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Post by red on Nov 4, 2017 22:09:17 GMT
The first is a big crayon type thingy. Write on wet wood, wet siding on anything really and the letters will be bigger then with a pen or pencil sometimes that's a bonus.If it gets wet nothing bad happens to it.
The soap stone i use for white lines on metal , though it can leave marks on other materials. It will write when wet or dry don't matter. One thing with them is they can break/snap on you if not protected.
I carry them just because they don't dry our like a marker or pen will. The can write big so your message can be seen by others if wanted.
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Post by Browning35 on Nov 5, 2017 0:10:30 GMT
Only "food" I have in my little GHB is a couple of those 2400 calorie Mainstay food bars (kinda tastes like a lemon sugar cookie, and are suppose to be "non-thirst provoking") and a few packets of GU energy gel. Weird, I actually have some of the mainstay's in that pack now. What's GU energy gel though? Edit : Okay I looked it up. shop.guenergy.com/collections/energy/products/roctane-energy-gel?variant=34283820173I guess a better question would be what does it actually do when you drink it? The first is a big crayon type thingy. Write on wet wood, wet siding on anything really and the letters will be bigger then with a pen or pencil sometimes that's a bonus.If it gets wet nothing bad happens to it. The soap stone i use for white lines on metal , though it can leave marks on other materials. It will write when wet or dry don't matter. One thing with them is they can break/snap on you if not protected. I carry them just because they don't dry our like a marker or pen will. The can write big so your message can be seen by others if wanted. Okay, that's kind of what I thought they were for but wasn't completely sure. |
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Post by LowKey on Nov 5, 2017 17:13:29 GMT
Only "food" I have in my little GHB is a couple of those 2400 calorie Mainstay food bars (kinda tastes like a lemon sugar cookie, and are suppose to be "non-thirst provoking") and a few packets of GU energy gel. Weird, I actually have some of the mainstay's in that pack now. What's GU energy gel though? Edit : Okay I looked it up. shop.guenergy.com/collections/energy/products/roctane-energy-gel?variant=34283820173I guess a better question would be what does it actually do when you drink it? Best bang for your buck calorie to gram wise is going to be home made pemmican, at 6.666 calories per gram. For comparison you have peanut butter at 5.85 calories per gram, coconut oil at 8.57 per gram (I suppose you could deal with just drinking it for a day or two..), vs the lifeboat bars (which I still think are a good thing to have) and the Mainstay bars at 5.26 calories per gram. |
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Post by Browning35 on Nov 8, 2017 16:24:25 GMT
I associated the term pemmican with mountain man and arctic exploration books, never knew exactly what it consisted of until I did a search.
Is the pemmican from web-based stores about the same? Or is homemade superior in some way?
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Post by LowKey on Nov 8, 2017 17:46:43 GMT
I associated the term pemmican with mountain man and arctic exploration books, never knew exactly what it consisted of until I did a search. Is the pemmican from web-based stores about the same? Or is homemade superior in some way? The homemade stuff used meat that's been dried at low temperatures, the commercial stuff gets cooked during the drying process which reduces the nutritional value a lot. I can dig up instructions on "properly made" homemade pemmican if you like. Here |
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Post by Browning35 on Nov 15, 2017 12:57:05 GMT
Awesome, thank you.
Next time I get some game I'll try it out. Doesn't look *THAT* hard. Hopefully I don't jack it up.
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In other news that Tristar Canik C-100 does function w/CZ-75 compact mags. Locks back on the last shot and everything.
That CZ Scorpion Evo pistol with the brace is also a ton of fun. Hate the trigger though.
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Post by dannusmaximus on Nov 22, 2017 3:36:31 GMT
So, I've been thinking a bit about pemmican, and checked out LowKey's link to how it is made, and I'm standing in a specialty store today called Wild Birds Unlimited to get our winter supply of bird seed (my wife reaches her zen state while watching birds flitter about our various backyard feeders...) and I see THIS stuff: www.wbu.com/products/suet/nuts-berries-suet/Several different 'flavors' of these suet cakes, they cost about $3 apiece, weight is 311 grams. The 'PB & J' flavor has the following ingredients listed: Rendered beef suet, roasted peanuts, raisins, oats, corn, milk, blueberries. Nutritional analysis for the same flavor shows: 8% crude protein, 40% crude fat, 4% crude fiber They are manufactured by C & S Products Co., Inc. our of Fort Dodge, IA. Here is there website: www.wildbirdsuets.com/Prominently placed on the label, of course, is the phrase "Not for Human Consumption", but I got to thinking... Why not? Can anybody think of anything in particular that would scream 'Don't eat this!!' for a person? The website says the products are made with rendered beef kidney fat, which is maybe gross but would it be potentially harmful? A brief online search seems to show that beef suet is rather commonly used in cooking overseas. If it is okay for people to eat, the PB & J version of the suet cake I looked at would have around 1200 calories from fat alone (311g x 0.4 x 9 cal/g), and you can do the math for the other nutrients. Seems like that wouldn't be a terrible GHB food, assuming it is palatable. And yes, if the hive mind says to do it, I am totally prepared to plunk down $3 and take a hearty bite out of this stuff to see what it tastes like... Thoughts? Just thinking outside the box a bit. |
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Post by LowKey on Nov 22, 2017 9:07:16 GMT
It's going to be int he neighborhood of 48% carbs, and with carbs only being 4 cal per gram you'd be around 5.7 calories per gram of weight vs the 6.7 for pemmican.
Let's WAG a daily caloric goal of 2500 calories (if you're eating this you're probably exerting yourself physically more than normal),
7 days worth of Pemmican would come in around 6.65kg/5.84lbs and the Bird Feed comes in around 3.06kg/6.75lbs or just under a pound more than the pemmican. Not bad.
What the heck, give it a shot. As long as they haven't added anything else in that they haven't disclosed you should be fine, although I worry about your selection of PB&J....if it doesn't taste good it's going to be hard to come up with a way to doctor it up to taste better.
I wonder what the numbers on fat/beef suet and whey protein powder would look like.....hmmm.
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Post by Browning35 on Nov 24, 2017 16:17:25 GMT
No, not from a ...it will cause you harm in some way perspective. At worst I imagine that it just won't taste very good.
That sounds similar to those "sledging rations" that sled dogs eat that I read about on Wikipedia when looking it up.
So eating just a diet of just those probably wouldn't be all that healthy, but eating some just to try it or perhaps supplementing it with other rations would probably work.
Suet sounds fairly gross, but who knows...maybe it's good.
Try one. Or if you buy it send me one and I'll have a buddy video me eating it.
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Post by Browning35 on Nov 24, 2017 16:37:01 GMT
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Post by dannusmaximus on Dec 19, 2017 1:21:22 GMT
I'm coming into some end of the year 'fun money', and am planning a complete redo of my GHB situation (because doing stuff like that = fun for me...  ). More to follow, basic premise is as follows: - Redo will involve purchase of new bag/backpack
- Redo will involve making TWO bags, one with all the stuff needed for one person, the other with additional items for the spouse. I currently have one larger GHB that I grab regardless of if we are traveling solo or together, and it basically ends up being far too much crap for just one person, and not quite enough for two. By having a 'second person' bag to grab, I can hopefully remedy that situation.
- Focus will be on lighter, purpose built and purchased gear, rather than just gear I already had on hand and am making due with.
So, stand by for after the holidays when I can start running ideas by you guys. For now, anybody have any particular thought on the 5.11 'Rush' series of backpacks?
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Post by scbrian on Dec 20, 2017 21:25:03 GMT
to tag on to his question, my current GHB is an old school bookbag with plenty of pockets. I saw a good deal on a daypack, but I ended up passing it up because it was sil-nylon and I was concerned about the durability. What's everyones choice in construction material for GHB's?
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Post by Browning35 on Dec 21, 2017 1:25:11 GMT
to tag on to his question, my current GHB is an old school bookbag with plenty of pockets. I saw a good deal on a daypack, but I ended up passing it up because it was sil-nylon and I was concerned about the durability. What's everyones choice in construction material for GHB's? Mine is just an Eddie Bauer backpack that I picked up for less than $5 at a garage sale. IIRC it was like $3. Standard nylon and some kind of cloth.  I had a GHB ripped off from my truck once, so now I build them out of almost disposable gear and supplies. @dannus : I don't own that particular backpack, but they look good judging from quick looks at stores. I do have othe 5.11 gear and while it's not particularly lightweight the 5.11 bags I have held together very well over the years. I have an active shooter/range bag that's been used and abused and that's still coming back for more. |
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Post by dannusmaximus on Dec 21, 2017 23:05:43 GMT
I've currently got a Tactical Tailor bag that is made of pretty sturdy stuff, equivalent to a high end backpack or military pack. It's heavy as hell, and quite a bit bigger than what I need - - part of my goal is to reduce the amount of stuff I'm carrying, and I'm one of those guys who will fill 'x' amount of space with 'x' amount of gear, whether I need it or not just because I've got the room!
To SCBrian, I think the bag that Browning is showing is just fine for a GHB intended for short duration use, say you've got a long day's walk to get home from work if things go sideways. My bag is intended to last for a 5 day (100 mile-ish) or so hike over mixed terrain. A basic book bag style pack would PROBABLY do fine, but I would like something a little more robust just in case. My initial thought is a 5.11 'Rush' style pack as my primary GHB, with perhaps another 5.11 sling style bag as a second person bag with some additional gear in it.
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Post by Browning35 on Dec 22, 2017 14:19:28 GMT
Yeah, that's exactly what that one is for. Just a short duration bag if caught at work and then I temporarily get stuck somewhere.
For long trips like I was talking about earlier (trips to Alabama, Tennessee, Arizona, San Antonio, my father in law's place out in the middle of nowhere in hog/deer killing country 350 miles from here) I have an Eberlestock and my wife has a North Face something or other with more food/gear.
For just less than 50 miles from home I just tote that. It's light, I'm more focused on speed and getting home quick but I still might need a face mask, water, food or medical supplies. However then I have to balance that out with low cost because there's the daily possibility of vehicle burglary which results in the theft of the bag and I don't want them to make off with something really nice with the bag and gear costing in excess of $500 to $700.
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). More to follow, basic premise is as follows: