Survival "Rule of 3's"greenspun.com : LUSENET : TimeBomb 2000 (Y2000) : One Thread |
Having taken a couple of survival courses years ago, the following _examples_ may be of interest to some when considering priorities. In order of relative importance, life support requirements may be identified by noting you have:3 seconds to avoid panic 3 minutes to live without air 3 hours without shelter 3 days without water 3 weeks without food
and, I like to add :-)
3 months without your dog 3 years without a woman
Art will now withdraw to avoid the wrath of the females.
-- A. Hambley (a.hambley@usa.net), March 15, 1999
Art,You forgot 3 decades without a man. ;-) LOL
-- Deborah (info@wars.com), March 15, 1999.
and no time at all without hope...
-- a (a@a.a), March 15, 1999.
factor in predators (2, 4 or 6 legged) and all bets are off.
-- Debbie (dbspence@usa.net), March 16, 1999.
Factor in automatic weapons and they return ;)
-- Leo (lchampion@ozemail.com.au), March 16, 1999.