That's pretty good. If I were to re-read all that maybe I'd only agree with myself 99%.

I hope all who read the thread will take some measures for self reliance in case of emergency, if you haven't already. You may not feel the need to hole up in a mine field. In case of tornado, earthquake, blizzard it would be way cool to have the means to provide for family and neighbors for a few days.

Ever since I saw the movie Quest for Fire (yes it is an odd sense of humor of mine to reference all these movies after saying I dont watch TV) I thought it'd be neat to start a fire with a hand drill. At least now I know a 5/16 dowel is not the way to go. I got it to smoke a little but couldn't get an ember. I'll try a larger diameter before graduating to a natural shoot.