Mistwalker
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A while back Alayna and I went out for an adventure in the woods, just looking to see what all we could see and notice. She saw the K&M match case in my sheath pouch and asked about it. She said she would like to have one, and in thinking about how the compass worked on it, with it being a full circle with all 8 points marked with letters, that it would be a great training tool for learning land nav. All she has to do is hold it out and read the heading on the side away from her and she knows which direction she is facing.
So I set about trying to find another one for her. But K&M may be out of business, and I couldn't find any more of them in the US and the leads for European purchase options I found looked a little sketchy. So, I turned to my friends. I made up a post and was putting it in a few places on the net in hopes of finding one. Starting here in this forum. Before I even got the post in the second place, the problem was already solved . Phil had already stepped up with one for her.
Even though our outing for tomorrow has to be rescheduled a bit due to an accident, the timing of the safe coming could not have been better. Seeing the card and match case really cheered her up. She said the card had most of her favorite foods on it, and she spent some time turning from side to side studying how the compass moves.
She really gets a huge kick out of having her kit set up just like mine
They delay in outings comes from a pretty bad accident she had. Yesterday afternoon, right after school, she had came in, changed clothes, and headed to the neighborhood park to play with her soccer ball. It had been raining and it was muddy and on the way home she slipped on / tripped over...something...her ball and put her hands down to catch her fall. She landed on a curb that has a rough side of asphalt exposed on the back side, and it tore her hand open. When I heard her crying very loudly she was coming down the driveway with her hands and shirt covered in blood and my heart stopped for a moment. She was cold, wet, hurt, and near hysterical. It took a minute to get her calmed down enough to assess the situation. Her hand was torn very badly and there was minor arterial flow. That was a 6 pm. Eight hours, and two hospitals later, we were back home. Alayna has a total of 25 stitches in her hand, 9 internal and 16 external. And between the receptionist at the first hospital blowing it off like it was a scratch saying "oh she's fine, she'll be ok" as I was using up all of the paper towls and tissues in the immediate area to catch all the blood, and the young lady at the nurses station at the second hospital telling me I had to leave the area (right after they told me they couldn't stop the bleeding and may have to relocate the the OR while Alayna was still under) I am somewhat amazed I did not get my first assault charge. I kept repeating to myself that Alayna needed me there not in jail, and taking deep breaths. But they finally got the bleeding stopped and were able to complete the surgery in the OR. Being there as they put her under and her telling me she was scared was thee hardest thing I have been through in my life. Had anyone tried to physically remove me from that spot we would have all been very glad later that we were at a hospital ER, and I would have needed a very good attorney...
The damage is pretty extensive. It will be a bit till we can do more fire starting practice.
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So I set about trying to find another one for her. But K&M may be out of business, and I couldn't find any more of them in the US and the leads for European purchase options I found looked a little sketchy. So, I turned to my friends. I made up a post and was putting it in a few places on the net in hopes of finding one. Starting here in this forum. Before I even got the post in the second place, the problem was already solved . Phil had already stepped up with one for her.
Even though our outing for tomorrow has to be rescheduled a bit due to an accident, the timing of the safe coming could not have been better. Seeing the card and match case really cheered her up. She said the card had most of her favorite foods on it, and she spent some time turning from side to side studying how the compass moves.
She really gets a huge kick out of having her kit set up just like mine
They delay in outings comes from a pretty bad accident she had. Yesterday afternoon, right after school, she had came in, changed clothes, and headed to the neighborhood park to play with her soccer ball. It had been raining and it was muddy and on the way home she slipped on / tripped over...something...her ball and put her hands down to catch her fall. She landed on a curb that has a rough side of asphalt exposed on the back side, and it tore her hand open. When I heard her crying very loudly she was coming down the driveway with her hands and shirt covered in blood and my heart stopped for a moment. She was cold, wet, hurt, and near hysterical. It took a minute to get her calmed down enough to assess the situation. Her hand was torn very badly and there was minor arterial flow. That was a 6 pm. Eight hours, and two hospitals later, we were back home. Alayna has a total of 25 stitches in her hand, 9 internal and 16 external. And between the receptionist at the first hospital blowing it off like it was a scratch saying "oh she's fine, she'll be ok" as I was using up all of the paper towls and tissues in the immediate area to catch all the blood, and the young lady at the nurses station at the second hospital telling me I had to leave the area (right after they told me they couldn't stop the bleeding and may have to relocate the the OR while Alayna was still under) I am somewhat amazed I did not get my first assault charge. I kept repeating to myself that Alayna needed me there not in jail, and taking deep breaths. But they finally got the bleeding stopped and were able to complete the surgery in the OR. Being there as they put her under and her telling me she was scared was thee hardest thing I have been through in my life. Had anyone tried to physically remove me from that spot we would have all been very glad later that we were at a hospital ER, and I would have needed a very good attorney...
The damage is pretty extensive. It will be a bit till we can do more fire starting practice.
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