Who Wants to Live Forever by Queen

Why?

Why?

Why Me?

Should I let go?

How do you let go?

Why does love hurt so very much? 

When will the Pain stop tearing through me?

Will it take another 24 years for me to live again?

Why is She still the first and last thought in my head?

What could or should  I say or do to bring her back to me?

Why will GOD not take my very breath away because I not with her?

Why can't I leave my room, even when I want to try?

Why Every-time a telephone rings I hope it's her?

Why is there never a Letter or Email from her?

Why does everything make me cry?

Why do I still breath?

How do I go on?

Why me?

Why?

I am still here GOD why and what are you going to do with me?

Because I can't do anything without You and my Angel!

I Never Could do Anything Without Ya Two 

I know you are there!

So why do I feel so 

Alone?

David Making a Travois

David shows how can we carry heavy loads with ease in the bush? The natives used what is called a "travois". Today we will look at an easy way to make this "sled" and how to properly use it.   For more on Bushcraft go to Bushcraft On Fire. 




* Just a side note I can view You Tube videos faster and better if I link to them outside of You Tube.  The connection, video and audio do not lag any when I view them this way. In doing so I no way claim any part of the videos, just the pure enjoyment of sharing them through my blog. *

What is Time?

Birmingham, Alabama

Oh my what a deep reaching subject.[1]  David and I could really get deep in this subject, with thoughts and ideas that would just blow you all away. But it is certainly a subject that is as old as time. You could spend your entire life just studying on the subject or "Horology" and never have a total scope of it all.  Can you remember when you first were taught what time was?  My father taught me how to till time, by the 24 clock. I remember in school there was a 24 hour clock on the wall just behind the teachers desk. Why did we have to say it was xx "O'Clock"?  On the question of why we say xx"O'Clock"  it is where the current time is in relation to the top of the hour.  Example : 3 O'Clock is 3 hours past 12 O'Clock. 

Why did Mariners tell time by bells?  Bells were chimed every 30 minutes on-board a ship as well as many abbeys. So that is 2 bells per hour. So 6 bells would be 3 hours past 12 O'Clock. This is because they used 30 minute "Sandglasses" or commonly known as a "hourglass".   The "Ship's Bell" system of chimes evolved from a crude sand clock dating back to the time of Columbus. This primitive clock was called a sand or sand glass clock, and was an essential device for marking the time at sea.

Records of epic voyages tell us about this device and how the helmsman used it to measure time in half-hour increments. Watches or shifts were organized into increments of four hours; a custom that is still widely used. With the sandglass at his side, the helmsman would signal the passing of half-hour increments starting with the strike of one bell at the end of the first half hour, two at second and so on until reaching eight bells, which signaled the end of the watch.

The tradition of the sand clock continued for hundreds of years and was replaced only by the development of the mechanical clock. But, it was not until the 19th century that the first mechanical ship's bell clock was produced in America. The principle of this American innovation remains almost unchanged to this day.[2]

Later in life I was fascinated by H.G. Wells book which was turned into a 1960 movie, with Rod Taylor. "The Time Machine".  I was in high school, when I saw this movie 10 years later and H.G. Wells wrote this book back before the turn of the century in 1895.   Here is the pdf version of the book "The Time Machine".  I never get tired of reading this book or watching the 1960 movie version of this great book by H.G. Wells. Of course H.G. Wells had many other great books.  He left a great wealth of reading and has inspired many others.

The Aztecs, Mayans, and Incas were also big into time and calendars as well. They entwined they religion and their calendars together. They place us at the year 5511 [3], that is twice as far back as other calendar histories go.  The movie "2012" (2009) is partially based on these calendars. For more on the subject of the year 2012 click on "All About 2012",  [4] this is very interesting reading. And take a look at this amazing calendar in action.  Is Time linear or cyclical, I think only YHWH know for sure.  The idea of time having a beginning and a end, or does time have cycles of beginning and end.  Since I believe life (or energy or our spirit) never ends but is always  here in one form or another I believe in the calendar wheels [5] that never end but just restart over.  After all is that not what happens every day the clock keeps going around and around. 

Religion even deals with time as in Ecclesiastes 3:1-8.  You know I always heard these phrases but never really knew we they came from.

There is an appointed time (zman) for everything. And there is a time (’êth) for every event under heaven–

A time (’êth) to give birth, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to uproot what is planted.

A time to kill, and a time to heal; A time to tear down, and a time to build up.

A time to weep, and a time to laugh; A time to mourn, and a time to dance.

A time to throw stones, and a time to gather stones; A time to embrace, and a time to shun embracing.

A time to search, and a time to give up as lost; A time to keep, and a time to throw away.

A time to tear apart, and a time to sew together; A time to be silent, and a time to speak.

A time to love, and a time to hate; A time for war, and a time for peace.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 


One of my favorite quotes:


"There is no difference between Time and any of the three dimensions of Space except that our consciousness moves along it." 
(The Time Traveler - Chapter One, Pg. 3)

Notes:
[1]Much of my material comes from the internet. Wikipedia being my main source, and this link.  
[2] http://bellclocks.com/shipsbellhistory.html
[3] http://www.peru-travel-confidential.com/inca-calendar.html
[4] http://www.greatdreams.com/2012.htm
[5] http://www.aztec-history.com/aztec-calendar-wheels.html

2010: Odyssey Two

2010: Odyssey Two can you remember back to January 1968... As a child I never thought I would reach this year coming up - 2010.  Just a mire 42 years in the future. There are times that I wish I had not, Mankind has certainly not grown or matured that much in that time span, looking at the wars and rumor or wars and the pain and suffering that we still have not solved.  We are still far away from a world of peace and unity. But I someone do not see that ever happening till I reach glory. I pull this from  Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  I think we have not yet reached to point in technology that is in this story line.  Do you remember HAL?  I wonder where we will be in 2061, and if we reach the story line in the book 2061: Odyssey Three .


In both the book and the movie, the story is set nine years after the failure of the Discovery One mission to Jupiter.^{[4]  A joint Soviet-American crew,[5] including Heywood Floyd from 2001, on the Soviet spaceship Alexei Leonov (named after the famous cosmonaut) arrives to discover what went wrong with the earlier mission, to investigate the monolith in orbit around the planet, and to resolve the disappearance of David Bowman. They hypothesize that much of this information is locked away on the now-abandoned Discovery One. The Soviets have an advanced new "Sakharov" drive which will propel them to Jupiter ahead of the American Discovery Two, so Floyd is assigned to the Leonov crew.}

However, a Chinese space station rockets out of Earth orbit, revealing itself to be the interplanetary spacecraft Tsien, also aimed at Jupiter. The Leonov crew members think the Chinese are on a one-way trip due to its speed, but Floyd surmises that due to the large water content of Europa they intend to land there and use the water content to refuel. The Tsien's daring mission ends in failure, when it is destroyed by an indigenous life-form on Europa. The only survivor radios the story to the Leonov; it is presumed that he dies when his spacesuit air supply runs out.

The Leonov survives a dangerous aerobraking around Jupiter and arrives at Discovery. Mission crewmember and HAL 9000's creator, Dr. Chandra, reactivates the computer to ascertain the cause of his earlier aberrant behavior.

A sequence of scenes follows the explorations of David Bowman, who has been transformed into a non-corporeal, energy-based life-form, much like the aliens controlling the monoliths. During his journey, the avatar of Bowman travels to Earth, making contact with significant individuals from his human past: He visits his mother and brushes her hair (shortly before she dies), and he appears to his ex-girlfriend on her television screen. In the novel, the aliens are using Bowman as a probe to learn about humankind. He then returns to the Jupiter system to explore beneath the ice of Europa, where he finds aquatic life-forms, and under the clouds of Jupiter, where he discovers gaseous life-forms. Both are primitive, but the aliens deem the Europan creatures to have evolutionary potential.

An apparition of Bowman appears before Floyd, warning him that they must leave Jupiter within 15 days. Floyd has difficulty convincing the rest of the crew at first, but then the monolith vanishes from orbit and a mysterious dark spot on Jupiter begins to form and starts growing. HAL's telescope observations reveal that the "Great Black Spot" is, in fact, a vast population of monoliths, increasing at a geometric rate, which appear to be eating the planet.

The Leonov crew devises a plan to use the Discovery as a "booster rocket", enabling them to return to Earth ahead of schedule. Unfortunately, HAL and the Discovery will be trapped in Jupiter's orbit, with insufficient fuel to escape. The crew are worried that HAL will have the same neuroses on discovering that he will be abandoned yet again, and Chandra must convince HAL that the human crew is in danger.

The Leonov crew flees Jupiter as the swarm of monoliths spread to engulf the planet. Through a mechanism the novel only partially explains, these monoliths increase Jupiter's density until the planet achieves nuclear fusion, becoming a small star. In the novel, this obliterates the primitive life forms inhabiting the Jovian atmosphere, which the Monoliths' controllers had deemed less worthy than the aquatic life of Europa.

As Jupiter is about to transform, Bowman returns to Discovery to give HAL a last order to carry out. HAL begins repeatedly broadcasting the message "ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS EXCEPT EUROPA. ATTEMPT NO LANDINGS THERE." The creation of the new star, which Earth eventually names Lucifer, destroys Discovery. However, HAL's artificial intelligence is removed from Discovery's computer core and transformed into the same kind of life form as David Bowman, and becomes his companion.

The Joy of QChord...

OK for those of you that just do not have a musical note in the body this might to the trick!
I might even can do this. Well I can hope. Now I know David would love this... Oh here is a link to buy you One at Amazon.







Well tell me what you think...


The QChord playing my favorite song....






One day I be Qchording with the best!

David and Tam Will Be Doing an Intro to Bushcrafting

Introduction to Bushcrafting

January 5-7, 2010 Baden, PA

This class is an introductory 3 Day class that will serve as a basis for higher level classes. You will learn basics such as making and using an Emergency Kit, Shelters, Basics of Fire, Water Procuration & Treatment, and lots more! This class is approximately 30% classroom time and 70% hands on experience. It is filled with activities that are both fun and educational. You will walk away feeling more confident and understanding the basics of how to live until help arrives in an emergency situation! We will be holding this camp at beautiful Raccoon Park just North of Pittsburgh, PA.

One day I get to do this stuff again... You really need to go - so I can live my life through you... Email me and tell me all about !!!

Welcome Home David, Tam and Family.

This is just a little shout to welcome my dear Friends Home! I know the past week has been long, and you all are worn down to not much of nothing, but ya are home now, get settled back in and cozy. Use the Sabbath to refresh your body and soul. I have missed yall and I am sure others have to. You and yours are most loved more than you may ever know, so Welcome home , Later... Andy  PS Pal-talk is setup for Saturday Session.

NEW PSE TAC 15 Crossbow with 2 Two Reviews

This is the new PSE TAC 15 Crossbow that we were given a sneak preview of from our PSE rep. This particular one is show with the AR-15 lower receiver and scope but are sold separately.

The World Has Lost A Great Dad.

This post is the least I could do for my dear friends the Wendell family, in memory of a Great Dad. I know DAD will be greatly missed.by all that knew HIM well. I only wish I could do more for you David and Tam. It has been a few days since I spoke to ya all, I do pray for  David and Tam - Daily.   May YHWH be with ya always. May ya find peace in the Holidays coming. I pray for your safe and tender return to all of us that are missing you here and in Paltalk,.

To Elisabeth (LIz1963) and Wild Bill 45 who is across the Pond

Ever though  Friends are separated by a Large pond and many miles!.
Our Friends can bridge that gap with what we have in our hearts and minds, that touch.
 For each of us.that share we only grow better in Friendship has our heart touch. to hearts..

PSE Tactical Assault Crossbows TAC15, TAC10, TAC15i, & TAC10i in HD

PSE presents the all new TAC Series. In response to many of your comments here on YouTube, we've updated the TAC 15 and decided to add 3 similar crossbows that should answer 90% of what you were asking for after seeing the old design. Also, we remade the video in HD. Enjoy!



Check out these articles and discussions on PSE TAC 15

Guns and Hunting .com

American Hunter .org

Crossbow Nation.com Community on PSE Crossbows

Archerytalk.com has the latest talk on TAC15's

Transfering Onyx n Andy and others notes

Okay I have transferred my blog at Onyx n Andy to Andy’s Blog. Same great blogging, Just not all about Onyx, which was the start, to now show that I cover more of my other interest as well. Also because I changed my email address and it was messing up Between Gmail, Google and You Tube. 
I have been using Windows Live Writer- but they updated they software and now I can not write my blogs with picture... I get an error 403. (But I have also notice several post that mention other people can not get pictures or video to transfer to Blogger.com) So I am writing this post with the buit in software, that Blogger provides, which is nothing like what I am used to and a real pain to use! 
Great news I have now reached over 8,000 view Yeah!! - Andy

Now this is a Crossbow !

 

This has to be the crossbow of all crossbows. Just look at this baby! This video review is so hot you will break out in sweat before know it… Can PSE top this!

The PSE TAC 15 has taken the crossbow market by storm. The ability to convert any standard AR 15 lower into the most accurate and powerful crossbow on the market, the PSE TAC 15 has become an instant favorite for hunters and AR enthusiasts. But what if you don't have an AR 15 lower? Now all the revolutionary features and benefits of the PSE TAC 15 are available in the new PSE TAC 15i. Featuring a fully adjustable stock and crisp trigger, the PSE TAC 15i is sure to be the hottest hunting crossbow in the woods.

SPECIFICATIONS

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Axle to-Axle: 17" at brace, 12" at full draw

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Kinetic Energy: 153-145 ft-lbs (425 grain bolt)

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Lock Time: 12 milliseconds (trigger-to-bolt release from string)

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Mass Weight : 8.0 lbs

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Peak Weight: 155 lbs

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Powerstroke: 17-1/4"

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Speed : 402-392 fps (425 grain bolt)

WARNING: PSE TAC arrows are the only approved projectiles for the TAC series of crossbows.   PSE TAC15 pricing is sweet!  Order one today.

David’s Stone Rocket Stove

 

Yet another rocket stove, David uses Field stones….where did he get all those flat stones? Could it be the work of aliens from outer space?? Never use river rocks, they will explode!  Great work David.  Tam you too.

Drooling over Topsknives.com…

My little Bro at Bushcraft on Fire tuned me in to a fantastic web page. Yep you guessed it Topsknives.com.  I guess the slogan they use really cuts to the chase.  It has special meaning to me since I am, “Once a Marine Always a Marine”. And their slogan “Special Ops Trust Tops Cause They’re Hard to the Core”, and I read in “Corps” since I am a Marine Corps trooper through and through. I snatched this picture off their site. Are you drooling yet? Continue….

You really need to stop by and check out Mike’s site. I definitely made some last minute changes to my Santa list and “faxed” it to his emergency update listings. In my quest to find the “right stuff” axes, it may be right here. 

One of the goodies is the ATAX, a multi-purpose tool. that is the “bomb”. Just look at this picture and “DROOL”.

Even if I was not big into living off the land this ‘tool” would find it’s way into my kitchen! For stocking stuffers check out the ACCESSORIES & SHEATHS page it was something for everyone here. I have my eyes on a  Black SERE Belt and the Drop Leg Knife Rig.  Of course there is the “what you get for someone that has everything” gift, the Survival Neck Wallet, just perfect for when your are in a tight spot  Thank you David from Bushcraft on Fire and Mike from Topsknives for clueing me in… Perhaps I will be able to give you a “Up Close and Personal” review in the future.

Foot and Leg Swelling Again…

I am taking my blood pressure meds… still not sure why I my Left Foot and Leg is swelling again. The swelling went down for about a week but I had swelling in the back of my head for 3 days. So this is the 3rd or 4th time in the past few months.  If anybody has had the same problems, please let me know. My BP is setting at 140/95 currently.

After a knife, what is next, Axe, Hatchet, or Hawk?

So I have two nice blades so what is next? An axe, hatchet, tomahawk or maybe a saw and not to forget a machete, which I have covered earlier.  First I will show a video I found where you can make a nice bucksaw in the woods.

Next lets talk about an axe or hatchet. One name seems to stand out more than any other among the bushcraft  community is “Wetterlings” they have 3 great sizes to choose from. Go over to Northwest Woodsman and take a peek. They also offer a nice folding bucksaw. Below is a video that shows a video that explains the reason they are so popular.

Next I found a video that does a comparison of a few tools.

 

So I really do not have an exact answer, this is where I would have to lean towards what my Friend and Bro. would have to say. But with a good knife, axe and saw I would say you could pretty much handle anything you would come across. David and Tam do a wide array of bushcraft videos, if you have not visited their website you really need to.  They are a true blessing in every way.  Just wished I was there “living off the land”, Back to GOD and his Country.  Just a small note to the person that really got me involved in the love of Bushcraft was Bradford Angier. I wish I could have meet him. He and his wife Vena truly transformed my whole life when I was in high school and discovered his books in the library.  I wished I could own his first four books that told their story of their great adventure to Canada to escape  the “Rat Race” and live a cleaner and healthier life style that we all but have forgotten.  I believe that David and Tam have found that life style. And they do bless us with a peek into that world… 

• At Home in the Woods: Living the Life of Thoreau Today (1951)
• How To Build Your Home in The Woods (1952)
• Living Off the Country: How to Stay Alive in the Woods (1956)
• On Your own in the Wilderness (1958)

Thanks Brad and Vena, may you rest in peace as your books continue to inspire us and remind us of who we are and where we need to be…

Andy out.

Thank You Tasha

I was having a bad moment … Thank you.

I was having a bad week. Maybe a  bad Month, Bad Year!! You can relate.

No Medical Insurance, No Income, No Money.

 

Well This has been an issue now since I lost my job due to a work related injury, back in Sept 2007. Yes work took care of me till a reached a point where the attending Doctor decided I was not going to get well enough to return back to work.  Here in the state of Alabama, all Workman Comp stops paying any and all benefits. Not able to get a job due to the injury, I am forced into waiting on Social Security benefits. It is now December of 2009. Of course No job, No money left, No insurance.  I am living with my elder parents, trying to help them as much as I can, now they totally support me.  They  provide food and shelter, they certainly can not do anymore while they live off of Social Security as well.  

What do I do if I become seriously ill or sick? 

What kind of burden will I become?

My left leg and foot was swollen for two weeks. It is better now and now I  just found a lump or swelling on the backside of my head and just above my left ear.  Doctors ruled out any problems earlier while I had insurance. They said it was nothing to worry about when they thought they saw something. In fact the doctors basically said I was health has a horse. Though I still had problems they could not figure out, like syncope and high blood pressure and other things they dismiss. That was Jul/Aug of 2008.  I have bad headaches off and on, but now this… I have placed an ice pack on my head hoping it might help reduce the swelling.  I do not want to alarm my parents.  I certainly do not want to burden them either.  I am alert and can still function.  So it is not an emergency, so I can not go to the hospital.  I can not go to the doctors, I am sure I owe more bills that I have long forgotten about. 

I am praying… taking my blood pressure meds, taking meds for my headaches, and continue to apply an ice pack, without alerting my folks.  maybe its all in my head and there is nothing really wrong with me.

I will keep this blog posted on any changes.  If not I was wrong. I only hope my family understand that I was tired of being a burden. My maybe Sharon got out before she had to deal with one more heartache. And maybe GOD is solving my heartbreak. I have tired to tell my daughters I love them. I always have and will even with my last breath. Life was hard and not fair, and that harden theirs hearts as well.  

I served my Country and my Corps, worked all my life, tried to be a Good Son, Husband, and Father.  Only to fall between the cracks of the system waiting for the benefits I earned, and failing to get them NOW when I need them. GOD Bless you all. May America climb out of the shame we have fallen into, and be as great as she once was.

12/11/2009

Andy.

The Blind Side…

Ok I confess!  I am a very BIG fan of Sandra Bullock… Her latest movie “The Blind Side” to me is by far one of the best. It is heart felt! I will find it hard for Sandra Bullock to do better than this… but she does each time. A true actress in very sense of the word.  Please do not let me diminish the performance of the other actors and actresses in this film, they in themselves performed all very well. If this film does not gain a hand full of awards or not giving an award to Sandra Bullock for this film  then I feel that no other film should even be considered this year.  Way to go Sandra… Thank you so very much, Sandra.will Love ya always…    Enjoy!

The Blind Side

How to make a Tin Can Rocket Stove.

This is a very easy project to do.  A Great Idea so Simple.

How to Make a Brick Rocket Stove

Very nice idea for a stove… For more information just google “Rocket Stoves”

Get a Grover Rocket Stove…

The Grover Rocket Stove link is here.

Highlights:

•  Stands about 18 inches tall.
•  Weighs 16 lbs. and is made entirely of steel
•  Steel handles for easy portability.
•  Portable fun for the kids to cook hot dogs, or to boil water, or cook serious meals.
•  Extremely efficient, you can cook a meal with extremely small amount of wood.
•  Three steel legs on the Grover Rocket Stove for solid balancing wherever you are.
•  Burns extremely efficiently, and is easy to carry with two handles.

The Bible Prophecies – 7 Parts

Flywheel (2003)… Showing the Power of Past, Present and Future.

When you place yourself in HIS hands and give it all to HIM… just watch his Power.  Get Flywheel.

Past, Present, Future and YHWH.

People talk about the past as a memory, the future as a dream to come, and the present is reality of now…

AS for me I do not remember as much of the past as I should, the present is but a fleeting moment that becomes the past in a blink of an eye, and the future is always out of touch, not ours alone to control.  As long as we are in these human vessels we will never be able to retain all the past that is why we are always at risk to repeating the past, we can not hold the moment due to it’s fleeting nature, and the future is just not ours to control alone.  (I personally tried.) Our YHWH, our GOD, has the control or all the PAST, PRESENT and FUTURE.  HE can wipe out the PAST, hold the PRESENT and control the FUTURE. He has no limits to the time line, so place your FAITH in HIM.  So it makes prefect sense to place all that your are and will ever be in HIS hands. HE can steer us away from the past allow us to touch and feel the present and follow a path to the future.  We must seek HIS plan for ourselves, for we have no idea what the future holds. I have been to busy telling HIM what I wanted and not listening to HIM. I have been more worried if HE was listening to ME.  I am that lost lamb, which HE has left the flock to find, I just need to stay where he puts me!! HIS will not mine. Having a “will” is only great when we surrender it to HIM or LOVE HIM. He was us to choose HIM. Once we become one with HIM there is no past or future, just HIS PRESENCE.  Choose HIS will, so that THY will be done.  Sing HIS prayer from your heart.

Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come; thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation;
but deliver us from evil.  For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory,
for ever and ever.

Amen.

Caffeine…

10 Grams will kill a person !!!

Ka-Bar Becker Knives

This is a great knife. the Becker Campanion knife  look at this video. great food kitchen and wilderness use.

I also enjoy the Becker BK-11 Necker knife. Always have it with me.

 

Thinking about buying the belt clip for the sheath for about $8.00 Part # KB08-1480CLIP.