Quote Originally Posted by PennyPincher View Post
As a little girl I used to go outside after a good hard rain and see if I could find dry materials to start a fire. At the time I was using stick matches and I only allowed myself 3 matches or I would consider myself failed. I got really GOOD at this. And no, I never set the woods on fire. You need to practice but it's not hard. If I had a lighter I have really never failed. There's "always" dry material to be found if you are actually in the woods.
When I was in the Boy Scouts, we were allowed 2 matches to get a fire started. We were expected to properly prep the wood before we tried to light it. If we had to use a second match, we were unmercifully razzed!

I used to sneak a can of Boy Scout Water, (aka: Ronson Lighter Fluid), into my day pack. It wasn't much of a secret. One day, the scoutmaster asked to borrow to get a fire going!