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Leithoa
Don't try to cut down a tree like that. You need to leave an inch or two of intact non-heartwood between the cuts. ie 30/60 not 50/50
Hippehpanda
Favorited for the plants and the splinter, those seem down right practical and applicable to my day to day life
MinorityOpinion
#4 Do not pull a tree down onto yourself as that can cause sudden and prolonged death.
POOPFACEOTIN
No wonder people smoked. They needed them to live.
SketchyAnimalFacts
The splinter one can work faster if after you deal it with your hand, you submerge the bottle in cold water. Makes more pressure and pull
faunakate
TL;DR smoked Ogden cigarettes instead
VagisilToothpaste
And they said cigarettes weren't cool...just look at all this rad advice they used to give out! Now they just tell us how fast we'll die.
BoomIgotyourwalletBoomIgotyourphilliestickets
We need stuff like this again
diphenhydraminehcl50mg
Survival guides
ensensu
Cigarette companies evidently wanted you to only die from smoking cigarettes.
iamthisguy247
Hmm.. holding a kid on a pulley over a river seems a little excessive just to light a match in the wind.
MarkOfTheCovenant
Life hack- don't be black or a witch
MarkOfTheCovenant
*from 100 years ago
EthnicCleanser88
NEED PARTNERS TO ATTEMPT RIVER CROSSING METHOD WITH
PweaseNoSteppy
Genini
Eggs are good own their own for a long time. In the US they require refrigeration because we wash the protective outside layer off.
DontAskMeAboutMyUsernameOkay
The first one literally says "will probably be adverted" meaning they weren't even sure it'd work all the time.
thegonzoesquire
Better than the other option at the time....
YiminRong
Still need to boil the water.
TheTimeless
And then all of these tough boys grew up to boast about "growing up tough" and also whine about loud music...
MockerBird
i filter wate with what is the irt in it in the fist place???
MockerBird
*water *dirt
rentedmule2442
How to give boy scouts emphysema.
Jaeto
I know this game. Once he's in the middle, the first one to knock him in the water with a dirt clod wins.
TheCaptain00
You must have been a Scout!
RoastedSalted
+1 for "dirt clod."
tgkaze
+1 for knowing that slang
jlky
Can someone actually explain how #1 would work?
patstoffy
I like how "make a chair" is just in there like it's an easy one-step thing people do all the time
OvermindSlab
There's a knot that makes two loops that you can sit in. I don't remember it's name but a scout needing to ford a river like that might.
Ohio
Fireman's chair knot I believe. Or just chair knot haha
OvermindSlab
Sounds like knot makers used up all their creativity on the knots instead of the names.
CmRock136
Wouldn’t you just be pulling the tree towards you?
skye1013
wrap the rope around another tree or stationary object and pull from a different angle
CmRock136
Ah okay. I was wondering how that was supposed to work
LTareyouserious
They've revised maddog training. Now we salute and obey orders.
waterbucketsandsparetowels
Took me a second. Good shit
pogon
Rabies is basically a thing of the past in the US, but still a big deal in developing countries.
OwlicksBee
Rah
guardian19d
She's about to bash a fire with a bottle of vodka.
CaldariBob
...like you do...
SirDistic
Any serious outbreak will probably be averted.
IBuiltAFreakingArk
RogueLanguageModel
C I G A R E T T E S
pptninja
Ah yes, the Russian method
fafa4201
I was just about to say the same thing
MateriaCaelestis
“Anybody got a perfectly clean zinc pail? I need it for reasons”
IdonotknowwhatthehellIamdoinghere
Damn! On Amazon Sal-Ammoniac is on back order!
drphobos33
I suddenly really feel like a cigarette
potentiallyunsafe
#8 first step to cross the river: swim across the river.
efemral
But then I would have been carrying this block pulley around with me all these years for nothing!
pogon
That water filter one is still useful for your emergency kit (eg, earthquake kit on the west coast).
Lischu
But one should know it cleans the dirt but not the bacteria. It should still be boiled first before drinking.
pogon
Fair enough.
lolaluftnagel
You could just buy a little filter device now.
pogon
This works better than a little filter. Large scale versions are used for municipal systems.
Lischu
And this is also good to remember in an emergency! (Also works with alternating layers of fine sand and gravel.)
SashaTheKitty
Anyone tried the watering plants trick? Does it work?
JHawke
All the time, works just fine. use more threads if it goes too slow.
zeroexistence
Theoretically it'll work due to, can't remember the term, transpiration?, anyway the water will move slowly through the wool thread.
giverofinternetpoints
The term you're after is capillary action, meaning water sticks to itself & other things, and ends up pulling itself up/along the cloth. 1/2
giverofinternetpoints
That's the same process for how plant roots pull water out of the ground and move it up through the trunk/stem. Cohesion and adhesion!
giverofinternetpoints
whoops 3/2! Transpiration is evaporation of water from plants as opposed to evaporation from soil or standing/running water
SashaTheKitty
Awesome! Thanks for this. I'm leaving on holiday soon and I'll try this with my plant babies.
WouldAPonyByAnyOtherNameBeAsOffencive
Update?