Your secret hidden bunker

[Timothy]

Easy to tie, easy to untie and it won't slip....  I'll give it to ya Pal!

Knowing a few good knots as TW states is a very valuable piece of knowledge for anyone!

Being an avid fisherman, knots are a something I don't even think about much whether it's TW's favorite Palomar (which I use every day fishing) or a Bimini Twist....ya just never know when your going to need it!

[twyacht]

or a Bimini Twist....ya just never know when your going to need it!

Love a Bimini Twist, when trolling ballyhoo with long leaders, Daisy Chains for the spread,........ I love looooooonnnnnggggg leaders, and prefer hand to hand getting them to the boat,.....

 

[Rastus]

......... whether it's TW's favorite Palomar (which I use every day fishing) or a Bimini Twist....ya just never know when your going to need it!

Palomar and Bimini....ain't that some kind of foreign knot?  What's wrong with early American Hatchet knots...ain't dem good enough for you?

 

[Timothy]

Palomar and Bimini....ain't that some kind of foreign knot?  What's wrong with early American Hatchet knots...ain't dem good enough for you?
 

Now yer just bein' silly.......Oh!  Wait!  I forgot where I was.......

Carry On!

 

[long762range]

Now this is thread slip.







 

[Sponsor]

[Walkeraviator]

here is a thought along badgers line of thought.  Typically, if someone is smart enough to do what he says, they would have been smart enough to prepare to begin with.  Bad Guys in general are not intelligent ( this isnt the movies and Heinz Gruber's dont really exist ).  The probability that the one intelligent, trained, equipped guy with bad intentions, stumbles across the 1 of 1,000 dirt roads and randomly decides it is different than all the others and has a ft knox of supplies at the other end is astronomical.  You might as well believe that aliens may take you out of your bunker through your toilet vent pipe.

Additionally, in rural areas, the oddball dirt roads are the ones without gates and cattle guards.  So a locked gate draws zero attention. 

Although I do agree about booby trapping...if you booby trap, they trip it and survive, they know something is up. So make sure your traps are lethal, and those you care about know to avoid them.

[blackwolfe]

Now this is thread slip.





 

[tombogan03884]

 OK Tim, What is the purpose of a "Sheepshank" 
As to BM, He apparently has never lived in the country, between watch dogs and just the natural activities of local animals and birds even if you are alone, and set out no other form of perimeter security, unless you are totally oblivious you will be able to tell if an intruder enters the area. This will lead to false alarms because what the animals react to is not always something that will be important to you, but they will react to more than concerns you not less.

[Timothy]

OK Tim, What is the purpose of a "Sheepshank" 

To shorten a length of rope and make it stronger......too easy!

I also have a Thomas Glover Pocket Ref on my desk!  I did know the answer though!



 

[fightingquaker13]

OK Tim, What is the purpose of a "Sheepshank" 
As to BM, He apparently has never lived in the country, between watch dogs and just the natural activities of local animals and birds even if you are alone, and set out no other form of perimeter security, unless you are totally oblivious you will be able to tell if an intruder enters the area. This will lead to false alarms because what the animals react to is not always something that will be important to you, but they will react to more than concerns you not less.

True, but home invasions don't just happen the city and we all have to sleep. Personally, I don't worry so much as I am a bit of a fatalist. When it comes to this kind of stuff, I have a couple of plans and I intend to follow them. You do what you reasonably can, but sometimes, it doesn't work. There a lot of things outside your control and some guy in a ghillie suit 500 yards out who's camped in a sniper hide for a week qualifies in that category. If someone wants me that bad, odds are 99-1 I'm screwed.
FQ13