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The term “Woobie” was in common use for the whole Baby Boom generation long before the movie “Mr Mom” came out. We started using the term in the military to refer to the poncho liner at least as far back as the Vietnam War

Remember: accidents are the leading cause of people. So if you drink, Please! Please! Don’t park.

I took thos picture 4 days ago in Pensacola. A blow down still here from Hurricane Sally last year https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10225706621919029&set=a.10218901970847005&type=3

Did you know that the moon is getting farther from the earth? The lunar orbit is getting wider at a rate of about 2 feet per year and it will eventually escape earth’s gravity.

Two scenes really. https://fb.watch/4op19POrhX/

I ran across a blow down in Pensacola this afternoon @British Red. It’s been there since Hurricane Sally last year. Think you could get some firewood from it? https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10225706621919029&set=a.10218901970847005&type=3

@C_Claycomn If house decide to see The Man From SnowyRiver I recommend you either read the poem first or listen to a reading.

Small ones such as hundreds of lightning bugs (aka fireflies) Larger ones such as a wall of dust approaching and overtaking the flight line during a dust storm in Nevada. Billowing clouds of smoke from last year’s forest fires here in Florida.

This photo begs the question: does it show how small the snake is, or how huge the knife is?

To be fair it was never designed for really cold weather. Nor to be wind proof in and of itself. It was designed to be snapped into the inside of the poncho and then the poncho folded crosswise to form a makeshift sleeping bag (the pin o would have supplied the wind proofing the way a modern...

@British Red, yeah when I said it’s difficult here that was also in reference to fewer dealers carrying it anymore. I suspect due to the cost I mentioned when compared to the modern substitutes. Black powder is classified as an explosive and as such it has to be shipped under more costly...

Alpha Industries was one of the primary contractors for the issue ones. They still offer them in various colors (including black)...

Mine isn’t especially large either. I only have 73 acres and only roughly half of that is in timber (also completely unmanaged) Me or my family has had it harvested three times in my 64 year lifetime: not counting the time I had a salvage done after Hurricane Katrina which blew down over $100k...

I’ve still never heard of anybody actually wearing one or making one. Nor have I ever heard of any of those websites other than Amazon. Well, that’s not quite true: I have heard of Black Rifle Coffee Company. They’re relatively new on the scene and seem to market gimmick stuff.

Almost every knife maker over here made these. I had one made by the toolmaker, Craftsman (I dearly wish I still had that knife). Most didn’t have the Scout logo as they had to pay the BSA for license to use it. Over the decades (from the 1930s onward) BSA licensed different companies to...

I’ve never seen it over here in the US nor even heard of it until this thread. That said, similar projects with the US woolen military blanket are very popular.

Not really but it does “reduce” the wind effects some. I’d compare it to the snap in liners for the old M65 Field Jacket, or to the zip in vest liners for the Barbour waxed jackets.