Random Posts (An alternate to side discussions)

[Ben]

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@Blokk wrote:

Ben, thanks for the tip, i have found this series on YouTube, looks very interesting 🙂

By the way, I think I would try to join some remote native tribe in case of apocalypses. They still know how to survive without civilisation. These topics bring to my memory some of my favourite books i read when i was a kid. Like Robinson Crusoe, or the Little Big Man (the movie was also nice)...

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The full series of Connection was well worth the $100 price tag to get it on disk.

"Robinsoe Curose" was one my favorites as well!

Re: " some remote native tribe "

We have them near here. They call themselves "Amish". One of the best compliments I ever received was from a woman that grew up Amish and said "Ben, you would fit right in."

Ben 

[Blokk]

Yep, i guess it could be tricky to join such tribe. I am not sure if only claiming that i can bring different genes to their gene pool would impress them 😂

Or i could play the "mutant card": i have a fast developing vitiligo, plus some of my toes are grown together (syndactyly). At many native tribes people with mutations become shamans, they believe people with mutations have magic power 🙂

[Ben]

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@LV_Pro wrote:

Just remember that to join this tribe you have to bring something to it that they need/want. It is unlikely that they would not be aware of this worldwide disaster, might not be looking for an additional mouth to feed! ...

. As someone who has spent a fair amount of time in the redwoods farther north, there isn't a lot of food that would support apes, much less a bunch of them, or people either. While there are deer, and some other small game, those will run out pretty quick. Not a lot of vegetables either... ...

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My better half has a book with both read called "Farming the Forest".

We have ginseng ...

Note the ones with three leaves are first year and those with four leaves are second year.

And

Dark green are from last year, and the light green are new this year.

Ramps are also called wild garlic or bear garlic. They are a member of the Alum (onions) and grow in Apalachia (sp?). They will grow a spread in old growth forests. They taste like a mix of garlic and onion. They sprout early in spring before the canopy fills in. They are some of the earliest crops that can be collected from the forest after winter.

Ben

[Ben]

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@Blokk wrote:

Yep, i guess it could be tricky to join such tribe. I am not sure if only claiming that i can bring different genes to their gene pool would impress them 😂

Or i could play the "mutant card": i have a fast developing vitiligo, plus some of my toes are grown together (syndactyly). At many native tribes people with mutations become shamans, they believe people with mutations have magic power 🙂

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Scientist and engineers are in fact the high priests and magicians of modern technology.

"Stand back! I am going to do math."

Ben

[LV_Pro]

Or the witches! If she is heavier than a duck ...

[Ben]

Please forgive me Putnam but...

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@LV_Pro wrote:

Or the witches! If she is heavier than a duck ...

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I think you have that backwards.

Witches we all know are made of wood and wood floats. A duck also floats so she weighs as much as a duck she is a witch. Going farther... if you throw her the river and she floats she is a witch. If she sank and drowned she is obviously not a witch.

We do have to keep that MP Quest for The Holy grail lore straight after all.

Ben

[Blokk]

I think some skill books would be extremely useful. Our industry and technology is crazily over specialised. It could take lots of efforts to reinvent some basic techniques. Even using books, the know-how and generations of practice cannot be regained enough fast. Like blacksmithing or pottery, textile making, etc.

I remember an interesting fact i read about our ancestors, the Hungarian nomad tribes were arriving to Europe about 1000 years ago from Asia. Hungarian horse riding warriors were the most feared fighters in that time specially due to the bows they used and how they were able to use it during horse riding. Regarding to some historicans, these bows had incredible power. We know that these bows were a kind of combinations of biocomposite, including wood, animal bones, etc. But the making procedure is lost forever over the centuries. Some Hungarian enthusiasts experiment and build their own bows today, but they only guess, we have no chance to find this lost technology...

http://www.elisanet.fi/huikari/Archeryhistory.htm

edit: and of course when i was a kid, i built some bows. These were quite weak ones, i used some straight branches of hazelnut bushes, but i had so much fun. I think bows are the most cool tools humans ever invented 🙂 Nowadays it is a bit sad to see young kids playing with their tablets. They could have more fun going out and build bows...

[Ben]

You really have to watch Connection Blokk!

The invention of the stirrup was happening not long after that and made it possible to use a lance in battle. Armored knights (not Knights of NI mind you) became the battle tank of that day. Until....

The long bow was inverted.

If you were local I would lend you my copy. See if it is available in a library near you.

Ben

[Blokk]

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@Ben wrote:

You really have to watch Connection Blokk!

The invention of the stirrup was happening not long after that and made it possible to use a lance in battle. Armored knights (not Knights of NI mind you) became the battle tank of that day. Until....

The long bow was inverted.

If you were local I would lend you my copy. See if it is available in a library near you.

Ben

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i have found a good deal:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B01J69KSMA/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1493749104&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236...

[Ben]

If that is really Connections 1 (there were three but #1 was the best) then that is a great deal. As I wrote above, I shelled out $100 for my set.

My better-half and I have watched it multiple times and we play a game to see who can remember what the NEXT invention was going to be.

By the way:

I do own a plow.

Ben