Recent content by Gagnrad

Would this interest you, perhaps? http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22913356 Listen or don't listen, grasshopper. All the same. It's there if you wish to. I've done with this thread.

Well, he should have used dogs, dogs, and only dogs. Man-hauling in that environment was ridiculous; ponies were no use; and the tractor-devices were a washout. in technological terms -- and here I mean the technology of movement, clothing, and food -- generally going with what indigenous...

Quite an interesting interview on the "Dr. Lo" podcast on this topic: This is a podcast from a lady, Dr. Lauren Noel, who is a naturopathic doctor with an interest in the Paleo diet. She has a lot of very different and quite unusual guests. This one is talking about herbal antibiotics...

Dubbing something "fad" isn't an argument. It's a snide piece of evidence-free propagandising. And, no, our ancestors probably ate few seeds. furthermore, they could have only eaten fruit when it was in season, which was only for a few weeks of the year. They didn't have supermarkets that...

Oh, whoops! I wrote "millions" for "thousands" did I? ROTFL

That phrase -- "cutting out" -- assumes that the current diet is "normal" ... which it is not. It's a highly artificial construct, which could not have existed even 30 years ago, let alone before the advent of agriculture. IOW, not for almost all of the past 2.5 million years of our existence...

Spring is best, I think. The River Cottage people also have a recipe at the Grauniad. Should be easy enought o find online. That's similar but much more controlled and detailed process with plenty of sterilization. I guess that should give more reliable results -- although all the sulphites...

Here's one old lady who managed to survive the upheavals there -- reputedly to 121: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-14730434 BTW, there's a fascinating chapter on the Amazon in Dr. Kamler's book Surviving the Extremes: What Happens to the Human Body at the Limits of Human...

Yeah, it's big. IIRC, Volkswagen (sic) owns a tract about the size of Switzerland. Others have more. But, well, if you look at the time taken to bring the North American bison to virtual extinction ... The size of a resource makes little odds, if it's being over-exploited. Talking of North...

LOL. You just get used to the other these days. More power to their elbow for doing it that way. I'll definitely call them next time I want something, if they've got it, particularly as they've got so many personal recommendations in this thread.

Am i right in thinking the monks brought that into the country in the mediaeval period to use as a bittering agent for beer? If they did, unfortunately, it got loose in the wild ... it's the very devil to get out of a garden. Anyway, a friend of mine used to make nettle beer some years ago...

Looks like these people will ship worldwide: http://www.wellingtonsurplus.com.au/showProduct/MILITARIA/CANTEENS/CA9522/Tas+2+Litre+South+African+Military+Style+Plastic+Canteen+-+Model+009522 However, I should think the postage would be ridiculous. Shame no-one seems to sell them in the UK.

I can open the site. But it says "phone to buy" at the bottom of every page. Do they not have online purchases?

These seem to be SADF issue but actually made in Australia. Maybe this is the maker? http://www.warlordindustries.com.au/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=6&products_id=51 Even quite a solid-looking pouch in Auscam here: http://www.ace-tac.com/products_show.asp?id=169 This stuff seems...