Funny you should mention that. The place we're going on Monday is pretty tame, but the main upcoming trek in November for the purpose of taking advantage of the opening of muzzle laoding season for deer is right in the heart of prime bear country in/near the Cherokee Nat'l Forest.
Of the 4 of us that're hoping to make it, 2 are relative newbies and don't know much about primitive trekking, let alone doing it in bear country. (I think us ol' 'hivernaunts' are gonna' have some reeeeeeal good fun with them 2 cheechakos! )
The problem is that they didn't have plastic bags in the early 1800's and this particular outing is about doing things in as historically accurate a manner as possible.
To borrow and paraphrase a little from the Coaltion of Historical Trekkers:
I see myself, in this case, as an experimental archaeologist, primarily concerned with the time period prior to 1840.
As it is the purpose of an archaeologist to establish facts about a historical people or time period, I research the life ways of the pre-1840 frontier people who lived in, fought for, and founded this country. With other, like minded individuals, my research is accompanied by experimentation in historical situations, using the foods, tools, clothing, weapons, and methods authentic to those used by the early frontier people here in America.
Translation: Me and some buddies are gonna' go out and play Cowboys and Indians for grownups and we're not taking any modern stuff (with the exceptions of eyeglasses and/or prescription meds) with us, because it's really all about doing/learning the way things were done back then. One of the guys is just now getting into this and really wants to learn and it wouldn't be right for his "Captain" (who has already explained that knee high moccasins just don't fit the time period/area) to go pulling out a plastic baggie filled with goodies.
And once again, I'm sure that nobody really needed to know all that.
Nope. In this case I made it specifically for carrying cornmeal and flour on an upcoming primitive (pre-1820) trek. The cornmeal goes into an outside compartment. Flour draws more moisture than cornmeal and so goes into the center compartment. It's then protected by two layers of canvas (which contract and tighten the weave as it becomes damp forming an effective moisture barrier) on one side and the cornmeal on the other side.
Did I win, T? I'm sure NOBODY really needed to know THAT!
I constructed and hand stitched a three compartment canvas bag today for the specific purpose of using only 2 of the compartments and I did it on purpose.
1st, My ego or lack thereof has nothing to do with the questions I asked you. You failed to answer them. I suspect the reason has something to do with your own ego.
2nd, You are correct. I was having a temporary brainfart and typed "Latin" when in fact I meant "Greek." You still didn't answer the question.
3rd, You asked questions at the beginning of this thread on the assumption that no one could answer them because (in your mind) they were contradictory and couldn't be answered. I asked questions of you because I actually wanted answers and I asked them on the assumption that you could supply the answers.
4th, We're still waiting for the answers if you're man enough and honest enough to answer them.
Four men got together at a reunion. All of them had sons and they started discussing them.The first man said his son was doing so well, he now owned a factory, manufacturing furniture. Why, just the other day he gave his best friend a whole house full of brand new furniture.
The second man said his son was doing just as well.He was a manager at a car sales firm. Why, just the other day he gave his best friend a Ferrari.
The third man said his was doing well too.He was a manager at a bank. Why,just the other day he gave his best friend the money to buy a house.
The fourth man just shook his head. He said his son was gay and hadn't amounted to much.But he must be doing something right because, just the other day he was given a house, furniture and a Ferrari by his friends!
Not yet - Wanna' give things a chance to heal completely before I go back to tossing around 125 pound tarps. Doc said 6 weeks minimum, but I think I'll try for sometime around election day.
Gonna' take Jackson and Scottishlass and canoe 'em down the river on Sunday as a part of my fitness regimen. (Might even go with 'em!)
If I had a dollar for every time somebody has announced to me that they've found "the one" and then had it turn sour after just a few days/weeks, I'd be quite wealthy indeed...
Or... Maybe Jackson and I are just amongst the lucky few that have beat "the CS curse?"
THIS IS SERIOUS! If you get an envelope in a few months from a company called the Internal Revenue Service," DO NOT OPEN IT! This group operates a scam around the same time every year. Their letter claims that you owe them money, which they will take and use to pay for the operation of essential functions of the United States government. This is untrue! The money the IRS collects is used to fund various inefficient and pointless social engineering projects. This organization has ties to another shady outfit called the Social Security Administration, who claim to take money from your regular paychecks and save it for your retirement. In truth, the SSA uses the money to pay for the same misguided make-work projects the IRS helps mastermind. These scam artists have bilked honest, hard working Americans out of billions of dollars. Don't be among them!
It just seems that a simple "Hey Chris - Here's the stuff you were looking for..." Followed by posting the material in the forum yourself would have been easier. Especially if there were time constraints.
I guess maybe it's a matter of semantics. I don't disagree with helping someone, but doing the work for them (even if it's already done and at hand) and allowing them to claim credit seems more like enabling than assisting.
I hereby happily release and abdicate any and all claims to the throne and bow before your heretofore un-realized, yet obviously overwhelming qualifications.
I don't have a "problem with helping each other out" but wouldn't it have been easier to just post it yourself?
I mean that's kinda' like a child making the claim that he's going to catch a fish, but then an adult tags along and baits the hook and, ultimately, reels in the fish and all the child did was hold the rod. Or someone who claims they have all the answers and yet someone else is standing behind the curtain going "Pssst! Here's what you need to say next..."
FWIW, You might indeed be dyslexic, Trish, but your writing is infinitely more clear than the O.P.'s I'm a bit dyslexic myself, but my writing style is different as well. Perhaps it has more to do with an honest desire to be understood and less with a particular malady?
What innuendo? It seemed to me that she simply implied that O.P. wasn't capable of backing up his own statement and so had to rely upon someone else's words to do it for him.
Seemed kinda' funny to me that his "answer" finally came more or less immediately after another member posted that she'd sent him information on the subject. (And that the aforementioned "answer" was not at all in the writing style of the O.P.)
My apologies in advance to any delicate sensibilities I may have offended. I've stated before that I don't feel the need to prove or justify my beliefs to anyone but myself. But if the O.P. can't back up his own blanket statements - or give credit to those who do it for him - then maybe he needs to shy away from making those statements? Or at least be a little more tolerant of those who disagree?
RE: Tell Me....
I never get much sleep. 5 - 6 hours a night, max.