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I ran across this old engineer's scale, from my cartographic drafting days. I started hand drafting maps from pencil manuscripts to...

I found my old slide rule recently while digging through storage. Might have to relearn how to use it just for fun. Dad's engineering...

6’ rules and hand warmers are obsolete?

My younger brother is both talented and retired, which leads him into all kinds of projects and directions. Some practical, others less...

For those not in Florida, the babies make the cutest little chirping sounds, sounding almost like birds.

A slew of gators on Gum Slough.

Al, your wool-jacketed canteen fits well with your Duluth style packs! I imagine that when the wool is wetted, evaporation helps keep...

I still have one of those old felt covered canteens, but I haven't used it in forever. I use the Nalgene bottles when tripping. At home...

I use Nalgene bottles. If you find a Nalgene bottle of mine that has duct tape on it, DO NOT DRINK from it. That is my piss bottle.

That's very interesting. I've always used Nalgenes and try to keep them out of the sun. Two 32 oz. Nalgenes per day on the water was...

I had smaller ones but they didn't seem to have any advantages over a Nalgene bottle so I stopped using them. I never thought about the...

I remember having one of those canteens when I was much younger. We'd always dunk it in water so there would be evaporative cooling as...

I guess that when I started tripping I probably used a Nalgene water bottles to carry water, then I switched to empty Gatorade bottles...

Wow I missed a lot of responses- busy day at work today. True, but pedestals and thigh straps aren’t very common on non-playboats...