Riding my tractor into the hereafter

2underage · Feb 24, 2017

The last few days I have been confined to house duties because of my slight health issue and because of that I get to do some TV watching. Today I saw an episode of the Doctors and one of their topics was about a former missile base in Kansas that has been converted into some bomb proof condos. It seems that they have everything necessary to survive a great catastrophe in the event one occurs that destroys the rest of the world. The Doctors seemed to be of the same opinion as I, in that I would not want to among the few who survived.

Can you imagine if you woke up one day and found that the world and nearly everyone else was gone. All of your children, all of your relatives, friends and everyone else are gone forever and yet you still survive. I believe that I would be so sad that I would just die anyway. Have any of you given thought on something like that happening now with all of the crazies in power in many countries?

If I knew the end was coming I would like to think that it catches me out on the farm, riding one of my tractors as I face oblivion.

Greg1959 · Feb 24, 2017

2underage- If you do survive the 'Big One', just make sure you have a back-up pair of eyeglasses!

SweetFeet · Feb 24, 2017

Teen daughter and I watched just a blip of that program.

We came to the same consensus... even if our entire family were to survive a major catastrophe (nukes, plague, etc.), if only a few people remaining on earth... we'd rather be dead. Heaven's a better place!

If it comes to that type of end... hope you get your wish.

Happy farming to you, 2underage.

Dachshund · Feb 24, 2017

EXACTLY what I was thinking! Burgess Meredith in "Time Enough at Last" a Twilight Zone masterpiece!

notjustair · Feb 24, 2017

Could be like my sister-in-law's grandfather. He got struck by lightening on his Farmall M. That's how I want to go. Actually, it threw him off the tractor and took his sense of smell but he was fine otherwise.

4wdtom · Feb 24, 2017

While more than just a few folks survived, this reminds me of the book Lucifer's Hammer, about a comet striking earth and the destruction it caused and the rebuilding after. It is a good read and makes you think.

just another old geezer · Feb 24, 2017

As long as I could find clean water, diesel and canned goods, I'd be fine. It would be great to see some of the country without the crowds. Just have to carry enough supplies with you to survive a mechanical issue.

centash · Feb 24, 2017

You would be fine until some other survivor(s) with fewer goods and a stronger survival instinct catches up to you......Ben

just another old geezer · Feb 24, 2017

My firearm collection would defiantly go with me.

ss55 · Feb 24, 2017

You might enjoy reading some of the Civil Defence brochures from the early 1960's that gave instructions on what farmers should do in case of a nuclear attack and how to deal with nuclear fallout. They were not well thought out, but they seemed to try to gave people some hope.

jeffcat · Feb 24, 2017

There are several other movies that i like. David Niven in "Stairway to Heaven" 1946. Really gives you a new prospective. Then 1959 was " On the Beach" and don't forget" Fail Safe" . Lastly I really like a movie made in New Zealand. The Quiet Earth". That movie really asks if you want to stick around.

gtractorfan · Feb 24, 2017

Years ago an elderly lady, an avid gardener who headed up the local farmer's market, said if she was found face down in her garden she'd have a big smile on her face- you reminded me of that.

jeffcat · Feb 24, 2017

Bet you those were a real pipe dream to read. Just check out some of the stuff in Fukushima Daiichi Japan. On my cable system there is the Japanese channel NHK. They had a several part special on the area and people after that mess. What farmers went through you would just cry. They were pulled out so fast they were a manditory round up. They had to leave their milkers locked in their stantions . The teams went back like a year latter and it wasn't pretty. Of the reactors that blew they are so hot that both specialy constructed robots have fried from exposure.

JMOR · Feb 24, 2017

(quoted from post at 15:15:31 02/24/17) 2underage- If you do survive the 'Big One', just make sure you have a back-up pair of eyeglasses!

ut it does go to show that EMP isn't the big worry that many think, after all the car horn did still honk! :lol:

centash · Feb 24, 2017

And, maybe, theirs'with them. While I agree, it would be neat to tour around all over the place, it could become a very dangerous place. I think I will just stand outside and enjoy the fireworks! Ben

Steamboat · Feb 24, 2017

It seems incredible to me that anyone thinks that small arms would afford you any protection against atomic radiation and environmental destruction. It ain't like you are going to shoot those little nucleotides!

tracto-man · Feb 24, 2017

I'd rather go with the blow, Heaven will be a far better place, then a who knows what earth...

I have wondered about those bunker houses though. Jut how far down do they go?

Chris(WA) · Feb 24, 2017

I know what you are saying. I used to live in Colorado Springs and be able to look out at Cheyenne Mountain. We used to sit out in the yard and speculate where the first missile would hit and how long it would take between the detonation and us not being aware any more. Weirdly, it kinda gave a sense of peacefulness to all the craziness that was going on in the world at the time. Shades of "Dr. Strange-love or how I stopped worrying and learned to love the bomb" always came to mind.

glennster · Feb 24, 2017

I remember doing duck and cover drills in grade school in case of atomic attack. You would duck down and hide under your desk to be safe from the bomb blast.

JMOR · Feb 24, 2017

(quoted from post at 20:20:18 02/24/17) It seems incredible to me that anyone thinks that small arms would afford you any protection against atomic radiation and environmental destruction. It ain't like you are going to shoot those little nucleotides!

here did you get that and from where??!!

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