What have you learned recently?
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Its not pleasant to swallow a fly when on the ride on mower...
Try swallowing a spider to catch it
(I don;t know why he swallowed a fly)
I learned how resilient nature can be.
The sunflower outside this building that was beheaded by a rabbit has now put out a new head from the leaf stem. Suffice to say that it is now behind a wire mesh fence, alarmed and rigged with claymores.
The sunflower outside this building that was beheaded by a rabbit has now put out a new head from the leaf stem. Suffice to say that it is now behind a wire mesh fence, alarmed and rigged with claymores.
When going for a mooch about in a new area. It doesn't matter how humid it is. Don't wear neon orange Bermuda shorts, especially when you have no deet left.
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Whittler Kev
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Dead grass makes lousy charred material but cattails (bulrush heads?) charred are better than Cotton to take a spark
Oh and solar sparks work brill with black or orange material and are virtually useless to light or burn anything white (yep I have seen some sun today (1/2 hour this evening))
Oh and solar sparks work brill with black or orange material and are virtually useless to light or burn anything white (yep I have seen some sun today (1/2 hour this evening))
Needing to find some very specific information this evening I did search for relevant forums ~ and found a good one quite quickly
To get at the information I had to register.
To prevent auto-bot (??) spam, registering required answering a random question.
The correct answer isn't accepted :bluThinki
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None of the potential (and incorrect) answers are accepted either :Thinkingo.
So, new tack required ...
I clicked on the 'Contact Us' button to ask for advice / help :thinkerg: .
One of the options is to report registration issues
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Again, to stop auto-bot (??) spam, a random question needs answering ...
and it's the same, apparently random, question which prevented me registering
So tonight I have reasserted, to myself, that sometimes knowing the correct answer isn't as important as being able to supply the accepted answer :tapedshut .
To get at the information I had to register.
To prevent auto-bot (??) spam, registering required answering a random question.
The correct answer isn't accepted :bluThinki
.None of the potential (and incorrect) answers are accepted either :Thinkingo.
So, new tack required ...
I clicked on the 'Contact Us' button to ask for advice / help :thinkerg: .
One of the options is to report registration issues
.Again, to stop auto-bot (??) spam, a random question needs answering ...
and it's the same, apparently random, question which prevented me registering
So tonight I have reasserted, to myself, that sometimes knowing the correct answer isn't as important as being able to supply the accepted answer :tapedshut .
When demonstrating how to split a small log with my wetterlings hatchet today I learned not to hold onto the log with my hand. Green wood splits more readilythan I am used to.
I knew all this already, but I taught the kids watching rather effectively why not. Also that there is no such thing as a dangerous woodworking tool, just an idiot holding it by the handle.
I learned that thumbs bleed profusely when you nearly amputate the tip with a sharp axe.
I really should know better.
I knew all this already, but I taught the kids watching rather effectively why not. Also that there is no such thing as a dangerous woodworking tool, just an idiot holding it by the handle.
I learned that thumbs bleed profusely when you nearly amputate the tip with a sharp axe.
I really should know better.
When demonstrating how to split a small log with my wetterlings hatchet today I learned not to hold onto the log with my hand. Green wood splits more readilythan I am used to.
I knew all this already, but I taught the kids watching rather effectively why not. Also that there is no such thing as a dangerous woodworking tool, just an idiot holding it by the handle.
I learned that thumbs bleed profusely when you nearly amputate the tip with a sharp axe.
I really should know better.
Thumbs and axes seem to be drawn to each other don't they.
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I learned over the weekend that a new C206 camping gaz cylinder discharges at a hell of a rate and gets very cold if you forget to screw the burner in properly!
I've been learning about carving spoons and tooled finishes. My latest spoon is nothing special, but I've learned a heck of a lot just by doing it.
This week: I learned how to recognise jack by the hedge. I learnt to recognise a great black-backed gull. I learnt that jackdaws are monagamous and they share more food than chimpanzees. I learned school is unfair supression because I have no right to vote against it. I learnt non of this at school.
I learn that wood carving friends are upset when they find you chainsawing up birch and lime trees
1 month ago the only quick release knot I knew was how to tie shoe strings. Know I have learned the Siberian hitch, the evenk knot, truckers hitch, marlin spike hitch and a few others I do not remember the name of.
I can never remember a knot unless I am actually going to use it. And these are all knots usefull when hamocking, so finally they appear to stick in my bumbling brain.
I can never remember a knot unless I am actually going to use it. And these are all knots usefull when hamocking, so finally they appear to stick in my bumbling brain.
I learned that when you don't have a belt sander to flatten a surface, and you have to use a file, it's far easier to flatten a smaller surface. So shape first than flatten.
I learned today, some people have the most expensive kit , and haven't got a clue how to use it .
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