How then, do we move backwards? How does a society, with most of the people having no clue of future events, move from being dependent on a vast and intertwined network of goods and services produced by the indigenous people of whereever, to a local resource and renewable energy based society, and do so in the timeframe available (20-30 years using the most liberal extimates, 10-20 with resonable estimates, 5-10 with worst case scenarios), all the while prices on everything increasing, world politics getting more militaristic, governments continuously reducing civil liberties, shortages of goods on the market and weather patterns resembling bad Hollywood movies?
Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 7:40 pm Post subject: I have a splinter.....
Ok, technically my 5 year old did. Big ole nasty one in her foot.
Thats when it hit me, its going to be the little things. Needles are super cheap and readily available. Stock up. Imagine dying over something as stupid as a splinter in your finger? I'd recommend buying lots of tweezers too. _________________ "Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the
Abyss, the Abyss gazes also into you."
Ammo at a gunfight is like bubblegum in grade school: If you havent brought enough for everyone, you're in trouble
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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 7:50 pm Post subject: Re: I have a splinter.....
Make sure that her tetanus (sp) shots are up to date! _________________ "With man gone will there be hope for gorilla? With gorilla gone will there be hope for man?" --Ishmael by D. Quinn
Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 9:51 pm Post subject: Re: I have a splinter.....
I've had chunks of wood, nails, dogwood spikes and needles lodged
in my bone... So it could be worse
From my experience I think a couple dr. shoals shoes shoes inserts and
steel plate would make a nice combination. But yeah, keep up on
tetanus vaccinations and other options. And take care of your feet,
they're what you stand on...
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Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:20 am Post subject: Re: I have a splinter.....
Walking in shoes with steel plates hurts your feet. If you do any amount of walking (like I do) you can totally run through a pair in 3-6 months so having supplies to fix the wound is always better in the long run.
Gotta put needles and tweezers on the list. Don't know where I'd be if I lost my one good pair of tweezers.
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 8:35 am Post subject: Re: I have a splinter.....
uNkNowN ElEmEnt wrote:
Walking in shoes with steel plates hurts your feet. If you do any
amount of walking (like I do) you can totally run through a pair in 3-6
months so having supplies to fix the wound is always better in the long run.
Hurt your feet from steel plates? Nah, Puncture Resistant Midsoles
are common in a lot of boots, they can prevent bruising when
kicking in a shovel, prevent punctures, and aren't all that different
from a stiff arch support. Sneakers are light and built to be comfortable.
But some jobs require a boot with a little steel in them. If you're in a
scrap yard or walking around some old wood with a lot of nails,
a steel insert would do a lot of good in getting though the day and
might be lighter then carrying around steel toe boots if you wouldn't
be using them for long...
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:03 pm Post subject: Re: I have a splinter.....
What will happen when your fingernail clippers run out? And your nail file? Better stock up on sandpaper then.
And what about your potato peeler? I imagine people will be eating potatoes a lot more and using it a lot more. I suppose its ok not to have one but if your a chef and cooking for a lot of people its indispensible.
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Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:20 pm Post subject: Re: I have a splinter.....
cestlavie wrote:
What will happen when your fingernail clippers run out? And your nail file? Better stock up on sandpaper then.
When i was a kid we lived near a gravel pit. We played in it all summer and during that time i never had to trim my fingernails. They wore off from digging with my bare hands as we climbed the slopes. By the time tweezers fail, shovels will have failed too and we'll be digging furrows with our bare hands and fingernail clippers won't be a concern.
You can always use your teeth, or your friends teeth, for pulling stuff imbedded in your flesh. I've chewed splinters out before. No biggie. _________________ Everything is Impermanent. Shakyamuni Buddha
Joined: Jun 29, 2008 Posts: 80 Location: San Luis Obispo, CA / San Jose, CA
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:26 pm Post subject: Re: I have a splinter.....
cestlavie wrote:
What will happen when your fingernail clippers run out? And your nail file? Better stock up on sandpaper then.
And what about your potato peeler? I imagine people will be eating potatoes a lot more and using it a lot more. I suppose its ok not to have one but if your a chef and cooking for a lot of people its indispensible.
Why peel potatos, your going to need all the nutrition you can get !
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:44 pm Post subject: Re: I have a splinter.....
Specop_007 wrote:
Ok, technically my 5 year old did. Big ole nasty one in her foot.
Yeah. It's scary. I stepped on a stick last summer. I was wearing sandals at the time and one of the side branches jammed through my sandal and about a half inch into my foot. Despite my best efforts, it ended up getting infected. I was able to deal with it, but without a pharmacy available, it might have become a serious thing. _________________ "I was born in a deep forest
I wish I could live here all my life
I am made from stones and roots
My home, these woods and roads
All my life I loved this sound
Of the woods all around
Eagles fly where the winds blow free" -Korpiklaani
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:33 pm Post subject: Re: I have a splinter.....
Buy an herbal PDR (Physicians Desk Reference). Start an herb garden, and learn what it's good for. All those cooking herbs have not endured for millenia in our kitchens ONLY because they taste good!
For hardware, either get acquainted with a blacksmith, or become one youself. Once a person sees it done, ANYONE can make a pair of tweezers or a scalpel, or a neelde sharp wire, and if there is a fire available, it can be sterilized in seconds. All it takes is some scrap wire, or sheet metal, a hammer, a rock for an anvil, and a file or an abrasive rock.
We must all get out of the "gotta go buy.... " mindset. Buy a book on blacksmithing, too. And one on hand woodworking with primitive tools. In the most primitive of situations, one does not saw boards from a log, one must SPLIT boards, or hammer handles, or shingles, or whatever, from a log. Instead of hours of hard labor sawing, splitting takes one well placed whack with an axe or mallet and wedge. Presto! A nearly flat surface, at very little effort. Try to get some recorded shows from the woodworker in the Colonial Williamsburg shop. Or better, his book, "The Woodwright's Shop", by Roy Underhill, ISBN 0-8078-4082-3.
It's time to find alternatives for everything. _________________ Local fix-it guy..
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:46 pm Post subject: Re: I have a splinter.....
One simple lesson, and lots of practice, gave me a useful working knowledge of blacksmithing:
Red hot metal behaves EXACTLY like modeling clay at room temperature. (Never hammer iron cold-- It will work harden and crack.) Get a pound of the greasy kid stuff clay, and a flat hard surface, and a hammer. Then practice, practice, practice, practice, and more practice. If you can hammer what you want out of modelling clay, you can do it with steel. Red hot iron can burn you, and a forge is a hot smoky experience, but clay is patient and always workable.
There is much more to learn about metals, heat treatment and other things, but the above will get the shape you want.
Any volunteers to make a pair of tweezers from a piece of wire? You can do some bending cold, but if you want to do much hammering, you will need to heat it, lest it crack and break. Use a propane torch and a pair of pliers to hold the wire to keep from burning your fingers. Channellocks work well too.
C'mon!! I dare you! What have you got to lose, besides some keyboard time? _________________ Local fix-it guy..
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 4:37 pm Post subject: Re: I have a splinter.....
Sticky pine sap will get that out, too. Put a dab on the splinter, let it dry and then rip it out. See if that works.
You're right. It's the little things. For me, it would be really weird not to have hair ties to tie up my ponytail. How weird would it feel to have to tie it up every day instead of band it.
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