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Re: The Gas Station MRE challenge
Reply #450 on: May 23, 2021, 01:26:53 PM

The layout of all the food/drink/soup/snacks for the challenge, it's really way more food than I usually consume nowadays.  But it would serve me well for a car camping trip with the purpose to do a kinda strenuous 10-15 miles mountainous hiking(1000-1500+m elevation gain and loss) in semi-cold weather(12C 54F).  Even then, I probably would only consume 70% of this amount of food.


Most food can be easily acquired in gas station/food store/supermarket locally.  The real interesting piece is the HaiDeLao Tomato Beef Hotpot with self heating pad.  All it needs is some cold water and within 15min, a piping hotpot meal is ready in front of me.  I love the idea since it doesn't even require water boiling or gas stove, but the weight is surely the penalty for this piece.



 

Fitted into a 35L Sea to Summit lightweight stuff bag(this is usually the 'liner' for my hiking backpack)


The bag itself is 200g, so a total of 2.2kg for food.  Considering all the packaging and the self heating pad, it's really is only meant for car camping/emergency car ration.


All sealed and ready for action in about a week time


3774 Kcal in total

Drinks: 225 + 574 + 63 = 862
5x  UCC coffee with cups 45cal x5
2x Pocari sweat  287kcal  (diluted with 1L of water with each packet)
3x Japanese miso soup packets 21 cal x3


Food:

Breakfast     305 + 70 = 375 kcal
1x Acecook Miso better ramen    305Kcal
2x chilli garlic fish sausage.   35 kcal ea


Lunch      741 + 70 = 811 kcal
2x chilli garlic fish sausage.   35 kcal ea
1x Missing Pork salt and garlic flavor noodle 741 kcal


Dinner     77 + 220 + 46 + 750 = 1093 kcal
1x  green giant can corn 77 kcal
1x  black bean sea eel can food.  220kcal
1x d'aucy canned beetroot 46 kcal
1x HaiDeLao Tomato beef brisket self heating hotpot 750+ kcal


Snacks: 186 + 120 + 56 + 69 + 202.5 = 633.5 kcal
1x Maltesers.   186kcal
2x Calbee shrimp cracker.  60Kcal ea
1x Mocha chocolate cigarettes. 1box 56 cal
1x Mala peanuts 69kcal
1x Gummas chip tomato and basil flavor  202.5kcal
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Re: The Gas Station MRE challenge
Reply #451 on: May 23, 2021, 03:02:08 PM
Wow!  Great array of foods.

A side note: the Israeli military field ration, 'Manat Krav', is basically a box of canned foods. It usually contains canned tuna, halva, olives, crackers, and canned corn. When I saw your canned corn and sea eel, I instantly thought of the legendary Manat Krav.   :D
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Re: The Gas Station MRE challenge
Reply #452 on: May 23, 2021, 04:46:56 PM
Quote from: Syncop8r on May 23, 2021, 09:20:08 AM
Good answer(s).  :tu:

I'm guessing too that even if someone well-versed in keto could do fine on a keto MRE the military wouldn't be interested in taking any chances.

My understanding is that since Ketones are an alternative fuel source, it's probably not the best for much more than sitting on the couch awaiting your next carbohydrate-rich meal.   There's a lot of to-and-fro in the exercise and nutrition literature about it being a purely backup source for the brain to function, vs some sort of highly efficient fuel source for the whole body. Outcomes research with body function overall seems to show that ketones don't offer more energy than is required to sustain life (for as long as the ketones are still there).  So my take on it is, a ketogenic diet will never be good for a soldier,

Indeed, as Nix correctly points out,,,, Diabetics who are in a crisis and not able to use their glucose due to critical insulin deficiency, and are in Diabetic Keto Acidosis, (where only Ketones are being produced and used), are often hypothermic as a result. 
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Re: The Gas Station MRE challenge
Reply #453 on: May 23, 2021, 05:03:09 PM
Right. After much research, I have finally gathered together what we on the U Boat consider to be the perfect blend of taste, energy, weight and scrumptiousness to survive, nay, thrive, for 24 hours.
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Re: The Gas Station MRE challenge
Reply #454 on: May 23, 2021, 05:07:35 PM
Quote from: Nix on May 23, 2021, 03:02:08 PM
Wow!  Great array of foods.

A side note: the Israeli military field ration, 'Manat Krav', is basically a box of canned foods. It usually contains canned tuna, halva, olives, crackers, and canned corn. When I saw your canned corn and sea eel, I instantly thought of the legendary Manat Krav.   :D

Thanks to this, I did learn something new and gonna look them up!

I took a little bit of inspiration from the WW rations, where they tend to be canned food and the pack of chocolate cigarette is a shout to the past. 

I suck at running but did often admire those who can, one thing I did read about is the Tarahumara tribe described in Christopher McDougall's book 'Born to run'--and IIRC, most of their diet is 95%+ carbs, and I think in a soldier's prospective, there maybe some resemblance there and that's part reason why I have put so much carb on the menu too.
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Re: The Gas Station MRE challenge
Reply #455 on: May 23, 2021, 05:09:58 PM
Quote from: magentus on May 23, 2021, 05:03:09 PM
Right. After much research, I have finally gathered together what we on the U Boat consider to be the perfect blend of taste, energy, weight and scrumptiousness to survive, nay, thrive, for 24 hours.

Wait a sec, where's the Jonut?  I was really looking forward to that. :dunno:
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Re: The Gas Station MRE challenge
Reply #456 on: May 23, 2021, 05:12:52 PM
Quote from: comis on May 23, 2021, 05:09:58 PM
Wait a sec, where's the Jonut?  I was really looking forward to that. :dunno:
Jonuts are the domain of the posh and fancy like Fuzzbucket. Not for the likes of us here on the U Boat. Not until the revolution anyway.
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Re: The Gas Station MRE challenge
Reply #457 on: May 23, 2021, 06:16:11 PM
Quote from: magentus on May 23, 2021, 05:03:09 PM
Right. After much research, I have finally gathered together what we on the U Boat consider to be the perfect blend of taste, energy, weight and scrumptiousness to survive, nay, thrive, for 24 hours.

 :D To be honest that's all you really need for 1 day, i wouldn't want to go camping with you but that will work fine :tu:

I need to get my finger out, all i have added is a tin of tuna and a pack of biscuit things, i hope i can get to the shop before the 30th or i'm going to be very grumpy from 4PM onwards on Chow day  :whistle:

Quote from: comis on May 23, 2021, 01:26:53 PM
2x Pocari sweat  287kcal  (diluted with 1L of water with each packet)

I really want to know what a Pocari is now, and more importantly how they collect it  :think:

Very good spreadsheet work guys, very professional  :tu:



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Re: The Gas Station MRE challenge
Reply #458 on: May 23, 2021, 06:24:00 PM
Quote from: Borg on May 23, 2021, 06:16:11 PM
:D To be honest that's all you really need for 1 day, i wouldn't want to go camping with you but that will work fine :tu:

I need to get my finger out, all i have added is a tin of tuna and a pack of biscuit things, i hope i can get to the shop before the 30th or i'm going to be very grumpy from 4PM onwards on Chow day  :whistle:

I really want to know what a Pocari is now, and more importantly how they collect it :think:

Very good spreadsheet work guys, very professional  :tu:

I looked it up because I was similarly  :think: - as I suspected, it's an electrolyte replacement drink like Gatorade.  I feared that Comis had gone cannibalistic since his younger days in California USA (iirc). 
If that was the case, this challenge was bound to get a lot more interesting. 
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Re: The Gas Station MRE challenge
Reply #459 on: May 23, 2021, 08:17:21 PM
Quote from: magentus on May 23, 2021, 05:03:09 PM
Right. After much research, I have finally gathered together what we on the U Boat consider to be the perfect blend of taste, energy, weight and scrumptiousness to survive, nay, thrive, for 24 hours.


Wow!   :ahhh

I see you have loosened the purse strings and gone all out for fresh oats and commercial salt. None of that nasty stuff you scrape off the uniforms after a long watch. The crew must really be looking forward to Chow Day!

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Re: The Gas Station MRE challenge
Reply #460 on: May 23, 2021, 08:26:37 PM
Quote from: Nix on May 23, 2021, 08:17:21 PM

Wow!   :ahhh

I see you have loosened the purse strings and gone all out for fresh oats and commercial salt. None of that nasty stuff you scrape off the uniforms after a long watch. The crew must really be looking forward to Chow Day!

(You are going to share, aren't you?)
Ah! I'm glad you fell for the old 'commercial' ploy (as if).
I found the pot in an old chemical waste bin, cleaned the glowing acid stuff off it and hey presto! You'd never know! I've filled it with some salt crust from around the lavvy outlet. Genius. Free salt!

Of course we all share in the goodness. It's a workers paradise here and woe betide anyone who says different.
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Re: The Gas Station MRE challenge
Reply #461 on: May 23, 2021, 08:29:05 PM
Awwwww.........  :facepalm:


Well, I hope the crew is as gullible as I appear to be........

They say ignorance is bliss. I suppose that is one of the key elements to your paradise.  :dunno:
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Re: The Gas Station MRE challenge
Reply #462 on: May 23, 2021, 08:34:56 PM
Quote from: Nix on May 23, 2021, 08:29:05 PM
Awwwww.........  :facepalm:


Well, I hope the crew is as gullible as I appear to be........

They say ignorance is bliss. I suppose that is one of the key elements to your paradise.  :dunno:
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Re: The Gas Station MRE challenge
Reply #463 on: May 23, 2021, 09:09:09 PM
Oooh....it's like some Post-Apocalyptic thriller.   :popcorn:

And I wouldn't count Medical Bill out. From my limited experience with him, he seems to be remarkably tenacious and durable.
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Re: The Gas Station MRE challenge
Reply #464 on: May 23, 2021, 09:50:14 PM
Quote from: Nix on May 23, 2021, 09:09:09 PM
Oooh....it's like some Post-Apocalyptic thriller.   :popcorn:

And I wouldn't count Medical Bill out. From my limited experience with him, he seems to be remarkably tenacious and durable.
No doubt. But now he knows too much. Can't have him coming back home and fermenting discontent with wild tales of the outdoors.
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Re: The Gas Station MRE challenge
Reply #465 on: May 23, 2021, 09:56:23 PM
Oh, the tales he could tell.......
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Re: The Gas Station MRE challenge
Reply #466 on: May 23, 2021, 10:47:46 PM
Quote from: magentus on May 23, 2021, 05:12:52 PM
Jonuts are the domain of the posh and fancy like Fuzzbucket. Not for the likes of us here on the U Boat. Not until the revolution anyway.
Those oats look surprisingly non-budget.  :pok:

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Re: The Gas Station MRE challenge
Reply #467 on: May 23, 2021, 11:16:45 PM
Quote from: Syncop8r on May 23, 2021, 10:47:46 PM
Those oats look surprisingly non-budget.  :pok:
That's a 16 year old box I found on the beach after a chemical spill we were investigating to see if we could get any freebies.
The oats contained within may be even older. I just keep filling the box with oats from the bilge because brand name food makes the crew feel special. They can scarcely believe they are being treated to actual Saxa salt (they're not, its toilet salt really) but you can't put a price on happiness as my old gaffer used to say.
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Re: The Gas Station MRE challenge
Reply #468 on: May 23, 2021, 11:20:35 PM

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Re: The Gas Station MRE challenge
Reply #469 on: May 23, 2021, 11:30:06 PM
 :rofl: :rofl: Mags you're the best!!
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Re: The Gas Station MRE challenge
Reply #470 on: May 24, 2021, 12:53:18 AM
 :think:

Mags, while I respect your spartan diet, monastic attitudes, and dedication to up-cycling natural resources, I feel that your MRE doesn't fully meet the requirements of this challenge.

You've done well in terms of it being small and compact. It would seem to be easily man-portable.

And the relatively inexpensive choices you've made are certainly in keeping with our objectives.

It is true that oats can be eaten uncooked. As can salt. However, your limited selections don't really seem to meet the ideal of a "Meal Ready to Eat" to sustain life for 24-hours. 

I think we were looking for a ration that would sustain a person for 24-hours and encourage the diner to actually eat it. Remember that part of the challenge in this challenge is designing a ration that encourages consumption, without use of a motivational tool. Three servings of salty porridge, without threat of a shovel to the head, does not appear to entice the appetite of pique a diner's interest in my experience (And I do love oatmeal, be assured.).

Not to appear excessively picky here, but I'm not sure that box of oats contains 2400 Kcal of energy either.

Is there any chance that you might put a bit more effort into diversifying and expanding your GSMRE? 

Perhaps a visit to an actual service station, one frequented by real humans, might serve as a jumping off point and spark your imagination.

Just thinking out loud here.   :tu:
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Re: The Gas Station MRE challenge
Reply #471 on: May 24, 2021, 01:09:05 AM
 Sigh..... Alright. For you Nix I will go back to the drawing board and start over. As far as the crew goes though its salty porridge until kingdom come.
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Reply #472 on: May 24, 2021, 01:09:56 AM
Can't say fairer than that!   :cheers:
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Re: The Gas Station MRE challenge
Reply #473 on: May 24, 2021, 01:15:01 AM
I think my GSMRE is done.  As it stands now it is around 4000 calories.



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Re: The Gas Station MRE challenge
Reply #474 on: May 24, 2021, 01:39:30 AM
Outstanding!  :like:
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Re: The Gas Station MRE challenge
Reply #475 on: May 24, 2021, 01:40:36 AM
Is the popcorn pre-popped?   :think: 

If you have to pop it, how will you accomplish that within the challenge parameters?   :o
Merit Badges Start a new thread and post a photo of an Executive or Director for thirty (30) consecutive days. Start a new thread and post a photo of the pen for thirty (30) consecutive days. Participants shall carry and use one Soldier knife, the model of their choosing, for the duration of the 90 days and post a picture each day. Participate  in Challenge thread and post a photo of a Delemont SAK for thirty (30) consecutive days. Participate in a challenge thread and post a photo of a SAK Cybertool (any variant), Swisschamp, Champion or Toolchest for sixty (60) consecutive days. Participate in a challenge by carrying  a GEC knife and post a photo of it  for thirty (30) consecutive days. Start a new thread and post a photo daily of any SAK 74mm or smaller ( you can switch it up daily ) for thirty (30) consecutive days. Build your own version of an MRE using off-the-shelf components, post a photo of the completed MRE and store at room temperature for 6 days or more. Consume the MRE after the storage period and post pictures and descriptions of the contents. Participate  in Challenge thread and post a photo of a Farmer X SAK for thirty (30) consecutive days. Using EDC items randomly selected with a poker hand, post a photo of your EDC or a component of the EDC that got used during the course of the day for 4 weeks (or 30 consecutive days) Participate  in Challenge thread and post a photo of your EDC or a component of the EDC that got used during the course of the day for thirty (30) consecutive days. Participate  in a Challenge thread and post a photo of a Leatherman Skeletool for thirty (30) consecutive days. Participate and contribute in Challenge thread and post a photo of either an Axe, MT/Folding knife or Fixed blade (picked at the beginning of challenge) for thirty (30) consecutive days. Participate in a Challenge thread and post a photo of a Spyderco knife for thirty (30) consecutive days. Participate and contribute in Challenge thread and post a photo of a different blade each day for thirty (30) consecutive days. Participate  in Challenge thread and post a photo of a SAK Soldier for thirty (30) consecutive days. Start a new thread and post a photo of the multitool for thirty (30) consecutive days. Participate  in Challenge thread and post a photo of a Fieldmaster SAK for thirty (30) consecutive days. Participate  in Challenge thread and post a photo of a Buck 112 Ranger for thirty (30) consecutive days. Post a picture and recipe for a batch of Chili that you have made Participate  in a Challenge thread and post a photo of a LM Pocket Survival Tool for thirty (30) consecutive days.

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Re: The Gas Station MRE challenge
Reply #476 on: May 24, 2021, 02:45:30 AM
Quote from: Borg on May 23, 2021, 06:16:11 PM


I really want to know what a Pocari is now, and more importantly how they collect it  :think:

Borg, you know how gladiators' sweats were collected by a strigil, and were highly sought after commodity in ancient Rome?

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Well, Pocari has nothing to do with that...


But they do have some of the best ad in sport drink for Japan(this is made in one shot, pretty amazing)






Quote from: ElevenBlade on May 23, 2021, 06:24:00 PM
I looked it up because I was similarly  :think: - as I suspected, it's an electrolyte replacement drink like Gatorade.  I feared that Comis had gone cannibalistic since his younger days in California USA (iirc). 
If that was the case, this challenge was bound to get a lot more interesting. 
« Last Edit: May 24, 2021, 02:52:04 AM by comis »
Merit Badges Participants shall carry and use one Soldier knife, the model of their choosing, for the duration of the 90 days and post a picture each day. Start a new thread and post a photo of an Executive or Director for thirty (30) consecutive days. In this challenge,  carry one(1) Pliers-based or Non-pliers multitool that we always have prejudice against, hate or even fear and post a picture everyday for 30 days Start a new thread and post a photo daily of any SAK 74mm or smaller ( you can switch it up daily ) for thirty (30) consecutive days. Participate in a Challenge thread and post a photo of a 'folding hunter' knife that isn't a Buck 110 for thirty (30) consecutive days. Participate in a challenge thread and post a photo of a Victorinox 91mm XAVT/XL/XLT, 111mm Workchamp XL, Wenger/Delemont S54/Tool Chest Plus or Wenger Giant for thirty (30) consecutive days Using EDC items randomly selected with a poker hand, post a photo of your EDC or a component of the EDC that got used during the course of the day for 4 weeks (or 30 consecutive days) Start a new thread and post a photo of the 111mm sak for thirty (30) consecutive days. Start a new thread and post a photo of the minimal sak (2 layers or fewer) for thirty (30) consecutive days. Participate and contribute in Challenge thread and post a photo of either an Axe, MT/Folding knife or Fixed blade (picked at the beginning of challenge) for thirty (30) consecutive days. Participate in a Challenge thread and post a photo of a Spyderco knife for thirty (30) consecutive days. Participate and contribute in Challenge thread and post a photo of a different blade each day for thirty (30) consecutive days. Participate  in Challenge thread and post a photo of a SAK Soldier for thirty (30) consecutive days. Participate in a challenge thread and post a photo of a SAK Cybertool (any variant), Swisschamp, Champion or Toolchest for thirty (30) consecutive days. Participate  in Challenge thread and post a photo of a Fieldmaster SAK for thirty (30) consecutive days. Start a new thread and post a photo of the discontinued sak/mt for thirty (30) consecutive days. Start a new thread and post a photo of a fixed blade for thirty (30) consecutive days. Participate  in Challenge thread and post a photo of a Explorer SAK for thirty (30) consecutive days. Start a new thread and post a photo of any gear for thirty (30) consecutive days during the MTo anniversary month. Start a new thread and post a photo of the leatherman (supertool, core, hacks) for thirty (30) consecutive days. Participate in the Challenge thread and post a photo of a Flashlight for thirty (30) consecutive days.

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Re: The Gas Station MRE challenge
Reply #477 on: May 24, 2021, 02:46:55 AM
About small portions of shelf stable cheese...

It's called "Polenguinho".
This small square of cheese can be found here easily. (Good until september of 2021 without refrigeration, at room temperature).
I have memories of eat this since childhood (Not a long time being a Clone).

And I must say, this small cheese is good!


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Merit Badges Participants shall carry and use one Soldier knife, the model of their choosing, for the duration of the 90 days and post a picture each day. Start a new thread and post a photo of the discontinued sak/mt for thirty (30) consecutive days. Join the brave and happy few, who choose a different path. Enter on the boulevard of broken dreams.

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Re: The Gas Station MRE challenge
Reply #478 on: May 24, 2021, 02:57:52 AM
Quote from: Barry Rowland on May 23, 2021, 11:30:06 PM
:rofl: :rofl: Mags you're the best!!
:iagree:
I could probably print out all his posts here, print a book and someone will buy it. :D
Merit Badges Participants shall carry and use one Soldier knife, the model of their choosing, for the duration of the 90 days and post a picture each day. Start a new thread and post a photo of an Executive or Director for thirty (30) consecutive days. In this challenge,  carry one(1) Pliers-based or Non-pliers multitool that we always have prejudice against, hate or even fear and post a picture everyday for 30 days Start a new thread and post a photo daily of any SAK 74mm or smaller ( you can switch it up daily ) for thirty (30) consecutive days. Participate in a Challenge thread and post a photo of a 'folding hunter' knife that isn't a Buck 110 for thirty (30) consecutive days. Participate in a challenge thread and post a photo of a Victorinox 91mm XAVT/XL/XLT, 111mm Workchamp XL, Wenger/Delemont S54/Tool Chest Plus or Wenger Giant for thirty (30) consecutive days Using EDC items randomly selected with a poker hand, post a photo of your EDC or a component of the EDC that got used during the course of the day for 4 weeks (or 30 consecutive days) Start a new thread and post a photo of the 111mm sak for thirty (30) consecutive days. Start a new thread and post a photo of the minimal sak (2 layers or fewer) for thirty (30) consecutive days. Participate and contribute in Challenge thread and post a photo of either an Axe, MT/Folding knife or Fixed blade (picked at the beginning of challenge) for thirty (30) consecutive days. Participate in a Challenge thread and post a photo of a Spyderco knife for thirty (30) consecutive days. Participate and contribute in Challenge thread and post a photo of a different blade each day for thirty (30) consecutive days. Participate  in Challenge thread and post a photo of a SAK Soldier for thirty (30) consecutive days. Participate in a challenge thread and post a photo of a SAK Cybertool (any variant), Swisschamp, Champion or Toolchest for thirty (30) consecutive days. Participate  in Challenge thread and post a photo of a Fieldmaster SAK for thirty (30) consecutive days. Start a new thread and post a photo of the discontinued sak/mt for thirty (30) consecutive days. Start a new thread and post a photo of a fixed blade for thirty (30) consecutive days. Participate  in Challenge thread and post a photo of a Explorer SAK for thirty (30) consecutive days. Start a new thread and post a photo of any gear for thirty (30) consecutive days during the MTo anniversary month. Start a new thread and post a photo of the leatherman (supertool, core, hacks) for thirty (30) consecutive days. Participate in the Challenge thread and post a photo of a Flashlight for thirty (30) consecutive days.

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Re: The Gas Station MRE challenge
Reply #479 on: May 24, 2021, 03:08:52 AM
Quote from: comis on May 24, 2021, 02:57:52 AM
:iagree:
I could probably print out all his posts here, print a book and someone will buy it. :D
Yeah Mags would.

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