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If an individual has made threats against their neighbours or issued threats on Social media, it does seem reasonable to seize that persons knives if they are likely to use them. I think the provision against damage to property comes in when you are threatening acts of deliberate vandalism, or...

I guess I am too old for this I always confuse these acronyms, what is an LBQT+ sandwich?

Cheese and Pickle it will always be Cheese and Pickle and chunky original Branston at that.

I dunno, I read Horace Kephart's book some fifty years past having borrowed it from Birmingham public library, I do have paperback copy these days I got from some discount stall, probably in Birmingham too.

I have got a couple, they work for me, however I wouldn't rely on that for being my only source of ignition in an emergency, too battery dependent.

I have laid down the trunk of a willow tree and it has sent up vertical shoots.

Modern thermal underwear be damned, wasn't that why long johns and union suits were invented in the first place, hardly a new idea is it?

I have a sort of belt kit, a sturdy leather belt to which I can attach suspenders if I need to, and from which I can hang small items such as a monocular, compass, FAK or whatever I feel I need to have for easy access, and a large pouch to contain (or hide away) such essentials as modern life...

I bought one ages ago on a whim, can't remember what make, as it seemed like a good idea at the time, but to be honest I have never found any practical use for it yet that couldn't be achieved by a folding saw or an axe.

It is all window dressing.

Am I allowed to excuse myself on the grounds of age and infirmity, you know it does not last forever. I think you need to be able to use your brain to accomplish what you cannot achieve by brawn alone, which of course is what tools are for. However when you get to a certain age, even the brain...

I can do without the calculus thank you very much, but an understanding of statistics is certainly useful. Many people on seeing statistics quoted fail to evaluate actual risk.

I will try and add something different to this thread as a lot of points have been covered. One essential skill is humility, that is knowing when you are out of your depth, metaphorically as well as literally speaking, and not to think oneself superior to experts and people who have experience...

I have thought that a very good use of AI would be training it to recognise AI, it should be very good at that, but honestly the quality of AI is actually going downhill as it has run out of models to train itself on, so is now pursuing a race to the bottom training itself on it's own AI...

Been there done that, writing advertising copy.

I am retired but I have been many things before that. I suppose I could technically describe myself as a forester which I do on my linked in account, but that really depends on how you define a forest however I do forestry like things for love not for money. In my day I have been carer, advice...

I am going all medieval in my dotage, I recently fashioned myself a big leather belt pouch out of some leather I had lying around. Big enough to handle all my modern junk whilst pretending to adhere to the simple life :) How Leif Ericson ever got to Greenland without his smartphone and satnav is...

My mum was a cook, when she did her City and Guilds she was required to have a set of Sabatier knives and to be able to keep them sharp (to the point where you chuck it in the bin when there is too little blade left to sharpen) Unfortunately after she died her knives were stolen in a burglary.

Now you are talking I have been through a whole gamut of these things before the smartphone. I had a palm which was crap, a Psion series 5 which was pretty good and I would still use but for the fact that it has a busted screen, an HP Ipaq with minimal battery life, and a Tosh Libretto. Back in...

The one on the left I think, gawd only knows what it is useful for.