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Where you goin' city boy? - the off topic and chat thread

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  • #92
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,687 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    Power cuts (if they happen) will be my opportunity to test this latest idle interest.

    Headlamp+Lantern.png


  • #93
    thehippychippy
    Registered Users Posts: 220 ✭✭thehippychippy


    Tabnabs wrote: »
    Power cuts (if they happen) will be my opportunity to test this latest idle interest.

    Headlamp+Lantern.png

    MAN, fickle and argumentative, but also full of Simple Genius!!!


  • #94
    Danpad
    Registered Users Posts: 273 ✭✭Danpad


    Did I read/hear somewhere that if you throw a bit of bleach into the water it lights up even more? Or is that just nonsense?


  • #95
    Fries-With-That
    Registered Users Posts: 776 ✭✭✭Fries-With-That


    Danpad wrote: »
    Did I read/hear somewhere that if you throw a bit of bleach into the water it lights up even more? Or is that just nonsense?

    I think you may be referring to solar roof lights(for tin/metal) roofs, if you put bleach in the water it stops it turning green.

    http://dornob.com/solar-bottle-lamps-water-bleach-10000-liters-of-light/#axzz2lCgRC43a


  • #96
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,687 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    Crazy old coot from the hills of Montana has his say in court.

    http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/facing-illegal-fishing-charge-ernie-tertelgte-declares-self-natural-man-condemns-us-flag#

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LwR0c-CE5g


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  • #97
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,687 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    Finally got round to trying out the head-torch lantern idea. Overall, a bit disappointing. The light isn't magnified, merely diffused. The other though that struck me quite quickly was, the clock was ticking on battery life. It would work best at a small table for 2/3 people, playing cards or something similar. If you want to keep the light out of someone's eyes (that old head-torch problem), then a more gentle light, otherwise not a great backup to oil lamps etc.


  • #98
    The Glass Key
    Closed Accounts Posts: 987 ✭✭✭The Glass Key


    Tabnabs wrote: »
    Finally got round to trying out the head-torch lantern idea. Overall, a bit disappointing. The light isn't magnified, merely diffused. The other though that struck me quite quickly was, the clock was ticking on battery life. It would work best at a small table for 2/3 people, playing cards or something similar. If you want to keep the light out of someone's eyes (that old head-torch problem), then a more gentle light, otherwise not a great backup to oil lamps etc.

    Oil lamps all the way here, I keep about 5l of decent lamp oil and when that runs out its get down and dirty with good old kerosene (stinks compared to lamp oil and produces more smoke).


  • #99
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,687 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    The term 'sheeple' - does it wreck anyone else's head?


  • #100
    Khannie
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 37,485 Mod ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    Never heard it before today. There are a fierce number of sheep out there though. Fierce.


  • #101
    mawk
    Registered Users Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭mawk


    Yeah it really bugs me. If I hear someone say I automatically assume they are dumb as wood.


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  • #102
    Khannie
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 37,485 Mod ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    I think mawk just called you dumb as wood, Tabnabs. :D


  • #103
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,687 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    *hovers finger over ban button* really? :D


  • #104
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,687 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    I think I need to learn how to fly a small plane...

    http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/real-estate/cold-war-missile-silo-converted-house-sale-article-1.1408024

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  • #105
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,687 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    That's christmas sorted...

    game-christmas-tinner.jpg


  • #106
    ShadowFox
    Registered Users Posts: 4,111 ✭✭✭ShadowFox


    Tabnabs wrote: »
    Power cuts (if they happen) will be my opportunity to test this latest idle interest.

    Headlamp+Lantern.png

    What I use is my maglite
    Take the head of the maglite off take out the reflector then put the base of the maglite into the empty head and turn on.Safer than candles much brighter and totally hands free


  • #107
    The Glass Key
    Closed Accounts Posts: 987 ✭✭✭The Glass Key


    ShadowFox wrote: »
    What I use is my maglite
    Take the head of the maglite off take out the reflector then put the base of the maglite into the empty head and turn on.Safer than candles much brighter and totally hands free

    And if you click the light intensity down to the minimum setting they last for ages and still just give enough light to read by or keep the kids happy.


  • #108
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,687 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    Ikea don't do houses, but...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2C3UBkbXsc

    QB2 is a post-and-beam structure developed jointly with Bolton Buildings. The outer structure can be assembled and made waterproof in around 4 hours and the whole structure (including inner and outer wall surfaces, the windows/door, the insulation, and the electrical wiring) can be completed in 3-4 days. Options exist for cladding and for fitting out and, once constructed, QB2 is easily transported by road and sited wherever a static caravan is permitted.

    http://www.cubeproject.org.uk/


  • #109
    GY A1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,246 ✭✭✭GY A1


    batten down the hatches for tonight,
    very very windy here


  • #110
    The Glass Key
    Closed Accounts Posts: 987 ✭✭✭The Glass Key


    Hopefully its passed over here in West Waterford but while it was windy the rain was really bad for a couple of hours.


  • #111
    aaakev
    Registered Users Posts: 3,088 ✭✭✭aaakev


    Rain was that bad on the way home from work i had to stop, couldnt see the car parked in front of me it was that bad. Never seen anything like it before


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  • #112
    The Glass Key
    Closed Accounts Posts: 987 ✭✭✭The Glass Key


    aaakev wrote: »
    Rain was that bad on the way home from work i had to stop, couldnt see the car parked in front of me it was that bad. Never seen anything like it before

    Was bad but worst I ever saw was in the UK, I stopped driving about 100 yards from our gate and all the traffic was stopped the guy in a mini in front of me opened his door to get a better look at what was going on and the water was rising so quickly it ran straight in through the drivers door. Luckily most other cars were out of the worst of it.


  • #113
    Stovepipe
    Registered Users Posts: 2,979 ✭✭✭Stovepipe


    @tabnabs; have you seen IKEA's emergency shelter, designed and built for the UNHCR? Unveiled lately and expected to cost $1000, it's a flatpack with a solar panel, designed to be quickly erected in disaster zones.

    regards
    Stovepipe


  • #114
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,687 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    Hadn't seen that, many thanks for the heads up.

    Clever stuff (if a bit grim looking)

    shelter3.jpg


  • #115
    Stovepipe
    Registered Users Posts: 2,979 ✭✭✭Stovepipe


    It's a bit basic but I suppose it'd do as a quick solution.
    regards
    Stovepipe


  • #116
    The Glass Key
    Closed Accounts Posts: 987 ✭✭✭The Glass Key


    Have seen that design and construction method used and wasn't really impressed. I got the feeling that if you let the wind catch the door once that would be the last you'd see of it. But as a choice between that and the open air I'd give it a go.


  • #117
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,687 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    a classic that I'm very happy to see still around on the net today, Mors Kochanski’s Try Stick:

    try-stick.jpg

    Full details here http://www.karamat.com/trystick.pdf


  • #118
    The Glass Key
    Closed Accounts Posts: 987 ✭✭✭The Glass Key


    Tabnabs wrote: »
    a classic that I'm very happy to see still around on the net today, Mors Kochanski’s Try Stick:

    Worth a try, no better way to prove to yourself that your tools need a good sharpening :o


  • #119
    laoch na mona
    Registered Users Posts: 2,965 ✭✭✭laoch na mona


    don't see the point of starting a new thread for this, would anyone be able to recommend a good general purpose knife one which would be suitable for most tasks


  • #120
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,687 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    The Mora clipper is possibly the best all round knife when price is taken into account.
    http://activehuntingireland.ie/morakniv-clipper-840mg?search=mora.html


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  • #121
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,687 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    A day out with the North Florida Survival Group

    http://totallycoolpix.com/2013/02/kids-survival-training/


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