Underestimate at your own risk.

[BeardyMan]

(10 September 2013, 17:02)bigpaul Wrote:

(10 September 2013, 12:39)Gizmo Wrote: Another example would be the type of person who has been successful in business. In a lot of cases they got where they are by using their inteligence and by being ruthless enough to climb over other people to get to their position.

oh come on, I have worked in a business environment for most of my working life, most of these people got where they are by being ruthless, by who they know rather than what they know, that's fine-to succeed in business by force of personality, by being a right barsteward(I've known a few like that) but to survive a TEOTWAWKI event? no way, these people exist on eating out, Business meals, and microwave meals when they are at home and sunday lunch at the golf club, their drinks cabinet will be full, might even have a wine cellar but enough food put by to survive the holocaust?? no. no.no. they wont have enough of the right clothing and footwear(polished hand made broughes don't you know old boy?) to last the first cold winter, and when the power goes off? they'll freeze cos they've got no alternative heating....they wont have camping stoves or portable gas heaters or even any water containers...

This is true, but that fancy TV they have and all that fine booze will make for some decent barter material (even though it's useless) so don't count them out too soon...
Just cause they've done well for themselves doesn't mean they weren't toe-rags previously