The Zombie Apocalypse

[Seabiscuit36]

I'm going to buy a shotgun this weekend, only problem is I need to hide it from the wife. Models suggestions and home concealment techniques are welcome.

I've gone the hiding route before, and the truth.  dio is right, Just get it out of the way and tell her.  If i might make a suggestion, www.centerfiresystems.com Saiga 12ga, with a slight bit of work you can have a full auto 12ga for 550bucks.  I wouldnt go putting the autosear on until after the world starts to end, and the ATF encourages it

That said, my wife doesnt know about the Mosin Nagant i have, i've avoided that conversation by planning to tell her its my dads if she notices it.  As for hiding it BM, if you have kids, i would definitely get a safe.  It'll make that conversation easier

[Father Demon]

World War Z is the most enjoyable book I've read, maybe ever. And I'm a huge nerd who reads way too much. In fact, as soon as I finish reading my current selection I'll be re-rereading it.

Also, good call on the protective gear, BM. Ha, 'BM'. That's like poop.

I'm reading Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life by Neil Strauss at the moment. Not only might it actually be useful to save my ass one day if some "BM" hits the fan, it's pretty farging funny too.

I'm already there. I'll be finishing it tonight (took some time off reading while I wasn't traveling)

You all should read this book.  Survivalism, and a very easy read.  And the dude is pretty funny.

That hammer someone posted earlier is awesome, and I'm getting one.  And weapons. 

Thanks for the welcome, rjs. No homo.  Looking forward to bashing rotten skulls.

[Father Demon]

Bummer.

After supposedly winning a number of design awards (andreceiving some great press from gadget blog Gizmodo), Vaughan's uber-modern S2 hammer has become an internet darling; we see the same picture of it — the one above, which we stole from Gizmodo along with everyone else — everywhere, along with a the designer's claims that it'll "drive a nail to the hilt with just two strokes."

But does this hammer actually exist?  Despite all the talk, we can't find mention of it on either Vaughn's pro or amateur sites.  And even though some blogs have suggested that it's "flying off shelves," we can't find one for sale anywhere.

[Father Demon]

And some of these.  We need some of these.

The history of the Trail-Breaker two-wheel-drive motorcycle can be traced back to around 1958 when Charles Fehn of Thousand Oaks, California began work on his invention, a "Motorcycle for slow cross-country travel over obstructions and in mountainous regions, and over snow and soft ground". Long-winded, yes, but it was the birth of the Trail-Breaker. Charlie Fehn applied for his first patent for this beast on April 13, 1959. His second application, abandoned like the first, came on August 31, 1962. It wasn't until his third patent attempt, now titled "Motorcycle having two driven wheels", filed August 20, 1963, that Charlie would finally get his patent. By the date of the third filing, the bike was in full-fledged production and it would be August 23, 1966 before the patent would be granted. By that time the bike would be in production by an entirely different company in Vermont, but that's getting ahead of ourselves. Mythical stories have been told of a Vermont gas station attendant who solved the steering problem inherent in a two-wheel-drive motorcycle by developing a driveline over-ride mechanism. In fact, there was no such incident and complete credit goes to Charlie Fehn who developed the over-ride clutch and incorporated it into the original patent. The early mechanism used a complex ball-bearing-on-ramp system, which was simplified in 1962 to a one-way spring-on-collar device, which is basically the same over-ride spring assembly still in production today. This one-way clutch allows the front wheel to travel faster than the back wheel, but not vice-versa. This is what allows you to turn corners without having bike and body driven to the ground, the result of having both wheels turning the same speed when the front wheel needs to travel farther in a corner. Another of the original ideas patented by Mr. Fehn was the hollow aluminum wheel, each of which holds 4.5 gallons of liquid ballast or fuel. Conversely, with the wheels empty, the bike can be pitched into a body of water and will float just fine. Two ingenious ideas, one great motorcycle, the Trail-Breaker.

[rjs246]

I'm not sure how helpful that would be against the staggering hordes, but it's pretty farging dope none the less.

[mussa]

meh go to Lowes you find something similar. I had to laugh the other day cause I saw a top 5 items for zombie outbreak and the one item was a shark suit. ha, while a great idea, i just don't see it being very light weight and easy to move around in. last weekend i was sawing up a tree at my dads land and noticed this killer piece of wood that was a perfect braining club. really solid wood and at the end there were spikes that were just as hard. could easily smash a skull. then one of my icehole friends threw it in the fire late night. that person will not make it during the outbreak.

and farg a motorcycle. if your gonna go with a small off road vehicle its, def a 4 wheeler

this thing is about the most badass 4 x 4 you can get. can go up and through anything, plus has good speed. can am renegade 800



BUT if I could get my hands on KTM 525 I could do circles around zombies

[Sgt PSN]

yeah, a quad is def the way to go vs a motorcycle.   

[Father Demon]

For maneuverability, I can only picture Mad Max clubbing heads from a motorcycle.

[PhillyPhanInDC]

yeah, a quad is def the way to go vs a motorcycle.  

Huh? Has anyone here ever hit a deer in there car at a decent speed? Imagine smacking into a zombie at the about the same weight on a quad or bike, while completely exposed. If flying off and into the road doesn't kill you, you'll get the pleasure of being horribly maimed and defenseless while you get eaten alive.

http://www.youtube.com/v/Sh6XeO3KugE&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0


I also just remembered about a nice attachment for your tank or suitable APC




BEHOLD! THE MINE FLAIL!

[Father Demon]

I've changed my mind.

We need several of those!  ^^^

[mussa]

The flail rules. That is a must.

The quad motorcycle thing would be a bit ridiculous. Quad would be more stable, but both you are very exposed. Couldn't be used in areas of highly concentrated zombies.

[Sgt PSN]

i was thinking something more along the lines of this:

[Zanshin]

So, they're working on a mass vaccine for the swine flu. You figure that's how this whole zombie thing starts?

[hbionic]

The swine flu was just a biological attack that was meant to hit our president.

The vaccine, like Z said, will be the creator of the zombie threat. I'm buying extra underwear as we speak. Anyone want to go halfies?

[Seabiscuit36]

Just the beginning
http://www.tmz.com/2009/04/29/tupac-is-alive/