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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    likewise, good fire extender....
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    I did a load of tests last eyar on different fuels and found that the high alcahol ones were excellent cheap food has this brand 500ml for 50p, i bought a load when it was 20p https://cheapfood.co.uk/relisan-alcohol-hand-gel-500ml/ burns well..was going to get dragon fuel but seeing how this...
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    Which bushcraft/outdoor/survival/camping/hiking Youtube channels do you subscribe to?

    i tend to skip the cooking bits as well, both for Kent survival and corporals corner, the latter is ok for the shelter bits, but the food is just heart attack on a plate, and the bits where he gushes about his son is cringy and annoying.
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    Which bushcraft/outdoor/survival/camping/hiking Youtube channels do you subscribe to?

    Bjorn got way to political and odd, bit too Glastonbury for my liking....
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    Which bushcraft/outdoor/survival/camping/hiking Youtube channels do you subscribe to?

    Anotehr vote for MCQ he has anotehr channel now, Workshop and wilderness adventures https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2iiTRFnfZangiw_Y4dwUVQ Anotehr vote for TA Outdoors Wall2rock climber, controversial but some good content in the archives https://www.youtube.com/user/wall2rockclimber/videos...
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    Sweden - Anyone from the forum moved there.?

    sorry for delay, https://www.youtube.com/c/MCQBushcraft/videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2iiTRFnfZangiw_Y4dwUVQ
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    Sweden - Anyone from the forum moved there.?

    Mike from McQ bushcraft on sweden did a move, in his series on sweden loads of advise and feasibility, a must watch for research
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    Tiny Monocular / Telescope.

    ive looked at loads of cheap chinese oem monoculars, ie same product different manufacturers as come sout of same factory, the clear optics of my hawke blow them away. That said just got a canon sx740hs and the 40xzoom, with quite good 160x, works much better as a small monocular and awesome...
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    Universal Basic Income

    122mph in some places,
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    Universal Basic Income

    In somerset all the ground is saturated, a lot of the treeses I saw were on the edge of fields on the levels, alongside the drainage canals, but I did see one tree that had a diameter of about 5ft, bit of a monster that narrowly missed a gypsy camp. Willow trees especially blow over at the...
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    Universal Basic Income

    I agree its barmy, ive always had packed lunch since school. Its stupid to waste money at starbucks to get morning cofee on way to work, whats wrong with thermos from home, or wait till work. and going out at lunch to get expensive food, mad. im not saying I agree with it, im saying that people...
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    Universal Basic Income

    Well when I was out working today, saw 18 treess uprooted and blown over, over half my fence was nlown over and all over the road, about 40feet in length. £142 in posts and postcrete I didntw ant to spend. twice had to divert route because roads were impassable with trees. local church lost...
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    Universal Basic Income

    Lol, good luck
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    Universal Basic Income

    You should be outside battening down the hatches, youre in the zone for 80mph winds...
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    Universal Basic Income

    how is it powered, ive got wood so heating and cooking for large house is about £400 a year, cos some of the wood we womble. perhaps 5-600 at most
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    Universal Basic Income

    There various other schemes only seemed to look at employment, more importantly is things like family unity, not needing chilcare, mental and physical health benefits, drain on NHS.
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    Universal Basic Income

    1600 a month was far too much, thats more than I got when I was working 6 days a week, that was 10 years ago tho. a better option would be £1000 a month, but rather than handing it out to specific people, would work better if all income was taxed, rather than 20% of anything over 12k or...
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    LoraWan

    LoRa does seem intriguing long range/low data speed seems very usefull for SAR type, or if you dont want satellite messenger devices. ive always liekd the idea of device like gotenna that turn your phone in to a radio, using ssmartophone processing with just a bit of hardware there are walkie...
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    Raspberry Pi Enthusiasts?

    either using an android arduino serial terminal app, or 1sheeld sends serial data to arduino then it converts the string and triggers a relay to open and close a usb cable conencted to powerbank to turn on and off a small torch I have that just plugs in to the extension cable the arduino...
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    Power pack anker or alpkit?

    Id go Anker, friend of mine works with them in china...