Excellent - thanks - so giving one who does ride on footpaths a gentle shove then.........
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Bushcraft Etiquette
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Or extend ones walking stick to point things out to ones walking partner
"Look at the spokes on that wheel honey"
"Look at the spokes on that wheel honey"
:Wayland said:
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Have a good weekend - I'm off to find another fox brush!
Cheers
One thing that really gets me narked.
When there are groups camping and there is a water standpipe, why is there always some knuckle that insists on washing, cleaning their teeth, hair, plates etc right under the tap - leaving it running - spitting out toothpaste - leaving food detritus etc. They always manage to turn the immediate area into a morass so everybody gets covered in mud just filling thier water containers.
It really is inconsiderate - but always happens.
If you want to wash yourself or your kit then collect enough water and take it somewhere that others wont have to walk through after youve finished
Cheers
Nick
When there are groups camping and there is a water standpipe, why is there always some knuckle that insists on washing, cleaning their teeth, hair, plates etc right under the tap - leaving it running - spitting out toothpaste - leaving food detritus etc. They always manage to turn the immediate area into a morass so everybody gets covered in mud just filling thier water containers.
It really is inconsiderate - but always happens.
If you want to wash yourself or your kit then collect enough water and take it somewhere that others wont have to walk through after youve finished
Cheers
Nick
xylaria
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
nickg said:
That gets me narked too.
So narked that I offer to wash-up for other people. I normally bring a large bowl and I like to washing up in really hot water, so I am not going to waste perfectly good washing water just on my own family. So I offer do other peoples until the water is used up. It is not just the courtsey of giving what is spare rather than letting it go to waste, it is keeping the camp clean. It also means I can dispose of the brown water by poring into whole in the earth or a drain.
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One thing I have started to do at meets is set up three rubbish bags. One for glass, one for cans and one for general garbage.
We tend to get through a lot of bottles and cans in a weekend and it struck me that if we couldn't be bothered to recycle we can't say much about others wasting the worlds resources can we?
We tend to get through a lot of bottles and cans in a weekend and it struck me that if we couldn't be bothered to recycle we can't say much about others wasting the worlds resources can we?
I'm not trying to antagonise anyone here (so sorry wayland), but did you know it takes more energy to recycle aluminium than it does to make some from scratch?
However, it is still better to recycle it than let it sit in a land fill site for the next 23,000 years. Besides, in 23,000 years there won't be any Bauxite left, and then we'll HAVE to recycle it!
However, it is still better to recycle it than let it sit in a land fill site for the next 23,000 years. Besides, in 23,000 years there won't be any Bauxite left, and then we'll HAVE to recycle it!
Yes I had heard that but as you say better than putting it in a landfill.
Glass however is definately worth recycling and bushcrafters seem to use a lot of bottles for some reason...
Glass however is definately worth recycling and bushcrafters seem to use a lot of bottles for some reason...
Well recycle is good but not good for kids. you see when i was a kid all day Saturday get on my bicycle find bottles beside the road cash in at store get my junk food or go to the movies get this only cost 15 cents back then he he.try and find bottles along the roads now days not any.and i need some extra cash :twak:
Sadly mate no-one gives money back on bottles over here any more 
Re-use is the ultimate form of re-cycle! Given all wine bottles are the same size, why not make them to a standard pattern and re-fill as they used to with milk bottles?
Red
Re-use is the ultimate form of re-cycle! Given all wine bottles are the same size, why not make them to a standard pattern and re-fill as they used to with milk bottles?
Red
MagiKelly
Making memories since '67
British Red said:Sadly mate no-one gives money back on bottles over here any more
I am sure they do still do that, up here at least.
Jake,
Granted, but does it need to? Why not let the label do that? Just a thought - I use dark bottles for red and light for white - but that's it!
John - you can really get paid for taking bottles back? Fab!
Red
Granted, but does it need to? Why not let the label do that? Just a thought - I use dark bottles for red and light for white - but that's it!
John - you can really get paid for taking bottles back? Fab!
Red
That's a fair point! 
I suppose it's just a tradition which wine producers are reluctant to get rid of...
I used to get 13pence back for every Grolsch bottle I returned (the large one with the flip top lid thingy...) - I had to drink many to get a free bottle of beer - ah well!
I suppose it's just a tradition which wine producers are reluctant to get rid of...I used to get 13pence back for every Grolsch bottle I returned (the large one with the flip top lid thingy...) - I had to drink many to get a free bottle of beer - ah well!
I saw a programme which showed green bottles being loaded onto a ship set for South America. We apparently don't recycle the coloured glass and send it abroad!! What is the point in that?!!!
I know that a few districts in G' London don't actually recycle the stuff left out for recycling - it all ends up in a land fill in Indonesia. And I have no doubt that this happens in the majority of places.
They do it because it is actually cheaper to ship loads of glass bottles to south america and produce new bottles than it is to recycle them. Madness, I know!
Jake.
They do it because it is actually cheaper to ship loads of glass bottles to south america and produce new bottles than it is to recycle them. Madness, I know!
Jake.
Grolsh bottles are fantastic for home brewing! You can even buy replacement seals for them. Hold a pint (ish) and no messing about with a crowning gun - love em!
Red
Red
BOD
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
spamel said:
Don't know about South America but in Indonesia there will be 'scavengers' who pick up almost anything that can be used as it is dumped and they are quite good at recycling.
This may be provocative but I noticed some areas in Jakarta were much cleaner as the very poor were scavenging quite effectively.
Not advocating that poverty has its uses or that developed world waste should be exported rather that we should look at our waste with the critical eye that a 3rd world scavenger does and ask (or demand) how is can be reused (as someone said the ultimate recycling)
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