Denver survival group meeting 3/14 9am

[jerrymrc]

I was hoping to make it up but I have been reminded that I have to do the parents taxes tomorrow.... I would rather but when ya got parents ya got responsibilities.

[Wulf202]

Only M2MG and KellyTTE and his wife made it so it was cut short.

At this point I'm doubting there's enough real interest to continue.

[Hoopty]

I was hoping to make it but didn't want to foot the food bill.

[Blowby]

If it was a little further north I would have made it.

[Irving]

I saw this thread and even though I wasn't in town, I didn't think I would go.

I don't know anything about survival and have been camping once in my life (and was drunk most the time). Reading the thread, I felt like I would have been very out of place. I realized it was supposed to be a learning experience, but I still felt awkward about going. I think intimidated might be too strong of a word. Basically I felt a little like I would be wasting people's time by showing up. When I see thread discussions about survival, I feel like people really enjoy swapping secrets with other knowledgeable and there isn't much room for first day type questions.

I don't know if this helps you or not, but I thought I'd give you some honest feed back on why I was hesitant to come, and to post in other survival threads.

[jerrymrc]

I saw this thread and even though I wasn't in town, I didn't think I would go.

I don't know anything about survival and have been camping once in my life (and was drunk most the time). Reading the thread, I felt like I would have been very out of place. I realized it was supposed to be a learning experience, but I still felt awkward about going. I think intimidated might be too strong of a word. Basically I felt a little like I would be wasting people's time by showing up. When I see thread discussions about survival, I feel like people really enjoy swapping secrets with other knowledgeable and there isn't much room for first day type questions.

I don't know if this helps you or not, but I thought I'd give you some honest feed back on why I was hesitant to come, and to post in other survival threads.

You should not feel that way. Everyone started someplace. Somethings are what one may call basic and then there are the advanced ideas.

For some many of the ideas presented here are nothing more than how it was done 30/50/100 years ago.

Some here grew up in the city and some grew up on the farm and some in between. If you want to learn the best way is by doing. If you can't do it all the time ya train a little here and a little there. I also want to interject a little about how I look at it.

I do not dwell on what "may" happen. I pray for the best and prepare for the worst as best I can. If all I was doing was getting ready for TEOTWAWKI then I am my own enemy. I am not giving up my life for nothing.

So I urge ya to come out and make some friends. If you learn a little along the way then we have done our job. I do look forward to seeing you someday.

Just some thoughts.

[Wulf202]

+1 to what jerrymrc said. I never wanted to make this a good ol boys club.

I encourage everyone to come out, new and experienced.

This isn't the end of a denver survival group. I just don't know what direction it's going to take.

[mangyhyena]

I saw this thread and even though I wasn't in town, I didn't think I would go.

I don't know anything about survival and have been camping once in my life (and was drunk most the time). Reading the thread, I felt like I would have been very out of place. I realized it was supposed to be a learning experience, but I still felt awkward about going. I think intimidated might be too strong of a word. Basically I felt a little like I would be wasting people's time by showing up. When I see thread discussions about survival, I feel like people really enjoy swapping secrets with other knowledgeable and there isn't much room for first day type questions.

I don't know if this helps you or not, but I thought I'd give you some honest feed back on why I was hesitant to come, and to post in other survival threads.

I'd like to comment on this, if you all don't mind.
I'm no expert, but I'm not new to this, either. Whenever I come across someone who wants to learn something I know I always try to help. Most people into this feel the same, in my experience. Likewise, if someone knows something I don't then I'm all for learning from them. I can't remember ever coming across people that are into preparedness who put others down because they don't know as much. That would be asinine.
It's not a competition to see who knows more. Preparedness is such a varied subject that not many will know it all, anyway. It's about learning from others, and then sharing what you learn.
And remember, for every person who prepares there is one less zombie running about looking to eat your brains after tshtf. That alone is worth sharing what you know with others.