From: J Moschell <72714.3044@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: misc.survivalism Subject: Re: A Good Start Date: 15 Sep 1994 07:12:05 GMT Organization: via CompuServe Information Service Lines: 107 Message-ID: <358s45$llc$1@mhade.inhouse.compuserve.com> Some may wonder what survivalism is all about... Here is a sample of what you need to get started on... (This list is VERY, VERY, VERY incomplete) COMMUNICATIONS SPANISH, OTHER LANGUAGES CODES AND ENCRYPTION ELECTRONICS SIGN LANGUAGE, OTHER HAND SIGNALS RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WRITTEN CODES CLASSIFIED ADS COMMUNICATION JAMMING RADIO SIGNALS WORKING IN JAMMED AREAS MORSE CODE FARMING WILD FOODS HORSES, CARE AND RAISING PACK ANIMALS, LLAMAS, MULES, ETC. DOGS, ATTACK AND TRACKING ANIMAL HUSBANDRY SCATTER FARMING, NO ROWS INSECT CONTROL, 1800íS STYLE CROP ROTATION AND NATURAL FERTILIZERS SURVIVAL TRAPPING, SURVIVAL TOPICS WATER AND FOOD FROM DIFFERENT ECO SYSTEMS SURVIVAL, VARIOUS TERRAINS AND AREAS WATER EXTRACTION AND PRESERVATION NUTRITION VIETNAMESE ARMY TACTICS SURVIVING NUCLEAR SURVIVING BIO-WARFARE SURVIVING CHEM-WARFARE FIGHTING CHEMISTRY RELOADING GUNSMITHING SILENCERS FULL AUTO CONVERSION BOOBYTRAPS STEALTH TECHNIQUES EXPLOSIVES, REUSE HIGH EXPLOSIVES EXPLOSIVES FROM JUNK AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS FROM HOUSEHOLD ITEMS 1800íS LIFESTYLES FOOD PREPARATION FOOD PRESERVATION METAL WORKING BASKETWEAVING METALWORKING SEWING, MAKING CLOTH WOODWORKING HIDES TANNING ORIENTEERING ASTRONOMY COMPASS CORRECTIONS NIGHTTIME ORIENTEERING COVERING YOUR TRAIL MOVING GREAT DISTANCES WITH NO SIGN URBAN SURVIVAL LOCKSMITHING HOTWIRING AUTOS ALARM SYSTEMS HIGH SPEED DRIVING WEAPONS FROM JUNK BEATING INFRA RED DETECTION MOVING IN RUBBLE ENVIRONMENTS HIJACKING CONSTRUCTION 1800íS STYLE CONSTRUCTION LOG CONSTRUCTION HOMEMADE NAILS UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION EXCAVATION CONCEALMENT SUPPORT AND FRAMING AIR HANDLING THATCH CONSTRUCTION HOMEMADE CONCRETE HOMEMADE BRICKS BUILDING A KILN MEDICINE CREATING MEDICINES HOME REMEDIES WILD FOODS AS MEDICINES FIRST AID LONG TERM TRAUMA CARE ACCUMULATE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS MEDICAL CARE IN THE ABSCENCE OF A DOCTOR -- : ''' : (o o) : +-----oOOO--(_)---OOOo-----+ Ted Kennedy's car has killed more people than my guns have.