You might be a survivalist if . . .

[JUSTIFIED]

Just saw this thread and still laughing! LOL

[Matt In Oklahoma]

You try and claim to your wife the lint in your bellybutton is an emergency firestarting kit

you inventory your neighbors edible weeds

you know when people on tv are lying about their preps

you know what a walker and a skitter are and where their weak spots are

you can recite the rules to zombieland but dont know what the name of your hometown "mainstream media" paper is

you go to reinventory you kids go bags and find extra stuff THEY put in it

you dont understand why you are the only one who gets texts from spaceweather.com at work

you try and put roundup on your grass and keep the dandelions

your gym bag has it's own firestarting kit, flashlight, water, food, knife .........

[hua man]

Additions-

Your shoelaces (mentioned above), pant's belt, watchband, and rifle sling are made from 550 paracord.

Your cravat head wrap is also used as a map, water filter, and first-aid item.

You've ever cleaned a firearm in the glow of a 100 hour candle.

You know feminine hygeine items can be used as first-aid on man or woman.

You've secretly have a well on your property so that 1) THEY cannot poison you with flouride and 2) THEY cannot force you out by cutting off your water.

You've made paper logs out of newspapers to stretch out your woodpile.

[Matt In Oklahoma]

That made me laugh out loud....

Me to till I realized that the other day i saw a bunch of boys wearing them at the school !

And made three videos about it

and made you watch! LOL

[WiseOwl]

and anklet....

That made me laugh out loud....

I just bought a pair of Red Wing Hikers (boots) ... Cost me plenty.
As soon as I got home, I replaced the factory laces with paracord ...
... Laced them "right-over-left", of course.

[qrprat77]

If your shoe laces are paracord.

And you wear a paracord bracelet...
and anklet....
and you've made your wife 'something nice' out of paracord

[WiseOwl]

If your shoe laces are paracord.

[Grand58742]

You've ever done laundry just for the lint!

and took the lint and added vasoline and stuffed it in a straw!!

And made three videos about it

If my daughter and ex ever saw this, I think they would split their gutz !
I mean ... they might NEVER stop laughing.

... Me? ... uh ... some of those were WAY too true to be funny.

Aladin makes the best lamps and, I forget the brand, but they make a clear lamp oil that does not stink nearly as much.

[Matt In Oklahoma]

and took the lint and added vasoline and stuffed it in a straw!!

YOU DONT KNOW ME! Oh wait you do:) LOL

[barfife]

You've ever done laundry just for the lint!

and took the lint and added vasoline and stuffed it in a straw!!

[Matt In Oklahoma]

You've ever done laundry just for the lint!

[Bearman202]

A couple more:

You consider a case of MRE's a perfectly acceptable Christmas gift.

You can't remember the last time you bought just ONE of anything.

You actually know the difference between Hard Red Winter Wheat and White wheat.

You have ever bought popcorn with no intention whatever of popping it.

You know what a P38 is and have one on every key chain.

You can recite from memory the calorie content of most canned veggies.

[becky3086]

Interesting. I was actually looking through the list to see other things that I might want to do or try.
I have several oil lamps. As for wal-mart having them, they did but not this year and no lamp oil either. I hope the dollar stores still carry it here. Heat from the lamps can be a drawback or a plus depending on the weather. The smell is another thing, even with lamp oil, if you aren't used to it(especially if you don't have the lamp oil and just have kerosene), it can give you a headache (it is possible that it is from sitting there staring at the flame so long, but I really think it is the smell). Be careful to have your wicks trimmed and not turned up too high.