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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mtngunr" data-source="post: 4365430" data-attributes="member: 46104"><p>Lot of folk like that trained me, hell, my dad was one of them from the Korean war, who may have been a putz as a dad, but no denying his medals, valour in combat, and that he was a man's man....as the famous quote says, we see so far because we stand on the shoulders of giants....your G-shock story (I think those came out circa '83) reminded me of the time a bluff edge crumbled away under me and I fell/slid/crashed off trees for about 50ft, part of it I don't even recall, next thing I knew I found myself in a cane thorn thicket on my back, me, clothing gear impaled on 1" thorns, and then inches above my face I see a giant black and yellow golden orb spider, shifting eyes showed entire thorn patch filled with them, and me thinking if that sucker dropped on my face that I was going to scream like a woman and fillet myself getting out. Managed to work my way out slowly and found my compass MIA...which was rather inconvenient when navigating. Managed to arrive at party quite late by using watch and thankful sunlight, but I paid, and paid, and paid for that compass.</p></blockquote><p></p>