Practice

[rondog]

Saw these on the 'net somewhere recently. It was an article about using a #10 steel food can (think tomato sauce at a pizza shop) as a stove, this was the heat source.

A tuna or cat food can (or similar), cut a strip of cardboard and roll it up to fit tightly in the can, then fill it with hot, melted parrafin wax. Use as a heat source for cooking or a candle. I'm sure they'd store well and last forever.

[gnihcraes]

Made candles just like that in Cub Scouts - 1970's.. they work well.

[OtterbatHellcat]

They look like they would, and I'd like to make a couple of them just to see. ...and thanks for the links, Driver...I'll hear those out.

[OtterbatHellcat]

I hope you have a plan for keeping your internet running. A person can survive for a while without food or water but going for more than a few hours with no internet could drive you to insanity.

We're all hooked on the damn net, I admit it. Aside from the cool stuff I've learned from you guys over the years, and friends I've made here.....the net is an available encyclopedia X infinity it seems. Everything at the finger tip at a moments notice. Search, buy, learn, listen, read, interact.

No question this venue is an asset, (among the other things that it is not) and will be missed when accessing it is no longer a reality.

[Grant H.]

We're all hooked on the damn net, I admit it. Aside from the cool stuff I've learned from you guys over the years, and friends I've made here.....the net is an available encyclopedia X infinity it seems. Everything at the finger tip at a moments notice. Search, buy, learn, listen, read, interact.

No question this venue is an asset, (among the other things that it is not) and will be missed when accessing it is no longer a reality.

Hence my latest fascination with storing hard copies of useful information.

As I have been working on setting aside/storing some comms gear, I have been making quick start guides, and then laminating them and storing them with the gear. That way, I don't have to remember how to do something, or if I am incapacitated, someone else can operate the gear.

It's a valid idea for anything that isn't straight forward and simple to use or do.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Those are some good ideas, Grant. Thank you.