Entertaining and on the money! Why does everything have to have a carabiner on it these days? I imagine people walking around with all sorts of crap hanging off them like a Christmas Tree, jingling like Santa.Temporarily hooking to things I understand, but clipping stuff to the outside of your bag? Just put it in the bag.
Lynn,You forgot the video intro where the video 'maker' is wearing a bullet proof vest firing a semi-automatic assault rifle for no apparent reason, aside from, thinking it looks cool.
gun stuff sitting in frame
If you're building a kit in advance of a set of foreseeable circumstances so that you are preparing for those specific circumstances why would you handicap yourself with a product that is intended from the very start as a substitute for the real thing?
Quote from: Lynn LeFey on December 01, 2017, 03:37:32 AMgun stuff sitting in frameThat's better than having the host sitting on a log, with his crotch in shot.
Quote from: gerleatherberman on December 01, 2017, 03:30:22 AMLynn,You forgot the video intro where the video 'maker' is wearing a bullet proof vest firing a semi-automatic assault rifle for no apparent reason, aside from, thinking it looks cool. Oh, no... I didn't forget... Just figured I'd do 10 items on the first list. The 'bringing enough firepower for a war' is probably it's own whole topic. But i DO notice that a lot of videos will even have gun stuff sitting in frame while talking about anything... toilet paper, even. I guess this is because they want to draw in 'action junkies'. There's a really GOOD youtube channel, Prepper Princess, who does great stuff, particularly on the topic of thrifty living to save for preparedness stuff, and I swear, as a tongue in cheek thing, she has a short intro that's just her racking a shotgun. And completely on that topic...
Quote from: gerleatherberman on December 01, 2017, 03:30:22 AMLynn,You forgot the video intro where the video 'maker' is wearing a bullet proof vest firing a semi-automatic assault rifle for no apparent reason, aside from, thinking it looks cool. But obviously in an emergency you want to look as tacticool as possible because what are the chances police or other emergency services would mistake you for a threat! They'll obviously recognize that you know what you're doing because you have a YouTube channel so they'll step aside and let you take control of the situation!
#3 Fixed blade knives for 'defense'. Okay. So... HOW much training do you have in knife fighting? Have you ever BEEN in a knife fight? Was it fun? Is it something you'd ever want to do again? No? Well, then maybe a swiss army knife with a saw is a better answer, and use it go cut yourself a 4 foot long stick.Better solution: almost anything. Seriously. A f'ing sock with a rock in it is a better defensive tool. But a long stick would be my choice if avoidance was impossible.
I hate sporks! They don't work well as forks and don't work at all as spoons. Just get either Yugoslavian (Slovenian and Croatian armies still use the same one) or German army cutlery set. And the knife can be somewhat sharpened so it actually functions as a knife...
Quote from: GuacamoleBay on December 01, 2017, 05:16:46 AMQuote from: gerleatherberman on December 01, 2017, 03:30:22 AMLynn,You forgot the video intro where the video 'maker' is wearing a bullet proof vest firing a semi-automatic assault rifle for no apparent reason, aside from, thinking it looks cool. But obviously in an emergency you want to look as tacticool as possible because what are the chances police or other emergency services would mistake you for a threat! They'll obviously recognize that you know what you're doing because you have a YouTube channel so they'll step aside and let you take control of the situation!Stand back! I'm from YOUTUBE! (trumpet fanfare)
And don't get me started on bottoning endless YouTube videos of people breaking cheap non full tang moras and bitching when they break smurfs use a smurfing hatchet or collect smaller wood ,or use a more expensive full tang if you want to Batton the smurf out of it ,but I guess it's too expensive and pretty
#8 Life Boat Survival BarsLook... I don't know how to tell you this. Those aren't magical elven Lembas bread. They're just basically sugar cookies. 'They don't provoke thirst'. So? That's because they're for LIFE BOATS... where drinkable water might be in short demand. 'They have your required calories...'. No. No they don't. They have MINIMUM SURVIVAL CALORIES FOR A SEDENTARY PERSON ON A LIFE BOAT, 1200 calories per day. 'They last five years'. So? So do Ramen noodles. Oh, and guess which one costs less to get/replace... and doesn't taste like total butt? I said TOTAL butt. I know some people aren't a fan of ramen. Better solution: Ramen noodles. Or instant mashed potatoes. Instant oatmeal. About a jillion other things.