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Originally posted by geobro
me i am the farmer and the pigs need fed you would need to be crazy to go to a farm maybe use your clothes as a white flag but you would be sleeping with the rest of the animals in the barn doing 16 hours a day in a shtf scenario labor will be cheap and plenty full and that is the reality of it
Originally posted by semperfortis
If you are in farm fields there will be woods nearby.. Always is
I would simply go into the woods and survive
Originally posted by geobro
me i am the farmer and the pigs need fed you would need to be crazy to go to a farm maybe use your clothes as a white flag but you would be sleeping with the rest of the animals in the barn doing 16 hours a day in a shtf scenario labor will be cheap and plenty full and that is the reality of it
Originally posted by NeoParadigm
reply to post by spartacus699
I would lay down and die on the spot.
I mean is that not the logical thing to do?
Are these threads meant to offer or ask for some form of education regarding survival skills or do you just like to fantasize about potential SHTF scenarios and are just asking some random questions to adhere to form?
Originally posted by TDawgRex
reply to post by NeoParadigm
Yea, I've noticed that the OP likes to throw out vague and not very well thought out scenarios for us to play with too. But he has stated that he is a young adult so may be just trying to learn things.
Or maybe a inept Gov't employee/contractor just trolling the waters hoping someone will bite.
I've noticed that the OP doesn't revisit his threads a whole lot either to possibly clarify thoughts, so there may be a short attention span to deal with as well.
I'm pretty sure I've seen this thread before from the OP, just written in a different manner. But there have been a couple of threads that the OP authored that I thought were good. They made me think, and for that I thank him.
Originally posted by Gazrok
I'm one of those farmers too. Eventually, I plan to have kind of a trading post type setup, but that's only after the initial chaos dies down. Until then, it's pretty much shoot to kill any intruders, or at least high alert.
Approach the farm via the most direct entrance with your hands up, and slowly turn to show you don't have a weapon on your back...
At my place, first you'll hear directions from a megaphone, then a little remote controlled truck will come out with a note and a two-way radio to establish communication (taking the truck/radio would be a bad idea...and the last one you had). Assuming that talk went ok..., a guy (in at least a vest, if not armor...not sure if my cop buddy will have a full suit or not, but know he has a couple of vests) will come out and meet you halfway and escort you in (while at least two others have rifles trained on you, and others are looking around 360 to make sure you aren't a diversion).
Like the other farmer said, labor may be something you could trade for some food, if you have nothing else, but expect to be guarded the whole time you're here, and the stay will be a brief one (and sleep in a locked stallion stall, kind of like a cell, but at least a safe bed, as I'd throw a rollaway in there), only enough to get some food in you, and some water to take with, and then get on your way.
Always a chance we take a shine to each other, and it works out that you join us, but trust is earned, not given.