Search results

Proof of how good the site is, the tediousness of my suggestion for an improvement. Unlike some websites, the page headings are correct. I like to bookmark good threads and good posts. This produces a bookmark with the title of the thread. This is good - there are websites who title their...

I've been looking all over the web but can't find out the Snugpak Special Forces Bivvi size. They say is its larger than the normal bivi - but they don't say how much larger it is. It's the width which is important. The normal 80cm width is too narrow for me and hopeless if you want to...

olicranz - what is an oilcranz? An olicranz is an olicranz.

I stayed up late last night reading. I thought I'd just have a glance at what was going on here - if anything. I was quite shocked - each and every folder had a spam thread in it. Today? All gone! If you didn't know - you wouldn't have noticed. Thanks Mods:)

I've just bought two water bladders. A Laken which leaks between the tube and bladder because someone at the factory seems to have made a nick in the "O" ring (dissatisfied employee?) and I have an "Active Leisure" bladder which has a drinking valve which can't shut off the water (nor was it...

I've just stumbled on to this - a gas lighter which is wind proof and is so strong you can use it for welding equipment. I confess to being a smoker (roll-ups/pipe), I have, apart from bics, zippos etc - just in case you are wondering what I was doing googling for lighters. Indeed it would be...

I've just got myself a Swedish Army Trangia and have just tried it out. Nothing special really - an alcohol burner with stand and oval cooking pots. The only problem I had with it was putting it out - the simmer cap from my other civvy trangia didn't work so I ended up smothering it with a...

Beginners such as myself would like to know from those who are competent at identifying plants, which book they take out and use. Not the ones they leave at home or any others. But the one they really use. Please give the FULL TITLE etc. because it's amazing how many books, even from the same...

I suppose this should be in the resources folder - Mods please move this if you think it would be better there. http://www.fine-tools.com/buch.htm

I'm posting this because it seems to have scientific backing. Honey can be used in wounds to heal them. The honey doesn't have to be special or sterilised at all. It is being used to treat bad infected wounds where anti-biotics etc. aren't working. Anyway judge for yourselves. At the very...

I realise I need a camera to make a meaningful contribution to this forum. I also need one for helping me learn plants. I use Linux (Slackware), so I wondered if any of you Linux users could recommend me one to buy and what software it uses for transferring the pictures onto the PC (I have...

Today is the Spring Equinox The autumn one will be on the 22nd September Midsummer solstice will be on the 21st June and the most famous - the winter solstice wil be on the 21st December. I find all these events important and I wonder why they are suppressed in public life. The BBC...

http://www.ukskydiver.co.uk This is a very raw source. I found it when I was searching to find the best way to sew up an old army down sleeping bag. The site has a whole library of downloadable maintenance manuals for parachutes - and when it comes to sewing parachutes one has to be...

I have new rucksack and need 25mm straps and buckles so i can compress it better and attach things to it. I need side-squeeze buckles, "keepers" etc but also those buckles one needs for the Alice type attachment -which I believe is what my rucksack uses - they clip onto sewn-in straps around the...

I've just received from the Field Studies Council a nice packet full of publications which I ordered from their publications pages. I ordered a whole load of them because, living abroad, that made sense because of the postage. But by doing so, I realised that they are all the same size, which...

I've got some blankets which I slitted in the centre to make into ponchos some years ago. I am wondering if I can make them into blanket shirts, trousers etc. Does anyone have any suggestions - and patterns as well? Ta Michael