Recent content by Norton

I've got an issued tourniquet that I take with me. I'm fairly sure I'd be completely useless at turning a hanky into one if I ever need one.

They aren't sold as food, they are military surplus.

I like the suggested use as toilet paper and then two suggestions later was to wash the dishes with it. I hope that's on different trips after a turn round the washing machine.

Find a large area, put two posts in the ground 50 metres apart and wrap it around. You should finish where you started and you just cut all the strands at that post. I work in an aircraft hangar and this sort of thing is easy. If you work in a post office you may have to consider if this is...

I'm in the middle of a Youth Work degree and certainly understand your frustration with this age group. Were shelters perhaps a little too advanced with a less than motivated group? Tarp shelters are much less labour intensive but can still give a sense of achievement. If your group failed at...

Carl Pilkington "if you're worrying about wrinkles on your b******s then your life is pretty good." He was talking to an American with a plastic surgery obsession at the time.

Are you sure? The programme was Kevin Mccloud's man made home and made a big deal of him not needing planning for building this thing on his land. There is another C4 guy, a Geordie, who completely re-engineered an old static, is that the one near Minehead? Wee edit, George Clark. daveO I've...

Kevin Macleod on channel four built a rather marvellous shed/mobile home last year. Google it as he didn't need planning.

Nuclear has the same issues as renewable, we mine the raw materials and refine them using fossil fuels. The return is probably better than current renewables but the issue is the same. This isn't a political site so I don't intend going down that route but I do feel the need to say this. Even...

In my opinion the issue in Scotland Is that to build and maintain our windmills, wave power thingumyjigs or whatever gizmo is generating electricity we still require traditional fossil fuels. When we maintain them and build them from materials and energy that are renewable we might be able to be...

Pitta breads are great, warm them on a stone by the fire for a bit and they're great for a bacon sandwich.

John I was with you until about 8 months ago. I'm in the RAF and went away for the summer. Usually this means I end up reading rubbish I don't really enjoy for most of my tour once my stock runs out. With a kindle I was able to get hold of books I actually want to read. Now I'm home though...

The spirit of my post was that they aren't expected last five years hence the shelf life. By the way I've been that man you've mentioned, leaving a trail of rubber on the way to work. I hadn't worn issue boots for years and dug them out for an inspection. I failed.

Will, the Army don't have the same boots for 5 years. The guys probably have 2 pairs they alternate between and they'll be lucky to get 2 years out of them. Remember they are expected to change them as soon as they start looking a little tatty. Usually about the same time the rest of us think...

British military kit is made to fulfil a purpose at the cheapest possible price, you get what you pay for. Generally lads and lasses in the military aren't overly comfortable in their issued kit and wonder why anyone would buy it to wear over the much better selection out there.