Wilsons Sandbox

Chris, I don't know what your experience with Skyblazers is, so no offence but in my opinion they are not worth the money. I get a lot of them off the Coast Guard and boaters for disposal. Occasionally we will attempt to fire them off, sometimes as demos for boat owners to show how bad they are. Very few (out of literally hundreds) actually work. Granted, many of these are past their life span (normally 5 years from DOM) but most are JUST past this date. And the banging around they suffer on a bike HAS to be worse than anything that happens while stored on a boat. Many people buy them because they are a) required or b) easy to find. I would never have them on my boat or bike. My advice is that you check out the outdoors stores for "pencil flares" or "mini-flares". The come with a small hand launcher about the size of a marker pen and a number of flares. They shoot a flare fairly high up, easily through tree tops, and are pretty durable. We use them in ejection seat survival kits, mainly, and have had very few misfires. You can also get "Bear Scare" flares, aka "Screamers". Fire them off and they emit a loud shriek to either chase Yogi away or get someone's attention. I have seen kits that come with both types of flare. Sorry, I have no idea as to price. Places like REI probably carry them, or a specialty hiking/camping store. Cheers, D. GBG eh14

--- In DSN_klr650@egroups.com, Chris Krok wrote: > > > People laugh a me, but I am big on packing smoke grenages and rocket > > flares on the bike when I travel in remote areas. I tend to worry about > > being halfway down the side of a mountain and not being found. > > I won't laugh at you! I ride alone a lot, and pack a trio of Skyblazer > flares, and "bike fusees." For the latter, I take a standard 15 min > highway flare, cut it in half, and replug the open end of the "striker" > half with epoxy. That way, you can either signal from the ground or use > them to start an emergency campfire. They're nice and compact. > > Chris > > > -- > Dr. J. Christopher Krok Project Engineer, Adaptive Wall Wind Tunnel > Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories, California Institute of Technology > MS 205-45 Phone: 626.395.4794 > Pasadena, CA 91125 Fax: 626.449.2677

On Thu, 25 May 2000 12:18:39 GMT, * DEKS wrote:

> > > I agree with dat brooklyn bum, but I like when there's sex between beer

and meditation...

> > > Deks, Croatia > > Yeah, but the combo (in the right order...yoga, bike, drugs, beer, > meditation) ... Now that's the ticket!! > > dat brooklyn bum >

I thought sex WAS meditation...just ask Sting. dat brooklyn bum _______________________________________________________ Get 100% FREE Internet Access powered by Excite Visit http://freelane.excite.com/freeisp

The idea is, if Yogi gets too close, to fire it in his general direction. Obviously, if all you see is his ass sticking out of a berry bush, you're not gonna want to scare the rasberries out of him. But to answer your question, yeah, they do work really well. On black bears anyway. Just don't expect to see any other wildlife for a while. Imagine having one of those shrieking fireworks go five feet over your head and you get the idea. Some also give a little bang at the end as well. Cheers, D. GBG eh14

--- In DSN_klr650@egroups.com, "Calis" wrote: > >You can also get "Bear Scare" flares, > >aka "Screamers". > > > Has anyone actually used them against a bear? I don't live in an area that has bears (or at least that's the official word), but it's still an interesting idea.