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Hypothetical: You are a cast away, alone on an Island.

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Seeds: Corn & Pumpkin
Tool: Quality hunting knife
Fire: Magnesium fire starter bar
Book: Thickest phone book (paper to start fire, if I can't find good tinder)
 

weed seeds (for rope!), and uhh, oranges?
1 Good knife. Ala Brock Sampson.
Magnifying glass
Sailing for Dummies
 
Originally posted by: DainBramaged
I'll go with:

Tomatoes & Potatos

Shovel with blade on the side for cutting

Lots of flint

Survival Guide

Does such a thing exist? You can't just make up tools. 😛
 
Originally posted by: SagaLore
Originally posted by: DainBramaged
I'll go with:

Tomatoes & Potatos

Shovel with blade on the side for cutting

Lots of flint

Survival Guide

Does such a thing exist? You can't just make up tools. 😛

There are. One edge is just serrated for cutting. There are also ones with changeable heads so you can turn them into an axe or something as well.

For example:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001JQ5YJ6
http://www.extremely-sharp.com...d-saw-6-in-1-tool.html
http://www.buffalogapoutfitter...01116&mpid=7349&dfid=1

I have them in my BOB's.

EDIT: How big are the seeds? I'd probably like beans for ease growing and the protein they'll provide. Then maybe onions or carrots. Heirloom, non-hybird of course. You want them to produce new seeds.

I'll probably choose a similar mult-shovel tool.
Fire starter: I was going to go with this:
http://www.ultimatesurvival.co...fm?product_line_ID=156

But thought I might as well go real flame.
http://www.lapolicegear.com/brfistli.html

Book? The SAS or army field survival manual will be fine.
 
Originally posted by: spaceman
btw where is this island +does dolly partdon and kneny chicken live on it?
no fish?
no CRUSTACEANS(like atyot is full of)?
cmon

the best part of this is the claim that ATOT is full of crustaceans.
 
-Watermelon and black-eyed peas
-Leatherman Wave
-Magnesium fire starter
-US Army Survival Manual

All of this is assuming that I would want to live alone for the rest of my life on a very small island.
 
Originally posted by: Chaotic42
-Watermelon and black-eyed peas
-Leatherman Wave
-Magnesium fire starter
-US Army Survival Manual

All of this is assuming that I would want to live alone for the rest of my life on a very small island.

Chaotic42, I choose you! This is the best non satellite phone based option.

Unless a car counts as a tool. 😀
 
Originally posted by: SagaLore
The island is very small. It has enough freshwater for drinking. There is almost nothing to eat - except for a few coconut trees.

Make some choices:

- You end up with 2 packs of seeds. With a chance to choose, what are these?

- You can choose 1 tool.

- You can choose 1 method of fire starting.

- You can choose 1 book/publication to bring with you.


Ready... go!

Hell..i first read that as you have 2 packs of weed haha
 
Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: Chaotic42
-Watermelon and black-eyed peas
-Leatherman Wave
-Magnesium fire starter
-US Army Survival Manual

All of this is assuming that I would want to live alone for the rest of my life on a very small island.

Chaotic42, I choose you! This is the best non satellite phone based option.

Unless a car counts as a tool. 😀

Aww! :heart:
 
Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: Chaotic42
-Watermelon and black-eyed peas
-Leatherman Wave
-Magnesium fire starter
-US Army Survival Manual

All of this is assuming that I would want to live alone for the rest of my life on a very small island.

Chaotic42, I choose you! This is the best non satellite phone based option.

Unless a car counts as a tool. 😀

Screw a car, I need a fishing boat. That way when I go fishing I can wave at all you other people on your own islands with your weed and tomatos.
 
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