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Read about horn spoons but never seen one - or maybe seen in a museum but not recognized it - as I understand they are formed by short soak in water and heating and pressing into shape. Do they retain their shape after eating hot soup? How long would one typically last? Here one sees a lot of...

That is something I have never studied but I know that the problem is retaining the porosity of Goretex, that means a special adhesive or just spots here and there.

In the same spirit: a university degree is somewhere between 5000-10000 terms, it shows a certain amount of learning ability - in the best case. :) I guess there is a little truth in all of those.

If I recall either Jordan or Syria had some units that wore kind of pink camo, not cat suits though, so there is still opportunity ... :)

I cut an area around the house to keep ticks away on the rest I just have cut paths.

Went through most of this thread again, what came to mind was "why not" and the only good answer to that seems to be "when not legal". When a blade is needed a sharp one is often the best answer. I carry one almost all the time though I must admit that LM might be used more often because of...

Apparently you have met a few specimens of a species that are never happy whatever ... :) People who oppose mods and are strict about camo generally have been in the supply side of an army.

The first fire pic catches the flames in a rare way. Nice pics all over.

Our lake shows some signs of shedding the ice cover but I can still see 4 km of unbroken cover in the other direction. Also some bird cherries seem to be alive 2 mm of green in the leaf buds showing. Very very few migrating birds have made the decision to cross the Baltic so far. Extremely...

Not a far fetched idea, we do know that 6000 years ago we had oak forests but that was some while ago and tree cover looks very different now. I guess I just have to make a trip to one of the forests and see what grows there, last time I was at one I did not really look down all that much.

At my latitude there are no oak woods, in the south western part of Finland there are a few oak forests but that's it. True that the oak seems to like it where it is but some undergrowth would be nice as it is close to the house, I doubt that raising the pH a bit would trouble the tree much as...

I have a mid size 70 years old oak that has grown in an open field (now next to my house) it seems to be killing almost everything underneath, even moss is not looking healthy. As far as I understand the cause is mostly tannins from various dropping parts, mostly leaves. Soils here tend to be...

Fully agree, though I can't count out the effect of low winter temps we have. Had some trouble with E10 (in canister for 2 years) but no with E5. I am not sure what causes it as alcohol itself should not be that reactive might be the amount of water that E10 tends to gather. I use one amine...

There are alternatives to pure petrol or electric power, rechargeable and non rechargeable hybrids. Been a fairly happy owner of the latter type for the last 8 years. On the road it cuts petrol consumption about 25% and in town about 50%, the slightly higher buying price was covered in little...

In most circumstances a car is much more lethal than a crossbow and in many cases to a lot more people at the same time. "But what about all the good it can do?" That comparison is extremely irrelevant if one looks at the potential lethality. Besides I think that if we take the total kill...

So you can't forbid cars, they are available for mayhem all the time. Now how does that make them less dangerous. A perfect weapon, gov can't restrict them! Besides the logic of forbidding something to make it less available is more than slightly wrong, it is less available to people who...

Well, yes and no, what needs to be done is relatively simple but it takes an awful amount of work and the cost is an imperium's ransom if it needs to be done on an existing environment.

Not strictly true, I have used a rifle twice to make holes into very thick wall. Actually worked well, except some noise maybe.

"No political party in power shall put out restricting legislation if it has not been made public before elections." :angelic2:

The smiley was there to show that this should not be taken too seriously, except I like the looks. Some of the more traditional folders I have are not all metal at the hinge but I guess I did not buy them for EDC use, some also might have issues with galvanic corrosion. Hackman butterfly...