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I've been thinking about the contentious parts of this thread's conversation. Believe I might have an idea. Let's say we have a park with walking trails. People and people with their dogs walk the trails. Sooner or later a dogs bites someone. Quite reasonably there is an uproar. The park...

About the ticks: Think about it, the tick isn't a complicated animal. Nobody is suggesting sending one off to Jeopardy. His agenda is pretty simple; no shopping around, find a warm-blooded creature, climb up, burrow in and suck. Suck, suck suck. If fact, if a tick had a car, his bumper sticker...

Thanks Mike! Over the time I've been reading your posts about this idea and that one, you sure have helped me improve my kit. One by one the ideas aren't "earth shaking" but rather, gently make the fusses in camping smooth out and let us enjoy the trip! Thanks again! Rob

A dog training tip I've never seen in print, was given to me by an old trainer: From first puppy-hood, handle your dog gently every which way. Check his teeth and gums, sniff his ears, check his pads and trim those toenails. Gently get him on his back and rub and check his tummy, his...

Well, there are a whole bunch of things in this world I can't do anything about. A bunch of knot headed people who I'll never be able to reach or build a bridge over to them. But I can train my dogs, we both will enjoy it and in a social sense we can serve as a good example. Maybe someone will...

Dear Mrs. Odyssey, This is Rob the psychic medium over in the Pacific Northwest. The reception isn't the best (maybe sunspots or something) but Brad has some more or less coherent thoughts concerning the post Christmas clean up and furniture rearranging and any other chore that might be at...

I've seen those "trekking poles" in use by other people, they looked just a little flimsy. I'm probably not being fair; I use a hiking stick, pole actually, 1 1/2" dia. ash, just a little taller than me. I mounted a 3/8" steel rod in the lower end to act to stick and grip the ground kind of like...

Robin, Alan wasn't saying that if you don't like the breed you are a dumb arse, he was saying that dumb asses are attracted to owning the breed. And that's something I've seen here where I live as well. The young snot nosed punks seem attracted to owning pit-bulls, some sort of ego thing. In...

Well, I didn't think I'd escape the pit bull thing without a discussion. And in this, I freely recognize the deep and sincere bonds of love that very often exist between a pit bull and his owner. Maybe another way to consider this whole business is to consider a lab puppy. Raise that pup in the...

I've heard of some amazing things being "caught from a toilet seat", not so much with canoe seats of any kind. Sorry, but I've got to wonder if the problem didn't originate with a lack of personal hygiene. But then again, maybe the person forgot the toilet paper and was unfortunate in his...

Actually Memaquay, Was over on U-Tube this morning listening to very old Rock N' Roll, checked to see and they have about a gazillion "How to Sharpen a Knife" clips. My favorite is still Ray Mears (bushcraft & camping) who brings a nice collection of Japanese water stones to sharpen his knife...

Well Mem, If I can ever find my camera (I put it somewhere safe) I could try to show my country bumpkin method, but wouldn't it be bunches better to have Dave show us all how it's properly done? Looking at his work here on the site and you can tell there isn't much he doesn't know. And that...

Wow! Thanks Rob for the great read. Hmmm........not to be second guessing the guy, but for me, anything that could be done to help me grip the hilt will just be worth it; a fight might be of longer duration, I might be hurt, I might be getting tired, who knows? The luck was sure on his side...

Now that some little time has passed, maybe it'll be OK to stick this onto this post. You remember Hoop telling as how where he works the bosses requiring the field guys to have a belt knife of a certain size for a last ditch against bears? For years I've had a six inch buck knife, the "Special...

Hi Alan, If I might make some suggestions: recent writing of Molly Gloss "The heart of horses". The real old west that was just about gone when I was a pup. Jane Austen: the writing is popular for good reason. I like to ponder what I've read of hers. England was at that time a agrarian...

Well Mike, much as I'd like to join this hemoglobin liberating conversation, I must own that cutting tools haven't been responsible for my serious injures for several years now. Mainly it's been stupid shop practices, that I absolutely knew were a bad idea at the time. The abyssly stupid, head...

Wow! Thanks for sharing the article, Robin. Now there is a life well lived. Best Wishes, Rob

I recently became aware that there is a micro sub-culture that is all wrapped up in collecting, repairing and using Coleman stoves and lanterns. Reading in their sites they seem like a friendly bunch. Anyways....one of their sources of replacement parts and advice, trouble-shooting tips and a...

Well Boys, sorry, but I've got to bring it up: Turtle (God bless his little pointy head) has once again astounded and entertained with his perception of an appropriate four footed camping partner. But before we snicker and laugh too much, consider the painful charlie horse kind of suffering that...

Bob B's search for something encouraging about Chessies and the general question of dog's for canoes, got me to thinking. A slow process, true, but I believe that some of all the blab to follow will be helpful. I sure hope so anyway. As my dogs and I go about, we are often around people who...