driftwoody
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Post by driftwoody on Apr 2, 2021 7:30:56 GMT -8
the possibility of loosing Sorry, but that triggered my pet grammar Nazi peeve: Loose rhymes juice; lose rhymes with booze ("loosing" is a derivative of loose). I see the double-o used incorrectly far too often to be a mere typo. Spelling in our language is a mass of phonetic contradictions, but for some reason this one is like nails on a blackboard for me.
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Post by Coolkat on Apr 2, 2021 8:01:49 GMT -8
but for some reason this one is like nails on a blackboard for me. Sorry for making your skin crawl I see the error now and have no problem with you calling me out. I'll admit there are a few words that I'm unclear on how to use at times. Which is ironic because my English teacher in high school pushed me towards an English major in college but I had no interest. Maybe that's telling....
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Post by cweston on Apr 2, 2021 8:13:22 GMT -8
he problem I see with fastening in the bottles is that you definitely make it so you can’t drink without stopping and taking off the pack (unless you have a partner who can access it for you). For me that would lead in a direct line to not drinking enough. Right. You could make a leash of some sort long enough to grab the bottle and drink from it, but then the (long) leash would probably flop and drag intolerably while hiking. Maybe if it were thin elastic shock cord? Even if it would break if the bottle fell out on the move, I'd presumably feel that happening and know that bottle had fallen out. Or maybe a leash just long enough to clip to one's belt with a carabiner? (But then you'd have to unclip it to drink.)
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Post by driftwoody on Apr 2, 2021 8:17:10 GMT -8
my English teacher in high school My English teacher in Junior High was a real stickler, and it rubbed off. On the first day in freshman English class in college the teacher wrote TO MUCH on the blackboard and asked if anything was wrong with that. I finally raised my hand and said "Nothing, if much is a verb." I proficiencied out of that class and got credit for the 2nd class that same semester.
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Post by tomqvaxy on Apr 2, 2021 8:48:48 GMT -8
English teacher in Junior High was a real stickler Sister Mary-Margaret? there all like that (sick)
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Post by driftwoody on Apr 2, 2021 8:56:14 GMT -8
Mrs. Draus, actually (not a catholic school). Getting an 'A' in her class was quite an achievement (I managed it once). Sorry about the thread drift; I'll dispense with the off-topic banter now.
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Post by zeke on Apr 2, 2021 9:24:47 GMT -8
If your leash is attached to your sternum strap, then it only has to be long enough to reach your water pocket. Surely that will also be long enough to reach your mouth.
Any lightweight string or twine will do, but I like using Zing It! because I have so much of it and find it useful in many other ways.
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Post by cweston on Apr 2, 2021 9:32:44 GMT -8
Sorry about the thread drift Thread drift is a feature, not a bug.
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Post by cweston on Apr 2, 2021 11:17:52 GMT -8
If your leash is attached to your sternum strap, then it only has to be long enough to reach your water pocket. Surely that will also be long enough to reach your mouth. We have a winner.
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Post by Coolkat on Apr 2, 2021 11:28:59 GMT -8
but I like using Zing It! Thanks for this. At first glance it appears to be smaller & lighter than the paracord that I normally carry. Will have to take a look.
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Post by texasbb on Apr 2, 2021 11:29:41 GMT -8
For me it was Mrs. Whitman, freshman English. She was actually more sticklery about following instructions, but adding qualifiers to "unique" pushed her buttons, too.
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Post by cweston on Apr 2, 2021 11:42:53 GMT -8
The one that presses my buttons is “if I was you...” and the like.
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Post by BigLoad on Apr 2, 2021 11:54:59 GMT -8
I use a Platypus bladder for drinking on the go, modified with a Camelbak bite valve and cutoff valve. I carry other water in various soft-sided containers (Platypus, Nalgene, MSR Dromlite) that mate easily with whatever gravity or pump filter I'm carrying. I often carry a 20-32 oz drink bottle (Gatorade, Vitamin Water) for mixing powdered drinks.
I've used Smart Water bottles before, and they're fine if you don't need more than 3-4 liters at a time.
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Post by dayhiker on Apr 2, 2021 13:08:34 GMT -8
I use a water bottle filter, sometimes in a front pocket. (Dana Design Wet Rib mine just died)
Some hikes I have not carried ANY water, just fill the water bottle, and drink my fill as I continue to hike, and. pour the rest out. So easy bugs don't gather no feeling you should not waste it, etc.
In camp I use a Dromlite (most often) to convert it to a gravity filter, sometimes I take an extra filter for back up. I also take another Nalgene to collect the clean water and make Tang etc.
Of course if needed I can fill the water bottle or even the dromlite (usually before camp).
I even did the traverse from Hermit to Indian Gardens up like this, cant remember how I much water I took or how I figured out how there would be, but it was fairly early in the year, so it was cool and streams were running.
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Post by tomqvaxy on Apr 2, 2021 23:35:32 GMT -8
...actually (not a catholic school). Getting an 'A' in her class... not big on Capitalization she wasn't, eh?
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