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On your Own in the Wilderness by Townsend Whelen

Interesting discussion. Step back a bit. What do tools ‘do’? Separate things. By cutting, prying or pulling. Modify things. By cutting, filing, poking a hole. Fasten/unfasten things. By means of screws, nuts/bolts, and nails. I have a garage full of tools that excel in every one of...

Until you weigh every single item, you’ll never get your weight down.

I didn’t really review the above for accuracy. And it can certainly be tweaked. AI Products are all about how good your prompts and questions are.

Grok FTW Took less than a minute. Basic First Aid Quiz 25 Multiple-Choice Questions (Difficulty increases gradually: Questions 1–8 are foundational, 9–16 build on common procedures and decisions, 17–25 involve scenario-based judgment and advanced first-aid concepts.) Question 1 What is...

I am 99% sure I do.

For our camper, I just picked up a vintage ‘Ovenette’. Made from the 50-60’s. Designed to sit on a gas range. Haven’t had a chance to play with it yet. They’re around on eBay for $80-100 USD.

The blocks are certainly easier but in my very limited experience, it takes two blocks to boil a canteen cup of water. And they are stupid expensive in the US.

I picked up a BCB esbit style stove last week. And found some of the BCB Fire Dragon fuel blocks locally at a decent price. They’re usually ridiculously expensive in the states, so I got lucky. But I was kind of curious about the fire dragon gel. I was doing some googling. I found out how to...

The American College of Surgeons has a ‘stop the bleed course’ that’s aimed at non medical people. i’m an instructor. It basically revolves around three main things, direct pressure, packing an open wound with hemostatic gauze, and tourniquet use. I’m confident the Royal College of Surgeons has...

Rite in the Rain pad Fisher Space Pen These were my army standards when in the field and never any issues. As an aside, another great pen was my Skilcraft B3 Aviator. Red ink, black ink, and pencil. Just turn the barrel to choose.

It’s not Christmas until I see Hans Gruber fall from Nakatomi Plaza.

We have an organization in the US called ‘Healing Waters’ that gets troubled military veterans outside and fly fishing with other vets. Do yall have anything similar?

Tractor rim makes for a nice fire pit for a group.