Question If it came to an end, could we really cope?

[Benfleet A1]

Does anyone know what plants we can and can't eat

Thats exactly my point, most people don't know. Ask a kid to identify a birch tree or cedar and they would just look at you like you were quite mad. Give em a xbox and Modern Warfare and they will finish it within the hour. Thats what I was getting at. A lack of practical knowledge is only going to speed up the process of lack of survival through ignorance.

 

[MK Shrimper]

MK who is the slut in your user picture?

Slut! How very dare you.

The beautiful and talented Liv Tyler, my entrant in the Totty cup.

 

[Cricko]

MK who is the slut in your user picture?

OMG that is his wife to be...you are in so much trouble!


:dim:

 

[MK Shrimper]

Thats exactly my point, most people don't know. Ask a kid to identify a birch tree or cedar and they would just look at you like you were quite mad. Give em a xbox and Modern Warfare and they will finish it within the hour. Thats what I was getting at. A lack of practical knowledge is only going to speed up the process of lack of survival through ignorance.

But I'd hope most people could tell the difference between a cedar and a strawberry though.....

 

[MK Shrimper]

OMG that is his wife to be...you are in so much trouble!


:dim:

Haha, soon to be Mrs Coxy is for my eyes only! :p

 

[southend4ever]

SLUT - Scumptious Liv Ummm Tyler .......

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Thats exactly my point, most people don't know. Ask a kid to identify a birch tree or cedar and they would just look at you like you were quite mad. Give em a xbox and Modern Warfare and they will finish it within the hour. Thats what I was getting at. A lack of practical knowledge is only going to speed up the process of lack of survival through ignorance.

You can't eat either can you?

 

[Benfleet A1]

You can't eat either can you?

Ok, bad example but you get my point.

 

[Napster]

years of watching Monty Python means I can identify the larch.

 

[Bob Cratchitt]

True but i still have difficult distinguishing between the European and African Swallows

 

[blues_r_best]

Thats exactly my point, most people don't know. Ask a kid to identify a birch tree or cedar and they would just look at you like you were quite mad. Give em a xbox and Modern Warfare and they will finish it within the hour. Thats what I was getting at. A lack of practical knowledge is only going to speed up the process of lack of survival through ignorance.

http://www.theonion.com/content/video/are_violent_video_games

 

[jassyfa1]

I was thinking the same thing while watching survivors.
We already have housing and books in how to identify plants and how to grow a garden, so a huge big allotment shouldn't be to hard to maintain.
As for meat well there is plenty of fish in the sea and a few long lines would sort out a fish meal or two.
As for fire we have paper, wood and other flammable objects that once alight would keep us warm during the winter, after all just chopping down the trees in my road would see me through a winter or two

 

[TrueBlue]

True but i still have difficult distinguishing between the European and African Swallows

Well normally If its a while bird swallowing she will normally spit I hear African birds swallow more then spit

 

[Crabby Shrimper]

Does anyone know what plants we can and can't eat

Yep, and some of them are quite surprising. You can make an entire salad out of flowers, yet there are one or two you may have in the garden/on the patio that'll kill you.

Can't do the animal thing, but I started growing veg for the 1st time last year. If I do say myself what a success apart from the beetroot had loads of it ended up spoiling. But my potatoes, carrots and beans did really well, used them right up.

If you need any advice, let me know.

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

Salt would become more valuable than oil...





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Fish shops would charge £'ssss for putting some on your chips.