Underestimate at your own risk.

[Gizmo]

(10 September 2013, 13:08)Skean Dhude Wrote: Gizmo,

I'm not sure I agree with you. Maybe those that trive in the drug business but business owners tend to rely on their power and money to bully their way though. When they vanish all in one go they may have little to use as leverage. The older ones may have to remember their early roots but those guys are long gone. destroyed by legislation and family money.

However, I agree don't write them off. Many of those are prepping now. Farm houses, estates, yachts, bunkers. Many will do OK.

SD

I was more thinking of the character traits that got them to the top rather than what they did when they got to the top. I know some get there by the old boys network and others by kissing arse but quite a few get there by being the type of person who wont let things get in the way of what they want to achieve. At the moment they target money, prestige, nice cars etc, after an event they will have different targets.

(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...

You may well be right, I personally dont think you are but thats neither here nor there. As I said in my reply to SD above I tend to believe that the character traits that got some of these people to the top will help a certain percentage of them be successful in whatever they do, whether that is survival or tiddly winks. Likewise I also think that some people, no matter how well prepped they are, will find it very difficult.