Otter@lemmy.ca to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago'Building a Fire' - XKCDimgs.xkcd.comimagemessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareA_norny_mousse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoThat’s if you have logs. Firewood gathered on the spot rarely comes in such useful shapes.
minus-squareDoc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoWhich is why you always bring a bush knife or small hatchet if you’re going camping. The logs don’t need to start in a useful shape, just end in one.
minus-squareMesophar@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoWhen I was in scouts we exclusively used firewood gathered on the spot and we’re only allowed to do a minimal of chopping (never allowed to chop down a tree, only break up fallen logs into smaller pieces), and we made log cabin fires most often.
That’s if you have logs. Firewood gathered on the spot rarely comes in such useful shapes.
Which is why you always bring a bush knife or small hatchet if you’re going camping.
The logs don’t need to start in a useful shape, just end in one.
When I was in scouts we exclusively used firewood gathered on the spot and we’re only allowed to do a minimal of chopping (never allowed to chop down a tree, only break up fallen logs into smaller pieces), and we made log cabin fires most often.