A Gulch and The Walking Dead
I had an excellent lunch last Saturday with an Objectivist, and one of the things we talked about was skills we have to offer to a Gulch. In that vain, I have developed a scenario to hopefully stimulate thought and discussion on this topic.
It's my post, so my rules. Here is the scenario:
It is a post apocalyptic world, either natural or man-made that resembles the 1815's in technology. There will be walking dead. They may not be zombies, but they are out to kill you and take your resources. There is no power sources anywhere in the world other than solar, wind and horse power.
A few fellow Objectivists and I have found and established an invitation only Gulch with all the natural resources we can use. We will send a few people out to recruit new residents, much like Francisco and John were doing.
There are 2 inviolate requirements and rules for Gulchers and prospective invitee Gulchers:
1: All people 16 years and older MUST be willing to truly and honestly, of their own free will, take The Oath. This may require a potential invitee to make a hard choice as there will be no exceptions.
2: The existence and the location of this Gulch MUST be kept secret and it will be defended.
What skills and/or resources can you bring to this Gulch? Why would we recruit you?
It's my post, so my rules. Here is the scenario:
It is a post apocalyptic world, either natural or man-made that resembles the 1815's in technology. There will be walking dead. They may not be zombies, but they are out to kill you and take your resources. There is no power sources anywhere in the world other than solar, wind and horse power.
A few fellow Objectivists and I have found and established an invitation only Gulch with all the natural resources we can use. We will send a few people out to recruit new residents, much like Francisco and John were doing.
There are 2 inviolate requirements and rules for Gulchers and prospective invitee Gulchers:
1: All people 16 years and older MUST be willing to truly and honestly, of their own free will, take The Oath. This may require a potential invitee to make a hard choice as there will be no exceptions.
2: The existence and the location of this Gulch MUST be kept secret and it will be defended.
What skills and/or resources can you bring to this Gulch? Why would we recruit you?
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i do not panic.
I can live hard.
I have done some tough shit.
I can manipulate water and shelter.
We have to keep healthy - i have dug poo pits and made soap.
I confidently navigate across a range of altitudes and terrains.
I can manage horses.
I can run, or at least walk, all day regardless of terrain and weather.
I can switch between leading and following.
But i cannot abide fools.
I will eat anything. I mean, anything. I won't stop at dead horses. Which make more than soap.
And still I do not panic.
If I can bring my weapons and ammo, the hardware part of the Gulch's security will be solved! As an engineer, I think that I have a few more good years left of making something useful; and my wife is a baker - and everyone loves bread. I have also spent over two decades working for the government, so I inherently know and can foresee the devious actions coming from the government. If there's any communication with the outside world, including protecting ourselves from it, this may be an invaluable resource.
If you could cook you would be a turnkey project!
Impressive credentials.
The fellow who can work with chemicals should be able to make gunpowder that could be used for mining and weapons.
Right now I have 6 chickens, a sheep, a horse, 3 dogs a cat...and a bunch of feral cats who look to me for breakfast. I have trained many horses for various purposes, but never from the ground up.
Jan, watched too many Disney movies
And the old codger on the web page with the beard and the gold pan? That's me. Scroll down a little.
I knew an underground mining contractor from the Silverton area that put himself through college for his Mining Engineering degree by going up and working a vein on summer weekends. And that was with a gold price back in the early 70's.
I worked with him back in '84 on an underground vein deposit in Arizona. A number of his miners came from the Silverton area and had "lunch bucket" obtained samples from the Standard Mine. They would sit on the porch of a cabin in the evening and just put a blow torch to the samples, and the gold and silver came pouring out.
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=fort...
Too bad my cheap Spanish-made $100 cap n' ball .44 Navy Colt has a defunct hammer I can't pull back.
At least I got to fire it for about a year before it became a non-firing conversation piece. Oh, well, you get what you pay for.
That Civil War pistol is too advanced anyway. Recall reading that the Forty-Niners used assorted pepperboxes for handguns.
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