Zombie Squad

My wife would like to get one, because it would make some things somewhat easier/more discrete when camping, hiking or attending a rock festival... This? My friend goes to a lot of music festivals & has tried one. http://www.shewee.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Yes, like that....

I remember once seeing a portable willy or whatever you call them on some netsite I've long since forgotten the name of - basically a contraption that allows women to pee standing up and without taking their trousers down. Does anybody have any experience with them and what are they actually called?...

ive been thinking of getting one of these for overnighters... http://www.amazon.com/German-Military-Mountain-Rucksack-Backpack/dp/B003ELJZ7Q/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1338090257&sr=8-9" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; opinions? If it's genuine and in good condition, it's a good pack (the...

I think I read somewhere that the Greeks will have new elections if they can't form a new government but I don't know what the timeline is. I think each attempt at forming a goverment can only take 3 days - I'm not sure if all the parties elected into the parliament get to try it if the previous at...

Urwaldjaeger, you said that you have tried the regular MSS system in Lapland in winter... how would you rate it? You say you were cold, but was that because the bag was too small for you? I've been thinking about getting either a slightly used MSS, or new Savotta Military as used by the Finnish army...

I have a very cheap emergency blanket in my pack - its so small and light, so why not? I don't really find the more expensive space blankets worth the cost: they block heat loss by radiation, which is your smallest problem in an atmosphere where heat loss is mostly by convection - for for which they...

This is something that I really don't get in terms of common sense: is it safe to ask such a low-grade country so much money? Can anyone elaborate for me? Despite its credit rating, Italy is still the fourth largest economy in Europe and the third largest in the Eurozone in terms of its GNP. The cr...

Everything's been already said about the other thing, so I'm only going to talk about the gear.... are those Atlas 830's? I've got the same snowshoe, and while I think it's a very good shoe, the binding is really a PITA to use with gloves on. I recently bought a pair of Tubbs 36" shoes to give me be...

Would the suutro (sp) fit on one of those paracord braclets? Most likely not, as the clip gives only just enough to allow it to be clipped to a watchband, webbing, jacket lapel, etc. I didn't know that they've discontinued the Clipper; a bit of a bummer - it's handy for keeping your general bearing...

No, there is not. The human race is almost completely lacking in common sense. It's the same everywhere. It is a miracle we have not nuked ourselves out of existence already. Human beings are capable of doing really stupid things and do so on a regular basis, often en masse, and often resulting in ...

In Finnish that's called a "jätkänkynttilä" (jack's candle, the jack being a lumberjack). It's one of those things that's been around before there were anything that could be called nations in these parts.

The whole guidlelines for spending etc were already in place but weren't enforced. Since there wasn't an effective "watchdog group" put in place I dunno what part of that changed. I think the Commission is supposed to be that watchdog. Are the guidelines going to be actually enforced and effective ...

Is there actually much they can do? It's not like Iran is a neutral/friendly state that would look the other way if the Brits sent in the SAS - provided they even have a team that's not occupied elsewhere. I expect this will become a diplomatic waiting game - military force would be hard to deploy a...

Why does someone else always have to come to the rescue? What ever happened to accountability, self sufficiency and just plain old common sense? People as a collective entity are notable in the their refusal to learn from past experiences - nations have gone bankrupt ever since money was invented. ...

I wouldn't take protein powder with me, but I do carry textured soy when hiking - it keeps well, is very lightweight and can be added to almost anything. Also, the wife doesn't eat red meat, so it's a substitute for that (plus I don't seem to get the knack of dehydrating ground meat).

No Decision Is A Decision. A meeting at this point would be useless anyway, since the situation can be summed up thus: The North doesn't agree with the South and everybody wants Cameron to shut up. To elaborate: The differences between the possible solutions to the crisis seem to have a North/South...

I'd rather use Esbit/hexamine tabs, because trioxane is toxic and has about half the heat value. Not that hexamine is your best friend either, but it only releases the bad stuff when actually burning. A note on trioxane from Zen Stoves: "These fuel tabs contain metaformaldehyde which is toxic and re...

Soot can interfere with heat transfer if the layer gets really thick, so I'd recommend cleaning the chimney out at least once in a while, once a year or so. I'd suggest tying a rag on a piece of rope, soaking the rag in alcohol and pulling it through the chimney a few times.

They do, however, leave a plastic taste in any liquid left in them for a while, so they're definitely leaching out /something/. I've never had any problem with mine (unlike with the 1 quart bottles). However, it might be because I keep them empty when not in active use and rise them out with vinega...

But far more telling of how long they have been abroad is their ability to relax habits and fit in - personal space issues are a big thing some Americans can't seem to let go for one. To be honest, Europeans can have personal space issues as well - at least the Finns, who have even wider personal s...

Ethanol/methanol can weaken some plastics and rubbers, so there's a chance that even if the bottle itself holds, the cap will start to leak at some point - usually you discover it when you are about to make food and have denat all over your cooking pots...

I've spent time camping in a single-man tent when it rained for three days straight. On an island, with strong winds, while the temperature fluctuated between 15-20 °C. By the second morning, while the tent itself withstood the rain, everything else was wet or at the very least moist. The brief peri...

I'll second the Trangia burner. It's rock solid, though it won't actually hold the fuel all that well - it has a gasket in the lid, but in my experience, even the genuine article always seems to leak a little bit, not much but a droplet here and there - but that can be resolved by putting it in a zi...

Well, the policymakers need something like that to tell them what's going on, since bleeding obvious things aren't in their field of expertise.