You Might Be A Survivalist If...

[duodecima]

Your planning for a 9-day, 3 state road trip to visit friends & family includes how many mason jars to pack with the canner, because they've got different berries in season than you do.

[squinty]

The worst happens, and you sail through it.

[DJH]

The worst happens, and you sail through it.

The worst doesn't happen, and you feel disappointed.

[Visionz]

A weekend adventure is finding a new escape route

[squinty]

A weekend adventure is finding a new escape route

I've had vacations I needed to escape from.

[Rev]

A weekend adventure is finding a new escape route

I've had vacations I needed to escape from.

Truth.

[Ravenwolfen]

Ya might be a woman prepper if you not only know your clothing size in womens, but also in mens.

(Came up with that joke when I was at a military surplus store today. I went to get a new belt because my "designer store" bought one broke in half after a year. I found out the surplus store hand makes belts. The guy asked me what size are you? I blurted out "32 mens size".)

[TacAir]

you have more beans/rice/SPAM! recipes than Carter has Liver pills

You can turn wheat into food items that your family has never heard of

You pack your pemmican into buckskin bags, from hide you've harvested yourself - with a knife.

You exchange hardtack recipes over the internet with Civil war re-enactors

you can taste the difference between hoosh and bread pudding - blindfolded

some people store things, you store food. You plan on being fat, and laugh about the the dumb and happy.

you house is listed as the secondary EOC for the County

you have enough commo gear to perform back-up on any NASA mission

you talk to your friends via moon-bounce - because you can

the last power outage in the neighborhood WAS NOT because of your ham shack, and you can prove it.....

this is fun!

[Flying Lead]

You make a better arrowhead than the indians did.

You fly into a cussing fit and rage when they say the snowstorm will miss your area.

You see the UPS man so much you know the names of all his family, and even his dog and cat.

You can outfit a group of 20 Boyscouts when their gear is lost in transit.

Your wife can field strip an ar-15 faster than a Marine drill instructor.

Only 5 percent of your house is above ground.

Your dog's name is Claymore.

[Visionz]

You're definitely a survivalist if you look at your beloved family pet and think "man it will suck if I have to eat you"

[Katica]

You might be a survivalist if you don't think of GHB as a drug and a BOB as a battery operated boyfriend.

[Smü]

... your offer to get your wife a case for her smartphone is rejected with the words "Thanks darling. I, personally, want something pretty, not something bombproof".

... when you are have to be a single parent due to a minor medical exam that requires your wife to spend a few days in the hospital and the questions / offers of your friends "to run errands or go to the grocery to save you some time and hassle" is met with "Uh, thanks, but I am all set and stocked.". (More of a prepper related thing, really)

[goofygurl]

You move into a new apartment and notice the small space under your bathroom sink/counter and start figuring out exactly what all you can hide/store under there.

[Visionz]

You might be a survivalist if you go away on vacation and while you are gone the SHTF in your hometown, and you feel a sense of disappointment that you weren't there to see it.

[IceWing]

-Your wife was able to convince you that the expensive 600 thread count sheet set she wants is more desirable than the economical 250 thread count set you want because the 600 count has better "thermal retention" properties and would make better bandages.

Honestly, we do use 600 thread count sheets. This argument was never brought out. We changed over when she bought higher thread count sheets and I found out you could have sheets that weren't made of low grade sandpaper. The thermal retention thing sounds plausible though.

You hang on to a medical textbook from 1901...just in case we ever go back to the days where we have to boil our own cough syrup from scratch using roots and herbs, or make our own lice shampoo from coal tar and tobacco.

You saw this post last night and picked up 2lbs of tobacco from a friend that works at a tobacco shop, that was going to toss it out anyway. (discontinued product for them)

Now where can I find coal tar? Hmmmmm...

You read what these two are saying and think 'Bunch of goombas... I've got tobacco SEEDS and am going to grow my own..." But you do want a copy of that 1901 medical textbook.

[Dogan]

...You have plans to add a detachable, large paracord bracelet to your laceless cowboy boots, so that all your shoes have paracord.

[EricinVirginia]

- You're hyper about hyperinflation
- You consider ADD and mania a survival asset
- You look at your neighbors and wonder if they're wargaming how to defeat your preps the same way you do them
- The prospect of camping in perfect weather on a perfect day(s) depresses you

[duodecima]

Your power flickers, and you know exactly where the nearest flashlight is before the light's back.

[goofygurl]

...you want to keep the bottom half of the broken computer desk for storage shelves, but Barr won't let you.

[zombiepreparation]

This thread just cracks me up... all the more so because people are posting so many things I have thought and/or done myself!

[momengineer]

The power goes out at work, and you are the only one with a flashlight. Seriously people...its a stinking flashlight!

[Cybrludite]

Tearing a muscle in your calf gives you the perfect excuse to buy a proper shillelagh with a lead loaded head.

[ForgeCorvus]

This thread just cracks me up... all the more so because people are posting so many things I have thought and/or done myself!

I think you'll find its because we're on the same page

YMbaS If.....You see anything written down more then three times and automatically Acronym it.

......When going out to a posh 'do', you take longer to select a 'dress' EDC then your SOP does to totally get ready

[Katica]

1. you watch Doomsday Preppers with your mother

2. you AND your mother are critiquing the preppers on the TV and saying what you'd do differently (even though the person on TV may have 10x more things prepped)

3. the power goes out halfway through the show and you look at each other in unison and shout "THE APOCALYPSE!!!!!"