Ever Thought About How Will You Survive?

Questions were asked at a forum called “My Survival Forum”. (Site shut down.)  Are you honing your survival skills? These were my answers.  Perhaps this will give you something to think about.

Cleaning utensils without water

• I was watching a documentary on our public TV station and did notice that the women were wiping the plates with dirt. They were in the desert. I was thinking I would use leaves from a tree. But of course, if I'm in the desert then … (O.o) (???) So? Do you not think using leaves from a tree is a good way to clean dirty plates?

Medicinal Plants: Herbalism

• My late mother believed in cerasee.  It grew in the backyard of my childhood home. It seemed she believed you could take it for everything. She always brewed it like a tea and drank it. She got better. My theory is that it tastes so awful, whatever it was inside of her that was causing the ailment, ran away! I was sure she made it up because she didn't like to go to the doctor's and take us to doctors. Only to grow up and find that people from the islands have always used cerasee. Healthy Herbs and Spices | Cerasee

Medicinal Plants: Tea tree oil

• No, I have never used tea tree oil because I just recently learned about it. A visit to a website maintained by a “Dr. Axe” provides details on what this natural remedy can do. Tea Tree Oil : Uses and Benefits | draxe.com

Soup, Stew, and Hash - 18th Century Soldier Cooking

• Two pots for cooking meals is OK. But I'm all for one-pot meals. I especially like soups and stews because they are hearty and filling. Also, throwing a soup party on a cold winter's night is fun!!

Stephen Hawking: Humans Only Have About 1,000 Years Left.

• Not a follower of Stephen Hawking. But I'll try to be objective about his predictions. Easy for him to say. He won't be here in a thousand years, so nobody will yell at him for being wrong! The chances for the world to end in a thousand years, a thousand centuries, a thousand millennia, or a thousand nanoseconds are all equally not predictable.

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UPDATE May 10, 2026:  This content was first published in 2017.  It is now 2026, and a world news report has made me think that these survival tips probably won't work. 🤔

What was the report?  The leader of North Korea decided that in the event he is assassinated, a nuclear strike is MANDATED.  Uuuhh ... when I came up with these survival tips, I wasn't thinking about an apocalypse. 😟