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I suspect that the readers of my posts on lock-picking fall into two broad camps. The first are those interested in lock sport, and that, like me, are relatively new to the field. The second are those who are not particularly interested in lock sport as a hobby but wish to add a new capability […]
A few weeks back I got talking about my experiences of youth hostelling when younger. I didn’t get into hostelling until I was in my early twenties so was often the “old man” of a dorm. That said, I often struck up enjoyable liaisons with some of my fellow travellers. Some of these only lasted […]
For many years I have been involved in various discussions on minimizing or optimizing the soldier’s load. Some of that discussion is not relevant to this blog. Some of it may be of interest to those readers that are servicemen, or those that are considering ways to reduce the weight of their own kits. The […]
My recent article on the simplicity of the Soviet soldier’s kit made me think about some of the items that are not included in the equipment list. Specifically, I thought about fire kits. An idle moment on the internet turned up commercial fire kits with nearly a dozen different types of tinder. They also came […]
Many decades ago I used to play Capoeira. It must be admitted that I was not the most athletic or acrobatic of players but what techniques I did use in the roda I was very sure of. That used to catch some of the younger players off balance. One in particular used to get quite […]
….or in other words, I still have my cold. Actually it seems to be on the way out. Most of my colds in recent years have been mercifully brief, which I suspect may be due to the protocol I adopt. Since this blog is about keeping you out of harm, I will pass on what […]