Dave you are of course correct. I was probably obtuse, or whatever the word is for vague. I've always stressed my view that somebody who reads ETS, goes to the store and spends $20 on a box of matches, carbon steel, hickory handled kitchen knife, gallon of water and hank of utility cord is now Equipped. They have the mindset to make it. The two fallacies of deviation are folks who feel they won't until the ultimate toolkit has been assembled or this very strange reverse minimalism of .22 cartridge shell whistles. It's been saturating the various survival forums for years. Try blowing a .22 while your freezing cold shaking to death vs a big old STORM unit. I'm off to the store for more caffeine. I failed to rotate my cache properly. I dug a teabag of Earl Grey out from the bananna peels and eggshells to brew a cuppa. I have just enough chemicals in me to type this and drive over. God have mercy on any SUV that crosses me. My cat has my PSK gripped in his forepaws, lying on his back and kicking it with rear legs and biting the wrapped paracord. Silly cats broke into their entire 72 hour BOB of catnip and are stoned. I'll just slip my knife and a $1 lighter in my jeans and hope the big one doesn't hit in the next 30 minutes <img src="/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />