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  1. 02-01-2010, 11:12 PM #1
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    Are these tips for surviving suburbia or tips to help suburbanites survive?

    I actually knew some of this stuff already, which is why I never leave home without my survival water balloons and spigot.
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    Les Stroud he ain't.
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    So, I figured out what the water balloon is for... This one is actually kind of cool:
    YouTube - Suburban Survival Tools : Start a Fire with a Water Balloon

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    Okay so if I am planning to be stranded in the wilderness I should pack a kit that includes a balloon? Why wouldn't I bring a magnifying glass or maybe even a lighter? Oh maybe if I am stranded in a land of party supply stores now I know how to start a fire with a balloon.

    What is better to know is that you can shape a chunk of ice into a lens and use it to concentrate the sun's rays into a spot hot enough to burn tinder. But water balloons are much more fun than boring old ice.
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    This still doesn't answer the question of - Where is there a spigot in the woods!?

    The magnesium brick and strike anywheres are standard pocket stuff when you're in the woods. This is just a parlor trick in my book.
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    I never said it was useful, just that it's cool to make a fire with a water balloon.. I am probably gonna do that with my kids sometime this summer.

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  • 02-04-2010, 01:35 AM #7
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    I wouldnt take survival advice from a man who can't sharpen his own dang knife -.- seriously.
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