Boredom in SHTF

[turnandshoot4]

So I read the posts about the SHTF situation in Argentina and one thing stuck with me. They got bored. He said that books were worth their weight in gold because they couldn't get them. This can be applied to any situation. A while back we lost power in the ice storm and i just remember being bored. All the time.

Has anyone thought of this? I have a small library built up but I want more. I try to hit the library when they have book sales, garage sales (got a whole box of out dated guns and ammo mags that were really cool for free!), and print up online material that I have saved..


Anyone else preparing for boredom?

 

[6birds]

Yes, excellent point. We have paperbacks in our B.O.B.'s, they will get you through the long nights. L'Amour, Grishem, Clancy, Roark, Annabell, etc.
I had a library in the house before a gun room, we're ready for a bug-in, kinda hard to carry for a bug-out.

 

[Big John]

I predict a great many births once the dust settles, look back through history every major winter storm has had an impact on the birth rate 9 months later.

 

[Bigum1969]

You mean my 3G iPhone won't work?

Seriously, I have lots of books and lots of board games... along with decks of cards.

 

[Eddie]

Don't forget

Packs of dice and playing cards like you can get at the drug store make useful anti-boredom or trade goods.

 

[LPMan59]

tarot cards and crystal balls. lets me know when it's same to come out.

 

[turnandshoot4]

I predict a great many births once the dust settles, look back through history every major winter storm has had an impact on the birth rate 9 months later.

Great way to keep warm as well.

Remember though, in the severe cold if you sweat you die. Just sayin.

 

[PappyD]

Great way to keep warm as well.

Remember though, in the severe cold if you sweat you die. Just sayin.

Keep warm, for at least a couple of minutes...

 

[ThrottleJockey]

I keep a deck of cards in my BOB, but I find it unlikely that I would get bored. There should be plenty to keep a man busy and tired.

 

[evansvillethompsongunner]

Books are invaluable. Completely invaluable.

Also priceless is a good folding chess set.

Good not only for whittling away the hours waiting for the knock on the door, but also good for training in strategics - troop placement, enemy movement, planning routes of attack, routes of transit, supplies... chess: it's what's for dinner, breakfast, and lunch.

 

[bwframe]

That would be a good time to drag out those Foxfire books and the few years of those original Mother Earth News.

 

[JetGirl]

Packs of dice and playing cards like you can get at the drug store make useful anti-boredom or trade goods.

I so rock Yahtzee! And Farkle? Honeychile, pleeeze...step back.

 

[shibumiseeker]

Boredom? What's that?

I'm semi-joking. Reading the Diary of Anne Frank you get a feel for that type of situation and the boredom that can happen there. But in managing a homestead I am NEVER bored. On the few rare occasions I am out somewhere and have to wait with nothing to do, the brain is still buzzing with organizing projects and other stuff, and on the extremely rare occasions I have to be somewhere for a few days, it's relaxing to be able to turn the brain off for a little while, I consider that golden. If I am ever in a situation where I am forced to have nothing to do for a long period of time, I am going to get back into writing.

I do NOT understand people who are bored with normal life. I have so much to do that is interesting, I could fill many lifetimes. I wish I could buy the time that some folks waste being bored. To quote Wierd Al, I'll be mellow when I'm dead.

 

[JetGirl]

To quote Wierd Al, I'll be mellow when I'm dead.

Hey! Was he ripping off Zevon's "I'll sleep when I'm dead"?

 

[shibumiseeker]

Hey! Was he ripping off Zevon's "I'll sleep when I'm dead"?

Not a parody like is his usual style, but it is a similar theme.

 

[jeremy]

Another great tool to combat this problem is an Old wind up Victrola and some LP's. When the power would drop out when we were kids we would spin up an LP.

 

[ocsdor]

Grow a garden big enough to feed your family for a year and you won't be bored during the growing season.

"Boredom is the devil's playground."

 

[jeremy]

"Boredom is the devil's playground."

Huh...

I always thought the Devil's Playground was somewhere around the Rot Licht area of Amsterdam...

 

[turnandshoot4]

Grow a garden big enough to feed your family for a year and you won't be bored during the growing season.

"Boredom is the devil's playground."

Yes but winter is long. If you have already split wood and have nothing else to do? Can't sit on INGO.

 

[jeremy]

Yes but winter is long. If you have already split wood and have nothing else to do? Can't sit on INGO.

The 5 dollar question is will INGO be around after SHTF???