Apparent nuclear apocalypse in the 1980s
All the warnings were slightly pointless, "unscrew some doors, lay them against a wall with a mattress against them, spend 2 weeks hiding eating tinned food and shitting in a bucket" when it was obvious from watching Threads that once it popped, that nuke was going to incinerate everything out in the open and blow over any houses you were hiding in. Why survive when the post-attack anarchy would result in the downfall of society and a smorgasbord of misery?

Fast forward 25 years.

I'm going camping. Airbed, LED lanterns and torches, 12V jumper start pack to power the 240V inverter, 3G dongle so I can get online, many litres of clean bottled water, eating tinned food from a gas camper stove, tent is self-erecting and flexes with the wind- I reckon I could sail through nuclear Armageddon now*. Just have to paint the tent white to deflect the blast. Plus get a Remington 12 guage to deal with the radioactive mutant horde.....

*may still have to shit in a bucket though
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Thu 14 Jun 2012, 17:59, 8 replies)

But what about the resulting EMP blast that would knock out all your electronics?

(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 14 Jun 2012, 18:15, closed)

Valve 3G dongle.
Sorry, you are quite right:-)

but then I wasn't entirely serious. I'd be a screaming face-melty apparition of doom before my appreciation that Google 'was a bit slow' would kick in.

The trick apparently is to not have it plugged in and powered when the EMP hits, that was the theory with the bomber fleet that were supposed
to deliver the payload in the 70s, turn arse on to the ballistic arc post-release, turn off everything electrical and pull the cockpit blinds.

/Vulcan bomber pilot for an uncle.
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Thu 14 Jun 2012, 18:22, closed)

You could always wrap it in tinfoil for an impromptu Faraday cage.

(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 14 Jun 2012, 18:41, closed)

*sighs. Yes, it's inevitable.
/gets travel Scrabble out.
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Thu 14 Jun 2012, 19:26, closed)

Genuinely impressed about Uncle Vulcan pilot.
Me old man was a front-line Lightning pilot. Intercept Ivan's bombers from West Germany without enough fuel to get back in the event of the balloon going up because there wouldn't be a 'back' to return to.

They painted the Vulcans anti-flash white. Like that would ensure the megaton blasts would bounce harmlessly off. Ah, it was a happier age.
(judgetheobscure used to sweep in butchers' shops., Fri 15 Jun 2012, 0:35, closed)

Mr uncle had to pancake one after the landing gear didn't fully deploy
this with potentially 5 megatons in the bomb bay. Except they couldn't tell you what they were ferrying. *taps nose.

I do love the Lightning. Two engines and a paper plane wing, just enough room for a little guy to sit in the top in a bubble. And Mach 2!
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Fri 15 Jun 2012, 1:03, closed)

You will still be shitting in a bucket, get a good one. Wickes sell a good quality sturdy builders bucket suitable for apocalyptical events. Paint it white like your tent and Bobs yer uncle.

Whilst your at it, they sometimes sell long handled shovels. Excellent for swinging around to remove the heads of brain hungry zombie hordes. Lash a kitchen knife to the handle end and presto!!! you have an excellent jabbing weapon to keep giant mutant insect and arachnoid creatures at a safe distance.
(Finster Ate a cat biscuit for a bet, Thu 14 Jun 2012, 18:26, closed)

You've certainly thought this through.
My survivor's smugness would have been short lived once I discovered that my poo-bucket was now a blob of molten burning plastic. I expect Wickes wouldn't be open at the time.

I once got a fold-up ladder from wickes for £50! It's ace! I'm painting it white as I type.

Post apocalype, I would use it to rescue a kitten from a tree(for lunch)
(CADmonkey rollllllllled another one, just like the other one, Thu 14 Jun 2012, 20:04, closed)