Can we have a " i know i'm an idiot but... " thread?

[Cairodel]

OK, why is it that a dog will snap at you if you blow in its face.......
But the first thing it does in the car is stick his/her head out the window....????

 

[JonnyP]

OK, why is it that a dog will snap at you if you blow in its face.......
But the first thing it does in the car is stick his/her head out the window....????

Ha ha......Very true.......
(sorry, I don't know why)......

 

[oops56]

Two soldiers back to back facings each other drew their swords and shot each other [ how can that the be??? idiot]

 

[xylaria]

im stupid but, how do you become a full member on this website? And whats the difference?

There is a blue suscribe button at the bottom of the screen.

I know I am idiot but how do you make fire from a smouldering ember? :notworthy

 

[bilko]

There is a blue suscribe button at the bottom of the screen.

I know I am idiot but how do you make fire from a smouldering ember? :notworthy

I'm sure i will be corrected but the secret to making A fire is in the prperation. There are several stages to making a fire to use for cooking or warmth.
If you can produce a glowing ember though you are half way there.
What you will need to do next is produse a flame.
There are 3 parts to a fire, a triangle of fire if you will...Heat, fuel and Oxygen. You just need a little more of each and you will produce a flame.

Ideally something dry and combustable like dry rubbed up grasses will do it. Rub up the straw coloured grass to make it more fiberous, you will need a good handful of this. Place the ember in the middle of the grass and fold it over so you have a kind of ember tacko. Blow the ember into a flame.
Next you will need more fuel to feed the fire so you want to have a bunch of dry matchstick size twigs prepared. The bundle of twigs want to be at least as thick as your arm and about a foot long. Grasp the bundle and crack it in half. Then place each half loosely although still in a bundle over your flame. You will then have the heat nesacery to progress to larger finger thick fuel.
Right i'm no good at explaining as i know i missed loads out, can someone else do it?

 

[WhichDoctor]

There is a blue suscribe button at the bottom of the screen.

Now I know I am an idiot, I've never noticed that .

I like the "Hey, Who knows what will happen!" category, very optimistic .

 

[John Fenna]

Hoiw come, when we are young we know everything, are confident of our superiority and want to educate the world but as we get older we are only confident in the knowledge that we do not have time to learn everything and seek the education we wish we had found in our youth!
If youth only knew: if age only could!

 

[John Dixon]

OK, why is it that a dog will snap at you if you blow in its face.......
But the first thing it does in the car is stick his/her head out the window....????

i think its something to do with when dogs play fight or fight they huff and puff ( just like the story) and its a signal of challenge... watch two dogs sniff and then huff and they they usauly start play fighting. As for the car thats sensory injection at 60 miles an hour.. wow totaly mind blowing dude.....

 

[John Dixon]

I know im stupid but:

how come people say its TOO cold to snow but its snows in
Alaska and its 30 below dont figure???????????????

 

[Mikey P]

Please! can this thread not dissent into veggie vs carnivore ranting!

Yes. In fact, if anyone wants to add more divisive comments to the 'thread of ignorance that never dies' go to : "http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showthread.php?t=14591&highlight=vegetarian" and fill your boots.

 

[spamel]

Leave the veggies alone!!!

Besides, my food poos and wees on their food!

 

[nobby]

The problem with a thread like this is that idiots ask questions and are incapable of accepting rational answers. Hence they are idiots.

It should be closed because i) the carnivores are using it to needlessly criticise the veggies and ii) it is too general.

To reply to the first question: if you like the reasons for a heavy cast frypan, all of which are valid, try carrying it.

 

[Wibbl]

OK, why is it that a dog will snap at you if you blow in its face.......

Wierd, any dog I blow in the face just rolls around on the floor rubbing its face and sneezing.

I heard they stick the face out the the window for all the smells.

 

[John Fenna]

I know i'm an idjit but on this thread how come the only one to critisize the veggies, as oposed to saying that they are not veggies, is a veggie?
Altho not a veggie myself I do not belive that ANYONE has a right to crit someone elses ethics - even if you think they are wrong! Tho I could, of course be wrong.....

OK next question - why do the sparks from striking flint and steel fly UP onto the char cloth when the motion of the action is downward?

Keep this thread alive for the sake of people who want answers to ...life the universe and everything!

To answer the question "What is the meaning of 'Llif' "- it is not a misprint, it is 'Flood' in Welsh!

 

[Wayland]

The sparks are superheated chips of steel being shaved off by the flint "blade".

If the steel is moving downward the blade cuts upward and that is the direction the chips will fly.

If the flint is struck downward onto the steel the chips are directed downwards. This is the method I use most regularly with the tinder underneath the steel.

Hope that helps.


I have no problem with vegetarians by the way.

In fact I'm on a very strict vegetarian diet...........I only eat vegetarians.

 

[John Fenna]

Roadkill only? - or is that a silly question?
Thanks for the flint explaination - makes sence now...and I will try the inverted method
Cheers

 

[WhichDoctor]

Ok heres one, I know Im an idiot but how do you make feather sticks without cutting all the shavings off. Every time I try to make one I get a few good bits and then cut them all of by accident .

 

[John Fenna]

Yeah - good question!
I often have this problem too - do not say get a sharp knife, mine is so sharp it can cut the wind into two breezes!
Angle? grain? dexterity? practice?
Someone answer us please!

 

[buckley]

Jason showed me this at the bushmoot!

You should use a straight arm using the weight of the body to apply the cutting force, slightly flexing at the elbow. Use the curved part of the blade at the end to curve the feathers outwards.

e.g The stick is being pressed into the ground, whilst leaning against the outside of your leg, so that you are cutting away from yourself.

There is a section of this in the Mors bushcraft text that explains it better. I spent a couple of days practicing on and off, and got it in the end.

The difficult part I find is getting more than one complete curl, as with everything it is practice. This explanation probably only makes sense in my mind, but hopefully you get the just.

 

[Goose]

I find it a lot easier with properly dried wood, missing the point a little I know, I make almost perfect feathers with the kindling wood picked up at garages etc. but really struggle with wood picked up in the woods!
I don't look at it as cheating just a way of perfecting a technique!