Author Topic: A Theoretical Doomsday and your Cb/s? (An entertaining topic for fun.) (Read 16287 times)

Lostboy Steve · « **on:** March 07, 2012, 07:36:24 AM »

No, I'm not a doomsday prepper. It doesn't make sense for me because unless someone out there can reproduce insulin in their basement I'd be *%^@ed very quickly since you cant stockpile it do to its expiration of about a year. I also find it very improbable that anything will happen in the near future and if anything did I'd be sitting on my roof with a 12 gauge loaded with rifled slugs and a bottle of Jack. Anyhow, I do enjoy the show on TV but almost every one of these "preppers" seems to be making one very large mistake. Besides the one dude blowing off his thumb. They are all driving vehicles with electronic or transistorized ignition systems and not doing anything to protect them from their feared EMP blast. (If you don't watch the show , you really should. Regardless of how you feel about the subject it is CRAZY the amount of time and resources these people use.) So my question.... is my CB safe for end of the world as we know it? (I just thought this would be an entertaining thread to start with all the bull#$%* you hear about 2012.) Where will your Cb be if the world ever does change as we know it? If your CB was ride-able would you dare to take it out with the world running wild and people like the "preppers" being so paranoid, or would you yank the rear wheel and replace it with a chain driven generator head? lol The possibilities are endless. Try to have fun with this. No religion or politics, just you and your CB/s in the worst case scenario.

Duanob · « **Reply #1 on:** March 07, 2012, 08:42:19 AM »

If I was always worried about "THE END" I wouldn't be riding a motorcycle!

I Zombie · « **Reply #2 on:** March 07, 2012, 08:54:05 AM »

LOL. I love the question & yes mine would be out there. It's not pretty & looks like it's ready for doomsday. I'd have to make some rig's to hold food, water, ammo & my 2 trust gun's. Not like it would save my ass any butwhy not have fun with it, besides who whats to get 6mpg in a Hummer anyway?

Dyrden · « **Reply #3 on:** March 07, 2012, 08:59:42 AM »

Quote from: Duanob on March 07, 2012, 08:42:19 AM

If I was always worried about "THE END" I wouldn't be riding a motorcycle!

If I was worried about "The End" Id be riding my motorcycle even more.

And that show is hilarious. I like the fat girl that says shes got "more to loose" than the average person and will survive longer on her fat and food stores.

Lostboy Steve · « **Reply #4 on:** March 07, 2012, 09:13:48 AM »

Yeah and she can navigate her entire house in the dark. Meanwhile shes a fairly large target and I can't imagine shes stealthy at all.

bollingball · « **Reply #5 on:** March 07, 2012, 10:15:06 AM »

Hell I have been settin on them sack of seeds since the 60s

Now I just hoard ammo. You can use it and trade with it

Ken

TwoTired · « **Reply #6 on:** March 07, 2012, 11:37:46 AM »

Quote from: bollingball on March 07, 2012, 10:15:06 AM

Hell I have been settin on them sack of seeds since the 60s Now I just hoard ammo. You can use it and trade with it

Ken

I can see it now, charcoal etching scrawled on a piece of carb board...
Will reload cartridges for food.

All my SOHC4s are stock. The only parts vulnerable to EMP are the rectifier diodes, the neutral safety unit (on the older ones), and the neutral light preventer diode on the newer ones.

I do have lots of spare bikes to rob parts from, and a 72 Ford truck with points ignition and 54 gallons of fuel in it. (The installed CD unit in it has a bypass switch.)

I don't think much is going to survive a large meteor, though.

(...and if anything did I'd be sitting on my roof with a 12 gauge loaded with rifled slugs and a bottle of Jack. )
I really hate targets like that without a suitable backstop to trap "fliers".

Accolay · « **Reply #7 on:** March 07, 2012, 11:48:54 AM »

If it really was a doomsday scenario, do you think any preparation would really help? I mean, there's doomsday scenario, like giant rock colliding with the Earth, or there is something like a zombie apocalypse. During the latter, I'd take over the Honda shop for my parts needs. And the gun store.

CycleRanger · « **Reply #8 on:** March 07, 2012, 11:56:27 AM »

Quote from: Dyrden on March 07, 2012, 08:59:42 AM

And that show is hilarious. I like the fat girl that says shes got "more to loose" than the average person and will survive longer on her fat and food stores.

We'll eat the fat ones first.....

Lostboy Steve · « **Reply #9 on:** March 07, 2012, 11:59:07 AM »

No i don't i already said that because even if you had enough for 10 years you're still just a sitting duck waiting for better days or death. If it all #$%*s the bed Id rather be a wanderer i guess rather than sit in a bunker for the rest of my days. And if i were to wander.... Id do it on my honda that i knew wouldnt leave me stranded like my buell has several times since the day i bought it.

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72 yellow · « **Reply #10 on:** March 07, 2012, 12:13:38 PM »

I am pretty sure the government has laws against hoarding and would enforce them if the need arose. All those people with 10 tons of supplies on hand and their faces plastered on TV would be real easy to find. If I was going to the trouble of getting all that stuff, I sure wouldn't advertise it.

TwoTired · « **Reply #11 on:** March 07, 2012, 12:22:16 PM »

Doomsday:
1 - The last day of the world's existence.

No point in preparing for that (physically).

But, there are "limited" doomsday scenarios, like man made ones. And, anything man made can be defeated. Preparation can improve your, or your family's "odds". And, the worst threat from a man-made doomsday, is still from other men trying to survive at any cost.

If someone learns you have a 10 year supply of food, that they didn't prepare for, do you change that to a 5 year supply, or a 1 day supply for the entire city? Or, simply die cause you're in the way, (and have no authority to have it, or keep it).

wardenerd · « **Reply #12 on:** March 07, 2012, 12:32:45 PM »

I do not think the government will be active at all. Two reasons. All people are going home to be with family even if it means abandoning prisons and duty stations. I have seen evacuation plans that call for mass transport via busses but every agency has the same plan and the plan uses the same 200 busses so thats not happening even if the drivers abandon their loved ones to help you. We will immediately be under attack by nations coming to our aid. Lets say 100,000 Chinese aid workers show up to help California. Noone can stop them and since we are no longer able to help Europe you can kiss any help goodbye.
Lastly I have a points car and a points motorcycle . The motorcycle will last until the end of the street when one of my neighbors kills me for it. The car would be a little better but I am afraid I would have to kill someone for their gas to make it to Oklahoma. Not a pleasant life period. Maybe its best not to resist. Still I have 10,000 rounds of ammo.

singedebile · « **Reply #13 on:** March 07, 2012, 12:34:52 PM »

did you guys hear about the rock thats bigger then an aircraft carrier that came closer then the moon when it flew by

TwoTired · « **Reply #14 on:** March 07, 2012, 12:44:40 PM »

Quote from: wardenerd on March 07, 2012, 12:32:45 PM

I do not think the government will be active at all.

Depends on what you mean by "government". Local governments will be the "street gangs". Until and if the larger agencies, assert their "control" over the taxpayers as a resource.

If you are actually prepared, hermitism/obscurity might be your best chance of longevity.

cheapride · « **Reply #15 on:** March 07, 2012, 12:59:02 PM »

I have a 90 day supply of food and water. Guns and ammo are also well stocked. Not so much for the end of the world but a Katrina event or no power for several weeks would be a bummer. I hope my CB works and the other option would be my bicycle.

Lostboy Steve · « **Reply #16 on:** March 07, 2012, 01:08:20 PM »

Quote from: 72 yellow on March 07, 2012, 12:13:38 PM

I am pretty sure the government has laws against hoarding and would enforce them if the need arose. All those people with 10 tons of supplies on hand and their faces plastered on TV would be real easy to find. If I was going to the trouble of getting all that stuff, I sure wouldn't advertise it.

That's what I keep saying too. The military will march troops right in. Anyone who resists will be treated as an enemy. Any one in the military who doesn't follow orders will be treated as a trader. So on and so forth. These preppers would resist and they're sure to drop a few soldiers in the process but they'd never win. Again, for me I got nothing to lose cuz I doubt the military would give a rats ass about my personal needs for meds. I would try to lay low and definitely not be on a TV program proclaiming how well prepared I was.

CycleRanger · « **Reply #17 on:** March 07, 2012, 01:09:46 PM »

Quote from: TwoTired on March 07, 2012, 12:44:40 PM

Quote from: wardenerd on March 07, 2012, 12:32:45 PM
I do not think the government will be active at all.
Depends on what you mean by "government". Local governments will be the "street gangs". Until and if the larger agencies, assert their "control" over the taxpayers as a resource.

/Obligatory

The 'Pocalypse Government

Lostboy Steve · « **Reply #18 on:** March 07, 2012, 01:19:36 PM »

Quote from: wardenerd on March 07, 2012, 12:32:45 PM

I do not think the government will be active at all. Two reasons. All people are going home to be with family even if it means abandoning prisons and duty stations. I have seen evacuation plans that call for mass transport via busses but every agency has the same plan and the plan uses the same 200 busses so thats not happening even if the drivers abandon their loved ones to help you. We will immediately be under attack by nations coming to our aid. Lets say 100,000 Chinese aid workers show up to help California. Noone can stop them and since we are no longer able to help Europe you can kiss any help goodbye.
Lastly I have a points car and a points motorcycle . The motorcycle will last until the end of the street when one of my neighbors kills me for it. The car would be a little better but I am afraid I would have to kill someone for their gas to make it to Oklahoma. Not a pleasant life period. Maybe its best not to resist. Still I have 10,000 rounds of ammo.

Didn't the war of 1812 go on way longer than it was supposed to and the last battle (after the war was declared over) was the worst with the most losses. That's because they had to send messages on horseback. If communication systems go down I could see anarchy erupting. Look at what happend during Katrina or the blackout of NY. Imagine that country wide. lol I could also see some #$%* like the POSTMAN only on modified dual purpose motorcycles with pre-80's ignitions, instead of horses.

72 yellow · « **Reply #19 on:** March 07, 2012, 02:08:27 PM »

Quote from: cheapride on March 07, 2012, 12:59:02 PM

I have a 90 day supply of food and water. Guns and ammo are also well stocked. Not so much for the end of the world but a Katrina event or no power for several weeks would be a bummer. I hope my CB works and the other option would be my bicycle.

Also remember in New Orleans the mayor ordered all weapons seized. As in house to house.

750K · « **Reply #20 on:** March 07, 2012, 02:29:46 PM »

Quote from: CycleRanger on March 07, 2012, 01:09:46 PM

Quote from: TwoTired on March 07, 2012, 12:44:40 PM
Quote from: wardenerd on March 07, 2012, 12:32:45 PM
I do not think the government will be active at all.
Depends on what you mean by "government". Local governments will be the "street gangs". Until and if the larger agencies, assert their "control" over the taxpayers as a resource.

/Obligatory

The 'Pocalypse Government

Hahahaha, hell yeah. I'll be on that side looking for the juice.

xsmooth69x · « **Reply #21 on:** March 07, 2012, 03:08:30 PM »

sooooooooooo would our bikes work after an emp blast? cb550 or cb750? i always wondered about that since these bikes are so old school tech

Lostboy Steve · « **Reply #22 on:** March 07, 2012, 06:20:19 PM »

Dude didn't that guy blow off his finger right in front of his kids or did it get caught in the action of the rifle? Either way his thumb has about 3/4 of an inch missing out of it now. I can't believe he allowed that to air, he must have been under contract prior to the shooting.

72 yellow · « **Reply #23 on:** March 07, 2012, 06:40:10 PM »

Quote from: CycleRanger on March 07, 2012, 05:03:27 PM

I have watched a few episodes of the silly "Preppers" show and what really bothers me is what these people are doing to their kids.
The germophobe woman was, imho, probably the worst, setting her kids up for years of therapy when they're older.

The "Woodsman" guy, otoh, was both hilarious and disturbing.
You could tell that his older children just thought their dad was nuts but the younger children had to go along with his craziness.

Then there was the family who moved from Florida to Kentucky out of fear of pole shift, needlessly uprooting the teen-age children.

Anyway, if you want to be a whack job that's your right but don't screw up your kids.

Oh, and don't forget to watch the first of the inevitable copy-cat shows, "Doomsday Bunkers" on Discovery.

Remember in the 80's when everyone was digging up their backyard to bury a bomb shelter? I still have the brochure Civil Defense sent to our house to build a shelter in the basement around 1960.

BeSeeingYou · « **Reply #24 on:** March 07, 2012, 09:19:38 PM »

The timing of this thread is ....incredible. Here it comes.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/07/solar-flares-unleashed-by-sun_n_1326486.html?icid=maing-grid7|netscape|dl1|sec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D141687

I am counting on the polar ice melting and inundating the planet. I will be okay because I have boats and an all girl crew. If you dirt dwellers are quick enough you could trade your bikes in for jet skis and maybe join the "Smokers".

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Author Topic: A Theoretical Doomsday and your Cb/s? (An entertaining topic for fun.) (Read 16287 times)

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