Title: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 01:20:52 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 01:20:52 AM
I can find no reference to it, even utilizing my internet Kung Fu. Pulling up a map published by the BC government in 1940 doesn't show anything either, although there are other mines listed in the area.
Of course I didn't bring my camera...
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 01:29:34 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 01:29:34 AM
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 01:31:02 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 01:31:02 AM
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 01:36:48 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 01:36:48 AM
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 01:47:32 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 01:47:32 AM
Lemon Creek is where we interned the Japanese. Maybe Mel should build an internment camp.ac_smile :rules: :rules:
That's right! Lots of Japs sent to various camps around the area here, but not many stayed... They left when they were free again it seems, ensuring Whiteness once again!
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 01:53:32 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 01:53:32 AM
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 01:54:36 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 01:54:36 AM
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Frood on August 03, 2020, 01:56:05 AM
Post by: Frood on August 03, 2020, 01:56:05 AM
You should follow it and get some fresh Sashimi and Unagi.
Grab me an order of Udon!
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 02:06:09 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 02:06:09 AM
Maybe it was an escape tunnel back to Japan, Mel.
You should follow it and get some fresh Sashimi and Unagi.
Grab me an order of Udon!:thumbup:
I walked to the end (I carry a flashlight for emergencies)... Just the opening (well hidden), and then an unlocked steel door halfway through, and then the end!
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Frood on August 03, 2020, 02:19:52 AM
Post by: Frood on August 03, 2020, 02:19:52 AM
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 02:33:04 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 02:33:04 AM
Could be a good shelter, if it's got steel doors, no sign of degradation, and not on a map....
It could be an excellent shelter! The door can only be locked/unlocked from the outside though, so that would obviously have to be changed...
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Odinson on August 03, 2020, 02:48:20 AM
Post by: Odinson on August 03, 2020, 02:48:20 AM
Build her a kitchen.
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Frood on August 03, 2020, 02:51:57 AM
Post by: Frood on August 03, 2020, 02:51:57 AM
Could be a good shelter, if it's got steel doors, no sign of degradation, and not on a map....
It could be an excellent shelter! The door can only be locked/unlocked from the outside though, so that would obviously have to be changed...
The cost would be ventilation/purification... testing for radon....
...but maybe a last resort destination....short term
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 03:00:05 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 03:00:05 AM
You could capture an asian girl and put her in there..
Build her a kitchen.
You could!
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 03:04:20 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 03:04:20 AM
The cost would be ventilation/purification... testing for radon....
...but maybe a last resort destination....short term
It's not a long drift mine shaft... Less than 100 feet long. Ventilation may be an issue, and radon might be also... Only a meter could verify air quality.
On the plus side, the creek is nearby. That water can be consumed, most likely without even boiling it!
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 03:22:26 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 03:22:26 AM
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Berry Sweet on August 03, 2020, 03:29:48 AM
Post by: Berry Sweet on August 03, 2020, 03:29:48 AM
The sites were beautiful and amazing! Bring supplies and pack properly for that area...bring a shot gun too.
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 03:43:51 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 03:43:51 AM
I went 4x4ing in the outskirts of Greenwood about 20 years ago...it was fuckin fascinating...little lakes of different colors, old abandonded mines everywhere, log cabins that are rotted to the base along with old tins and bottles probably from early 1900s....its just a memory now...I wonder how much it has changed since then?
The sites were beautiful and amazing! Bring supplies and pack properly for that area...bring a shot gun too.
Greenwood is the ultimate example of small town... Having traveled through there recently, I doubt much has changed. Their street signs are unique, in that they use the "Wild West" font on them...
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Frood on August 03, 2020, 04:19:19 AM
Post by: Frood on August 03, 2020, 04:19:19 AM
The cost would be ventilation/purification... testing for radon....
...but maybe a last resort destination....short term
It's not a long drift mine shaft... Less than 100 feet long. Ventilation may be an issue, and radon might be also... Only a meter could verify air quality.
On the plus side, the creek is nearby. That water can be consumed, most likely without even boiling it!
Runoff from old mines can carry toxic levels of heavy metals and things like mercury...
There are towns in Tasmania that can't drink their own water anymore decades after mining operations ceased...
I went through some of these little 100 person ghost towns.... pretty and rustic as a picture... remote.....and they get their water from plastic bottles or cartage trucks....
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 04:25:45 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 04:25:45 AM
Runoff from old mines can carry toxic levels of heavy metals and things like mercury...
There are towns in Tasmania that can't drink their own water anymore decades after mining operations ceased...https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/tasmanian-lakes-metal-contamination-among-worst-in-the-world
I went through some of these little 100 person ghost towns.... pretty and rustic as a picture... remote.....and they get their water from plastic bottles or cartage trucks....
Canada is a bit different though... We have water, and lots of it, which gets replenished every winter by snow... Any toxins of old would've been flushed down the river decades ago!
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 04:34:01 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 04:34:01 AM
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Frood on August 03, 2020, 04:36:27 AM
Post by: Frood on August 03, 2020, 04:36:27 AM
Runoff from old mines can carry toxic levels of heavy metals and things like mercury...
There are towns in Tasmania that can't drink their own water anymore decades after mining operations ceased...https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/tasmanian-lakes-metal-contamination-among-worst-in-the-world
I went through some of these little 100 person ghost towns.... pretty and rustic as a picture... remote.....and they get their water from plastic bottles or cartage trucks....
Canada is a bit different though... We have water, and lots of it, which gets replenished every winter by snow... Any toxins of old would've been flushed down the river decades ago!
So does Tasmania...
There's a reason they call it heavy metals runoff...
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 04:40:44 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 04:40:44 AM
So does Tasmania...
There's a reason they call it heavy metals runoff...
No, Tasmania doesn't. I'm not sure you quite understand the amount of flow rivers here in BC have during the melt...
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Frood on August 03, 2020, 05:01:15 AM
Post by: Frood on August 03, 2020, 05:01:15 AM
So does Tasmania...
There's a reason they call it heavy metals runoff...
No, Tasmania doesn't. I'm not sure you quite understand the amount of flow rivers here in BC have during the melt...
Look up Tasmania... I know BC...
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 05:09:43 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 05:09:43 AM
Look up Tasmania... I know BC...
You don't know BC, so stop pretending. Tasmania? Give it up, Dinky...
Only when you have to shovel snow, does this equate to pure mountain melt offs in the Spring/Summer.
You cannot have this where you live, so give it up!
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 05:16:19 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 05:16:19 AM
They like Whistler... but they may spread!
I would welcome more White Ozzies if they came to The Koots!
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Frood on August 03, 2020, 06:21:22 AM
Post by: Frood on August 03, 2020, 06:21:22 AM
Tasmania rests in the low digits for a good portion of the year, is full of volcanic rocks, and above all RAIN and SNOW...
Its peaks might not get the heights of portions of BC, but it is a frigid and wet place...
Do your research next time, kid... or travel.
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 07:19:42 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 07:19:42 AM
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 11:09:54 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 11:09:54 AM
Maybe it was an escape tunnel back to Japan, Mel.
You should follow it and get some fresh Sashimi and Unagi.
Grab me an order of Udon!:thumbup:
I walked to the end (I carry a flashlight for emergencies)... Just the opening (well hidden), and then an unlocked steel door halfway through, and then the end!
I'll bet there's more room in there than under the rock where you normally live.
Quick gather up your bedding and your bottles of vinegar. Don't forget to inform BC Liquors of your address change. You wouldn't want to miss a delivery.
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 01:01:57 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 01:01:57 PM
I went 4x4ing in the outskirts of Greenwood about 20 years ago...it was fuckin fascinating...little lakes of different colors, old abandonded mines everywhere, log cabins that are rotted to the base along with old tins and bottles probably from early 1900s....its just a memory now...I wonder how much it has changed since then?
The sites were beautiful and amazing! Bring supplies and pack properly for that area...bring a shot gun too.
Are you from South East BC?
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: cc on August 03, 2020, 04:29:02 PM
Post by: cc on August 03, 2020, 04:29:02 PM
She knows the area well as I recall
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 05:13:08 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2020, 05:13:08 PM
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Odinson on August 03, 2020, 09:36:47 PM
Post by: Odinson on August 03, 2020, 09:36:47 PM
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: cc on August 03, 2020, 09:41:26 PM
Post by: cc on August 03, 2020, 09:41:26 PM
I've been to SE BC its very white and racist, a woman from Cranbrook verbaly attacked some a-rabs in a restaurant
I call bullshit bullshit
This is bullshit
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 04, 2020, 03:15:20 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 04, 2020, 03:15:20 AM
I've been to SE BC its very white and racist, a woman from Cranbrook verbaly attacked some a-rabs in a restaurant
I call bullshit bullshit
This is bullshit
Cranbrook woman filmed in racist rant gets job back after being dismissed
Jun 22, 2018 2:13 PM
LETHBRIDGE — It appears the Cranbrook, B.C. woman who lost her job at a vehicle dealership in that city because of her racist rant at Denny's in Lethbridge, may have her job back.
Kelly Pocha was let go from her position at Cranbrook Dodge after her racist video rant went viral on social media in May.
The incident happened on April 21, while Pocha and her husband were visiting from Cranbrook, where they live. One of the men targeted in the rant recorded the incident on his cell phone and later released it on social media, where it took off like wildfire.
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 04, 2020, 04:50:04 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 04, 2020, 04:50:04 AM
Are you drunk?
Tasmania rests in the low digits for a good portion of the year, is full of volcanic rocks, and above all RAIN and SNOW...
Its peaks might not get the heights of portions of BC, but it is a frigid and wet place...
Do your research next time, kid... or travel.
I really don't think you've spent a winter in Canada, if you think that Tasmania is even remotely similar...
Have you ever heard of a 'Tree Well,' Dinky? Most outdoorsman here are familiar with them. You are not. Tasmania is not. And you'll probably have to Google what one is, because you don't know!
So give it up! The odd Tasmanian peak with a dusting of light snow that anyone could easily hike through wearing nothing more than a light parka and proper footwear does not compare...
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 04, 2020, 04:54:44 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 04, 2020, 04:54:44 AM
Are we getting pics?
Maybe I get back out there tomorrow to snap a few pics... Not sure how well they'll turn out, since as you might imagine: Pretty much 100% dark in the tunnel!
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 04, 2020, 04:56:47 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 04, 2020, 04:56:47 AM
I've been to SE BC its very white and racist, a woman from Cranbrook verbaly attacked some a-rabs in a restaurant
I call bullshit bullshit
This is bullshit
Cranbrook woman filmed in racist rant gets job back after being dismissed
Jun 22, 2018 2:13 PM
LETHBRIDGE — It appears the Cranbrook, B.C. woman who lost her job at a vehicle dealership in that city because of her racist rant at Denny's in Lethbridge, may have her job back.
Kelly Pocha was let go from her position at Cranbrook Dodge after her racist video rant went viral on social media in May.
The incident happened on April 21, while Pocha and her husband were visiting from Cranbrook, where they live. One of the men targeted in the rant recorded the incident on his cell phone and later released it on social media, where it took off like wildfire.
Rag-heads loudly babbling in their ridiculous language is what set her off. No upstanding Canadian white woman should have to put up with that nonsense while she's trying to eat. The third world scum should have been deported to their home country where they could crouch around a dung fire in loincloths and converse in their monkey language to their heart's content. Want to come to Canada? Learn the fucking language before you arrive and then use it politely while you're here.
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 04, 2020, 05:04:45 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 04, 2020, 05:04:45 AM
I've been to SE BC its very white and racist, a woman from Cranbrook verbaly attacked some a-rabs in a restaurant
LETHBRIDGE — It appears the Cranbrook, B.C. woman who lost her job at a vehicle dealership in that city because of her racist rant at Denny's in Lethbridge, may have her job back.
This is one of the last White, and Injun-free areas in Canada. Just let us have this one last region to ourselves...
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 04, 2020, 05:07:59 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 04, 2020, 05:07:59 AM
I believe Berry said she lived in the Koots many years ago
She knows the area well as I recall
She does. While I don't know exactly where she lived here, she is familiar with many of the local landmarks...
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 04, 2020, 06:59:53 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 04, 2020, 06:59:53 AM
You watch the mile-markers on the road, as that's how far you'll have to walk back to find a phone, and you make a mental note of this. There are NO other people in these areas, even on long summer weekends like this one...
If you break down, there are no other 4-wheelers that will drive by. They don't exist there. You walk out or you're dead.
It's hard to explain this feeling to people that can easily call in help! Here, you cannot...
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Frood on August 04, 2020, 07:10:18 AM
Post by: Frood on August 04, 2020, 07:10:18 AM
Are you drunk?
Tasmania rests in the low digits for a good portion of the year, is full of volcanic rocks, and above all RAIN and SNOW...
Its peaks might not get the heights of portions of BC, but it is a frigid and wet place...
Do your research next time, kid... or travel.
I really don't think you've spent a winter in Canada, if you think that Tasmania is even remotely similar...
Have you ever heard of a 'Tree Well,' Dinky? Most outdoorsman here are familiar with them. You are not. Tasmania is not. And you'll probably have to Google what one is, because you don't know!
So give it up! The odd Tasmanian peak with a dusting of light snow that anyone could easily hike through wearing nothing more than a light parka and proper footwear does not compare...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yja2VmZOfdA
Shush, child... you're talking to a former North American resident who regularly got 2-3 metre drifts overnight and mastered the art of a second story roof slide for the morning dig outs.
I am the snow monster. You are just a pitiful little transplant try hard...
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 04, 2020, 10:55:28 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 04, 2020, 10:55:28 AM
Are you drunk?
Tasmania rests in the low digits for a good portion of the year, is full of volcanic rocks, and above all RAIN and SNOW...
Its peaks might not get the heights of portions of BC, but it is a frigid and wet place...
Do your research next time, kid... or travel.
I really don't think you've spent a winter in Canada, if you think that Tasmania is even remotely similar...
Have you ever heard of a 'Tree Well,' Dinky? Most outdoorsman here are familiar with them. You are not. Tasmania is not. And you'll probably have to Google what one is, because you don't know!
So give it up! The odd Tasmanian peak with a dusting of light snow that anyone could easily hike through wearing nothing more than a light parka and proper footwear does not compare...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yja2VmZOfdA
Shush, child... you're talking to a former North American resident who regularly got 2-3 metre drifts overnight and mastered the art of a second story roof slide for the morning dig outs.
I am the snow monster. You are just a pitiful little transplant try hard...
Where in North merica did you live?
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Frood on August 04, 2020, 11:05:31 AM
Post by: Frood on August 04, 2020, 11:05:31 AM
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 01:35:32 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 01:35:32 AM
Shush, child... you're talking to a former North American resident who regularly got 2-3 metre drifts overnight and mastered the art of a second story roof slide for the morning dig outs.
I am the snow monster. You are just a pitiful little transplant try hard...
I'm not sure what you are trying to imply, but I stand by my statement. I'm not knocking Tasmania, as it seems like a beautiful place, but you cannot compare Tasmania and Canada when it comes to snow packs.
Not uncommon for mountains here to top 10,000 ft ASL. Tasmania tops out at half that. On top of that, Tasmania has higher Winter temps. You can't compare the two. Shit, Tasmania rarely even sees snow at lower elevations where most people live, whereas that's a reality here for sometimes months at a time.
Look Dinky... There's a reason many of our ski hills are staffed by younger Ozzies. You know
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Frood on August 05, 2020, 02:33:14 AM
Post by: Frood on August 05, 2020, 02:33:14 AM
Shush, child... you're talking to a former North American resident who regularly got 2-3 metre drifts overnight and mastered the art of a second story roof slide for the morning dig outs.
I am the snow monster. You are just a pitiful little transplant try hard...
I'm not sure what you are trying to imply, but I stand by my statement. I'm not knocking Tasmania, as it seems like a beautiful place, but you cannot compare Tasmania and Canada when it comes to snow packs.
Not uncommon for mountains here to top 10,000 ft ASL. Tasmania tops out at half that. On top of that, Tasmania has higher Winter temps. You can't compare the two. Shit, Tasmania rarely even sees snow at lower elevations where most people live, whereas that's a reality here for sometimes months at a time.
Look Dinky... There's a reason many of our ski hills are staffed by younger Ozzies. You knowwhythey are staffed by Ozzies? Because they want real snow so they can do real skiing! Trust me, they don't come here for the piss-poor Canadian wages!
No you don't, worm. I never said Tasmania gets more snow. In fact, I pointed that out in the OP. What Tasmania gets however is a lot of precipitation and the picture you posted is a lot like Tasmanian rivers and creeks.
Yet water is toxic in some towns from mining operations which ceased many decades ago.
Your cited map indicates their would likely be similar concerns with your water.
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 02:39:37 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 02:39:37 AM
Your cited map indicates their would likely be similar concerns with your water.
I'm telling you there isn't though. We drink this water. The largest city in Western Canada (Vancouver) drinks this water.
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 02:48:36 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 02:48:36 AM
Here, there is the heavy flow. All those toxins, if they existed, flushed away!
I'm on well water, as are many people in BC outside of cities. Some get their water regularly tested, but I don't bother. If theirs is good, so is mine. It's not heavy metals that are ever the problem though. If anything, it's elevated bacteria counts...
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 02:50:57 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 02:50:57 AM
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 02:54:12 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 02:54:12 AM
What happened to your satellite text device Mr Iroll Solo?
It's sitting in a box here, but it would be of very little use inside drift mine shafts should the shit hit the fan!
For me to safely explore, I should really have a partner or three, and an oxygen meter...
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Frood on August 05, 2020, 03:02:24 AM
Post by: Frood on August 05, 2020, 03:02:24 AM
Your cited map indicates their would likely be similar concerns with your water.
I'm telling you there isn't though. We drink this water. The largest city in Western Canada (Vancouver) drinks this water.
Heavy metals leech and persist near disused mines.
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 03:06:24 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 03:06:24 AM
Heavy metals leech and persist near disused mines.
Then don't drink the water if it's a persisting concern of yours, and drink bottled only... Little kids used to eat leaded paint chips and play with Mercury out of broken thermometers. They are fine.
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 03:08:52 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 03:08:52 AM
What happened to your satellite text device Mr Iroll Solo?
It's sitting in a box here, but it would be of very little use inside drift mine shafts should the shit hit the fan!
For me to safely explore, I should really have a partner or three, and an oxygen meter...
If you can still crawl back to the opening your golden. Entering an unknown confined space alone is crazy anyway.
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 03:13:10 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 03:13:10 AM
If you can still crawl back to the opening your golden. Entering an unknown confined space alone is crazy anyway.
I agree. I've done confined space work in the past, and although I have no specific training, we relied on forced ventilation, oxygen sensors, and a 'watcher' that would summon help should the shit hit the fan.
It is extremely risky to be doing what I am doing, alone, and with not a soul even knowing where I am, and what I'm doing!
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 01:35:47 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 01:35:47 PM
If you can still crawl back to the opening your golden. Entering an unknown confined space alone is crazy anyway.
I agree. I've done confined space work in the past, and although I have no specific training, we relied on forced ventilation, oxygen sensors, and a 'watcher' that would summon help should the shit hit the fan.
It is extremely risky to be doing what I am doing, alone, and with not a soul even knowing where I am, and what I'm doing!
To be honest, nobody knows or gives a damn where you are or what you're doing 24/7 any where you go.
You could just as easily fall off your dirt bike and get eaten by a bear or scalped by injuns while you lay unconscious and no one would ever know.
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 08:34:18 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 08:34:18 PM
To be honest, nobody knows or gives a damn where you are or what you're doing 24/7 any where you go.
You could just as easily fall off your dirt bike and get eaten by a bear or scalped by injuns while you lay unconscious and no one would ever know.
I understand that, but ideally people should let others know where they are going... Even a simple hiking trip goes bad for some people, and their asses often get saved when they fail to return home to wife, who knows what area her frail, weak, and confused husband may be located in...
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: cc on August 05, 2020, 08:41:29 PM
Post by: cc on August 05, 2020, 08:41:29 PM
I deliberately did not suggest a cat
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 08:46:47 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 08:46:47 PM
You could get a dog so that someone or something will know you are missing
I deliberately did not suggest a cat
Good thinking on the cat, it is best that Mel doesn't go down that road again.
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 09:01:10 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 09:01:10 PM
You could get a dog so that someone or something will know you are missing
I deliberately did not suggest a cat
What's a dog going to do? Call 911 and file a missing persons report?
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: cc on August 05, 2020, 09:13:00 PM
Post by: cc on August 05, 2020, 09:13:00 PM
That'a better than a wife who might sit home anxiously awaiting that precious phone call .. not report him missing ... and in fact answer any calls with "Oh, he's out in the yard. I can see him. He's OK" .. to throw them off a search
I hope you can get some solace knowing that I'd care .. and miss you
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 10:44:08 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2020, 10:44:08 PM
You could get a dog so that someone or something will know you are missing
I deliberately did not suggest a cat
No cats for Mel and maybe Shen Li too.
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Berry Sweet on August 06, 2020, 09:05:22 PM
Post by: Berry Sweet on August 06, 2020, 09:05:22 PM
I went 4x4ing in the outskirts of Greenwood about 20 years ago...it was fuckin fascinating...little lakes of different colors, old abandonded mines everywhere, log cabins that are rotted to the base along with old tins and bottles probably from early 1900s....its just a memory now...I wonder how much it has changed since then?
The sites were beautiful and amazing! Bring supplies and pack properly for that area...bring a shot gun too.
Are you from South East BC?
No, I'm a city dweller...but I did live in the koots for a long time and did a lot of 4x4ing in the surrounding areas.
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Frood on August 06, 2020, 09:07:56 PM
Post by: Frood on August 06, 2020, 09:07:56 PM
You could get a dog so that someone or something will know you are missing
I deliberately did not suggest a cat
No cats for Mel and maybe Shen Li too.
What does the C stand for in KFC?
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Berry Sweet on August 06, 2020, 09:11:20 PM
Post by: Berry Sweet on August 06, 2020, 09:11:20 PM
Talked to a friend of mine out there who said majority of those tubing in the river are tourist and it's getting out of hand. This is what happens when you have stupid people who don't know the waters or the rapid areas...some of those corners are fuckin dangerous.
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 06, 2020, 09:16:21 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 06, 2020, 09:16:21 PM
You could get a dog so that someone or something will know you are missing
I deliberately did not suggest a cat
No cats for Mel and maybe Shen Li too.
What does the C stand for in KFC?
It's not cats.
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: cc on August 06, 2020, 09:17:49 PM
Post by: cc on August 06, 2020, 09:17:49 PM
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: kiebers on August 06, 2020, 09:26:01 PM
Post by: kiebers on August 06, 2020, 09:26:01 PM
You could get a dog so that someone or something will know you are missing
I deliberately did not suggest a cat
No cats for Mel and maybe Shen Li too.
What does the C stand for in KFC?
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Frood on August 06, 2020, 09:31:26 PM
Post by: Frood on August 06, 2020, 09:31:26 PM
(Cursing in it)
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 06, 2020, 09:38:36 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 06, 2020, 09:38:36 PM
Unrelated, but this skit just popped into my head:
(Cursing in it)https://youtu.be/kRVV3FZ4AVY
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Frood on August 06, 2020, 09:55:21 PM
Post by: Frood on August 06, 2020, 09:55:21 PM
Unrelated, but this skit just popped into my head:
(Cursing in it)https://youtu.be/kRVV3FZ4AVY
ac_blush
It was a funny show. Only lasted two seasons though....
Available on YouTube if anyone wants a laugh.
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 06, 2020, 11:05:49 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 06, 2020, 11:05:49 PM
There was a drowning in the river where Mel lives...the person is missing...helicopters, and people still searching for a body :(
Talked to a friend of mine out there who said majority of those tubing in the river are tourist and it's getting out of hand. This is what happens when you have stupid people who don't know the waters or the rapid areas...some of those corners are fuckin dangerous.
People drown quite regularly in the rivers here. Most are tourists. There are warning signs around the popular spots, with this simple message at the end:
Yet it happens. Many are drinking. While this area is quite "free," meaning you can do what you want without much interference from authorities, that also means one must utilize some personal responsibility and common sense. Help is NOT around the corner here!
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 08, 2020, 02:31:08 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 08, 2020, 02:31:08 AM
You could capture an asian girl and put her in there..
Build her a kitchen.
You could!
I have three secure bunkers with asian girls in them.
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Frood on August 08, 2020, 03:49:35 AM
Post by: Frood on August 08, 2020, 03:49:35 AM
There was a drowning in the river where Mel lives...the person is missing...helicopters, and people still searching for a body :(
Talked to a friend of mine out there who said majority of those tubing in the river are tourist and it's getting out of hand. This is what happens when you have stupid people who don't know the waters or the rapid areas...some of those corners are fuckin dangerous.
People drown quite regularly in the rivers here. Most are tourists. There are warning signs around the popular spots, with this simple message at the end:Don't Drown!
Yet it happens. Many are drinking. While this area is quite "free," meaning you can do what you want without much interference from authorities, that also means one must utilize some personal responsibility and common sense. Help is NOT around the corner here!
My parents almost drowned on a canoe trip when they capsized and got sucked under a fallen pine tree in the rapids. Mum popped up on the other side still 8 months preggers, but dad was sort of impaled at water level by the branches and was struggling to keep his head above water.
My grandpa got close and kept his head up while different uncles worked on breaking the branches.
I love my redneck side of the family...
Title: Re: Found an abandoned mine today...
Post by: Anonymous on August 08, 2020, 03:59:12 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 08, 2020, 03:59:12 AM