Registered: 02/06/04
Posts: 4020
Loc: Anchorage AK
That fir tree pitch may be great for firestarting, but is a real hassle when you get too much on your hands and clothing.
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Registered: 02/06/04
Posts: 4020
Loc: Anchorage AK
Oh yes, works great when I am making dinner and the rolls taste like pitch. It also helps when handling them hot pots, kinda like callouses then.
As for the clothes, don't you know petroleum products are far superior at making my breeches like kindling?
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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. -- Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
I learned to always look into what I'm drinking before taking a drink outdoors. I nearly swallowed a HUGE hairy spider that was floating on top of my beer. A friend of mine was bitten on the lip by a bee that had crawled into his soda. His lips swelled up to cartoonish proportions. We had some great laughs at his expense.
Another thing I've learned: rain fly's dont keep out the rain when it's coming at you horizontally.
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Registered: 01/27/07
Posts: 510
Loc: on the road 10-11 months out o...
That Jiffy Pop popcorn does not do well on a campfire, that the smell of burned popcorc will run all the wild life in the area away, that you can't get it out of your clothes, and that I really hate the smell of burned popcorn.
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