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I like a hammock because my back feels great after sleeping in it ( I can't figure out why sleeping in a U shape is easier on my back) , it's easier to find a spot to pitch it ( rocks, slopes, etc,...

I checked off "It's more fun", because that seemed the broadest option. I wish the poll included "more satisfying", because that, I think, is the primary reason for making one's own gear.

I got a...

I brought a Grundig MiniWorld am/fm/sw radio with me on my 500 miler in 04. About the size of a cigarette pack, weighs ounces.
Never had a problem with reception in VT, MA,CT,NY,NJ,PA, MD, or WV....

No, everybody does not have the right to do what they want. There are limits to your freedom, just like there are limits on the govenment's - they don't have the right to declare you insane and...

Prices and inflation are not "also known as" cost of living. They aren't "almost the same thing", they are three different things.
You didn't address my statements that paying Union wages to...

The NY Transit contract is still in arbitration. The negotiations, as far as I can tell, never included "pay increases for health care reduction". What would be the point of increasing pay just to...

Have to agree with IB on this one. If a Union signs a contract with management and agrees to mandatory overtime, mandatory overtime it is, or it's grounds for discipline, maybe even dismissal. ...

The market deciding if a company is behaving badly is a horrible idea. Already, we've seen how the market demand for cheap coal led to 17 miners dying needlessly. Think about what you say.
You've...

Jeeze, your first paragraph sounds like Ebeneezer Scrooge. Nobody's on a picket line for fun.
Your explaination of inflation wasn't overly simple, it was just plain wrong. Inflation depends on...

You're missing the rational and reasons behind our freedom. Everybody has the right to refuse medication or treatment. Of course there's a down side to this; people choose not to take meds, they get...

Who said an employer is responsible for anything but their bottom line? I sure didn't. But finding a better paying job isn't the only alternative. I don't care if a rich businessman lives in a...

Thanks, Weary. It's always appalling when working people who enjoy all the benefits that organized labor fought for over the years display an authority worshipping, peasant mentality.
If they...

Think about what you posted. It's untrue. Most of the released mentally ill died on the street? Of course they didn't.

The communities couldn't properly absorb them? I thought you said that was...

When you have a flood, are you and your neighbors going to go out in boats and save everybody? I think we found out recently that we can't always count on that.
I didn't say government is to be a...

Because you might one day lose your job and your health, and need a social program. It's like protection. It's the fundamental role of our government.

Have to respectfully disagree with some of your statements. I'm not sure if Unions are dying off, I think things have just changed in organized labor, like things have in the business world. Labor...

More vacation time like the Europeans have? That's crazy. It starts with three weeks vacation, then before you know it, we'd have national health care, legalized prostitution, we'd be allowed to...

Anything that originally held food ( or grape juice ) has got to be food grade plastic, I figure.

Used my ceramic purifier ( SweetWater ) in below 20 temps. It's never frozen while pumping, but I have had it freeze while stored in my pack. When it's that cold, I keep it in an inside pocket, and...

Just got back from Harriman tonight, I go up there multiple times a year, since I live in NYC.

Unless we get an unprecidented February dry spell, I think it's a good guess that the spring at...

I saved over a pound when I went from a coated nylon taffeta to a silnylon tarp.
I made my silnylon tarp rectangular, but I wish I had made it square, ten by ten. I don't use a hammock anymore,...

I've drank water straight from the source and not gotten sick, but I'm not going to be around to hold your shirt tail up while you are sick with the s**ts.
At least carry some sort of chemical...

I Dogpiled "sawyer extractor reviews" and got this link, among others. It paints a pretty dismal picture for the gadget.
http://www.venomousreptiles.org/reviews/detail/122
Out of four reviews, only...

I searched "poop" and the word appears in 119 threads, in every forum including political.
Think of it as a health issue that comes up once, twice, sometimes three times a day. A bad "poop" can...

I've posted this before, but here it goes again.
Scream exchanges heard by camper on Appalachian Trail near Greenwood Lake
http://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=2144
It's from the Bigfoot...