do you think you know how to survive?

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Originally posted by Medic1210
Rub a needle against a leather belt or your hand and float it on something in water. Acts like a compass
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What if you're completely naked and don't have belt or needle?

Easy, you get into your Cadillac Escalade and hit the Norstar button...
 
Griz,
Bear in mind that survival skills are at least to some degree location specific. Here in coastal Washington, it's seldom below freezing for more than a day. The biggest problem starting a fire in winter is the fact that nearly everything is soaked. The sun doesn't shine reliably for months at a time, so even starting fire with a glass burning lens is unlikely when you would need to start a fire. Likewise, moose are so rare in the state that only one hunting tag is granted per lifetime.

Pat
 
Well, I suppose the male moose is the one swinging a foot and a half of sausage between his legs.

Which reminds me of a funny story. I was at the state fair, had a chance to milk a cow. Turned out to be a bull, but it really enjoyed the milking anyhow. I though the single utter cow was a bit odd.

"Griz",
I suppose you can tell a male moose by the taste of the root juice, aka moose chowder.
 
Use the lens from the mooses eye to start a fire. That chowder from the one teated moose'll probably come out warm already. Down the hatch :barf: !!
 
Hell, you could just rub the moose horns together and it'll start a fire, right?

I don't think moose "salty yogurt" can freeze clear enough to start a fire.
 
Couldnt resist this one guys,its been too much fun to leave me out.As far as findin North on a cloudy day and usin the needle on a leaf trick is that it will work but not as well as most would have you think.It needs to be rubbed against something else metallic though and not leather the reason for this is that most all meatals are magnetized to a lesser degree,and some more than others.I'm not sure why this happens to metal but check your local hardware stores nail bin sometime and see if most of the nails are not somewhat magnetic.You must also remember that this pin and leaf trick works best under the most controlled conditions,ie no ripples,no wind ,no metal on you near it affecting it.As far as the ice trick goes ,yes it works but not well,requires a tremendous amount of time and energy and is a yearly tactic as well as a lcation dependant tactic,as well as enviroment dependant.I personally would spend more time perfecting the bow drill than the ice method especially in hypothermic conditions.Its also bad to sweat in the cold but you must remember it can be okay as long as your wicking moisture away from your body with items such as fleece.I stayed warm one night by staying active and moving.Back to finding north in any enviroment no matter where you are is to study the area before entering it.Look at your topo's of the area,where are you entering the area from,which direction are you heading ,are you flanked by any large bodies of water such as lakes or rivers,In what direction is most of the drainage in your area flowing?What is the highest altitude of the area.Awareness is your greatest survival trait,knowledge is secondary but still important.Knowing a lot of stuff is okay but how you apply that knowledge in reality is whats important.For example if I'm lost with only a flashlight and I'm freezin,the batteries in your light will start a quicker fire than the ice or bow drill method.Being aware of your surroundings whether it be in the backwoods or the city streets is what will save your ass at the end of the day.
 
Pour your ice into an ashtray full of lit cigarettes.

Walk through a nightclub with three wine glasses, a fresh bottle of wine in an ice cooler and an unlit cigarette in your mouth.

Place a fresh cigarette on top of an icecube.

Freeze a $100 bill inside a 1 tonne icecube at a nightclub.

Drop your ice onto a self igniting match.

Use your icecube to wake up a fire breathing dragon.

Find some of that stuff that ignites when you add it to water.

Drop your icecube down a fire eaters pants when they are performing. (don't forget to duck)

Carefully place tour ice between two high voltage conductors. (only to be carrid out by some professionals)

Drop your ice onto live ammunition.

Jam the ice in an exhaust pipe just before the engine is started.

Drop the ice into your wifes/partners cup of coffee.
 
Starting a fire with a flashlight, now that ones got me thinking??

Shine the light on your mate when he's having a leak in the bush?
 
Batteries when use with steel wool,small copper wires,tin foil will get hot enuff to ignite small tinder.
 
Heres one for all yoo survival experts. OK, the greyhound drops you off at the port authority bus terminal and your ugly, not too bright and got no money, but you want to get laid. What ya gonna do? :p

Oh and crack whores, bag ladies, mental patients, fat/ugly chics, preteens, senior citizens, skanks, hookas from the disco dayz, old hippy chics and last but defiantly not least she males don’t count. ;)
 
Originally posted by squeeegyman
your ugly, not too bright and got no money, but you want to get laid.
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Damn, you just described me to a "T". I'll be watching this one real closely for advise. Also, I smell bad, so that is another factor to consider. I do brush all three of my teeth at least once a day though.
 
Originally posted by Eric_Draven
Damn, you just described me to a "T". I'll be watching this one real closely for advise. Also, I smell bad, so that is another factor to consider. I do brush all three of my teeth at least once a day though.
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yo yoo tellin me yoo got three whole teeth and a tooth brush? New rule you can't have three teeth and a tooth bush.:rolleyes:
 
Originally posted by vikingswordsman
How do you make fire from ice???
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Impossible, you can't turn ice into fire. You might be able to use ice to make a fire, like the lens i saw in one of the posts. But i doubt you are going to make ice chemically react to spark a flame and hold it. I just think you need to reword your question. And i still don't see how a magnifying glass would do anything accept melt the ice. I might be wrong, please help me understand how this works.
Btw i dont believe anything you say. I hope you dont plan on using "the Knife Exchange", i doubt anyone will want to do business with you. If you arent BS then your a psychopath and please noone gives knives to this man.
 
Originally posted by vikingswordsman

next question: when its cloudy out and you dont have the sun, a compass, or a map. how do you find north?
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Moss on a tree ofcourse. That's easy.
 
Actually, Nugg3t, you can turn ice into fire. You use electrolysis to decompose the water into its constituents, hydrogen and oxygen. Then you burn the hydrogen with the oxygen and you have fire.

Unfortunately, contrary to the popular misconception about hydrogen powered vehicles and whatnot, it takes an input of energy to break apart the water molecules equal to the energy returned by the combustion. When the inevitable losses due to inefficiencies in the system, which are inherent in any man made energy conversion, are factored in, there is a net loss, so you end up using more energy than you get back. Which is the Fly in the Ointment in this whole hydrogen powered economy fallacy.

In the end, we will have to either use coal in some clean, but inefficient and expensive power plants, or nuclear energy. We can use this energy to create hydrogen to power our cars, but we can't just get the hydrogen for free out of water. Other sources, such as solar, ocean hydrodynamics etc. are nice dreams, and will supply some small percentage of our needs, but cannot supply power cheaply enough to service our massive and exponentially increasing demand.
 
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