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Apache Awareness Pop Quiz by Mark Hatmaker

  “You cannot see what you do not see .”—Apache Saying Remember that saying; we’ll come back to it. ONE —From where you sit right now, which way is West? No apps, no nada, answer the question. TWO —What is today’s prevailing wind? Does it differ from yesterdays? If so, what does it predict for today? THREE —What was/were your loved one[s] wearing as they walked out the door today? “ You cannot recall what you never saw .” Why the Answers Matter ONE —From where you sit right now, which way is West? No apps, no nada, answer the question. [Imagine this scenario.] 911 : 911, what’s your emergency? You : I’m on Oakhurst Street and I just saw a man jerk a young girl into a pick-up truck and take off. 911 : On Oakhurst? Which way are they headed? You : Um…towards that place that sells falafel, uh, you know towards the Interstate. 911 : Which Interstate? Do you mean I-75 or I-40? [Compared to…] 911 : 911, what’s your emergency? You: I’m on Oakhurst Stree
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Alley Grappling, Circa 1900 by Mark Hatmaker

  Let’s talk street-wrestling, alley grappling, urban scufflin’ but… Let’s forget what the word “wrestling” implies in today’s parlance. Let’s use a formerly more common word—grappling. Today, grappling and wrestling are used interchangeably, whereas formerly, in a time where most were familiar with whaling, the fishing industry, dock work, stevedore work, freighting, bale-work and numerous other “blue collar” occupations pre-labor saving devices from cranes, to, hell, even dollies to move loads. In these times a vast array of designated tools to grab, pinch, lever, and handle loads from Point A to Point B were in use and not in a mere one or two professions. The tools may go by many names from the cotton-freighter’s baling tongs to the fireman’s peavey, the logger’s cant hooks, to the fisherman’s and whaler’s grappling hooks. To grapple was to get hooks in with mechanical leverage and get the job done. To wrestle was the sportive aspect of mano y mano ; to grapple, well,

Unleaded Conditioning Tip #27: Don't Be a Finicky Eater by Mark Hatmaker

  Unleaded Conditioning Tip #27 [27 of 75] From the Dietary Principles Section. Unleaded Conditioning is an amalgam of Old School Combination Man Physical Culture Tactics & Forgotten Indigenous Training Practices shot thru the prism of evolutionary medicine and ethology studies.  All material is tested and lived. To get on the Unleaded Bandwagon see the Unleaded Conditioning Products in our store.   For me, the proof is in the pudding, I'm 58-years-old and work far less to reap far more results.  On to the show... Man is an Omnivore aka “The No-Finicky Eaters” Rule ·         The dictionary supplies the following definition for Omnivorous: (of an animal or person) feeding on food of both plant and animal origin. ·         One of the many reasons this species has proliferated so easily upon the face of this planet is our astonishing adaptability. ·         Man can be found in deserts, upon shores, tropical regions, mountain canopy, steppes, plains, deserts, polar regions.

Old School Scoutcraft: The Moonshiner’s Telegraph by Mark Hatmaker

  Preamble : Crew, this is one version of advance material from our upcoming volume on scoutcraft: Rough ‘n’ Ready: Old School Scoutcraft for New School Adventurers. There are 3 versions of this material. Version #1 is below and contains an approximate 3 rd of the material. Version #2 an expanded version will be released to the free newsletter subscribers. Version #3 will be released to The Black Box Members Only forum and will feature the whole kit & kaboodle. I tip my hand ahead of time to provide wiggle room for those who want to subscribe to the free newsletter. You can do so here at the bottom of the page . Or ponder jumping aboard The Black Box Brotherhood. Info here on the nine benefits. The Moonshiner’s Telegraph Birds have been used been used by canny scouts, moonshiners, ambushers, and hunters for eons to know when something is up. Being alert to changes in bird calls -kind of calls and silence itself-- can indicate an additional presence in the are