Thanks for the understanding Olyinaz,
"America was founded on a "can do" mentality by those who forged the country out of the wilderness through cunning and preparedness."
This is exactly why I like American forums like this so much, because of your history, there is a lot more experience, know how, understanding and practical ingenuity about things like being prepared for the worst than with us city folks here, Holland is a small country with about 17 million people, so everything is cramped, there just isn't any room to go hiking or hunting (even still, because of all the rules and regulations it will still take AT LEAST 2,5 years to get a hunting license IF you can find and hire a patch of land).
so practical knowledge like being able to make a fire, having emergency preparations, being able to catch a rabbit, let alone marksmanship is non existent with the youth these days.
I am 20 myself, and most of my age group is (besides school) to busy getting drunk, playing Call of Duty and trying-to-wear-their-pants-as-low-as-possible-until-it-hangs-on-their-knees and not-giving-a-damn-about-anything. the cultural disconnection of the youth from it's heritage is very strong here.
I don't deny playing a game once in a while myself, but it doesn't control my life like a lot of teenagers these days. And I sure get strange faces when I tell people that some of my favorite historical figures are Sergei Mosin, Elmer Keith and Chuck Mawhinney.
until I can come up with a catchier signature phrase, Im removing te old one.
Thanks, take care and the best to all of you,
Louis