Recent content by Laurentius

I guess that started happening sometime in the 80's when computers started becoming commonplace in schools. And then of course there was Dunblane :(

Somebody went even further, eye bleach recommended. The tactical loincloth: https://www.police1.com/patrol-issues/videos/la-police-gear-tactical-loincloth-wzxNXWQDrsmid50g/

How about a tactical flute for the wandering minstrel. It was actually a thing called the Shakuhachi which is a flute made of very thick bamboo with the root attached, a bit like a Japanese Shillelagh I suppose but a musical one. Apparently it was carried by monks when weapons were forbidden.

An appeal to how the world used to be is probably a logical fallacy but I can recall the times when to get from A to B I would regularly walk in the evening across two school grounds separated by a railway I also should not have been crossing, nobody died from doing that, or at least I didn't...

I have a jigged bone rough rider "toothpick" I may not be able to shave hairs with it, but it is a handy little knife nonetheless for cutting string and opening packages.

Not any more, the Supreme Court ruled against the landowner. I would say that is a victory.

Do they have snow on their boots?

It is getting worse I am afraid, some of us are now becoming over sensitised to AI images that we reject real pictures when we see them. I was recently caught out on Facebook calling out a picture for being AI because it just did not look right to me, turns out it was genuine :(

You can make something like that for yourself, and if you do at least you can guarantee that it will fit your car.

I am of the opinion that the tool you use does not matter, be it coat hangers, or a hazel twig, the power comes not from the tool but from within you. I believe it is an animal sense to detect water.

I know a few trees like that, trees that have grown horizontally and then back upwards.

Would be great for watering my allotment, but I believe they are rather expensive compared to an electric pump and rechargeable power station.

Did a college course around 1980, stock control and double entry book keeping, this would have been on the very cusp of change I think, we learned how to use various accounting machines and commercial filing systems, but star of the show was a commodore pet. Shortly after that typewriters...

What's next for dinner, Yataghans? I doubt it no gangsta would have a clue what that is. I am not going to miss not being able to own a ninja sword made out of Chinesium

Don't whatever you do get the Miltec version, not all GAKs are alike.