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Honkaloo |
"Grandpa, what was the apocalypse like?"
Dec 16 2009, 10:28 PM EST
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Our past generations have some amazing stories to tell us. Asking them to tell a bit about their lives can be the best 8 hours of your life. Well let's say the world FINALLY got back on it's feet. Human life goes on. Eventually your kids or grandkids are gonna ask you what the end of the world was like. What are you going to tell them? Will you be willing to tell them anything? Make up some cool stories and share them with us! Do you find this valuable? |
AlexHigginbotham |
1. RE: "Grandpa, what was the apocalypse like?"
Dec 16 2009, 10:47 PM EST
My great grandfather didn't like talking about Iwo Jima, my grandpa didn't like talking about Guadal Canal, my uncle didn't like talking about Vietnam, and I don't like talking about Ramadi. People that haven't experienced these types of things don't and can't fully understand how things were, which is why it is very rude to ask veterans certain questions. I'm sure Zday survivors will feel the same way, and will most likely either not talk about it or be vague.
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Freelancer47 |
2. RE: "Grandpa, what was the apocalypse like?"
Dec 16 2009, 10:57 PM EST
Wow, Honkaloo... you need a lady!J/K. *Scene; Freelancer47 is sitting at the dining room table & snacking on fresh bread & Lupkie ( A new version of Spam, cheese is added for calcium, heavy on Salt.) Paraordinance P14 still strapped to his leg after decades of use. The 'O-Bokken', Black Plastic Sword looking thing, is sitting not a full arms reach away from him. FL47 (age 75) is dressed in what he might have wore back during Z-Hour- Black T-shirt, Blue Jeans, Boots, and Sunglasses sitting on top of his still bald head. The Grand Kids Enter The Room, all 4 of them.* GK's: "Grandpa, what was the apocalypse like?" FL47/Mick: "Kids, there I was. Watching 'House' On something called 'Hulu.com' Ever hear of that? No? It's the precursory to what you kids watch these days on the *exaggerated hand movements* Teee Veeee! I got a call from your Grandma, who I wasn't seeing at the time... you know, we were just friends.... and she said "Mick, did you know you and your friends were right about zombies? They're eating my Neighbors! I though she was joking. I was a Mod on ZSDW for a while before all this happened...." This is page worthy material Honkaloo! I'd advise that if ANYONE want's to post a response, they should write a page up & post it's link for the reply. Be advised: we're doing some renovations... this may take a while... Do you find this valuable? |
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Freelancer47 |
3. RE: "Grandpa, what was the apocalypse like?"
Dec 16 2009, 11:01 PM EST
"and I don't like talking about Ramadi. People that haven't experienced these types of things don't and can't fully understand how things were, which is why it is very rude to ask veterans certain questions."Alex H: Question #1 (Mod Hat Off for this Question)- do you think it's rude? Or ignorant? Or Uninformed? Question #2 (Mod Hat is on for the reply to this question) I'm pretty sure he isn't trying to be an A%$ hole about the thread topic, he's trying to be creative. I would encourage you to play along. Your responses to the 'Hilariouse Weapons' thread was great... I'd suggest some creativity here as well. Why Not? -FL47/Mick Do you find this valuable? |
kinelta |
4. RE: "Grandpa, what was the apocalypse like?"
Dec 16 2009, 11:10 PM EST
Grandma will be sitting back on her rocking chair with those freshly baked cherry pies (BOL is a fruit farm after all), and cup of hot chickory root coffee (because we might not have real coffee yet)...Grandchildren--oodles of them-- will be sitting around the rocker in rapt attention, listening to the story of how Grandma fought off a zombie horde trying to drive 1500 miles to her BOL, with three children, and one gun and one machete. Grandpa had her back. Grandma was a tough cookie back then. And when she and Grandpa finally got to their BOL there was still a lot of work to be done. But they worked hard and put together this little community with the other survivors. It was a long, hard slog, and that's why Grandma has to get around with her cane and her back is out of whack. And all these white hairs you see here on her head, well every one of those hairs was caused by a zombie: either a zombie chasing her, or a zombie chasing her kids, or a zombie surprising her down by the stream when she went to get a bucket of water and she foolishly left behind her weapon because she thought they had been eradicated from the area. Listen well, children, the moral of this story is that you should always be prepared for the worse, but pray to God for the best. Do you find this valuable? |
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AlexHigginbotham |
5. RE: "Grandpa, what was the apocalypse like?"
Dec 16 2009, 11:10 PM EST
Not trying to be an ******* in anyway, and yea, IDE call it ignorance more than anything. Me laying on my couch watching the history channel about the zday raids and interviewing a WWZ veteran about his experiences. Grandkids: hey papa, what was Zday like? Me: yep Grandkids: yep what papa? Me: yep Grandkids: your silly papa, please tell us! Me: *pulls out my Sig 229 .357 Sig and a dollar bill* Heres a dollar, go play outside Grandkids: *shrugs and walks away* 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
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Honkaloo |
6. RE: "Grandpa, what was the apocalypse like?"
Dec 16 2009, 11:18 PM EST
I definitely didn't mean to be in any way offensive about the subject.So if I did, I sincerely apologize. (P.S. nobody in my family enjoys talking about the rough parts of the wars they were in either, nor do I ask them, much less want to hear them. They were horrible times.) I'll edit the post a bit to make it less brutal. I did get a bit ahead of myself before posting it and should have looked it over more. Once again I apologize. Do you find this valuable? |
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Honkaloo |
7. RE: "Grandpa, what was the apocalypse like?"
Dec 16 2009, 11:22 PM EST
"Wow, Honkaloo... you need a lady!Haha. My grandparents live in the country. Meaning no cell phone. Which in turn meaning no contact with lady if I had one XD The only thing to really do is to talk to them and hear stories. :D Do you find this valuable? |
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AlexHigginbotham |
8. RE: "Grandpa, what was the apocalypse like?"
Dec 16 2009, 11:35 PM EST
U weren't offensive at all, I'm just saying that i think zday vets will be sensative about a lot of questions
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Freelancer47 |
9. RE: "Grandpa, what was the apocalypse like?"
Dec 16 2009, 11:44 PM EST
"Not trying to be an ******* in anyway, and yea, IDE call it ignorance more than anything.1) I wasn't trying to impose an E-d2ck issue here. My apologies if you felt threatened or offended. 2) I like that. I had a Gramps back in Croatia that was like that. Though, it wasnt' a Sig229... it was an old Enfield .303. How an old Fed Rep Yugoslavia officer got a hold of such a weapon... I have only one idea! He was growing Plums... and Slibociva is Plum Brandy... That's my only theory! Do you find this valuable? |
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Freelancer47 |
10. RE: "Grandpa, what was the apocalypse like?"
Dec 16 2009, 11:50 PM EST
"Grandma will be sitting back on her rocking chair with those freshly baked cherry pies (BOL is a fruit farm after all), and cup of hot chickory root coffee (because we might not have real coffee yet)...I can only see you now with a Machette in one hand & the Koran in the other! There's this old saying: "Hell Hath No Fury Like A Woman Scorned" I like to say "Hell Hath No Fury Like A Protective Mother!" I will come across all kinds on Z-day and after... a Mother protecting her offspring? THAT is something I'm not prepared for.... Do you find this valuable? |
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Honkaloo |
11. RE: "Grandpa, what was the apocalypse like?"
Dec 18 2009, 2:44 PM EST
"Amen. Do you find this valuable? |
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Ninjakatana98 |
12. RE: "Grandpa, what was the apocalypse like?"
Jul 19 2010, 6:41 PM EDT
Well Grandkids, I was just about your age when I started planning. There was this "Interweb" sort of thing, and I went onto this ZSDW place. Unlike nowadays, we communicated through type, which is words Spelt out. We couldn't just talk to the computer and set up a chat with 143 people simultaneously. I came on with the idea that A big store, which was where WE went to get the food, instead of the food being grown while being transported to us. It was called Wal Mart. I soon learned that it was a bad idea. When the apocalypse hit, years later, I was prepared. The Idea I had was killing 100's of people every few minutes. I gathered my team, and boarded up for about 3 months. Afterwards we started looting things from neighboring houses. We cleared out houses quickly and effectively. We lost 3 people. They were great people who sacrificed themselves. The zeds were slow. that was, until they smelled blood. Upon this they were like Jesse Owens. The good thing about this was that they somehow died easier. We lasted a long time. I was bitten in the hand when I ran out of ammo in my rifle. I shoved them back and they bit my finger. I quickly ran inside while my team covered me. I cut it off without thought. The zeds blood dripped out of my finger. I escaped infection by a millisecond. Then we met a group of survivors. They had an abundance of food. We stuck it out. The Zeds died off due to this special team that went out to kill them off. Then we repopulated the Earth. The only reason I am alive after 150 years is that Incredibly, incredibly, incredibly small doses of zed blood stops ageing temporarily. Then a friend attempted it. he died from infection. And that's while your grandpa is alive.
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PointMan |
13. RE: "Grandpa, what was the apocalypse like?"
Jul 29 2010, 9:39 AM EDT
There's a great book called Earth Abides by George Stewart that goes into detail about a community and how they lived after the world stopped living. Really interesting how they explain the world that the second gen kids live in.For me it would be how I talk about Iraq. I'm really vague and I switch the subject quickly. People don't need to know what I did to survive and Z-day will be a lot worse, hell the first Z-year is going to be hell. Do you find this valuable? |
JellyChilliMustard |
14. RE: "Grandpa, what was the apocalypse like?"
Jul 29 2010, 11:35 AM EDT
My response? Shut up and eat your greens or the big bad zombie'll get you.
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Comrade_47 |
15. RE: "Grandpa, what was the apocalypse like?"
Aug 16 2010, 3:33 AM EDT
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"How many people did ya shoot?" "Did anybody you know die?" "Did ya ever machine-gun a whole buncha people?" It's insensitive questions like that which make it so f*cking hard for the rest of us to ask real questions. My old shop teacher comes to mind, coming back from, and going back to next year, Afghanistan. I was merely curious and wanted to ask what rank the ol' hard-ass was. Wouldn't have been surprised to find out he was some sort of officer. Not that I can't blame him, but he changed the subject as soon as dumbass CoD fans started asking him how many people he's killed.Wait, 'make up cool stories and share...'? Boy, that was off-topic. *AHEM*. Imagine this with the enthusiasm of an aging racist Vietnam or Korean war veteran, complete with goofy hang gestures and pipe/cigar smoking: "Well, kids, a lot of people didn't make it past the first week. Everyone panicked when they realized they weren't prepared. But I was, saved your great-grandparents, an' my brother, an' yer grand-mother. Had everything we needed in only two sports bags. We stayed hidden in our house for a whole week, couldn't let Zack find us or they'd kill us! So after that, we made our way to the school, this huge building we could hide up on and be safe. We stayed there for, Jesus, what was it? Oh, yes. We stayed there for two g*ddamned years. Two years hiding from Zack, the lousy bastards. We grew our own food, like you do now. It was hard, we all had friends we had to leave behind. But we survived, and we pushed on. We spit in the face of God and survived the very worst He could throw at us! We overcame and adapted to every challenge, every loss those f*cking stenches made! We survived the Great Plague with little more than a two-hundred year old rifle and our bare f*cking hands!" [At this point, the children are politely led away from me by my children.] Do you find this valuable? |
