No Lighter, No Problem

And now for something completely different...

I like watching videos on primitive camping tips and tricks. The idea of being able to accomplish tasks, that may well be life saving, with no tools etc is intriguing to me. There are a lot of simple yet amazing tricks out there.

I think my favorites are the fire making videos. Nearly every single one is useless though. Unless they are showing you how to make a fire with nothing but two sticks (spindle and block), or MAYBE the bow method etc, the technique is not very useful. - It requires you to pack something...

'... All you need to do is take some steel wool and rub it on the 9v battery terminals...'

Who carries steel wool around?
Just throw a few Bics in your bag/pocket.

'... Just take a lemon, and the paperclips, attached to bits of wire...'

Lol, what? Cool: yes. ANY kind of survivalish solution: absolutely negatory.
Just throw a few Bics in your bag/pocket.

'... Take this piece of rubber tubing, put it on you Zippo, and it no longer bleeds fuel, it'll stay full for a long time...'

I love Zippos, use them every day, but:

Just throw a few Bics in your bag/pocket!