judging others by their hair, weight, clothing, manners,

[Sunshine]

In a PAW situation: If I don't know you, your a stranger that = dangers. I don't care about your clothing, hair or how many if any tats you have.

BTW I have some beautiful ink on my body!! No tramp stamp here, LOL!!!!

[rockriver]

thanks mikeg

your post sounds honest. i hope you develop some relationships where
you know folks that you wouldn't take from or hurt them to care for yours.

i met a guy i'm gonna call G and another named S
i've met them and been around them several times.
here's the benefits of "campfires" and campouts.
if the shtf and they showed up at my house, they are welcome.
i'm extremely confident they would pitch in and help. they would share what they brought.
i would share with them.
i don't think i'd give them the combination of my little safe, but i'd let them use anything in
there.
i can see them helping do what it takes to take care of my family and there's.
they could come and go. i do not have a concern for them hurting me or mine to feed their family.
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on the other hand, i have a relative, a neighbor, and a preacher buddy that i watch carefully when they are around. i can't say the above about these three.
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good luck.
rr

[Mikeg175]

I have a few friends that I trust with keys to my house , but no one has keys to my workroom and safes . My wife is bio'd into my little safe which has keys . I am gtg for a few years I believe , I'm sure Im lacking in some things , but I could survive ( minus any major setbacks ) . But if things arent back in order in a few years , I will have to join the thinned out herds and make do . I hope to have a lot more preps and be a lot more self sufficient when it happens , but I will make sure my family is provided for . Going savage would always be my last resort , but I know what I am capable of and if needed , I would think twice before I did anything , but would not think twice and regret it afterwards .

I hope all our preps are for naught , but I don't think so , I will consider anyone I don't know a danger and they will have to prove themselves before I let them learn what I have to offer into anything .

[mtambo]

Get a dog. My dog was trained by a man who trained hundreds of dogs, mostly German shepherds for police use. He told me that dogs can always access the character of someone. He said if a person comes to your door and the dog acts aggressively towards them you should never trust them and send them away. Dogs, I don't think , take into account a persons hair or size or dress.

[Sulfur]

Mikeg, hit the nail on the head. I know there are lots of people that say “I would go through this extreme situation, or do this to keep my family safe”, and I think there are a lot of people that will die off early in a long term shtf situation due to there inability to do so. I would be very cautious of any one living after say a few weeks to a month with out running water. In a true national/global shtf situation if the water supply were taken down I feel that we would have a national/global die off due to a water/food shortage after say one month. Any one living after that will fall into two groups; the self sufficient that want to keep them/or their loved ones hidden and safe from others but have run out of supplies and are looking for more, or those that are apart of a group that is out to scavenge resources any way they can. Ultimately both are a drain/danger to your resources/livelihood, either way they would probably stay the hell a way from you (unless absolutely desperate), or they know every thing about you (single/family/group, daily routine, weapons, can you farm/hunt, do you patrol you area, etc), in which case your in trouble if they mean to do bad things, as you may not even see it coming because its to late. Ultimately you got two choices, take the chance, or kill them all and let god sort them out. Only you will know what is right at the given time!

[monkeybird]

The other day I was in a waiting room. I noticed several people, both male and female, that honestly looked like they had crawled out of bed (this was after lunch). Hair unkept, unshaven, flip flops with dirty feet, you get the picture. My opinion is they cared nothing for their personal selves. That in itself, says a whole lot about someone character. I find it dangerous that people will not believe the things people say about themselves. They say it not only with tats but with body language. An unkept guy slouching in a chair with prison tats or gang tats SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT WHO THEY ARE!

Having said that, give me 2 months without a hairdresser, manicurist, water, power and guess what - I won't be the well groomed, well dressed, sweet woman you'd meet today. You will however, be able to judge my character by my attitude and behavior.

What you see today, and what you'll see after TEOTWAWKI are apple and oranges. The TEOTWAWKI will be a great social equalizer. The only thing that will matter is whether you have water, food and ammo.

[arcangel911]

MB- Preach on girl, preach on. Excellent points.

For me, I do not judge on appearance alone. I judge a person on manners- please and thank-you can say a lot about who you are dealing with. Eye contact is especially important to me as well. Although, I can say that I do no judge on skin color. We all bleed the same color and I have known good people who are and were different than me, some who I consider family.

For baggy pants- get a belt. ;) May want to have a few spares around too.

I know that I do not shave all the time, probably every other day. And working in a hospital and EMS, I can tell you we don't all look great after a very long day and or shift.

[madamkitty33]

my 2 cents

I am a very judgmental woman. But I can't help but remember my dad, a 20 yr vet of the Army.When he met my soon to be husband, he said he needed a haircut - and his hair was only touching his ears! Imagine his displeasure when he started actively growing it, but then his pleasure when he found out it was for locks of love. I personally like tats of certain things, just never had the guts to get one. Both my son in the AF and my daughter have tats. Him only one, her more than I like. All are covered by their clothes. I dispise baggy pants on ANY boy/man. I have been called "rude" for telling them in public to pull up their pants and grow up. So what? If you come on my property wearing baggy pants, with an attitude, asking questions that are none of your business, I don't care what color you are, your age or your religion, you'll be met with a loaded weapon and told to go back where you came from and this is now. Can you imagine what I'll do in a SHTF situation? Oh by the way, I'm 49 yrs old, a 4 time granny and have RA. nuff said.

[bountyhunter69]

i agree with you 110% sister