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Reply to: Neutrality for the sake of survival and how to manage the full spectrum of ideologies Posted June 14, 2024

This is certainly a tough question. One thing I’ve done in the past is make it clear that I don’t want to talk politics/etc with some friends I get along with fine but know share radically different values on some subjects than I do. If anything gets mentioned by them, I smile, DO NOT ENGAGE, and change the subject. Most of them are smart enough to catch the drift and move on. In a tight-knit survival-ish situation, some of these friends could be useful to work with, but also we’ll hopefully be busy enough working on staying alive to manage to avoid more talks like that.

Reply to: News roundup for Fri, Dec 09, 2022 Posted December 22, 2022

Agreed, these were awesome. I read pretty much every one! Thanks so much for all the work you did to make them happen.

Reply to: A look at the gear from every winner and runner-up of the TV show Alone Posted June 22, 2021

Thanks for putting this together! Been a long time since I watched, but I believe David (Season 2 winner) made/wove his own gill net on the show.

Reply to: Best air rifles Posted October 28, 2020

Thanks for this, everyone. One thing I’ve had an issue with is finding suitable molds for pellets online. I don’t have the resources to do my own die-making, but can’t find much in the way of molds for different calibers. Any reliable resources you’re aware of? I know pellets are cheap, but I do like the idea (especially as one gets into larger hunting calibers) of having the ability to make my own, and reuse shots that way. Here’s what I’ve seen so far, but certainly they aren’t especially mass-produced: http://www.corbins.com/pellets.htm .22 air mold 8 cavity AL mold Thanks!

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Reply to: Neutrality for the sake of survival and how to manage the full spectrum of ideologies Posted June 14, 2024

This is certainly a tough question. One thing I’ve done in the past is make it clear that I don’t want to talk politics/etc with some friends I get along with fine but know share radically different values on some subjects than I do. If anything gets mentioned by them, I smile, DO NOT ENGAGE, and change the subject. Most of them are smart enough to catch the drift and move on. In a tight-knit survival-ish situation, some of these friends could be useful to work with, but also we’ll hopefully be busy enough working on staying alive to manage to avoid more talks like that.

Reply to: News roundup for Fri, Dec 09, 2022 Posted December 22, 2022

Agreed, these were awesome. I read pretty much every one! Thanks so much for all the work you did to make them happen.

Reply to: A look at the gear from every winner and runner-up of the TV show Alone Posted June 22, 2021

Thanks for putting this together! Been a long time since I watched, but I believe David (Season 2 winner) made/wove his own gill net on the show.

Reply to: Best air rifles Posted October 28, 2020

Thanks for this, everyone. One thing I’ve had an issue with is finding suitable molds for pellets online. I don’t have the resources to do my own die-making, but can’t find much in the way of molds for different calibers. Any reliable resources you’re aware of? I know pellets are cheap, but I do like the idea (especially as one gets into larger hunting calibers) of having the ability to make my own, and reuse shots that way. Here’s what I’ve seen so far, but certainly they aren’t especially mass-produced: http://www.corbins.com/pellets.htm .22 air mold 8 cavity AL mold Thanks!