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NathanJ said:
Just saw this video, thought I'd share but BE WARNED! Blood and stupidity! Mods, if this is inappropriate please don't hesitate to let me know and I will remove it.

Again, Be warned. Some of you may have seen this....[video=youtube_share;1p0Nlny-jsk]http://youtu.be/1p0Nlny-jsk[/video]
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Pretty sure that this guys nickname is stubby now. I cant tell for sure, but it looks like he lopped his thumb off. Thats a crapload of blood in a hurry, and the way he was holding the watermelon, seems like his thumb was right in line with the cut.
 
granitestateofmind said:
Speaking of the ZA and fending for yourself, along with all the literary ramblings yesterday, I thought I would let you folks know that I just finished a book called "Shaman" by Kim Stanley-Robinson. It's a story (as historically accurate as possible) about life in the ice age. The first part throws you right into a young man's rite of passage, which is basically bushcraft 101 for the stone tool era. The author seems to have really done his research about methods and materials, not to mention knows how to write a ripping good yarn, IMO. Relatively new book, my local library just bought it (at my request). I'd recommend it; I thought it was an interesting story as well as a great fictional treatise on the first bushcrafters. Anyone else read it?
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Sounds good, I put it on the list... thanks man.
 
granitestateofmind said:
Speaking of the ZA and fending for yourself, along with all the literary ramblings yesterday, I thought I would let you folks know that I just finished a book called "Shaman" by Kim Stanley-Robinson. It's a story (as historically accurate as possible) about life in the ice age.
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Never heard of that author before, but it sounds fascinating. Thanks for the tip!

I was interested in that sort of thing from a very young age, and was lucky enough to read some of Jean M. Auel's novels, which were set in a similar period. "Clan of the Cave Bear" is probably her most famous book, and it was also made into a pretty decent movie.

The movie also features Darryl Hannah in a fur bikini in almost every scene, so, y'know... there's that. :p

There's also "Quest for Fire" from about the same period, but it's been so long since I've seen it that I don't honestly recall if it was a good movie or not.
 
tradewater said:
A postal carrier here "lost it" a few years ago around Christmas time. He got in a feud with some guy on his route that came to the PO to complain about him all the time. They finally fired him when they saw video of him getting out of the car and punting packages toward the guys house.
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Guyon said:
That's called "expedited shipping."
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And you normally pay extra for that...
 
james terrio said:
Never heard of that author before, but it sounds fascinating. Thanks for the tip!

I was interested in that sort of thing from a very young age, and was lucky enough to read some of Jean M. Auel's novels, which were set in a similar period. "Clan of the Cave Bear" is probably her most famous book, and it was also made into a pretty decent movie.

The movie also features Darryl Hannah in a fur bikini in almost every scene, so, y'know... there's that. :p

There's also "Quest for Fire" from about the same period, but it's been so long since I've seen it that I don't honestly recall if it was a good movie or not.
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"Quest for Fire" was, to me, a very good movie. The movie had little to no dialog and also had Rae Dawn Chong with little to no clothing.
 
Silverthorn said:
Pretty sure that this guys nickname is stubby now. I cant tell for sure, but it looks like he lopped his thumb off. Thats a crapload of blood in a hurry, and the way he was holding the watermelon, seems like his thumb was right in line with the cut.
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Actually, if you watch the vid to the end, he shows pictures of the damage. Thumb is still on, it's just a really deep cut in the palm of his hand.
 
james terrio said:
How to open a can of food without a knife or opener...

[video=youtube;oH2NahLjx-Y]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=oH2NahLjx-Y[/video]
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That's pretty cool, and as stated you could make tools from the can if you had too. Anything in a survival situation would help.
 
james terrio said:
Never heard of that author before, but it sounds fascinating. Thanks for the tip!

I was interested in that sort of thing from a very young age, and was lucky enough to read some of Jean M. Auel's novels, which were set in a similar period. "Clan of the Cave Bear" is probably her most famous book, and it was also made into a pretty decent movie.

The movie also features Darryl Hannah in a fur bikini in almost every scene, so, y'know... there's that. :p

There's also "Quest for Fire" from about the same period, but it's been so long since I've seen it that I don't honestly recall if it was a good movie or not.
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I read most of the Earth's Children series.. Clan was great.. Valley of the Horses was OK... Mammoth was better, but I can't remember much and Plains was the last one I have read.. I think I may have to revisit them again. The movie was kind of lame compared to the book, but yes, Darryl Hannah made it very bearable ;)
 
Galeocerdoshark said:
Actually, if you watch the vid to the end, he shows pictures of the damage. Thumb is still on, it's just a really deep cut in the palm of his hand.
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And all he had to do was cut a piece of the watermelon off of the bottom so it would stand up. Oh well, lesson learned hopefully, but that's a bad wound.
 
james terrio said:
Never heard of that author before, but it sounds fascinating. Thanks for the tip!

I was interested in that sort of thing from a very young age, and was lucky enough to read some of Jean M. Auel's novels, which were set in a similar period. "Clan of the Cave Bear" is probably her most famous book, and it was also made into a pretty decent movie.

The movie also features Darryl Hannah in a fur bikini in almost every scene, so, y'know... there's that. :p

There's also "Quest for Fire" from about the same period, but it's been so long since I've seen it that I don't honestly recall if it was a good movie or not.
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Jean M. Auel wrote some great stuff. I remember "Quest for Fire" as being pretty good, but it's been a long time for me, too.
You can look up a review of "Shaman" on the NPR website...I'd read a lot of his other stuff, most of which is more towards sci-fi, but NPR tipped me off to this one.
Another great one of KSR's is "The Years of Rice and Salt" - an alternate history looking at what might have happened if the Plague had killed off just a few more Europeans in the middle ages. Won some awards, IIRC.
 
granitestateofmind said:
Jean M. Auel wrote some great stuff. I remember "Quest for Fire" as being pretty good, but it's been a long time for me, too.
You can look up a review of "Shaman" on the NPR website...I'd read a lot of his other stuff, most of which is more towards sci-fi, but NPR tipped me off to this one.
Another great one of KSR's is "The Years of Rice and Salt" - an alternate history looking at what might have happened if the Plague had killed off just a few more Europeans in the middle ages. Won some awards, IIRC.
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I have a hardback copy of "The Years of Rice and Salt" .. lost it temporarily when we moved all our stuff into storage.. looked really good!
 
You rascals have really gotten me thinking about the unfortunate fact that I haven't read a work of fiction in years.

One of these days I'm just gonna take a Sabbatical and catch up on some literature...
 
CCMI said:
Bah humbug.

Have a package that was scheduled for delivery 2 days ago and the latest "tracking info" from USPS says it left Tampa 4 days ago....
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We had a cold spell... got down to 39°. uhh yeah that's it... and it was raining....

I didn't think anyone sold anything here... Wow

Doc
 
daizee said:
I thought they got progressively, inexorably worse.
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ditto... I remember the first one was great.. then the second was all about miscommunication and sex.. third and fourth I can't even remember.. gave up after them.

After the first book, my friend and I started making and practising with slings though, that was a lot of fun. :)
 
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