Scrim... is that like a handkerchief or bandana?

Wow... 14. You and Jim will have to form a club! I'm impressed that so many younger folk are smart enough to be prepared. I wish I had the same wisdom at that age!

It's a kind of big head band that caan be pretty much any kid of head gear.
You can get them here web page

i was 14 -15 ish too when i started to show up here... A few years later, i'm still here. I just got in to emergency and disaster stuff a little deeper. I'm studying applied safety and security right now and want to go to the disaster and crisis managament direction. Although other safety issues are pretty interesting too... it's all you people fault! <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

"That means you can do.......nothing in Canada. Are you allowed to breath?"

Breathing if fine and free - especially the good clear air we have locally. I have no idea what smog is. :-)

No, I think the educators and such have gone off the deep end in some situations - no tolerance rules and such. Even in post-secondary schools they keep an eye on things like knives. As an adult in my workplace, it's a different story. Nobody has a serious problem with me carrying a pocket knife and multi-tool or two. The cops tell me there isn't even a 3" length rule for knives - just no automatics, switchblades, etc. Weapons are banned so unless you brandish your knife as a weapon, it's no big deal. Treat things responsibly and you are treated responsibly.

BTW, cell-phones are also a no-no in schools. Teachers get really pissed when some kid has their phone ringing in the classroom so I thing most schools "suggest" that the kids keep them turned off or at the most on vibrate while in class. Students who don't obey the rules can have their phones temporarily confiscated. A lot of people see the idea of kids with cell-phones as even frivolous or extravagent but then again I live in an economically repressed region.