A Good day to you, fellow Doomsday Dodgers

[Tonka]

Hello,

I’m Tonka. My human name (as opposed to biker name) is Darren. But I’m not the Darren that deals firearms down the pub that Skean talks of in the ‘Are We Alone’ section.

I currently reside in Portchester… which as the name suggest is a port with a castle in it. It’s kind of a little peninsula next door to Portsmouth.

I have been a survivalist since I was a kid, the cold war was still lingering, and I remember sitting in my bedroom with my decontamination kit, air rifle and Geiger counter next to my slinky and Star Wars figures. I was marking out on a map of the area, potential military targets and the different damage radius from these targets of different yield nuclear weapons. And yes, people thought I was a bit of a nut.

That was over 20 years ago, and much to my family’s bemusement, I never ‘grew out of it’. In fact, having a family of my own to protect now, makes it seem more important.

I’m here partly because I am feeling a lack of likeminded associates. When the world as we know it does decide it’s time for a change (as new Labour did), it would be nice to have some friends who could help, rather than just panicking and queuing at my bunker because I’m the only one for miles who thought to store any water.

That was just to make a point… I don’t really have a bunker. .. yet.

Um… I only meant to write a brief introduction… I seem to have rambled somewhat. I’ll stop now.

Tonka