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    I use in my pear can wood cook stove a half of a...

    I use in my pear can wood cook stove a half of a relighting birthday candle to get it started even in the worst winds. Have used them to start a fire in damp conditions also. 24 per pack cut in half...
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    Might be nice and quite seeing the tunnel heading...

    Might be nice and quite seeing the tunnel heading up to cades cove will be closed to all traffic after the new year for a couple of months for repairs. west side would sound quitter for sure.
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    I found a boy scout thermometer 25 years ago in...

    I found a boy scout thermometer 25 years ago in the GSMNP and it's still hanging on the outside of my backpack. I think it's go to minus 30. I saw minus 12 at Mt Leconte one morning in the shelter.
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    It's on private property next to the GSMNP near...

    It's on private property next to the GSMNP near Townsend, Tennessee. I had a group of five guys help haul up the 336 bags of 80 pound quikcrete concrete on ATVs and also help me pour the footers, I...
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    I built one back in 2007, Took me ten months to...

    I built one back in 2007, Took me ten months to build and hauled everything in by ATVs. I still have the invoices. The shelter that sleeps ten and the privy cost me 6,500 and some odd cents. Copied...
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    Wow, so much for riding ATV in the park. I'm 60...

    Wow, so much for riding ATV in the park. I'm 60 this year and have spent most of my free time in the park hiking fishing or backpacking. Two times I have broken the law in the Park once I miscounted...
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    Sulfer powder works great against chiggers. I...

    Sulfer powder works great against chiggers. I dust my socks and shirt cuffs and never get chiggers while picking berries all day long. If you feel the chigger its too late for polish for it has...
  8. Thread: wet clothes

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    I might be old and not correct but this guy when...

    I might be old and not correct but this guy when frozen or his clothes are soaked thru builds a fire and gets warm, dries his clothes and cooks on it to save fuel.
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    I use a campmor thermo measuring mug. Plastic,...

    I use a campmor thermo measuring mug. Plastic, weighs 6 oz holds 12oz and doubles for my hot oatmeal bowl in the morning then washed out with my coffee. 4.99
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    It really dpends on how you weather the cold. I'm...

    It really dpends on how you weather the cold. I'm close to 60 and now Jan and Feb backpacking in the Smokies or Joyce Kilmer at -10 not including the wind chill I need my exped downmat 9 and my...
  11. The eyes are oval so most likely it is one.

    The eyes are oval so most likely it is one.
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    good old number 7 Black Jack

    good old number 7 Black Jack
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    We love winter backpacking in the Smokies but...

    We love winter backpacking in the Smokies but it's just no fun to be cold so both of us older folks have feathered friends -20 bags, exped downmat 9 pads and down booties for camp, plenty of layers,...
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    I feel for you. My wife while hiking the Smokies...

    I feel for you. My wife while hiking the Smokies last spring fell and broke her leg. She being a nurse where she was treated loaded her down with a s--t load of paperwork just to be put on FMLA and...
  15. If I read you your Wife doesn't want you to go...

    If I read you your Wife doesn't want you to go yet, Reason?? I see you are twenty years old and it might be that now days it take two jobs to make ends meet anymore. Im not trying to be mean here but...
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    Thanks for posting it. Beats TV any day. Happy...

    Thanks for posting it. Beats TV any day. Happy 4th of July
  17. Thread: It's Hot

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    I know alot of folks don't like the hot summers...

    I know alot of folks don't like the hot summers or freezing winters and myself sitting on a hot tractor rolling up hay in the 90s it's hot so I think about the paving crews and roofers putting on...
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    You might want to check out Gregorys Evolution...

    You might want to check out Gregorys Evolution pack, discontued in 1997 I think but can still find good ones on e-bay.
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    Injet sugar water into an haberno pepper then...

    Injet sugar water into an haberno pepper then dehydrate. Works like a grenade but without the noise.
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    I have a 1999 nissan frontier extended cab 4wd...

    I have a 1999 nissan frontier extended cab 4wd with 115,000 miles on it. I have beat the living crap out of it on the farm, back of bed is starting to rust out from hauling salt blocks for years to...
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    Exped downmat 9 is what I use because as I age...

    Exped downmat 9 is what I use because as I age being a side sleeper my hips were starting to get sore by early morning. Now I can sleep all night and when winter temps reach zero the down keeps the...
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    Nothing like a good nights sleep.

    Nothing like a good nights sleep.
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    I didn't read it so I'll throw this in the...

    I didn't read it so I'll throw this in the pot,The first minute that you feel the itch take a small piece of medical white tape and press down hard on the area and pull off, look for the little red...
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    Poll: The weathered gray color looks fine on most barns...

    The weathered gray color looks fine on most barns and a close match to that is Sherwin Willians Mountain Ash gray.
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    It"s so hot the grasshoppers are on the shady...

    It"s so hot the grasshoppers are on the shady sides of our fence posts. Really!
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