I was talking to a wilderness survival instructor and she was telling me about this "chop the pole" technique for survival. I cant remember what it was but maybe somebody has heard of it before and can jog my memory
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I was talking to a wilderness survival instructor and she was telling me about this "chop the pole" technique for survival. I cant remember what it was but maybe somebody has heard of it before and can jog my memory
Hey, team! Care to tell us a bit about yourself?
http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...ead.php?t=7813
The guy in the poster, that's a Rick. :innocent:
Any lady starts talking. "Chop the Pole" around this cowboy, Me be backing up real quickly.
Well,, there goes another weak link in the gene pool
Might want to be really careful using phrases like that around this bunch...just sayin'...:innocent::sneaky2::cool2:
I think the guy was lying. He didn't really cut off his "willy". He just wanted everyone to believe he did. He even fooled the doctors.
" ...horrified diners in a busy London restaurant was today revealed as Polish"Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken
I like how they slip in that he's polish, like they figured out why he cut off his willy
They forgot to mention "Moderator." He was a Polish Forum Moderator. :innocent:Quote:
Originally Posted by Geronimo!
Oh, Sarge and Crash aren't going to like that snide comment. I've sort of reserved my ban button for important dignitaries and such or I would have just banned you for them.
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Originally Posted by Ken
I just read that he was promoted to "Forum Administrator" when word got out that he cut his own willy off. :innocent:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick
What a difference a single word makes. :innocent:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick
At first, I was insulted because you didn't consider the Director of Quality Control to be an "important dignitary." :sneaky2: And then I realized that you had intentionally omitted the word "extremely" from your post. :blushing:
So it's good to know that your ban button isn't reserved for "extremely important dignitaries" (like the Director of Quality Control) and that you won't be banning me! :)
Well, it WAS a resturant, & it WAS Polish Sausage...so to speak...! :innocent:
Chyba pan nie lubie jego kielbasa. Chyba bylo za duza (kielbasa to jest).
Now that's funny. Nie obchodzi mnie, kim jesteś.
"We believe he's Polish and 35. We don't know if he has a history of mental illness. But he's clearly not a well boy," a police source told The Sun newspaper."
Best quote in the story!! Yeah, He clearly isnt a well boy!:) How did they figure out his age...counting rings?
Okay, back on topic! I hate it when you guys hijack a thread and go off-topic! :sneaky2: (Did I just say that?) :innocent:
Anyway, teamgreen, is this what you were looking for in your original question?
"Finding Water
The trick to finding water in the wilderness is to remember that it flows downhill, cuts grooves in the land and produces green growth wherever it's holed up underground. Water is often found at the base of a hill or beneath the lowest point of a dry riverbed. Another approach is to follow heavily trafficked game trails downhill, these typically lead to watering holes.
Look around tangles of alder or willow, reeds or palm trees, since this is the vegetation that grows alongside a waterway. In the tropics, you can retrieve rainwater from leaves and natural basins. To collect it, chop a bamboo pole in half and lay the two sides beneath your shelter roof to catch the run-off."
http://www.thecityedition.com/2012/W..._Survival.html
How do you type with polish letters? Jak ty pisie alfabet polskiego?Quote:
Originally Posted by crashdive123
Program tłumacz języka, a następnie skopiować i wkleić.
Although my thread was hijacked, most likely because of the humorous title, I found my answer. "Chop the pole", not any pole, telephone or power pole if you are lost. Respective company should be there within a few hours to repair problem.
Not if you live near Sourdough. :innocent:Quote:
Originally Posted by teamgreen
I would avoid - like the plague - any so called wilderness survival instructor that would give that advice.Quote:
Originally Posted by teamgreen
Because of the criminal liability? Or because of the ensuing forest fire it would cause?Quote:
Originally Posted by crashdive123
All of that.
And doing so will cause a loss of power. Now, whom will lose power? Maybe the home with somebody relying on a medical device. Maybe a home that is using electric heat (winter) or air (summer). Maybe the traffic signals in a town, possibly causing a wreck. Maybe the gas stations, possibly stranding motorists. Maybe ---- the list goes on and on.
A "wilderness survival" instructor that teaches this probably can't find his way across the street without a gps. How about teaching how to not get lost in the first place? Land navigation? Orienteering? Signaling?
Just a few thoughts.
Here's another thought. I know that tampering with a cell phone tower or equipment shelter is a violation of federal law (Homeland Security). I haven't checked, but I'll bet that applies to telephone and power distribution systems as well.
Anybody who's taken a survival course HAS to know which direction is which :innocent:, and anyone out there should have a good idea of the general location of towns in the area - unless they were kidnapped and blindfolded and dropped off in the middle of nowhere - or something like that. Why not just follow the poles back to town?
http://911wackos.blogspot.com/2008/0...911-about.html
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bKXlng-gpg.../op-laff-2.jpg
"No, I'm sorry. 911 doesn't deliver beer, or cocaine, or pot, or rescue squirrels, or help with homework or pizza, or cook hamburgers."
As a lineman I've got to say that is very bad advice! The chances of you being "lost" near a distribution circuit is slim. The pole you would be hacking down would probably be a transmission pole and the voltage would be at least 34Kv but more likely 115 Kv or 345Kv or higher. That voltage going to ground looks like a bomb going off, whats more, the step voltage could be deadly out for quite a distance. It gets better because dispatch will "shoot" the line after it shows a fault and if you are still in the area you could take another shock. Yeah, you might get found but it might not be in the condition you would like to be found.
And if it happens to be telephone, you could be putting out the very 911 services that would summon a SAR mission to find you. Repair calls are not made until someone reports an outage unless it happens to be a toll or EAS cable. Then the loss of revenue could net you a hefty six figure bill plus prison time for willful destruction. That very cable could feed a hospital, an airport radar system, water telemetry for an entire community or someone talking to a suicide prevention hotline. And you thought we were just about dial tone.
I think your instructor needs instruction.
Noooooo, I think of you more in terms of an annoying phone call. :innocent:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick
Well, that too.
Phone lines are also bundled with their own messenger and are very tough. There is a good chance that if it was phone and you cut it down it would still work and no crew would be dispatched. Now you are just a lost felon.
That's a very good point. 1/4 inch strand wire generally. All you'd have is a broken pole.
I guess I would not do this.Quote:
Originally Posted by teamgreen
My luck would be they would show up, fix the problem, then leave me there to teach me a lesson, for being such a Mr. Dumas....................
Or get home and find out you knocked power out to your house the all the pipes froze and the venison in the freezer spoiled.
Now what's wrong with this picture? :innocent:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick
Frozen pipes and thawed out meat???
http://www.red-hot-mama.com/images/uploads/TB.gif
I was thinking the same thing. But, I know nothing of the kind of weather that will freeze your pipes. Maybe, he has a wood stove to heat the freezer in the case of a power outage caused by people chopping down power poles...:tongue_smilie:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken
Hey! It's my story. I can tell it any way I want. You're awfully snippy to a man with a ban button, you know.
I know you're in the south end of the state, but in the north end when the temps drop below freezing for more than 4 or 5 hours there are lots of burst pipes. All of those off-grade homes with absolutely no insulation around the pipes. One of the busiest times of the year for plumbers up here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Batch