socks 32,253 Posted December 22, 2020 Report Share Posted December 22, 2020 1 hour ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said: You’d need all your fingers though as well pal . can’t be off to a and e every time you sharpen a knife I don’t need A+E mate I can do it myself ....... 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gaz_Lurcherlad 382 Posted December 23, 2020 Report Share Posted December 23, 2020 8 hours ago, socks said: I don’t need A+E mate I can do it myself ....... f**k that I once cut into my thigh with a knife been a clumsy bugger and got are lass to stitch it up who’s a vet she was more that’s happy to do it but I screamed like a bitch never again lol 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 24,890 Posted December 23, 2020 Report Share Posted December 23, 2020 must admit ive stitched myself as well...only on my left hand which was lucky....3 stitches 5 mins ....better than 4 hours in AandE ... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 25,302 Posted December 23, 2020 Report Share Posted December 23, 2020 a Few years back needle and thread stitching took ages and looked a mess, I now have a couple of packs of this purple stuff just glue yourself back together, much neater and heals really quick, if you have friends in the hospital just get a couple of sachets to keep handy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dogmandont 9,369 Posted December 23, 2020 Report Share Posted December 23, 2020 Cut the top of my finger with a grinder in work one day and had to go get a few stitches, sitting in the cubicle the nurse asks if I'd like her to freeze it and in a moment of madness I said no work away. Lol. Well that won't be happening again. Lol. Wasn't so much the stitches but the cleaning of it, made my eyes water that did. Lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 44,353 Posted December 23, 2020 Report Share Posted December 23, 2020 Was working with my pal many years ago at a private home in an outside office they had built. Anyway they had a dog that was always in and out, friendly old thing. So, we were working away and my pal manages to take the top off his thumb with a Stanley knife, so I quickly grab whatever padding I can and a load of black tape and try and tape it up because it was squirting blood like a hose pipe. That done I look down and the top of his thumb is laying there on the floor so I pick it up and just at that moment old Fido comes wandering in to see what all the commotion is about.....just for a laugh I threw the bit of thumb to the dog and the dog ate it ! Lol My pal said, did you get my bit of thumb we will take it too the hospital with us and I says “We can’t” ”Why not?” He says ”I have just fed it to the dog !” Lol I thought it was hilarious but I’m not sure my pal was too happy ! Lol 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Big rowie 171 Posted December 23, 2020 Report Share Posted December 23, 2020 2-3 knives , 2-3 axes ,fire flint, my catapult loads of ammo, solar panal charger. (For charging torches n stuff), my ferrets, my terriers,wife kids. Look for remote island or out in sticks highlands. Super glue has done me well for cuts n slashes. Saves stitching up 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sandymere 8,261 Posted December 23, 2020 Report Share Posted December 23, 2020 It all sounds like a great adventure but alas the farther we are from the primitive the more idyllic it seems, less so up close. Living with toothache for months, dying horribly from gangrene following a small cut that becomes infected, wife dies in childbirth after losing the majority of previous children under 3 years old. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 25,302 Posted December 23, 2020 Report Share Posted December 23, 2020 23 minutes ago, sandymere said: It all sounds like a great adventure but alas the farther we are from the primitive the more idyllic it seems, less so up close. Living with toothache for months, dying horribly from gangrene following a small cut that becomes infected, wife dies in childbirth after losing the majority of previous children under 3 years old. And you would be one of the first pathetic specimens in the crockpot, there are still men who like to choose there own paths in life without having someone else holding there hands along the way, 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mickey Finn 2,710 Posted December 23, 2020 Report Share Posted December 23, 2020 22 hours ago, jetro said: How long do ye think it would take some reglious order, or some new political party to try and take control of the people and ruin the new "Eden" for want of a name for the new era Atb j This is an common topic on this side of the pond. We have quite a few trying to "live off the grid" even now. IMHO the people who banned together would have the best chance at survival. That would require rules and all that goes with it. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mickey Finn 2,710 Posted December 23, 2020 Report Share Posted December 23, 2020 1 hour ago, sandymere said: It all sounds like a great adventure but alas the farther we are from the primitive the more idyllic it seems, less so up close. Living with toothache for months, dying horribly from gangrene following a small cut that becomes infected, wife dies in childbirth after losing the majority of previous children under 3 years old. Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short. No thanks 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sandymere 8,261 Posted December 23, 2020 Report Share Posted December 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Greyman said: And you would be one of the first pathetic specimens in the crockpot, there are still men who like to choose there own paths in life without having someone else holding there hands along the way, You'd have to watch for big pussies Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jetro 5,349 Posted December 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2020 18 minutes ago, Mickey Finn said: This is an common topic on this side of the pond. We have quite a few trying to "live off the grid" even now. IMHO the people who banned together would have the best chance at survival. That would require rules and all that goes with it. Safety in numbers. Everyone pools their knowledge and skills. Atb j 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 25,302 Posted December 23, 2020 Report Share Posted December 23, 2020 24 minutes ago, sandymere said: You'd have to watch for big pussies Just part of the natural world, it’s the humans you can’t trust Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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