I just got done watching Alone in the Wilderness an hour long doc. about Richard Proenneke . You want to talk about self- sufficiency, this guy at the age of 53 goes off into the Alaska wilds in 1968 and with hand power tools, alot of wich he makes. Builds a cabin, outhouse, catch room furniture etc. He then lives there for 30 or so years deciding in his 80's that the 50 deg below zero winters are becoming to much!!!
Getting yourself mentally prepared for NH winters? ;D
Pat, one word: SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Very funny, keep it up, IM gonna have alot of empty beer bottles to throw at PorcFest. ;D
In the movie the guy says it below zero today, buts it's a toasty 40 deg. in my cabin!! Holy crap talk about hard core!!
I think he would have been much better off with a wood stove flown in instead of the fire place he hand built out of river rock. He would of thought of that as cheating though, he already felt bad about using tar paper and plastic on the roof under the moss he had up there.
Quote from: Pat K on June 05, 2006, 08:54 PM NHFT
I just got done watching Alone in the Wilderness an hour long doc. about Richard Proenneke . You want to talk about self- sufficiency, this guy at the age of 53 goes off into the Alaska wilds in 1968 and with hand power tools, alot of wich he makes. Builds a cabin, outhouse, catch room furniture etc. He then lives there for 30 or so years deciding in his 80's that the 50 deg below zero winters are becoming to much!!!
I have that on tape......somewhere.
Sounds like last winter.
I've seen it. It's a great documentary, about a helluva man.
Personally, I like beer and the companionship of the "gentler sex" too much to follow his example, but it was inspiring.
Kevin
We watched that a couple months ago...very interesting.
Quote from: KBCraig on June 06, 2006, 03:11 AM NHFT
I've seen it. It's a great documentary, about a helluva man.
Personally, I like beer and the companionship of the "gentler sex" too much to follow his example, but it was inspiring.
You can make your own beer and bring a significant other.
You're not a real outdoorsman unless you make your own significant other. Otherwise you're cheating.
Like, a wooden blow-up doll.
Quote from: fourthgeek on June 06, 2006, 11:44 AM NHFTYou're not a real outdoorsman unless you make your own significant other.
Incest doesn't make you a real outdoorsman! :P
Quote from: fourthgeek on June 06, 2006, 11:44 AM NHFT
You're not a real outdoorsman unless you make your own significant other. Otherwise you're cheating.
Like, a wooden blow-up doll.
You need to be very careful of splinters !
I knew a guy that made hand crafted wooden dildos. He made them for rape victims.
I work with some wooden dildos, their called bosses here though.
Man I check in on these threads and read the strangest things... ;D
Quote from: Lloyd Danforth on June 05, 2006, 09:11 PM NHFT
Quote from: Pat K on June 05, 2006, 08:54 PM NHFT
I just got done watching Alone in the Wilderness an hour long doc. about Richard Proenneke . You want to talk about self- sufficiency, this guy at the age of 53 goes off into the Alaska wilds in 1968 and with hand power tools, alot of wich he makes. Builds a cabin, outhouse, catch room furniture etc. He then lives there for 30 or so years deciding in his 80's that the 50 deg below zero winters are becoming to much!!!
I have that on tape......somewhere.
If you have a extra copy i would buy it.
I found it recently. The next time I have two VCR next to each other, I'll make a copy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsfB6oJ55wM
Posted in 10 minute chunks.
Cool!
That is SO COOL! I guess Alaska is the only place left in the USA where you can just go there, build a house and not worry about deeds or taxes. That's real freedom.
Maybe in the 1960's
Quote from: fourthgeek on June 06, 2006, 11:44 AM NHFT
Like, a wooden blow-up doll.
I can't help but think of the movie 'Almost Heroes'...the part with the straw prostitutes. The one fellow ended up eating his when they were starving to death.
On another note, don't you think that this is a hell of a thread for me to make my first post? Hope you guys don't get the wrong idea about me. :P
Too late!
Quote from: Spencer on October 14, 2007, 06:23 PM NHFT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsfB6oJ55wM
Posted in 10 minute chunks.
Unbelievable......too cold though...he should have caved in to the wood stove purchase...would've been alot more efficient & warm.
The man has sack, tho
I always thought that I'd like to live in the wilderness but not alone until I went camping one night. I don't think I could do it, there are weird sounds and not knowing what they are scares me. How would I go to the bathroom? Get a shower? Blow dry my hair? Geesh I saw the weirdest looking bugs too, I never saw them on any National Geographic show. The ground is so lumpy and uncomfortable too!
I wanted to go camping with Rick a few months ago but we never got around to it probably because he knew it wouldn't work out even though I really wanted to just for one night though not to live.
Now we're going to do something else that I think is so awesome. We are going into the woods somewhere and write a song together, Rick's going to put the tunes together and then we're going to sing it together while he plays his guitar, isn't that neat?
Quote from: lawofattraction on October 25, 2007, 10:38 PM NHFT
Quote from: Kat Kanning on June 06, 2006, 01:09 PM NHFT
I knew a guy that made hand crafted wooden dildos. He made them for rape victims.
Is there really any market for a product like that? It seems like splinters would be a problem.
I am always waiting for someone to bring their old spinster aunts
dildo collection onto the antique road show.
Quote from: lawofattraction on October 25, 2007, 10:38 PM NHFT
Quote from: Kat Kanning on June 06, 2006, 01:09 PM NHFT
I knew a guy that made hand crafted wooden dildos. He made them for rape victims.
Is there really any market for a product like that? It seems like splinters would be a problem.
I believe he gave them away. If I understand right, they were highly polished.
Quote from: Kat Kanning on October 26, 2007, 05:48 AM NHFT
Quote from: lawofattraction on October 25, 2007, 10:38 PM NHFT
Quote from: Kat Kanning on June 06, 2006, 01:09 PM NHFT
I knew a guy that made hand crafted wooden dildos. He made them for rape victims.
Is there really any market for a product like that? It seems like splinters would be a problem.
I believe he gave them away. If I understand right, they were highly polished.
Cocobolo would be a good choice
Quote from: Lloyd Danforth on October 26, 2007, 06:45 AM NHFT
Quote from: Kat Kanning on October 26, 2007, 05:48 AM NHFT
Quote from: lawofattraction on October 25, 2007, 10:38 PM NHFT
Quote from: Kat Kanning on June 06, 2006, 01:09 PM NHFT
I knew a guy that made hand crafted wooden dildos. He made them for rape victims.
Is there really any market for a product like that? It seems like splinters would be a problem.
I believe he gave them away. If I understand right, they were highly polished.
Cocobolo would be a good choice
What's cocobolo?
A beautiful, dense, hardwood that polishes up real nice. I think it might be some sort of rosewood. As unlikely as it seems at the moment, if I ever needed a wooden dildo, I would go with Cocobolo.
Quote from: Lloyd Danforth on October 26, 2007, 07:52 AM NHFT
A beautiful, dense, hardwood that polishes up real nice. I think it might be some sort of rosewood.
Oh, okay thanks! :) I thought maybe it was a cocoa butter lubricant.
OK, nows the time for a bunch of men to chime in about the pros and cons of Cocobolo as a good dildo material.
Quote from: Lloyd Danforth on October 26, 2007, 08:08 AM NHFT
OK, nows the time for a bunch of men to chime in about the pros and cons of Cocobolo as a good dildo material.
Wait, shouldn't women get the final say in this matter? Rick isn't coming near me with a beautiful, dense, hardwood that polishes up real nice! Actually now that I think about it.................Nah, only kidding! ;D
OH! did I fail to add a :P to my last post?
Men and their hardwood ::) ;D
Hey, there are plenty of women who like men and their hardwood!
wow....this really morphed into a disturbing discussion. :o
Quote from: babalugatz on October 26, 2007, 02:40 PM NHFT
wow....this really morphed into a disturbing discussion. :o
;D
Quote from: error on October 26, 2007, 12:59 PM NHFT
Hey, there are plenty of women who like men and their hardwood!
I know, but it seems to me that men like their hardwood more than woman do. After all you men think about your wood even when it's soft wood. ::)
Well if I ever do stand up comedy,
I now have a antique road show dildo skit.
Quote from: Tom Sawyer on June 06, 2006, 04:16 PM NHFT
Man I check in on these threads and read the strangest things... ;D
:biglaugh: :laughing4: