do you think you know how to survive?

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why on earth would you want to make fire from ice? you can use a bow and drill...10 minutes max to make the stick and the bow...and start the fire...and it works at night as well...

if you wear glasses...use that...if you're a smoker...use your lighter...

first thing is that if you get to the point where you're lost or losing it...then you weren't equipped with the most important thing...knowledge...stay calm...go through what you're supposed to do first...fire or shelter...water...and all that $#!+...

if you can't even make a bow and drill then you shouldn't even be in that situation...you should be staying at home and reading a book on survival...or taking a course...ehhehe
 
Coyotlviejo,

What I've found to work is answer with the question, "I don't know, honey, what do YOU think?" If it is an opinion question, then, "I don't care, honey, do what you want." Seems to really take the wind out of the sails of my "chemical oscillator", if you know what I mean... ;)

As for this lens stuff, no comment.
 
Originally posted by vikingswordsman
i have been a woodsman all my life. im still learning but i know a lot more than most people. hence the name "griz" which stands for grizzly.
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Most of your life? You're 17, and you have the gall to insinuate you know more about survival than most of the people here?? Like mentioned earlier, you could learn from a lot of the guys here if you tried.

"Hence the name Griz" What is that supposed to tell us? Did you make that up, or did your parents have a real sense of humor? Do you even know how to shave yet?

If you plan on hanging out here for very long, you ought to humble yourself a bit and realize that you gotta lotta learnin' to do. Close you mouth long enough to let your ears hear to what you are being told. Just a thought.

Mike
 
Does going to a soup kitchen count for getting something to eat? Is that begging? If not, I guess I would either have to sell my body, be a drug pusher's courier, or be a squeegee meister. It's not begging if I am working. Was this a trick question? Do I win a prize? I can always resort to finding a wishing fountain and fish coins out or hunt around the subway or under the grates in the street an fish some coins out. Hey! This is a fun brain exercise. :P

Originally posted by MelancholyMutt
How do you get money to get something to eat, on a saturday early morning in NYC. You haven't a penny in your pocket No robbing people, no begging and no digging in garbage...
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I wouldn't say a thing. Don't want to waste any energy.

Originally posted by coyotlviejo
Viking-

My survival question: How do you answer a woman's question (any question) without being wrong?

Coyo
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I was actually just thinking that I would collect empty beverage cans for a nickel a piece since Friday night is when they put out cans for recycling, or if you were a female, stand around 30th street and Lexington Avenue and sell your body, but you guys have been very resourceful...

With a little practice, we can all be as cool as VikingSwordsMan...

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Schmoopie, yes, you win a sparklite aviation survival firestarter kit which you can't use in NYC cause you won't be able to find anything to burn....
 
Fah! Bush League, Mutt! If I am going to expend any effort while being strung out and with my teeth falling out from being emaciated from starvation... I am going to maximize it. Hubcaps! Collect them. Sell them. Make a wad o' cash! Top that one you hobo poseur! j/k :p

Originally posted by MelancholyMutt
I was actually just thinking that I would collect empty beverage cans for a nickel a piece since Friday night is when they put out cans for recycling, or if you were a female, stand around 30th street and Lexington Avenue and sell your body, but you guys have been very resourceful...

With a little practice, we can all be as cool as VikingSwordsMan...

Edited to add..
Schmoopie, yes, you win a sparklite aviation survival firestarter kit which you can't use in NYC cause you won't be able to find anything to burn....
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All righty then. I'm gonna log off, and go de-gas some water, make a block of clear ice, and try it. I made a telescope mirror once. I am skeptical that an accurate enough lens can be made without a form to freeze the ice in, in time to keep from freezing to death or otherwise expiring in a survival situation. It takes a pretty sharp focus to get enough heat to start a fire with. I'll try both one sided, and two sided lenses, and report back in a couple days.:)

ps: Ask her if she lost weight.
 
Theres a good idea ajrand, boil up some water to use as a lmagnifying ens to start another fire!
 
okay mutt, my guess would be that was your real name cause from the first that i came in here youve been calling me down! no i didnt say i knew more than most ppl in here! i said i know more the most ppl. and i do know i still gotta lot to learn in case you didnt read my first message where it says thta i know i got a lot to learn still! as for being quiet and listening...i do that all day long. i dont make friends easy because i never talk an dthe internet is the only place i actually talk cause then i have no one around me and i can feel comfortable. so im sorry if it sounds like im egotistical and arrogant, i aint just to let you know, but when i talk i talk more then i should because i never talk anywhere else and i need to say something to get it outa my system. but so far ever since i came in here almost everbody been putting me down! ive had that done to me all my life and i would appreciate if it would stop somewhere! please!


and im still waiting for an answer to my question: what 2 parts of a spruce tree can you eat?
 
actually, the inner bark is right. its that little green layer right underneath. you can boil this inner bark and crink it like tea or eat it raw. but it aint the cones that you eat. its something else lets see who can guess it.
 
Who needs to eat pine cones when one never leaves the city?
Vacationing? I drive to the Hamptons, Vermont, or Miami...

You guys go and eat tree bark. I'll have key lime pie and a porterhouse steak.

Self defense?
I pick up the phone and dial 911. Here in lower Manhattan, police response time is 30 seconds.
 
Originally posted by vikingswordsman
but it aint the cones that you eat. its something else lets see who can guess it.
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I would say the seeds in the cone.

As far as people putting you down here, this is generally a good place to hang out, with very nice guys and gals that are more than willing to help you out if you need help. You just kind of have to earn your spot a bit before you come steaming in here telling people how big a woodsman you are.

mike
 
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