Who would you like to meet?
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Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Fun thread I like it
And he once got completely lost on Kinder Scout which makes me feel much better.
So many to think of but you never know whether the reality will match the image, sounds like Mors is a lovely chap and has time to chat with everyone, not all movers and shakers do but I think my list would include.
Jesus Christ well why not I even hear he was a bit of a woodworker.
and I'll also include Buddha, Mohamed and Confucius
Gandhi
E.F.Schumacher (small is beautiful)
Thoreau (Walden)
John Muir (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Muir)
I'll go for Sally Seymour...I hear she did most of the work and was better looking.
Soetsu Yanagi (the unknown craftsman)
William Morris
John Ruskin actually I suspect I wouldn't have got on with him but it would be good to meet him first hand.
Abraham Lincoln
There is a guy who made a particular group of wooden bowls on the Mary Ruse, I know his work, I would love to stand in his workshop.
Oetzi the iceman that guy lived bushcraft whilst the very best teachers today only play.
funny thing is I feel I know a lot of these folk through their writing, the books are old friends but it would be great to meet them in person.
Oh and yes BR too...look forward to meeting up and making shavings together.
And he once got completely lost on Kinder Scout which makes me feel much better.
So many to think of but you never know whether the reality will match the image, sounds like Mors is a lovely chap and has time to chat with everyone, not all movers and shakers do but I think my list would include.
Jesus Christ well why not I even hear he was a bit of a woodworker.
and I'll also include Buddha, Mohamed and Confucius
Gandhi
E.F.Schumacher (small is beautiful)
Thoreau (Walden)
John Muir (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Muir)
I'll go for Sally Seymour...I hear she did most of the work and was better looking.
Soetsu Yanagi (the unknown craftsman)
William Morris
John Ruskin actually I suspect I wouldn't have got on with him but it would be good to meet him first hand.
Abraham Lincoln
There is a guy who made a particular group of wooden bowls on the Mary Ruse, I know his work, I would love to stand in his workshop.
Oetzi the iceman that guy lived bushcraft whilst the very best teachers today only play.
funny thing is I feel I know a lot of these folk through their writing, the books are old friends but it would be great to meet them in person.
Oh and yes BR too...look forward to meeting up and making shavings together.
I've quite a list WLTM's so here are a few...
Ray Mears -met him briefly on a woodlore course but would like more time to chat and even better -travel with
Chris Townsend -Author and backpacking guru. I'd love to chat about places and go for an effing long walk with.
Alan Hinkes -Mountaineer and top Yorkshire bloke.
Count Henry Russell -Pyrennean pioneer (say that 10 time fast when drunk!), Bon vivant and nutter.
Jordan -I once had a dream about her and there's unfinished business...
Thats enough for now.
Ray Mears -met him briefly on a woodlore course but would like more time to chat and even better -travel with
Chris Townsend -Author and backpacking guru. I'd love to chat about places and go for an effing long walk with.
Alan Hinkes -Mountaineer and top Yorkshire bloke.
Count Henry Russell -Pyrennean pioneer (say that 10 time fast when drunk!), Bon vivant and nutter.
Jordan -I once had a dream about her and there's unfinished business...
Thats enough for now.
2nd Lt hiroo Onoda
One of the last Japanese soldiers to surrender. He spent 29 years on Lubang Island with very little, stealing the odd pig and such like, but still quite a feat of survival.
This in no way means that I condone the ill usage of civilians or P.O.W's, it does mean I respect his tenacity in adversity.
One of the last Japanese soldiers to surrender. He spent 29 years on Lubang Island with very little, stealing the odd pig and such like, but still quite a feat of survival.
This in no way means that I condone the ill usage of civilians or P.O.W's, it does mean I respect his tenacity in adversity.
Noggin the Nog ???
Sorry John but that`s from an era I`m not familiar with.
I just had to google it though
I was a bit aggrieved when I read Hiroo Onodas' account of his times on Lubang Island. The book got to the end and just...ended! Just like that, no explanation of what happened thereafter, just ended!
To have lived that long in the bush is fantastic. I know he wasn't by himself the whole time, but the last year or so he was. I wonder how he felt once he was taken back to Japan and thought about his life.... all those years gone!
To have lived that long in the bush is fantastic. I know he wasn't by himself the whole time, but the last year or so he was. I wonder how he felt once he was taken back to Japan and thought about his life.... all those years gone!
list of people who and what i would like to learn from them
Isarmbard Kingdom Brunel for his engineering drawing and understanding genius
Lord Horatio Nelson so he could teach me how to sail an 1918 ship of the line and all things navigation because he was a navel genius
winston churchil to chat with him about his war time experiance would be interesting
the beatles as a whole to have a chat with them about music would be ausome
Isarmbard Kingdom Brunel for his engineering drawing and understanding genius
Lord Horatio Nelson so he could teach me how to sail an 1918 ship of the line and all things navigation because he was a navel genius
winston churchil to chat with him about his war time experiance would be interesting
the beatles as a whole to have a chat with them about music would be ausome
Does that make him an expert in belly buttons then ??
sorry Drew I`m in one of those moods today
Rich
My great great grandad I've just found out he was a gamekeeper and moldywarp(spell?) also the whipperin for the Tywardreath Hunt. Previous occupation poacher. I am impressed with him as a forebear.
Anybody know what a moldywarp(spell?) is.
Andy
Anybody know what a moldywarp(spell?) is.
Andy
He hunted moles and probably got paid for the skins too.
cheers,
Toddy
p.s the old word for the mole is the Mowdie.
Like this
” Geordie wis sayed tae bei guid it catchin moles; A foryet whae it wur, bot hei wis ance askit bi ae fermer tae hae ae go it trappin his mowdies. Appearinlie the fermer’s openin wurds tae Geordie wur, “A’m telt thit ee ir ae expert it settin mowdie traps.” Geordie askit the fermer tae tryst wi him it Meadshaw the neist morning (whilk hei greed tae dae) an thit hei cuid gan roond wi Geordie is hei checkit his mowdie traps. Howsumever, the storie gans thit Geordie, that nicht, put ae deed mole intil yin o his traps an kum the neist morning; whan him an the fermer checkit at trap, thar in eet wis Geordie’s deed mowdie. Whan Geordie himsel wis telling the tale aboot this mowdie, hei sayed thit hei hed been descrived is ane expert (ae big wurd) sae it hed been necessar fur him tae pruve til the fermer thit hei wis, ithoot doot, ane expert."
which comes from this text
http://www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk/corpus/search/document.php?documentid=1374
cheers,
Toddy
p.s the old word for the mole is the Mowdie.
Like this
” Geordie wis sayed tae bei guid it catchin moles; A foryet whae it wur, bot hei wis ance askit bi ae fermer tae hae ae go it trappin his mowdies. Appearinlie the fermer’s openin wurds tae Geordie wur, “A’m telt thit ee ir ae expert it settin mowdie traps.” Geordie askit the fermer tae tryst wi him it Meadshaw the neist morning (whilk hei greed tae dae) an thit hei cuid gan roond wi Geordie is hei checkit his mowdie traps. Howsumever, the storie gans thit Geordie, that nicht, put ae deed mole intil yin o his traps an kum the neist morning; whan him an the fermer checkit at trap, thar in eet wis Geordie’s deed mowdie. Whan Geordie himsel wis telling the tale aboot this mowdie, hei sayed thit hei hed been descrived is ane expert (ae big wurd) sae it hed been necessar fur him tae pruve til the fermer thit hei wis, ithoot doot, ane expert."
which comes from this text
http://www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk/corpus/search/document.php?documentid=1374
Cheers Toddy, that's even better, thank you loads.
:You_Rock_
Andy
Shame there is no rep facility, I owe you some.
:You_Rock_
Andy
Shame there is no rep facility, I owe you some.
lol rich you had me in stitches and also it was meant to be 1819 because acording to the tv he didnt die till 1825
You know what they say about TV and newspapers.... never believe everything they tell you.
Nelson definately died at the Battle of Trafalgar which was on 21 October 1805. It was pretty well recorded at the time
Horatio_Nelson,_1st_Viscount_Nelson
My great grandad.
A private in the Hampshires, a warrior.
Fought in the 1st world war and died from his injuries. He was a hero and i'd like to have had the chance to speak with him. Get a lump in my throat when i think about what he
must have gone through in the Dardanelles campaign.
Andy >>>>>-----------------------------<>
A private in the Hampshires, a warrior.
Fought in the 1st world war and died from his injuries. He was a hero and i'd like to have had the chance to speak with him. Get a lump in my throat when i think about what he
must have gone through in the Dardanelles campaign.
Andy >>>>>-----------------------------<>
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