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I’m still, stubbornly, map and compass. I learned as a Boy Scout, reinforced by Voyager school in the ADKs, and now teach it to current...

Time flies like an arrow. But fruit flies like a banana. :giggle:

When I was in the Air Force as a KC-135 tanker air refueling navigator, on one of our missions out of Eielson AFB, I was chosen as lead...

Not photos of my father's originals . . . But when I was 12 in 1956, I was communicating with all of you at 5 WPM with this device...

I don't know anything obsolete about the old camp gear. Our power was out twice this past week. Pulled out the Coleman stove and...

I can't think of any traditional gear that is obsolete, that's one of its' benefits.

For the five Yukon River races I have been on (both the 440 miler YRQ and 1000 miler Y1K), I planned and plotted the entire route using...

This was my air navigation computer. it is a circular slide rule, among other flight calculation tools. The reverse side is used for...

I will never consider a compass as obsolete. it is my primary navigation tool and will remain so, even though at times I do carry and...

During the past two winters the extra heavy lake effect snow has defined, my XC skiing, when I have time away from other activities. It...

Gordon's comes in several sizes. You only need the 8 oz bottle that will last a very long time with dilution. personally I do not dilute...

At Tractor Supply, you can buy an 8 oz bottle of permethrin for $12.99. Was just $9.99 a couple of years ago when I last checked. it is...

i have one of those triangular scales, as well as a couple of slide manual rules. I did not much have need to use the scale as intended...

Where my cabin is on a small Adirondack lake, the native aquatic vegetation is growing and expanding wildly. As a lake association board...

From what I said, why would you ever think that? The Strategic triad capable of delivering nukes consists of Aircraft, ICBMs and...