Equipped To Survive Survival Forum - Around The Campfire http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php Equipped To Survive Survival Forum - Around The Campfire ETS Forums - UBB.threads(tm) Re: Big Bear Bald Eagle Live Nest http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302798#Post302798 Posted by brandtb:
Earlier in the '26 breeding season Jackie produced two eggs that were destroyed by raiding ravens. Now she has a clutch of two more that are (...)]]> Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:01:19 UTC Re: Jerry Wigutow has passed away at 84 http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302794#Post302794 Posted by Doug_Ritter:
Wow! Sad indeed. He was one of a kind, but always very helpful to me over the years and I often used his products for clients]]> Sat, 28 Mar 2026 15:31:43 UTC Re: How to die in the most convenient manner possible http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302788#Post302788 Posted by Jeanette_Isabelle:
Originally Posted By: Eugene
Can you put land in a trust?

While this shouldn't be taken as financial advice, I've gathered insights from (...)]]> Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:27:39 UTC Re: I Turn Forty http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302780#Post302780 Posted by Jeanette_Isabelle:
We still have power, but the roads are in bad shape, and most places are closed. So much for our plans.]]> Mon, 26 Jan 2026 13:32:53 UTC Re: Popping back in. http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302767#Post302767 Posted by Phaedrus:
Welcome back!]]> Tue, 13 Jan 2026 05:28:34 UTC Re: I Moved Again http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302762#Post302762 Posted by Jeanette_Isabelle:
Today I put together some shelves to help organize my closet. I’m nearly done moving now, with just a few small things left to take care of.]]> Sun, 04 Jan 2026 18:19:12 UTC Re: The price of gold http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302758#Post302758 Posted by Jeanette_Isabelle:
With all the buzz about silver's price, I’m glad I bought some when I did.

People complain you can’t eat silver. With its industrial demand, I (...)]]> Sat, 03 Jan 2026 22:29:11 UTC Re: Prepare for admission to hospital. http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302757#Post302757 Posted by Jeanette_Isabelle:
When my friend’s dad was in the hospital, I brought a Sudoku puzzle book. I wish I had brought more. You had the foresight to get more than I did.]]> Sat, 03 Jan 2026 22:11:01 UTC Re: Merry Xmas, ETS! http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302754#Post302754 Posted by dougwalkabout:
Late to the party, but hope your Christmas was warm and bright. Happy New Year to all! Here's to health and prosperity -- cheers!]]> Sun, 28 Dec 2025 17:08:05 UTC Re: 'Fess Up -- Where are you hanging out online? http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302751#Post302751 Posted by brandtb:
Here's an example I just made up to ask her -

Jonesy, if you're firing a rifle at 220 yards, but it is at an up angle of 20°, what is the (...)]]> Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:23:05 UTC Re: EDC request http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302743#Post302743 Posted by chaosmagnet:
No worries. Here to help if you'd like.

I haven't seen that before, and it looks cool!]]> Sat, 06 Dec 2025 17:44:12 UTC Re: DIY paper Planner http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302729#Post302729 Posted by chaosmagnet:
Originally Posted By: Chisel
My soapbox. Sorry.


To the contrary, I found that you made very valid points. No need to apologize, IMO.]]> Thu, 06 Nov 2025 15:11:57 UTC Re: Phew! Glad the forum is still alive! http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302699#Post302699 Posted by wileycoyote:
Originally Posted By: chaosmagnet
I still miss edcforums -- I heard about this amazing RSK Mk1 knife there, and that led me here.

me too]]> Sat, 13 Sep 2025 17:24:43 UTC Re: Why you should be here, not Reddit or Facebook. http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302691#Post302691 Posted by chaosmagnet:
Doing well overall. Lots of work drama along with an abrupt change of employer. The young Magnets ain't so young any more and are off doing (...)]]> Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:27:00 UTC Re: Ultra Basic Airline Fare - My Personal Item http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302653#Post302653 Posted by dougwalkabout:
Originally Posted By: chaosmagnet
Clothes are important laugh

Aha! This is the key to (...)]]> Sun, 13 Apr 2025 22:00:37 UTC Re: Leatherman Style PS Replacement Review http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302641#Post302641 Posted by chaosmagnet:
I’m preparing to do a longer and more thoughtful review of the Troika tool above after tuning the pivots, which I should have thought to do. (...)]]> Wed, 05 Mar 2025 22:22:55 UTC Re: Leatherman Arc for the win! http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302628#Post302628 Posted by chaosmagnet:
When I bought my Arc, I bought it because I wanted it, not because anything was wrong with my Wave+.

I’ve lost a lot of weight recently — on (...)]]> Fri, 14 Feb 2025 22:33:51 UTC Re: Insecure equipped.org website? http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302619#Post302619 Posted by Doug_Ritter:
Originally Posted By: chaosmagnet
Originally Posted By: Doug_Ritter
Contact me via email and I'll provide access if you can fix. Up to my (...)
]]> Wed, 05 Feb 2025 16:32:09 UTC Re: Happy Holidays! http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302587#Post302587 Posted by dougwalkabout:
I forgot, I'll have to dig that one up. Always puts me in mood of peace love and joy haha!

Have a healthy and prosperous New Year everyone!]]> Fri, 27 Dec 2024 03:35:37 UTC Re: One Moment in Time http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302584#Post302584 Posted by Phaedrus:
Very cool!]]> Sat, 21 Dec 2024 23:24:55 UTC Re: Leather Work Gloves http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302558#Post302558 Posted by KenK:
We have horses, so I'm using leather gloves every day. For the most part I don't bother cleaning them.

When I do, I put on the non-insulated (...)]]> Sun, 24 Nov 2024 18:43:37 UTC Re: For your Halloween enjoyment http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302542#Post302542 Posted by brandtb:
An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge, by Ambrose Bierce

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGogcQ4Wl7I]]> Thu, 31 Oct 2024 13:29:52 UTC Re: Gift ideas for a fire station? http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302537#Post302537 Posted by brandtb:
Since I got SimpliSafe about two years ago, the fire department has been to my house three times. I must be a bad cook. Once the fire alarm (...)]]> Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:35:01 UTC Re: Customizing Your Medical Kit http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302478#Post302478 Posted by Jeanette_Isabelle:
Some of you mentioned that I need plenty of 4" x 4" gauze pads for bleeding scenarios. Has anyone used compressed gauze instead in the same (...)]]> Tue, 13 Aug 2024 16:31:56 UTC Re: Safety pin http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302464#Post302464 Posted by Ren:
Niteize have various sbiners some with requiring 2 actions to open.

https://www.niteize.co.uk/collections/s-biners-carabiners]]> Wed, 24 Jul 2024 10:53:50 UTC Re: bacpacjac http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302456#Post302456 Posted by chaosmagnet:
Originally Posted By: wildman800
Wildman800 is still lurking. I was hiding from Hurricane Beryl last week.


Glad to see you!]]> Thu, 18 Jul 2024 21:56:03 UTC Re: Growing a Garden in 2024? http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302432#Post302432 Posted by Eugene:
We managed a few tomatoes and cucumbers this year, a couple small tomatoes appeared last week on one of the plants so far.]]> Tue, 25 Jun 2024 18:46:29 UTC Re: EDC Reduction http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302418#Post302418 Posted by paulr:
I had an issue like that and used cotton rounds and orange duct tape. It worked fine. I don't mean just to deal with an immediate emergency, (...)]]> Tue, 04 Jun 2024 10:30:19 UTC Re: Hoover Stew http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302408#Post302408 Posted by dougwalkabout:
Haha, I looked up some images and thought "nice looking daughter you have there!" But if they're both happy it's all good. Me no judgy pants.

 Sun, 26 May 2024 03:03:07 UTC Re: Silver http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302405#Post302405 Posted by Jeanette_Isabelle:
On Tuesday, the price of silver reached a 10-year high, closing at $32.06.

Jeanette Isabelle]]> Thu, 23 May 2024 18:24:29 UTC Re: New Madrid Seismic Zone http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302403#Post302403 Posted by Jeanette_Isabelle:
I understand the importance of being prepared. In an emergency, the first responders and medical care providers may be inundated with requests (...)]]> Fri, 17 May 2024 15:49:29 UTC Re: People Are Not Paying Attention http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302385#Post302385 Posted by Bingley:
We all have momentary lapses. I'd like to think I have pretty good situational awareness from years of training, but today I walked past a (...)]]> Sun, 28 Apr 2024 03:24:56 UTC Re: Corny Jokes http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302384#Post302384 Posted by wildman800:
What do you call an old snowman????





A glass of water!]]> Wed, 24 Apr 2024 10:40:35 UTC Re: Our adorable little earthquake http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302360#Post302360 Posted by Phaedrus:
A 4.8, that's pretty mild isn't it? I've never experienced a quake. I'm in SW Montana if we have one here it be because Jellystone's caldera (...)]]> Sat, 06 Apr 2024 02:42:50 UTC Re: Zippo Butane Inserts http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302354#Post302354 Posted by brandtb:
Originally Posted By: dougwalkabout
. . . .

Personally I have never found a refillable butane lighter that I could rely on in the field. Too bad; (...)
]]> Wed, 03 Apr 2024 20:27:05 UTC Re: Problem in my WhatsApp configuration http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302335#Post302335 Posted by Chisel:
Thanks everyone.

My daughter helped me and I will explain the solution just in case someone faces the same problem.

Actually, very few people (...)]]> Sat, 09 Mar 2024 13:55:57 UTC Re: Seventeen Years http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302273#Post302273 Posted by Phaedrus:
Originally Posted By: Herman30
So, after being here for 17+ year, this forum have been awfully slow the last few years, sometimes it can go (...)
]]> Sat, 03 Feb 2024 06:25:15 UTC Re: January 26, 1986 http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302262#Post302262 Posted by Herman30:
January 26 1986 - not long after that (beginning of february) I begun my military service.]]> Sat, 27 Jan 2024 09:29:20 UTC Re: How is everyone doing in The Big Frosty? http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302238#Post302238 Posted by chaosmagnet:
Thank you!]]> Mon, 15 Jan 2024 22:32:05 UTC Re: Happy New Year http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302189#Post302189 Posted by Jeanette_Isabelle:
Originally Posted By: brandtb
But just in case . . . brace yourself.

I am doing everything that I know and am capable of doing.

Jeanette Isabelle]]> Wed, 03 Jan 2024 02:37:41 UTC Re: Biofreeze Patches http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302182#Post302182 Posted by chaosmagnet:
I am not a medical professional nor a chemist.

My personal experience with expired Biofreeze patches is that they work very well. I would (...)]]> Sat, 30 Dec 2023 15:28:12 UTC Re: My Relationship with Leatherman’s Wave, 1998-2023 http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302179#Post302179 Posted by chaosmagnet:
Originally Posted By: Phaedrus
Great review/story! I have some Leatherman tools but I tend to get more use out of my Victorinox Spirit (...)
]]> Sat, 30 Dec 2023 09:00:02 UTC Re: Happy Holidays! http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302162#Post302162 Posted by chaosmagnet:
Thank you Phaedrus! Happy holidays to all!]]> Mon, 25 Dec 2023 17:58:54 UTC Re: Thursday, December 21, 17:27 GMT http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302158#Post302158 Posted by Phaedrus:
Very cool!]]> Sun, 24 Dec 2023 09:10:17 UTC Re: Avatars and Signatures http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302136#Post302136 Posted by Phaedrus:
I guess I explained it wrong, the site isn't gone but no new art has been added in almost a decade. But I'm glad it's still there to read! Sat, 09 Dec 2023 21:01:19 UTC Re: Happy Thanksgiving! http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302096#Post302096 Posted by chaosmagnet:
One of the Offspring had been bringing someone to family events who was…well…not one of my favorite people.

The Offspring’s relationship with (...)]]> Tue, 28 Nov 2023 01:25:18 UTC Re: Leatherman Arc: First Impressions http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302093#Post302093 Posted by chaosmagnet:
Originally Posted By: UTAlumnus
Any indication why the price jump?


I’d say the Magnacut blade and the “Free” technology introduced in LM’s P2 (...)]]> Sun, 26 Nov 2023 10:13:09 UTC Re: For your Halloween reading http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302078#Post302078 Posted by brandtb:
The Monkey’s Paw

“Be careful what you wish for, you may receive it.” – Anonymous

PART ONE

Outside, the night was cold and wet, but in the small (...)]]> Sat, 28 Oct 2023 16:00:30 UTC Re: 114 dB http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302073#Post302073 Posted by Jeanette_Isabelle:
Today, instead of using a whistle as a signaling device, I discovered a young tigress coming of age as an alternative.


]]> Fri, 20 Oct 2023 20:55:56 UTC Re: Yom Teruah and Sukkot http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=302071#Post302071 Posted by Nomad:
Try running bad tasting water thru an activated charcoal filter. It will remove almost all bad tastes and lots of other undesirable stuff as well.]]> Tue, 17 Oct 2023 23:35:49 UTC