an oldie but goodie for preppers

[generoll]

Anyone remember the book "Alas Babylon"?

[MonkeyBoy]

Anyone remember the book "Alas Babylon"?

That was to be based on a city here in Florida named Mount Dora.

[generoll]

yup. I climbed Mt. Dora.

[Cuffs]

yup. I climbed Mt. Dora.

MT Dora. Not MISS Dora... :-)

[JERMM]

yup. I climbed Mt. Dora.

did you experience altitude sickness?

[Hog On Ice]

better question - did you have to trespass to reach the summit?

[john pickett]

My dad climbed Mt Fuji, In 1946 I believe.

[generoll]

I got a nosebleed

[Superman]

My dad climbed Mt Fuji, In 1946 I believe.

I tried to climb Mt Fuji in 1967. Pepe and I never got to the mountain because we took a commuter train that just made circles around Tokyo.

[rcli4]

I have pics of me on top of it. There is a tram and steps

[Roots]

I have pics of me on top of it. There is a tram and steps

You do realize how wrong this sounds, right? Damn... Eewww, ...

[Hog On Ice]

could have been worse - clyde could have been talking about the Grand Tetons

[john pickett]

Those are known as the SweaterGirl Mountains these days.

[Mags]

A few days late to the party, but I read that book recently in an old-school SciFi trifecta kick. (Alas Babylon, The Earth Abides and Canticle for Lebowitz)

All good reads in a SHTF / sad kinda way...

[sheepdog]

need to get out and buy more rice and bullets.

[Big Mac]

Holy hell - you are the only person I've ever met that has actually read A Canticle for Lebowitz. I loved that book.

[Hog On Ice]

not true - I read it a long time ago - a good read

[Big Mac]

No shit? I've told people about that book and always got the "are you nuts?" look. But I get that a lot.

[Hog On Ice]

the biggest problem with that book these days is that nobody under about 40 knows what blue prints look like whereas when I started work they were in common use

[saimyoji]

I'm under 40 and I know what blue prints look like...its when they rub your fingers in blue ink and then roll them on a card when you get arrested, right?

[Ray]

the biggest problem with that book these days is that nobody under about 40 knows what blue prints look like whereas when I started work they were in common useI just love the smell of ammonia in the morning. That's what those big printers that spat out blue prints smelled like.

I still use part of my drafting kit! The horse hair brush is great for dusting off computer monitors.

[john pickett]

"I've told people about that book and always got the "are you nuts?" look"
I hate to say it, but I don't think it's the book; it's you.

[D'Artagnan]

I used to love the sound those mimeograph machines made. Kinda like a train going over the tracks.

[Big Mac]

"I've told people about that book and always got the "are you nuts?" look"
I hate to say it, but I don't think it's the book; it's you.

Hey, I admitted I get that a lot. But at least I know how to use the quote function on HHQ.


Bazinga!

[Elder]

Important information.

[Skidsteer]

Stealing that. :biggrin:

[Hog On Ice]

+2 for Elder

[atraildreamer]

Anyone remember the book "Alas Babylon"?

Read it in high school, (remember when kids in high school could read? :biggrin:).

[sheepdog]

read it in high school, (remember when kids in high school could read? :biggrin:).

lol

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[john pickett]

What's a "Quote" function? And what's it do I didn't do with cut and paste?

[Hog On Ice]

What's a "Quote" function? And what's it do I didn't do with cut and paste?

it automatically puts a link back to where the quote came from for one point - sometimes useful when looking at a modified quote to see where it came from originally