hey guys. i figured id get a good feeling for this forum befor i jumped in and made a complete ass of myself. so after a sufficient time lurking, ive decided to emerge from my cocoon of self-restraint and make a complete (albeit educated) ass of myself. wise-ass intro aside. greetings all! im Rumbaugh, im 22 male from northern maryland area. i, like most of you grew up playing in the woods. im proud to say that i still hold the best "Frogger" title in my old neighborhood. ive always been real interested in survival and wilderness related stuff. especially the knives, haha. i dont have the money as of now to have as many or as well stocked kits as id like, but i think thats a common mindset amongst packrats. i hope to learn alot from this community, and possibly contribute some different opinions/insights. <img src="images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

rumbaugh a warm welcome!
Hope you enjoy it here and learn a lot.

btw i read an alternative to your sig... proper planning plus prep prevents [censored] poor performance

Reinhardt

Rumbaugh:

I heard a similar quote in the movie "The Asassins" starring James Caan that went, "Proper planning and procedure prevents [censored] poor performance", also known as the "Seven P's".

Bountyhunter

Bonjour, Rumbaugh !

Bienvenue sur ce forum .... <img src="images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

We used to post this on the wall at one of my previous jobs:
"Positive prior planning prevents [censored] poor performance" next to: "Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an automatic emergency on my part!".
Comments from clients made the boss take the second one down from the wall. <img src="images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />
Plus, we charged a lot more for clients that didn't plan, and needed something emergently! <img src="images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

lets see with how many Ps we can come up with...

Proper positive prior planning plus prep and procedure prevents [censored] poor performance

I count 13Ps so far <img src="images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> <img src="images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I really hate it when I have to "P" 13 times for any reason.

Bountyhunter

Try getting drunk on Schlitz (or fit any other beer that costs less that $.33 a can) Ultra LIght. After 24 of them you would pee 13 times and still be sober.

Matt

No wonder they say French is a language of love. Frenchy said "hello" and "welcome to the forum" but when my coworker pronounced that for me with the rigth accent I said: "Marry me?".... Too bad she is taken <img src="images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Oh yeah and welcome to the forum where you learn a lot of handy and useful things (or not).

Matt

Welcome to the forum. Where in Northern Maryand are you from? Pete

Hey Pete,

Maybe we Northern Marylanders should start our own "Equipped" club. We could have meetings and minutes and secret handshakes and secret codes....

Or we could just go to the brew pub for a cold one.

I vote for number 2. <img src="images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Considering how fast the area is developing, it won't be long before there isn't any wilderness in MD to practice our skills.

Welcome to the forum Rumbaugh!

Greg

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hey guys, thankyou for the very warm welcome. im from Harford County. and the 7 P's thing. well i "borrowed" that from my favorite author, Richard Marcinko (i can see the eyes rolling now)...i dunno, i guess ive always had that "Be Prepared" mindset. haha, to this day all my friends refer to me as MacGuyver (i KNOW im not alone!)...

Hey Greg, et al-

Actually, I was thinking of something along the idea of a “survival” weekend, here in the Maryland area. I believe, unfortunately after the fact, that the Primitive Skills Society had a program up in the Thurmont area one year. I do not know if they rotate around the country, but I was thinking, why not have something similar. The idea would to have volunteer instructors come and present topics on a combination of traditional skills, contemporary skills and manufactures/suppliers of survival products. It is just an idea at this point but depending upon my available free time, I may try and put something together. Pete

i fully support a lil seminar weekend. ive been trying for a while to convince friends of mine to come out and play in the woods. they never wanna take me up on it. ill be the first to tell you that i am "amateur" incarnate, but im pretty durn responsible and most definetly humble enough to listen to those that have B.T.D.T. i think my email is attached, if not =====> harcokid13@hotmail.com (and im in the harford county area)