Long as they last, ENT. Long as they last...
Long as they last, ENT. Long as they last...
More Melanesian to me.... but then Polynesian and Melanesian have the same roots, so, yeah.
Side note...three Pacific languages make no connections to the rest of Polynesia (to my ear), nor to each other, and those are the languages of Rotuma, Kiribati, and the Marshall Islands.
I made a mini survival kit out of a 6 inch or so length of plastic water pipe and two 2 inch high plastic film canisters that fit snuggly into them, their caps sat tight against the ends of the tube when inserted, acting like stoppers, so that either one could be pulled out to access the resulting two or so inch space between them inside the tube.
That space was filled with wax dipped wooden match heads inside short lengths of waxed paper drinking straws, fire lighters. (waterproof)
One film canister was packed tight with a plastic wrap of ascorbic acid powder, Vit C (metabolic catalyst) one of coffee paste made from boiled ground coffee beans (stimulant), the liquid reduced to a paste, and one of reduced and then compressed casein (protein)
All to be used in small doses as emergency energy reserve.
Inside the cap was glued a piece of mirror, (signalling reflector)
The other film canister at the other end of the tube contained a film spool with several yards each of thin steel wire, thin nylon fishing line and heavier nylon fishing line, all wound on tight to the outer diameter of the spool.
Around the spool in the canister was packed scalpel blades, ( attachable with wire or bark string to any split stick) sewing needles,a few small safety pins (hold torn clothes together, or act as hooks) fish hooks (two sizes) and fishing swivels linked to lead shot weights.
Half of a thin razor blade was clipped and shaped to a point at each end, a dent punched in the middle of one side, then polarized by running a magnet over it. That became a compass when placed on the tip of a thumb tack glued onto the middle of the inside of the plastic cap.
The whole tube was then wrapped in one of those reflective foil "space blankets" and velcro taped tight over a folded plastic sheet 2 ft by 2 ft square, wrapped around the tube and taped to it with black insulation tape.(re-usable, at a pinch)
That piece of thick, clear plastic sheet acted as a water container or as a solar still. The unfolded square of plastic was held in place by stones or small logs, over a hole dug in the ground containing a pile of crushed/broken fresh green leaves. A cup or container (the plastic survival tube would do) placed upright in the middle of that pile. A small stone to act as a weight was placed on top of the middle of the square of plastic sheet, creating a downward pointing cone of sorts.
The sun would heat the vegetation in the pit causing released water vapour to rise and condense on the underside of the plastic sheet, then run down and drip into the container below....drinking water.
The addition of a flint and steel striker and a heavy bladed steel (not stainless steel) hunting or bush knife in its sheath on your belt would complement that personal pocket sized mini emergency survival kit.
This was all in addition to a back pack of food and gear, useful if you got separated from your kit or companions for some reason,..it happens.
Apart from Rotuma, Micronesians, all above the equator, so different sea lanes and winds, kept apart from the South Pacific by the Equatorial Current.
Maori legends of the lost canoe, indicate that it got separated from the main body of waka that reached NZ.
Anthropology points at the West Coast BC Canada totem pole Indians Haida, Chinook et al are possibly related to Maori , similar seasonal songs, words names etc, while Maori also have totem poles., pouwhenua.
Jeezus only on TD could you get from doomsday preppers to the intricasies of polynesian languages. Looks like Maanaam and Ent at least had an early Bong. They've had almost a civil discussion. It was almost worth being bored shitless about polynesian language just to see the new love forming.
Could this be a new era dawning on TD?
FIFY.Originally Posted by kmart
green sent
Thanks for the reminder!
I'm getting down to the finer details of my Alaskan trip and want to get reacquainted with setting primitive small game traps while I'm up there.
The steel wire is helpful as a barrier to lower the chances of deer, moose, bear, etc. from tripping or stomping them.
Do yourself a favor and treat yourself to a good knife. These are a couple I own and they are outstanding;Originally Posted by hick
https://www.knivesshipfree.com/bark-...nives-bravo-1/
https://www.lamnia.com/en/p/5463/kni...2-scandi-green
Thanks bsnub.
Have already gone with a Ka Bar, 1 swiss army, 1 boot and a small handle (for skinning) that I got in "the knife zone," in Turkey.
Ka Bar
boot
I'll defo be 'steeled' up Including my boot tips.
^Having watched every episode of Life Below Zero, I'm now able to skin a wolf, harvest migrating salmon, mush my dogs and field-dress ptarmigan...without leaving my sofa or having to refresh my drink...
you certainly know how to turn my headOriginally Posted by hick
unfortunately, the mukluks are being resealed (that's the animal, not the glue) and the purpose of my beaver headgear appears to confuse breeders...Originally Posted by hick
I assume you mean a winterized Escalade with interior hot tub and a versatile Latin driver...Originally Posted by hick
we'll leave directly after cocktails: 8ish?...
Majestically enthroned amid the vulgar herd
Beaver never confuses me.Originally Posted by tomcat
Good move - it can be like living on the wild side in CroydonI made a mini survival kit ...
that's fine...I'll be bored with driver Cucaracha by then...Originally Posted by hick
I'll be the one donning realia-camouflage, a bone through my nose, knife pirated in my mouth and a handful of burning sage.
<didn't want you to cornfuse me with any local biota>
Used to rub manuka tips (t-tree oil) around my ankles, wrists and neck to mask my scent when out hunting in the NZ bush.
Early mornings were the best times to catch game coming down to the creeks for a drink and feed on soft grasses.
There were times when I'd stalked deer to within almost touching distance,...like 20 yards or so, and just watched the surprised reactions as they saw me move.
Or walking a bush path heading home to the hut, a couple of deer glided swiftly and silently past me, heading in the same direction as me and the cold evening draught down the gully. They were as surprised as I was.
Once it was a hind with her calf, it was curled up on the lee side of the ridge I'd just topped, its mother with her back to me, feeding.
The wee calf saw me, turned its head around and looked at me for a few seconds, big soft eyes,, totally unafraid, until its Ma turned, saw me, gave it a snickerry grunt and the wee one just got up and just walked over to her, no hurry at all, she watching me all the time, then off she turned and led her calf off down into the bush below.......magic.
Another time I spotted an old stag, a ten pointer, with another young buck come down to the river one morning. I'd hardly breath for fear of them hearing me, the breeze draughting downstream between us, so they never scented me....just too beautiful.
Told my mates who decided to go for a look and bag them...the only two deer I'd seen along that stretch of river for years.
So next morning I got up earlier than them, went down to the same spot, this time with a camera as well as my rifle, there they were again, I managed to get 2 shots, with the camera, before the stag sensed me, and gave a grunt signalling the buck to follow, and off they glided softly into the trees. Then I fired a shot over their heads into the trees to send them on their way.
My mates got really cranky at me over that.
Worth it though.
Clearly you have never dressed game in real life. A big knife is total shit for skinning a deer. The first link I posted is a Bark River Bravo 1. The Marine force recon battalion came to the company and asked them to design that knife. It is the perfect size for a hunting/camp/bushcraft knive.Originally Posted by Maanaam
The second is the Enzo Trapper. It is a Finnish bushcraft knife that is made out of one of the hardest steels available.
What the hell do you want to do with such big knives?
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Keep Thailand out of this...Originally Posted by bsnub
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