I like Hammocks.

bojit

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Another fan here from your first post ,i now like hammocks too!
My wife and me and the kids just started sailing this summer , it`s going great then all of a sudden it goes wrong big time but you still come out smiling in the end !
keep the post coming , it`s the first thing i look for on the site .

Craig................
 

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Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
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Thank you Puddock...

Own blog?... Hmmmm..... Does anyone actually ever read them?

Hi Sanji....

Thank you
 

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Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
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Hi Friend Robbi....

Thank you. Looks like I will be staying a while longer.

Wow! Thank you Highbinder for the info and link.

I havent the time to read it now, but will do later. Love the bit where they decided they would soon hear horror stories about drying cattails in the microwave.
 

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Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
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Thank you Charles Lockerbie....

Lol not sure about changing my name..

Had it for a very long time and it stops me getting taken too seriously.

Thank you Gsf Gaz
 

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Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
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Thank you Eel 28

I dont really watch any TV. Usually too busy breaking things

Thank you Friend Robbi

I hadnt noticed just how many hits this thread has had. I just sort of thought that 15 or 20 people sort of looked occasionally.
 

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Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
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Thank you Bojit - I love your name!

I might be able to help with some of the boat probs in the next few days....

Tell me if theres any specific areas you struggle with - not that Im any sort of expert - except fro having disasters.

Thank you Sanji

Hi Durulz Thank you I was worried I had upset you.
 

tim_n

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Makes me jealous that you get out so often to hammock... I on the otherhand have too much on with running scouts, moving house, collapsing after work...
 

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Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
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Hi Tim...

Hmmm...

Not sure I would be jealous.

I used to work 16 hour shifts, 7 days a week for 3 months, then take a few days off, then go again...

I love the wife very much, but she had some problems and had to leave.

I became a full time housewife.

Stopping work made me suicidal.

Still....

All the tablets help - as does playing with the boats, hammocks and stuff.
 

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Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
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The doctors decided I was suffering from skits, until they realised I had reason to be paranoid and think that people were out to get me.

Then they decided I suffer from Aspergers. Hmmm.... I think they are right.

I struggle working out when to shut up and whats apropriate. So, I am inclined to listen when it sounds I might have upset people.
 

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Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
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I was playing in the bath.....

I was trying to work out why a pencil will go further when you flick the end of it, as opposed to one of the long sides....

It made the start of my efforts to understand sailing....

Not sure if this will work, but here goes....

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Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
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I worked out that the pencil cut through the water if you pushed it pointy end first,

but tried to push the water in front of it, if you tried pushing it sideways.
 

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Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
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If that sounds wrong, put an inch of water in the sink and try it.

I needed to know this before I could go any further with becoming a boatist.
 

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Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
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I still think its wrong that the pencil will only go about 1/2" sideways.

However, Ive tried kicking the boat both ways and it really is the same.

The lump stuck out the bottom of the boat is only found on sail boats, and some canoes and is called the centre board - thats the one that goes up and down, or Keel if its on a yacht (I think they called it a keel because they couldnt spel centreboard.).
 

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Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Sep 18, 2010
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I was taught when I was a kid that if you are going to build something that will last, always build it assuming its going to be abused.

Like this little foot bridge.

I was always taught to build them strong enough that they could drive a tank over them.

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Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Sep 18, 2010
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I used to think that was excessive overbuilding.

Obviously, this one only needed to be strong enough to drive a JCB over, not a tank.

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