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For me, given the UK is predominantly chilly and I suffer from buyers guilt, I didn't want to purchase something that cost more than a bunch of squids for the handful of occasions I used it. So we (wife-o and I) both got some cheapo supermarket ones - lidl possibly? Often used in conjunction...

@TeeDee Thank you. Its one of those sorts of topics that really gets my goat. I totally understand this desire to be safe from raging lunatics, but legally owned gun crime is so isolated and numerically low in this country, the desire for tighter more restrictive laws just seems silly. I'm not...

Of course they wouldn't, typically because many don't have a simple understanding of the laws that are already in place. The most recent incident involving a lunatic targeting random people in the southwest should have been avoided had the laws already in place been utilised. It was an evidence...

@Paul_B Porthemmet Works both ways, visitors need to treat people how they'd equally like to be treated...something which is often ignored by a perhaps vocal minority of visitors to the southwest.

Always handy to have a knee jerk reaction when some silly prat does something atrocious with a shotgun.... forgetting that had things been dealt with correctly at the time, under the current laws, he shouldn't have even had one!

With my work I've had a lot of interactions with holiday makers, there are a few types: 1. The ones that have everything planned to a T and are super efficient, need no help/guidance or otherwise. Require organisation to function and because they are skilled at it, things run smoothly. 2. The...

:( Well thats very sad news. I didn't have as much experience interacting with him compared to you guys, but I still enjoyed reading his contributions. Thoughts with his family and friends and well done to all those who supported him in his recent years, despite the small interactions I could...

I'd say if I had a receipt then I'd have a real leg to stand on, but at the moment it appears I'm somewhat at their mercy...

Update, the day before yesterday I received an email from them apologising for the delay in replying - first contact I made was on the 15th of March!!! So the blade is covered, unfortunately due to shipping costs they won't replace it themselves, but have suggested getting in contact with a...

It'd be interesting to know how the experts who preach PSK's go about them. Is it something they stick in their pocket whilst they're hopping into the car for the weekly supermarket shop...or taking the missus into town for a meal or for shopping?* Or do they reserve these things for when...

Guitar arrived, no regrets! ....well, I regret that the delivery mob were a bit heavy handed as they snapped a toggle switch I guess somehow, fortunately the seller can claim something and he paid something to get it fixed! :woot:

@forrestdweller Case specific though no? When I was in Vietnam and Cambodia, 2 of the friendliest places I've ever been, I still kept my wits about me, kept my head on a swivel and made sure I had something legal but uncomfortable for whoever would have the misfortune to be on the receiving...

Well, all in my humble opinion anyway: Boom. All problems solved with either a bit of dosh or a phone call. That is all that is needed to "survive" in modern life in a standard environment*. You cannot expect the unexpected to the point whereby you walk your high ground midlands route to work...

6 pages I still don't think we've come to an agreement about what constitutes a PSK and whether it is indeed, just a useless tin of trinkets...?

@MikeLA At the risk of stating the obvious, whilst we are all seemingly far too reliant on modern tech, I can't help but imagine how many folks lost back in the day armed with a knife and a mirror to signal would have loved the opportunity to just phone someone for help...

@Paul_B I would say however that the bear pinching your gear, is to me the best example I've heard of why having a small set of items on your person (call it a PSK or an EDC or just "s*** in your pockets") is a good idea... Sure, come across a big bear and you're likely done for, but lets say...

@TLM Thank you. It's nice to know a scenario.

@Paul_B I sort of feel that you have a reliance on the human algorithms as an impassible barrier for AI... I think people need to consider AI as a living creature... take a doggo, we get dogs from pups, we train them and mold them to the companion we hope them to be, but they are still their...

This thread is making me dizzy now... I see people really pushing the PSKs and people like myself finding them a little redundant... "lost in the hills in extreme weather"... so you're telling me that you went for a bimble up a mountain with nothing other than your tobacco tin? "Button compass...

@Minotaur We have biodegrable doggo bags, we don't go for anything scented generally because they're also a handy container for a handful of food for the day, or if we need a bowl (we'd normally have one on long walks) you can hold the handles and fill a bag up with water and our little hound...