tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post1945842363498729145..comments2024-03-28T00:27:14.676-07:00Comments on Irons in the Fire: First off, Dutch windmills. Electric ones.Firehandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-29416158601338757712011-11-23T07:01:53.017-08:002011-11-23T07:01:53.017-08:00Hamhocks... there's another one. And if you&#...Hamhocks... there's another one. And if you're clean in practice, you can eat the mistakesFirehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-60896540019329776302011-11-22T21:33:27.907-08:002011-11-22T21:33:27.907-08:00Also on the suture thing. In the Army we actually...Also on the suture thing. In the Army we actually practiced suturing on grapefruit peels then moved up to chickens. A few times we sutured shelled shrimp. The Doc said the shelled shrimp were similar in consistency to actual human skin whereas the chicken unless fresh killed too hard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-50949145403735389612011-11-22T19:09:15.089-08:002011-11-22T19:09:15.089-08:00I thought I posted this before, but maybe the comm...I thought I posted this before, but maybe the comment didn't take.<br /><br />Get some hamhocks at the butcher, cut them, and stitch the cuts back up.oghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07551049745184408924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-1033429814082579012011-11-22T12:33:32.089-08:002011-11-22T12:33:32.089-08:00Here is a cheap and easy way to learn suturing: h...Here is a cheap and easy way to learn suturing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGtb5L4j9yA&feature=related I learned suture technique from youtube and you can get vet sutures cheap on Amazon. In SHTF if I need a stitch, I don't care if the suture kit was intended to be used on an animal, I just want it done!Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02829070492952477267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-87869642598106683092011-11-21T17:41:23.854-08:002011-11-21T17:41:23.854-08:00I was mainly just thinking of the logistics of try...I was mainly just thinking of the logistics of trying to suture a chicken what doesn't want to be sutured. If you want to practice on particularly fresh chicken, be my guest, but the sort of restraints you are training yourself to put on the wounded will probably be counter-productive in a grid-down situation.Phelpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06270536870200063563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-83238757304804308502011-11-21T17:39:37.444-08:002011-11-21T17:39:37.444-08:00Picky, picky. And I knew where some roam in the f...Picky, picky. And I knew where some roam in the front yard a couple of miles from here...Firehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-54467790331081651132011-11-21T17:34:42.977-08:002011-11-21T17:34:42.977-08:00Supermarket chickens. The ones on styrofoam trays...Supermarket chickens. The ones on styrofoam trays. <br /><br />Don't go running out into the barnyard with a bowie knife.Phelpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06270536870200063563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-33964695605803472722011-11-21T17:33:13.777-08:002011-11-21T17:33:13.777-08:00Ok, what for drones that doesn't leave me wond...Ok, what for drones that doesn't leave me wondering "Where's that big-ass piece of copper coming down, I wonder..."<br /><br />Didn't think of staplers. And chicken? Really? Damn.Firehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-1868572412030615982011-11-21T17:12:01.797-08:002011-11-21T17:12:01.797-08:00Oh, and you can get staplers just as cheap as teh ...Oh, and you can get staplers just as cheap as teh suture sets, and they are much harder to screw up. Just make <b>sure</b> you get a staple remover, too. Just saying.Phelpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06270536870200063563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-58858035254087468152011-11-21T17:11:11.539-08:002011-11-21T17:11:11.539-08:00Oh, and for the people sewing lesson, I would say ...Oh, and for the people sewing lesson, I would say watch youtube, and practice the way the people doing it for a living do -- on chicken breasts.<br /><br />Then you can eat your work.Phelpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06270536870200063563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-82617499659104296552011-11-21T17:09:26.990-08:002011-11-21T17:09:26.990-08:00For the drones, I'm thinking #4 buck. They ar...For the drones, I'm thinking #4 buck. They are not likely to be very armored at all, for weight reasons. Lots of quarter inch BBs rattling around in that plastic fairing should do the trick.<br /><br />And you can get autoclaved surgical instruments from the veterinary section, or probably easier, from your local feed lot.Phelpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06270536870200063563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-3160162231946009562011-11-21T08:22:37.768-08:002011-11-21T08:22:37.768-08:00What caliber for snoopy drones? Why .50BMG of cou...What caliber for snoopy drones? Why .50BMG of course!Kevin Bakerhttp://smallestminority.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com