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A quick note to say hello and goodbye. I have not logged in or posted anything since your contributions were censored in early May. I feel the portal is much less relevant than 15 years ago when I logged in at Christophe Noel's urging as he wound down his site which I frequented often. Stay safe...

Well, I guess I am out of here. Please close my account.

I have one at the cottage and use marbles. Not very good with it but It hits hard, We don't have many Rabbits but Grouse are plentiful.

I have had Leatherman tools since my first one (you might call it a classic) in about 1990 (sorry if I got the date wrong). One of the people at work thought I was crazy for paying $75 for a pair of pliers but he would borrow it 5 times a day. When we were working on the new Fire Station and...

I brought my Nephew up to the cottage in November because he wants to learn how to hunt and I am the only one in the family that does. On the last day I managed to shoot what I thought was a doe (you need an anterless tag which I had) 15 minutes after legal hunting and got this spike instead. My...

I love bacon... I might be able to start hunting them here soon.

Or you could stop breathing, I know... not very helpful. Ventilation is the key. And as mentioned, no propane heat. You will have to accept the fact that condensation happens. Unless of course you have a nice woodstove or electric heater. I have found that a nice sleeping bag (I use a Woods...

I reread the title and it asked what is the top tool. No where did it say the only tool... As a matter of course, any vehicle I drive anywhere has an air compressor, shovel, jack, snatch strap, extra fuel, extra water, a change of clothes, blanket and cell phone (all but useless in 90 percent...

Thanks for posting this. Ever since I met Rolf and Gundel, read about Bill Caid and then purchased my 404 I have been enamored by Unimogs. I never understood the Jeep thing ( my first 4X4 was a Lada Niva ) but Unimogs I get....

It was -25 C on the way up to my cottage on Saturday morning. All our vehicles have factory installed block heaters. Heck, they cost less than $100 and it beats having to build a fire under the oilpan in the morning. My brothers place north of Thunder Bay has been around -24 C for a bit now. I...

How did I miss this thread... For as long as I can remember, we have had bacon roasts at the cottage. You take a slab of smoked bacon, cut it into 3cm by 12cm chunks, skewer it on a hot dog cooking rod (I don't know what else to call it) and slowly cook it over the fire. I add a sliced onion and...

So why did you buy a carbon fibre bike? In 1986 I bought an aluminum bike (Cannondale ST400, s/n 000006) and it was a game changer (still have it). Why can't a person buy a carbon fibre camper if they can afford the freight? Also, do we know if they are using lithium? Doesn't Chevy build truck...

I am so happy she made it through. I interrupted my life last year while Katherine had her cancer surgery (she is down to 1/2 of 1 kidney, a tumour took the first one when she was 5). I got really good at giving her sponge baths and changing her dressings when we couldn't get to a hospital up...

We have winter all over Canada. It is never unusual to have snow on or before our Thanksgiving (this weekend). This is a picture from my Moose hunt at the camp near Gogama in 2006. I was wearing a t shirt the day before. I still hopped into the canoe and paddled to the pothole lake 1/2 km up...

Yeah, kind of like a 416 or my 404 but they are out there doing it. It's likely they are fine with it. I seem to remember them from about 10 years ago, don't know if it was on this site or not.

The Swampers are a bias ply tire. Bias ply tires have a higher rolling resistance and therefore poorer fuel economy.

I purchased the skinniest Super Swampers for my Niva (and upped the size from 27" to a monstrous 29") in the mid 90's. They howled on the tarmac a bit but performed off highway better than the lifted Jeeps all around me. When I replaced the tires on my Unimog I went with the skinniest 38"...

My first cast iron frypan was purchased when I moved into my first apartment 43 years ago. I have since purchased 5 more cast iron pans from 6 inches in diametre to full size. I nearly killed my brother in law when he "cleaned' my 30 year old pan and I had to reseason it. The pans are heavy...

Well at least someone knows the history. I think flying drones anywhere should be licensed and regulated. Oh wait ...it is...

Where did you get the idea that this is an unreliable contraption? It is mostly north american (and chinese) crap that that they use in stickbuilt campers that is unreliable. I have found that European, South African and Australian kit is typically built to a high standard, costs what it is...