Instructional bushcraft film on ITV4 now
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Is this attack JD weekend or what. I know your address and I do have a puff adder and some jiffy bags y'know!!!
I remember in our regiment everyone buying chuffing great big hollow handled knives in the mid 80's. If the Russians had attacked they would never had got through Germany for all the fish hooks suspended from trees and the flood from the fluid filled compasses that kept leaking. I reckon they would have been quite surprised at the number of mud covered spearmen they encountered as well.
under siege is probably the only film with seagal in that i didnt dislike almost instantly, i think thats got more to do with that lovely cake than seagal though, plus gary busey is always hilarious
i'd love to see gordon ramsey try and sort out that kitchen tho, that would make very entertaining tv, especialy with those hibben throwers and interesting microwave receipes
i'd love to see gordon ramsey try and sort out that kitchen tho, that would make very entertaining tv, especialy with those hibben throwers and interesting microwave receipes
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First Blood was a great film, strange thing is people often say 'Don't want to look like Rambo' but John J never wore camo...never said 'Don't push me either'
I think your right.
Rambo, did any of you notice they (police) were carrying Pattern 38 British Army water bottles?
There was an explanation as to why on a recent thread, although I cannot remember what it was.
As entertaining as my teenage self found 'First Blood' I was probably introduced to 'survival' through reading the 'Survivalist' books by Jerry Ahern which I think predate the 'First Blood' movie.
As with most (but not all) film adaptations, the book is superior to the film, John Rambo is a much meaner character and those deputies do not get off so lightly.
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Love the way he ties his knife to a branch to make a spear - my old survival instructor used to go mad if you suggested that.
Hunt goes wrong, pig fecks off into the distance with your survival tool sticking out of it. Best to make a sharp point in the spear itself. It still amazes me when I see reputable knives being sold with attachment points to highlight this 'feature'.
Actually, my old instructor was a double hard sort with some interesting tattooes if you follow my meaning, so no way I was questioning him. He'd have ripped John J Spambo's head off.
Hunt goes wrong, pig fecks off into the distance with your survival tool sticking out of it. Best to make a sharp point in the spear itself. It still amazes me when I see reputable knives being sold with attachment points to highlight this 'feature'.
Actually, my old instructor was a double hard sort with some interesting tattooes if you follow my meaning, so no way I was questioning him. He'd have ripped John J Spambo's head off.
There was an explanation as to why on a recent thread, although I cannot remember what it was.
As entertaining as my teenage self found 'First Blood' I was probably introduced to 'survival' through reading the 'Survivalist' books by Jerry Ahern which I think predate the 'First Blood' movie.
As with most (but not all) film adaptations, the book is superior to the film, John Rambo is a much meaner character and those deputies do not get off so lightly.
General opinion was that as it was filmed in Canada the props people picked up local army surplus bottles, hence the 38's as used by the Canadian army too.
There was a small cinema in brum years ago that used to show 'last years' films as a double bill, I went in and for the first time saw John J and Apocalypse Now and thats what I call a value for money viewing experience.
