Jeff’s entry about the Firem’n Chit started me thinking about fire building skills. It was a point of pride to be able to build a campfire with only one wooden kitchen match. After a lot of practice I was able to do it most of the time in dry conditions. It is always a challenge to build a fire in wet or windy weather.
I found the important factors are patience, preparation, dry kindling, and air flow to fuel the flames. Build too tight and it won’t get air to burn, too far apart and the flames won’t catch the other kindling.
Preparation is important because you need to have the fuel at hand to get it going. If you must go hunting for wood after you start - it will probably die before you get it going.
There are two styles of fire building. Start small and patiently add successively larger pieces as it progresses. Or carefully lay it all out and light it; hoping the flames will build because of planning.
It was usually not allowed to use accelerants, or any fuel not naturally found, but I did keep a small kit to Be Prepared for the need to get a fire going when needed. I had a flip-top metal Band-Aid box that contained extra matches, popsicle sticks, toothpicks, etc. I also kept an Army Surplus tube of hexamine that was sure to start a fire but I rarely used them. It had to be really bad weather to warrant the risk of getting in trouble. I also learned a crayon will burn long enough to light a fire, but not as reliable as the hexamine.
RE: Reich and Stock Buybacks We instinctually know what is going on but reading the details makes it so real and that much more frustrating with no path to us being able to ban them???
Michael T. 06 May 2024, 5:26 p.m.
The crooks in Congress are making these laws for themselves as they are all millionaires too.
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