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#15084 - 04/16/03 07:43 PM US MRE's
Anonymous
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Yesterday I got my first 'taste' of US MRE rations. They're great. However they are not very compact compared to the British ones. I like the tiny bundle of toilet paper and the tabasco sauce, great idea. In the British packs you get 10 NATO wind/waterproof lifeboat matches, but in the US ones you get 20 paper matches. On the paper match packet, I noticed it mentioned that the matches are made for use in damp conditions. Are these matches any different to normal paper matches and would they be useful for inclusion in survival kits?

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#15085 - 04/17/03 02:58 AM Re: US MRE's
Anonymous
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IMHO, the MRE matches are better than standard paper matches, but not by much. I carry and use them - primarily in balmy conditions so I can save more serious lighting implements for wetter weather.

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#15086 - 04/18/03 06:22 PM Re: US MRE's
Anonymous
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Another acronym problem. What does IMHO mean?

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#15087 - 04/18/03 07:11 PM Re: US MRE's
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Registered: 08/19/02
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In my humble opinion.

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He who sits still in a house all the time may be the greatest vagrant of all... Thoreau

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#15088 - 04/19/03 03:28 AM Re: US MRE's
Anonymous
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In My Humble Opinion....Of course this isn't true. I wll bet that everyone who uses IMHO has a very high opinion of their "humble" opinion.

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#15089 - 04/19/03 06:00 AM Re: US MRE's
Chris Kavanaugh Offline
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Registered: 02/09/01
Posts: 3824
With a cockney accent it would read IMUO- " in me 'umble opinion" <img src="images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />


Edited by Chris Kavanaugh (04/19/03 06:02 AM)

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