consider that a fortunate thing given the state of the world. The only reason I am still around is because I would prefer to enjoy what little time I have left, and to cross off what I can from the bucket list.