le Voyageur

GHB; I certainly would not consistently pass all of your noted tasks, especially the birds. And, fire starting without matches is a hit or miss thing for me at best; though the requirement has never been to do so anyway. If I have to box the compass beyond sixteen, I might misname something; and after 32, I likely would simply botch it up pretty well. Now, if you just want it put back in its container, I can do that well, I think. Skeptic Not to worry, I've seen plenty of Eagles who couldn't do the basics such as hunt, track, stalk, skin, butcher, make leather, smoke meat, plant a garden,

... the deed is done. Sorry. Might as well enjoy the show. packsaddle. yep, Cassandra exits as the lights fade, with Medea waiting to take her place on the stage.

...granted that chemical contaminants and similar things are widespread but I think you are overstating the effects. Fact is, this is the Faustian bargain that we've made. We have a technological needle in our vein and we wouldn't remove it even if we could. packsaddle History tells of those who put that "technological needle" in their viens. The Hurons, Mohawks, Iroquoi,Potawatomi, Leni Lanape, Anishinabe, Menominees, Oneida, Chowans, Weapemeocs, Secotans, etc...they are now either no more, or just shadows...we need to think twice about what we are trading away for those brass pots, and

I can't think of a less-likely group to concoct a massive global conspiracy than a bunch of scientists. We're highly trained in our specialties but most of us are insufficiently skilled and insufficiently dishonest to be able to pull of a conspiracy bigger than stealing reagents from the next lab. packsaddle It won't be the scientists, at least not the ones being envisioned here. None the less the process is taking place. Waters polluted with a witches brew of chemicals that our physiology cannot cope with, or break down. A global food distrubution network that spreads diseases, and

If there is a GW problem, I am not hopeful that humans will actually care enough to alter their pathetic narcissistic lives one iota. I can't even get the others who live under my roof to recycle or use CFL light bulbs. Every day, I come home from work and pull all the plastic water bottles and soda cans out of the garbage and go around and turn all the lights off in the middle of the day. I actually believe we will do ourselves in within the next 200 years as the tipping point has been passed. Our specie is now on the other side of the bell curve, and headed for extinction due to over po

lol... you do like to volley personal attacks, instead of debating the issues. Here's a clue, me bucko'....I've me COPE Director's hat on for this thread....

Per the question - yes. Global warming is real, but I've no problem with allowing it to continue unabated. Human's are now a virus on this planet, and a massive die off of these invasive parasites would see huge global benefits for other species, and eco systems.

@ Voyaguer: You, I don't respect so much. Your problem, not mine You started off rude and supercilious, and the asserted silly PC claims like "the most dangerous animal is the human over fatted on religion". I don't consider my life experiences with those "overfatted on religion" to be supercilious. However, it's very apparent that you jumped to the conculsion that this statement was directed at your's. Note, there is no adjective in front of "religion", your failure to reason and comprehend the obvious is your err, not mine. You followed that up by self-confidently

BTW, Michael Crichton died a little over a year ago so I fear he is unavailable to help Voyageur with his chicken plucking. not a problem...the chickens got a reprieve. However, Bambi is now hanging up. Looks like venison steaks, and roast for the Christmas dinner.

The typical color was Red. Other colors could be Blue, Green, White, Browns, Greys, and Blacks. If the color makes you happy, then you'll be fine.

GHillBilly... I'll respond to your tripe a little later. For the now, it's kinda tuff to take you seriously. (This message has been edited by Le Voyageur)

Edited part: le Voyageur, bite your tongue! I do all those things every Christmas for my DIL's second grade class, dressed as Santa himself, of course. One child to the other in the hallway: "Do you think he's really Santa?" second child, "Sure he is, he's OLD!" that sweet, sweet child. lol...what a hoot (biting my tounge), and a tip of the hat your way....

GHB....I'll have more time too, tonight so if you want to play I do love history. Hint: etymologically speaking, "Semitic" derives from the name "Shem", one of Noah's sons. Hittites (a word exclusively from the English translation of the Hebrew Bible) refers to sons of Canaan. Whoever the "Hittites" were, and there's some debate, they were NOT "Semitic". If they had a "semitic (sic) volcano god", they would have had to have gotten him/her/it from the Israelites! ) Yes, you are right that the term Semite derives from the biblical Shem (I'm guessing you googled Wikipedia for this

GaHillbilly... you're a misinformed hoot....lol. First, Yaweh, aka Jehovah was a semitic volcano god of the Hittites before being morph into the God of Israel, i.e., a nature god. You've also failed to mention the number of souls murdered by the Roman Catholic Church, which would be over a billion were we to include the destruction of the Aztecs, Incas, Mayans, Hurons and other Great Lakes Tribes, anti Baptists, etc. The RCC's war on women (The Hammer of the Witches), led to the murder of nearly 100 000 women, Jews, and gypsies). Papal wars added even more to the RCC death toll

Mittens would be ideal, and are easy to make. I'll be making another pair shortly as the oilcloth will soon be dry(This message has been edited by Le Voyageur)

Guess it's good to know that I'm a liberal urban atheist, even though I live rural and nearly off the net...lol. As I see it, Mr. Crichton could give me a hand. Gotta lop off the heads of a few chickens, and he could help with the plucking, and gutting...heck, we could even do a round or two of kumbaya to make the job go faster. However, to be fair, I've rambled enough on this globe to know that the most dangerous animal is the human over fatted on religion. However, I doubt there will ever be a sauce that would make such a creature palatable.(This message has been edited by Le Voyageur)

Maybe the solution would be for several Councils to team up to operate, and maintian just one camp.

Looks like a good, basic course. Seen too many times, volunteers showing up on precamp work days with just out of the box saws, having little to no experience in their use. This course should help the newbees in getting a good start, and staying safe. Yes, there are a few weak areas in the course, but an experience trainer should catch these, and cover it in the training session. What is not covered, is working at heights, the domain of the trained arborist which is a very good thing. Better to keep folks on the ground (recall a number of years ago the needless death of a new hire Ranger,

Like le Voyageur suggests, get the correct stuff! Unless you're portraying a Mandan Indians, blonde hair and blue eyes just don't cut it. There's a lot ways one can go to improve the image of OA Indian traditions and hokie isn't one of them. jblake47 Believe it or not, it can be done. If, you've got several willing to do the research on to protray Sir William Johnson, aka Warragiyagey, or Simon Girty, or John Fraser, or new pork eaters just starting to be asimulated by one of the Great Lake tribes....

Seeing how National has been going ever more on the cheap, it wouldn't suprise me seeing that Certificate eventually becoming down loadable from the net. Maybe they'll have a collection of Presidential sigs to photo shop from, also. Wouldn't mind having my updated with John Adams' as the Honorary...LBJ was too much of a scoundrel for me.

Dissent is patriotic when you're disagreeing with an action or policy of the government. When you dis-respect the whole country by refusing to honor the flag, you need to find a country more to your liking. If you don't like your USA citizenship, we've got thousands of Mexicans who will gladly take your place and proudly pledge their allegiance in exchange for the privilege of living here. Git! JoeBob lol....another Beckaholic who's been sipping too much Rushade...so, what part of the 1st Amendment of the Bill of Rights has you confused? Maybe this person's refusal to stan

As my focus is high adventure, I'm the wrong person to be asking for advice on unit issues for new/and or seasoned unit leaders. Better to sit around the "campfire" sipping the chocolate, listening to the chatter...

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As a re enactor of the early fur trade era, these are the sources that use.... Smoke and Fire http://www.smoke-fire.com/ Ghost Forge http://www.ghostforge.com/ Jas Townsend http://jas-townsend.com/index.php Musket Mart http://www.musketmart.com/ Clearwater http://www.clearwaterhats.com/default.htm Track of the Wolf http://www.trackofthewolf.com as a heads up....capotes are the poor man's justicorp. The capotes seen on the net are historically wrong. Here's how they should look... http://www.mayberryfineart.com/artist/cornelius_krieghoff/

Again, another silly looking, and over priced uniform designed by committes of fashionistas. Thankfully, as a member of a Venture crew I've no compelling reason to ever buy these hideous garments...