Originally posted by airforce:
You know, some things just simply can't be "taught." I've written about trapping, there are books and videos on the subject, and I've even had people construct typical sets under my supervision. Then I tell them, "You're on your own."
Inevitably, they come back a week later and ask me what they're doing wrong.
Well, they're not doing anything wrong. They're just not doing it right. For many things, [b]there is no substitute for experience.
If somebody comes along and hands you a resume saying he is a trapper, chemist, veterinarian, or barber, make sure he actually has done those things. Just because he's read about it, or even has a degree in it, doesn't mean he can actually do it.
Onward and upward,
airforce [/b]
Agreed. That's part of why I document a lot of stuff in videos. Especially on the solar power stuff since so much in the books out there is just plain wrong, or won't apply to what off grid survival groups are trying to accomplish.
I really got suckered a hell of a lot on that when I was younger in the military. Jive, BS and lied to then as rank goes up, you maybe get told more of the real deal or at least read it a little better when someone is BSing you. The same applies to a lot of stuff out there.
I just go tired of people constantly calling me bullshit, I post the videos, I prove the stuff. Sure, I am not trying to compete with every dude out there with an SF, SEAL or cop background, but what I start to notice, a lot of them are bullshitting people, like that fucker Kessler. Sure he has the creds, but what's he really showing people? How to go to jail.
The character issues are big, takes a lifetime to learn on a lot and I am definitely not the same person I was five or ten years ago but the bottom line is that when you need manpower, you need manpower. Then you need to have some idea what to do with the manpower.
