โFeb-22-2017 10:24 AM
โFeb-26-2017 10:33 AM
โFeb-26-2017 07:49 AM
Mr.Beebo wrote:
Is there a chapter on what is good to burn?
Many of the "dummies" camped near me tend to burn diapers, chicken bones, styrofoam dinner ware, beer cans, broken shower shoes and assorted empty cardboard and plastic food containers.
Book should be set out and distributed at check in stations.
โFeb-25-2017 01:46 AM
โFeb-24-2017 12:58 PM
Army11Bravo wrote:
At the sake of opening a can of worms, I thought I would share a PhotoShop image I created last year. The running joke in our circle of camping friends is my buddy Duane who fancies himself a master campfire builder. No matter how big the fire gets, I poke and prod him that the fire isn't sufficiently big enough until it's "eye-level."
Again, this is all fun, and we have very safe fires. Please don't preach from your moral high ground.
Here is the image I created just for my buddy...
โFeb-23-2017 03:56 PM
โFeb-23-2017 01:37 PM
Boon Docker wrote:
You are lucky that Smokey The Bear wasn't nearby at the time, he might have taken a whiz on your campfire. :B
โFeb-23-2017 01:30 PM
โFeb-23-2017 12:41 PM
acker1 wrote:
Back when I was in the Army we were 111 for infantry. I think that 11B started a couple of years later.
DICK
โFeb-23-2017 05:14 AM
westend wrote:I hate it when someone dumps 5 gallons of gas with a wick, then lights it off. There is no need for that.
You have actually seen this happen? 5 Gallons of gas has a huge energy release.
โFeb-23-2017 04:45 AM
I hate it when someone dumps 5 gallons of gas with a wick, then lights it off. There is no need for that.
โFeb-22-2017 10:51 PM
โFeb-22-2017 09:39 PM
โFeb-22-2017 07:23 PM
Army11Bravo wrote:kep5niner wrote:
Everything I needed to know about fire building I learned in SERE school. Knee-high fire, thumb-size fuel, 10 minutes or less... I can still hear that going through my head, and that was almost 1.5 decades ago. Thought you'd appreciate that 11B.;)
No doubt! I still miss heat tabs. However, I was Light Infantry. We never made fires or "pitched a tent" using our shelter halves. Light Infantry meant we had no vehicles...we carried everything we needed on our backs. The sleeping bag I was issued was turned back in after 4 years, never taken to the field. I used my protective mask as a pillow and a poncho/poncho liner as a blanket.
My infantry experience is the reason I told my wife when we first married that I would never camp again. I did relent and we did camp in tents for a few years, but the RV lifestyle is far better.
Light Infantry is anything but light!
โFeb-22-2017 05:45 PM
CavemanCharlie wrote:Army11Bravo wrote:
At the sake of opening a can of worms, I thought I would share a PhotoShop image I created last year. The running joke in our circle of camping friends is my buddy Duane who fancies himself a master campfire builder. No matter how big the fire gets, I poke and prod him that the fire isn't sufficiently big enough until it's "eye-level."
Again, this is all fun, and we have very safe fires. Please don't preach from your moral high ground.
Here is the image I created just for my buddy...
lol The heck with just the cover write the whole dammed book ! It will be a best seller !!! (Well it will sell anyway)
Show how to have a normal campfire, throw in some of your army experience, add in a little dose of humor and it will sell like hotcakes.
Contact me and I'll help with some ideas.
Seriously .
โFeb-22-2017 04:35 PM