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- hambone
- Post-Industrial Non-Secular Mennonite
- Location: Portland, Ore.
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Yes!
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it balances on your head just like a mattress balances on a bottle of wine
your brand new leopard skin pillbox hat
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it balances on your head just like a mattress balances on a bottle of wine
your brand new leopard skin pillbox hat
- deschutestrout
- IAC Addict!
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Oh, boo hoo. Next time it rains you can sit in your bus.hambone wrote:Yes!
Yes, I pack a fair amount of schtuff, especially when the boys are with me....just in case they make a momentary move from their totally hearty content to be outdoors with sticks, fire and shovels kinda mode. Funny thing is, I actually USE most of the schtuff I bring. It is time tho to pull everything out and see what's in there that I've never found much use for and could easily get by without. That will, however, create more room to pack more schtuff . Let me know if you ever need to borrow anything Bob
"You're not always obligated to paint an outhouse." Ruckman 2011
- hambone
- Post-Industrial Non-Secular Mennonite
- Location: Portland, Ore.
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Geez talk about takin it personally!!
I like simplicity what can I say? It matches my inta-leckt.
Hope I don't mooch too much, I try to be mindfull of that stuff.
Why would I sit in my bus? You dig my faboo $5 tarp and found poles and ropes.
I like simplicity what can I say? It matches my inta-leckt.
Hope I don't mooch too much, I try to be mindfull of that stuff.
Why would I sit in my bus? You dig my faboo $5 tarp and found poles and ropes.
http://greencascadia.blogspot.com
http://pdxvolksfolks.blogspot.com
it balances on your head just like a mattress balances on a bottle of wine
your brand new leopard skin pillbox hat
http://pdxvolksfolks.blogspot.com
it balances on your head just like a mattress balances on a bottle of wine
your brand new leopard skin pillbox hat
- deschutestrout
- IAC Addict!
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Jest ribbin' ya buddy. No, you don't mooch... Shoot, the beauty of these group outings is that between us, we gots EVERYTHING...even a chain saw when Gypsie's there...except the one time he "travelled light" ...when we really needed it. And, if I'd kept the chair Zane found at Pyramid, we'd have a quality poopin' chair in our stash. I even found a good place to store my new, big 'ole herkin' bow saw. Took a couple of passes at a downed tree yesterday and holllllly crap! This thing cuts! 36" blade...boowahhahahaha!hambone wrote:Geez talk about takin it personally!!
I like simplicity what can I say? It matches my inta-leckt.
Hope I don't mooch too much, I try to be mindfull of that stuff.
Why would I sit in my bus? You dig my faboo $5 tarp and found poles and ropes.
"You're not always obligated to paint an outhouse." Ruckman 2011
- Sylvester
- Bad Old Puddy Tat.
- Location: Sylvester, Georgia
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I use a WWI US shovel for camping, not folding but lotsa class. I dig war surplus stuff man:deschutestrout wrote:Check out this site. Great stuff. The German shovels they have are to die for...best folding camp shovel I've ever seen.
I also found two German Army fork spoon knife combos that all fit together so you don't lose them. They look sort of like this but not with a can opener.
And my WWI German Mess kit, it does everything, food cook, food serve, make coffee:
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue, I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace. Where never lark, or even eagle flew. And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod, The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
- AirCooledNut
- Getting Hooked!
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For my first post...
I see that many of you like coffee and it's an important part of your camping experience. It is for me, camping or not From what I've read so far I see that all of you hot-brew your coffee. That requires ground coffee and filtration (hot water and a cup are a given ). I offer an alternative: Cold-brewed coffee.
What is cold-brewed coffee?
The particular system I use. I bought mine from Kitchen Kaboodle (or however it's spelled).
What's nice about it is that the coffee is concentrated and you simply add hot water to it (or ice and a couple shots of Kahlua and/or Baileys). For example, with the system I use, one ounce (like from a shot glass) of concentrate gets mixed with three ounces of hot water. So before we go camping I measure out the coffee into a thermos. Done. No filters to pack and dispose of later (for those who use paper filters) and no coffee grounds to dispose of. No percolator or special equipment, either, to pack.
Plus, it's just a smoother, better tasting cup o' joe!
I see that many of you like coffee and it's an important part of your camping experience. It is for me, camping or not From what I've read so far I see that all of you hot-brew your coffee. That requires ground coffee and filtration (hot water and a cup are a given ). I offer an alternative: Cold-brewed coffee.
What is cold-brewed coffee?
The particular system I use. I bought mine from Kitchen Kaboodle (or however it's spelled).
What's nice about it is that the coffee is concentrated and you simply add hot water to it (or ice and a couple shots of Kahlua and/or Baileys). For example, with the system I use, one ounce (like from a shot glass) of concentrate gets mixed with three ounces of hot water. So before we go camping I measure out the coffee into a thermos. Done. No filters to pack and dispose of later (for those who use paper filters) and no coffee grounds to dispose of. No percolator or special equipment, either, to pack.
Plus, it's just a smoother, better tasting cup o' joe!
Toby http://www.aircoolednut.com/
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- deschutestrout
- IAC Addict!
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Welcome to the forum! I'm gonna try that! Sounds like a great way to brew...at least worth a try. You comin' to the Maupin event I'm hosting? Would be a great way for you to meet a whole bunch of forum members. Tis a grand time. Father's Day weekend, Maupin...be there.
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- IFBwax
- IAC Addict!
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Only problem is it says 1/3 to 2/3rds less caffeine. I need all I can get. Sounds interesting though.
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- deschutestrout
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Where did you read the caffeine reduction thingy? I saw 10% possible reduction...where did you read that? I need to know because caffeine is also very important to my consumption needs.IFBwax wrote:Only problem is it says 1/3 to 2/3rds less caffeine. I need all I can get. Sounds interesting though.
"You're not always obligated to paint an outhouse." Ruckman 2011
- IFBwax
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I don't know where I saw it. I searched more on it and there was a pretty lengthy article about it that said the cold coffee folks said that it cut 2/3rds of the caffeine, but the author doubted that and said it was probably only 1/3.
OK.. found it.. here's the quote:
Toddy claims to brew up two-thirds less caffeine than regular coffee; in a side-by side test using Starbucks' regular blend, the Toddy version had a pH of 6.31 and 40 mg of caffeine per 100 grams of coffee, while Starbucks store-brewed clocked in at a pH of 5.48 and 61 mg of caffeine. (Lower numbers on the pH scale, which is measured logarithmically, denote more acid.)
Here's the link:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5728227/from/RL.3/
OK.. found it.. here's the quote:
Toddy claims to brew up two-thirds less caffeine than regular coffee; in a side-by side test using Starbucks' regular blend, the Toddy version had a pH of 6.31 and 40 mg of caffeine per 100 grams of coffee, while Starbucks store-brewed clocked in at a pH of 5.48 and 61 mg of caffeine. (Lower numbers on the pH scale, which is measured logarithmically, denote more acid.)
Here's the link:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5728227/from/RL.3/
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Frank Bama
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- tristessa
- Trusted Air-Cooled Maniac
- Location: Uwish Uknew, Oregon
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