Search results

On your Own in the Wilderness by Townsend Whelen

Interesting discussion. Step back a bit. What do tools ‘do’? Separate things. By cutting, prying or pulling. Modify things. By cutting, filing, poking a hole. Fasten/unfasten things. By means of screws, nuts/bolts, and nails. I have a garage full of tools that excel in every one of...

Until you weigh every single item, you’ll never get your weight down.

I didn’t really review the above for accuracy. And it can certainly be tweaked. AI Products are all about how good your prompts and questions are.

Grok FTW Took less than a minute. Basic First Aid Quiz 25 Multiple-Choice Questions (Difficulty increases gradually: Questions 1–8 are foundational, 9–16 build on common procedures and decisions, 17–25 involve scenario-based judgment and advanced first-aid concepts.) Question 1 What is...

I am 99% sure I do.

For our camper, I just picked up a vintage ‘Ovenette’. Made from the 50-60’s. Designed to sit on a gas range. Haven’t had a chance to play with it yet. They’re around on eBay for $80-100 USD.

The blocks are certainly easier but in my very limited experience, it takes two blocks to boil a canteen cup of water. And they are stupid expensive in the US.

I picked up a BCB esbit style stove last week. And found some of the BCB Fire Dragon fuel blocks locally at a decent price. They’re usually ridiculously expensive in the states, so I got lucky. But I was kind of curious about the fire dragon gel. I was doing some googling. I found out how to...

The American College of Surgeons has a ‘stop the bleed course’ that’s aimed at non medical people. i’m an instructor. It basically revolves around three main things, direct pressure, packing an open wound with hemostatic gauze, and tourniquet use. I’m confident the Royal College of Surgeons has...

Rite in the Rain pad Fisher Space Pen These were my army standards when in the field and never any issues. As an aside, another great pen was my Skilcraft B3 Aviator. Red ink, black ink, and pencil. Just turn the barrel to choose.

It’s not Christmas until I see Hans Gruber fall from Nakatomi Plaza.

We have an organization in the US called ‘Healing Waters’ that gets troubled military veterans outside and fly fishing with other vets. Do yall have anything similar?

Tractor rim makes for a nice fire pit for a group.

Royal Navy? I do contract work in JAX on a regular basis. Nice big town to visit , but I prefer Pensacola by far as a place to live. Did you make it the aviation museum while in Pensacola? I spent a few weeks in Morocco with a couple of your army medics and doc a few years ago, right before I...

Thanks all. I am thankful to be in the US (north Florida which is more Deep South than what overseas visitors think of Florida. It’s not all Mickey Mouse and Miami Beach! We are blessed with an abundance of public land to play on. That said, I do appreciate your attitude and approach to bush...

Retired army surgeon, working as private doctor now. I’ve been blessed to be able to hunt, hike, and fish all around the world. I’ve always appreciated the UK approach to hiking and bushcrafting.