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| Subject | Sender | Date |
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| Happy Fall Y'All! - | Harmony | Nov 14, 2009 |
| The Colony on Cable - Have you guys seen the show on cable, I think it is called "the colony" on Discovery Channel. | Max | Jul 22, 2009 |
| Re: RE: [survivalism-138] Practical Primitive is coming to town - My schedule almost never matches with meetings, but my lack of trapping skills concerns me. =) On Jul 14, 2009 8:12 PM, "Virgil" < [address removed] | Victoria | Jul 15, 2009 |
| Re: [survivalism-138] Sunday's spoon and bowl making - Hey All, I'm not complaining, but let's try to keep this | mark cobb | Jul 14, 2009 |
| RE: [survivalism-138] Practical Primitive is coming to town - Message | Virgil | Jul 14, 2009 |
| Re: [survivalism-138] Sunday's spoon and bowl making - Sean, Looking forward to it! Thanks, Eric sean shaffer wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm glad to see so many signed up for Sunday's workshop. > > There is no fee. > > If you have simple carving tools (knife or hatchet) and comfort using > | Eric Michalsen | Jul 14, 2009 |
| Sunday's spoon and bowl making - Hello all, I'm glad to see so many signed up for Sunday's workshop. There is no fee. | sean shaffer | Jul 14, 2009 |
| Re: [survivalism-138] Practical Primitive is coming to town - Depending on when these classes are taking place, I'd love to attend, though what I'm interested in learning are primitive pottery, basketmak | Judith | Jul 14, 2009 |
| Re: [survivalism-138] Practical Primitive is coming to town - Hey Erik, Traps and Tracking seem to me very useful survival skills to learn. Also Bow and arrow making would also be a good idea. | Cj | Jul 14, 2009 |
| Re: [survivalism-138] Practical Primitive is coming to town - What about tracking? --- On Mon, 7/13/09, Erik Diekman wrote: > From: Erik Diekman > Subject: [survivalism-138] Practical Primitive is coming to town > To: [address removed] | Lumumba | Jul 14, 2009 |
| RE: [survivalism-138] Practical Primitive is coming to town - Preview not available | Kip Robbins | Jul 14, 2009 |
| Practical Primitive is coming to town - Folks, For the third year running, the Eddie and Julie of Practical Primitive have agreed to come to the Chicago area to teach for a weekend. In the past I basically decided on the topics of tracking and foraging. Please let | Erik Diekman | Jul 13, 2009 |
| Hey - Preview not available | Marcia | Jul 13, 2009 |
| Independence! - "What's up Hiroshi? Let's light this candle!" -Alan Shepard Hope everyone had a safe and fun July 4th? Been a bit busy around here, but we still have all our fingers and eyebrows, so I think we can call that a success. July | Eric Michalsen | Jul 6, 2009 |
| Reminder: June's meeting cancelled - Just a reminder that the meeting this Sunday was canceled due to some outside classes. Next month will be in Chicago and Sean will be teaching carving wooden spoons and bowls from knives and fire | Eric Michalsen | Jun 10, 2009 |
| Sunday is cancelled. - Hey Everybody, We are going to have to cancel this Sunday as too many conflicting schedules are prohibiting us from making it. Between fathers day and classes among other reasons we are going to have to call it off. Sean from Pulaski | Eric Michalsen | Jun 9, 2009 |
| June update - Thank you everyone who came out to the Apache Knife Fighting Seminar. I am sure Erik will talk more on but what a great day seeing old friends and meeting new ones. Photo's and videos to come... On to June... I have commitment | Eric Michalsen | May 31, 2009 |
| Sunday seminar - Hey everybody, I just received confirmation that Sean, the manager of the Chicago Park District park we have held sessions at will be participating in the fun on Sunday. What does this mean for you? Come on out and join the fun and a | Eric Michalsen | May 27, 2009 |
| hurm... - Ok, who keeps making up these "holidays"? first mothers day and now a fathers day? what's next? "Mess with Eric" day? Yep, I scheduled right on top of fathers day. Sorry peoples. So, where does this leave us? Th | Eric Michalsen | May 26, 2009 |
| Apache Knife Fighting with prices - Hello Everyone, Sorry about the last flyer. The correct flyer with pricing and the proper information for pre-paying is listed under files. Erik | Erik Diekman | May 22, 2009 |
| Apache Knife Seminar - Everyone, The final details of the Apache Knife seminar are in a flier under the files tab on the meet up web site. This will be a hell of a lot of fun as well as practical, no nonsense martial arts in the Apache tradition. | Erik Diekman | May 20, 2009 |
| Apache Knife - Everyone, I've gotten a few inquiries about the upcoming Apache Knife seminar. If you care to pre register, which I encourage, contact the venue at 630-416-4269. They can get you signed up. I will be sending a flier via em | Erik Diekman | May 19, 2009 |
| Summer!!! - Great time yesterday, thank you! Great people, great weather...hope everyone went away with some new knowledge about what is around them. Your task? Build a fire by friction kit and post some photos or videos. Scour the trees in your | Eric Michalsen | May 18, 2009 |
| working for the weekend... - Hey everybody, Haven't written in a while...sorry. Been a bit busy. Tomorrow is a double track, foraging and fire by friction. Either/Or baby :) Meet at 1pm at the Pavilion at the Red Oak Nature Center in North Aurora. | Eric Michalsen | May 16, 2009 |
| Martial topics and Scout mind - Hello everyone, One of the most unique seminars in a long time is going to be offered on May 31st in Naperville. The topic is Apache knife fighting. I have trained with this instructor before, and worked with this sys | Erik Diekman | May 6, 2009 |
| Do you see what happens...? - Do you see what happens when a clod like me setups up a meetup date? It falls on Mothers Day. Now, my mother is 300 miles away and I see her maybe 4 times a year. Erik, on the other hand, has had something on the schedule every moth | Eric Michalsen | Apr 28, 2009 |
| previous email - Sorry for any mis-communication from that last email, I was unaware an email I received was not site wide. There was a question as to whether someone accidentally put poison oak into the fire. I spent a good amount of time in the smoke and have not ha | Eric Michalsen | Apr 8, 2009 |
| Re: [survivalism-138] Serviceberries - Good, I just wanted to make sure no one else was exposed. You know all that poison oak Eddie was pointing out last year, I'm sure the vines had been wrapped around some of the branches I was grabbing. Like I said, it's | Richard Heger | Apr 8, 2009 |
| Re: [survivalism-138] Serviceberries - Preview not available | Eric Michalsen | Apr 8, 2009 |
| If April Showers bring...? - What does April snow bring? Hey everybody! Cold, but great day yesterday. Fine turnout and big thanks to Richard for the raging fire in the stone fireplace. It was great to meet all you new people yesterday, and good to see some old | Eric Michalsen | Apr 6, 2009 |
| Fun Friday - Hey everybody, We are still on for this Sunday, even though rain is in the mix. There is a covered shelter with a large stone fireplace we can cook at. Park in the northern parking log which is just north of the golf course on the we | Eric Michalsen | Apr 3, 2009 |
| One Week to Foraging... - Wow! Looks like we hit the "mother load". Last checked 34 people RSVP'ing yes. Rock on. Yes, there is plenty of room. We are parking and meeting at the NORTH PARKING LOT . Trust me, as you are driving to it you will | Eric Michalsen | Mar 27, 2009 |
| April Meetup :: Foraging! - There is a discussion opened in the message board area for this meetup We will be foraging Cat tail and making flour and digging up burdock for a vegetable. Using the wet process for the cat tail and we can get a fire going to cook some up | Eric Michalsen | Mar 18, 2009 |
| Re: [survivalism-138] New Meetup: The End of Suburbia Screening - This is all fine, but this seems off base for what this group is about and I'm getting flooded with too many emails as it is. Gary L. Dunlap dunl | Gary Dunlap | Mar 18, 2009 |
| Re: [survivalism-138] New Meetup: The End of Suburbia Screening - Preview not available | user 9076505 | Mar 18, 2009 |
| RE: [survivalism-138] New Meetup: The End of Suburbia Screening - Stop flooding everyone's inbox with this childish banter. Please keep the conversation focused on primitive skills. Who wants to do some trackin | Gabriel Hershberger | Mar 18, 2009 |
| RE: [survivalism-138] New Meetup: The End of Suburbia Screening - I must take issue with Michael Desantis comments on his watching only the trailer of "The End Of Suburia". My wife and I viewed the entire film less than two weeks ago. I found it to be a concise, intelligent, and well crafted doctumentary. Peak oil doe | Bob | Mar 18, 2009 |
| Re: [survivalism-138] New Meetup: The End of Suburbia Screening - Preview not available | user 9076505 | Mar 18, 2009 |
| RE: [survivalism-138] New Meetup: The End of Suburbia Screening - .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana } Done it. Actually, I've participated in a climate change project do | Kip Robbins | Mar 18, 2009 |
| Re: [survivalism-138] New Meetup: The End of Suburbia Screening - Preview not available | user 9076505 | Mar 18, 2009 |
| RE: [survivalism-138] New Meetup: The End of Suburbia Screening - Preview not available | Kip Robbins | Mar 18, 2009 |
| Re: [survivalism-138] New Meetup: The End of Suburbia Screening - well i have just watched that trailer from 'the end of suburbia' what a load of crap what i get from this trailer is more of this going green Nazi jargon do some research people. oil companies have suppressed alternative energy for fifty years i | user 9076505 | Mar 18, 2009 |
| New Meetup: The End of Suburbia Screening - Announcing a new Meetup for Primitive Skills! What: The End of Suburbia Screening When: March 25, 2009 6:30 PM Where: Click the link below to find out! Meetup Description: The Transition Chicago Group invites yo | Eric Michalsen | Mar 18, 2009 |
| Oops... - I have been informed by those in the know that we accidentally setup the outing for Easter weekend. Sorry. We have bumped it up to April 5th. Sounds Good? Thanks! Eric | Eric Michalsen | Mar 17, 2009 |
| late night ramblings (long one tonight!) - Hey everybody! Well, here we are again. Another "can't sleep, hey I have some ideas" email. I have several things to chat about, so let's get started: 1st. To all of you that expressed an interest in | Eric Michalsen | Mar 17, 2009 |
| Stuff happening - Hey everybody. Well, now that you have had a couple of days of chilled rain it is time to say this: "Spring and warm weather is coming!" To be truthful, I'm not sure when, but hey...at least it is coming. A | Eric Michalsen | Mar 10, 2009 |
| water proof boots next time... - Hey everybody.... Not sure about you folks but driving in yesterday, staring into a thick, gray mass streaming from the heavens I could see the shadows from some Kurosawa film of past staring back. How cool was that? Thank you to the | Eric Michalsen | Mar 9, 2009 |
| February cold - Hey everybody, Well, what do we have on tap for March 8th? I am sure most of you have been to the site to see "details to come..." Well, they are still coming. I was really hoping to do some flint knapping and have been calling lo | Eric Michalsen | Feb 24, 2009 |
| quick marketing note - Hey everybody! I was going to schedule a marketing booth at the March 1st gun show in Wheaton.... Well, I will be driving back from Kentucky/Ohio from a weekend of boar hunting so I had to re-schedule. Most likely the Kane County gun show | Eric Michalsen | Feb 18, 2009 |
| sunshine and apologies... - Well, if you weren't at the meetup you did not notice that I did not make it. If you were at the meetup, you got to know Harmony. My apologies but something in the cosmos just did not want us downtown this weekend. Erik had to | Eric Michalsen | Feb 8, 2009 |
| Re: [survivalism-138] navagation - Yeah, I was thinking celestial navigation for desert, but also on WATER as well. From what I've read it can get pretty technical though, and not sure if there is a way to pick up celestial navigation on a beginner level? The map and compass book ment | Nikos | Feb 8, 2009 |
| Re: [survivalism-138] interesting and free talk - Preview not available | Eric Michalsen | Feb 6, 2009 |
| interesting and free talk - Hello all, Apparently the info I tried to send didn't go through. Here is another attempt. | sean shaffer | Feb 6, 2009 |
| interesting and free talk February 20 at the Cultural Center - Check out the attached flier and see how a man tried to live off the land without giving up his Netflix. | sean shaffer | Feb 4, 2009 |
| Sunday in the park... - Hey everybody, First, thank you for the prayers. From what I understand the surgery was a great success. Breathing a lot easier now. Ok, Sunday in the park. Yep, same place. For those of you that have not been there before, go to the | Eric Michalsen | Feb 4, 2009 |
| Re: [survivalism-138] navagation - Thanks Erik. The class with Kevin Reeve this summer sounds great. I'll check out these books and maybe other members have books and other resources they will recommend as well. Any topic for this weekend sounds good. Show and tell is always fun. May | Nikos | Feb 3, 2009 |
| navagation - Folks, Glad to see this topis generating some conversation. Navagation and orientering are important and useful no matter what the context. If you're lost, life is harder. Day or night. Some tricks I know: - In the northern hem | Erik Diekman | Feb 3, 2009 |
| winter of our discontent... - Hey everybody, Hope all is well and looking forward to another Sunday in Chicago this coming weekend. First and foremost, I need a favor. A young lady named Chelsea needs thoughts and prayers. She is undergoing brain surgery for the second | Eric Michalsen | Feb 3, 2009 |
| Re: RE: [survivalism-138] navagation - | John | Feb 3, 2009 |
| RE: [survivalism-138] navagation - you have a point. -----Original Message----- From: [address removed] on behalf of John Sent: Tue 2/3/2009 12:21 AM To: [address removed] Subject: RE: [survivalism-138] navagation Al, you've made a good argument. But let' | AL | Feb 3, 2009 |
| RE: [survivalism-138] navagation - Preview not available | John | Feb 3, 2009 |
| RE: [survivalism-138] navagation - Erick, I can't help but think that there are, indeed, many situations in which one's survival would depend on their ability to move at night. Non-military in nature, survival in a situation of societal breakdown may well depend on not only navigating noct | AL | Feb 2, 2009 |
| RE: [survivalism-138] navagation - Preview not available | John | Feb 2, 2009 |
| navagation - Folks, There has been some interest lately about navagation, both celestial and otherwise. I have been talking to Kevin Reeve of On Point Tatical about teaching a class out here sometime in July, the topics being navagation, and search a | Erik Diekman | Feb 2, 2009 |
| booth at gun show - Hey everybody, I had a great email response to my last email...and one person left due to not appreciating either Manuary, red meat, or both. Please people, my sense of humor is a bit off sometimes but my way of life or political leanings in no | Eric Michalsen | Jan 26, 2009 |
| Re: [survivalism-138] Manuary - Preview not available | KEN K | Jan 21, 2009 |
| Re: Re: [survivalism-138] Manuary - I can't commit to manning the booth alone, because of the childcare issue. But if there is at least one other person, I'd like to come along and help out. I've worked booths at other sorts of conventions. If the group pays the table fees I' | Kekone | Jan 21, 2009 |
| Re: [survivalism-138] Manuary - Preview not available | Gary Dunlap | Jan 20, 2009 |
| Re: [survivalism-138] Manuary - Re: [survivalism-138] Manuary Oh c’mon – he said he was going to make dinner! ;) On 1/20/09 6:00 PM, " | Victor Michael | Jan 20, 2009 |
| Re: [survivalism-138] Manuary - Manuary?! What kind of bullshit is that?! Speak for yourself. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 6:58 PM, anna wolfson < [address removed] > wrote | Anna Wolfson | Jan 20, 2009 |
| Re: [survivalism-138] Manuary - Re: [survivalism-138] Manuary Greetings Eric and group! Your timing is pretty on – I JUST today glimpsed this on FACEBO | Victor Michael | Jan 20, 2009 |
| Manuary - Hey everybody, Welcome to Manuary...the month after the time when a man would stand in Nordstroms holding purse and coat in tired arms wondering what turely is the difference between the blue sweater, and the other blue sweater. Manuary is a tim | Eric Michalsen | Jan 20, 2009 |
| 200 - Hey everybody, Well, we hit 200 members. It took 1 1/2 years and it has been quite a ride. Thank You! If you have been keeping up to date you would have noticed a change in next months meetup. Harmony has a work conflict so we are finding | Eric Michalsen | Jan 14, 2009 |
flip video goodness - Hey everybody, So, FlipVideo should start paying me because I talk about them to everyone. Anyway, did a bulk upload to blip TV http://primitiveskills.blip.tv I started
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Eric Michalsen | Jan 11, 2009 |
| debris huts - Hey everybody, Looks like we are having a pretty good crowd tomorrow. Great opportunity to meet new peoples, exchange new ideas and have some fun. A couple things to remember: Dress for the occasion. You will be outside for sever | Eric Michalsen | Jan 10, 2009 |
| One Week Away... - Hey Everybody, Hope everyone had a great holiday and is ramped up for the new year. Coming this Sunday Erik will be taking us through the reasons, thoughts and build ideas on debris huts. Get ready to get your hands dirty. We are looking | Eric Michalsen | Jan 5, 2009 |
| Holiday party...part 2 - Hello everyone, Erik, Harmony and myself will be trucking out this evening to partake. It looks as if the scheduled event is locked out for RSVP'ing but don't let that worry you. Get your butt out and have some fun! See you tonight! | Eric Michalsen | Dec 20, 2008 |
| Re: [survivalism-138] December Holiday Party - What is the date of this event? | Dave S | Dec 20, 2008 |
| December Holiday Party - Well, the votes are in and Harmony's green sweater is ready for a party. 7:30-ish at: Huettenbar :4721 North Lincoln Avenue Chicago, IL 60625 773.561.2507 (brown line) I am looking to be there as well. Come on d | Eric Michalsen | Dec 20, 2008 |
| The Future - Hello everyone, I'm sure the holidays are in forefront of everyone's mind these days, but before we know it, spring will be around the corner along with the training season. I've been reading the various profiles of the members of this grou | Erik Diekman | Dec 17, 2008 |
| Winter foraging for edible & medicinal plants - Many of the plants we identified & harvested in the spring and summer continue to provide sustinance and important nutrients during the winter. If you remember areas in your neighborhood where these plants grew earlier in the year, return to those sp | Harmony | Dec 15, 2008 |
| Dec Meetup - Social Night - So where should we practice our primitive socializing skills? Though the temptation was huge to have a homebrew contest for our social gathering, we've decided we're going to let someone else handle fermenting the grapes and distilling the moon | Harmony | Dec 13, 2008 |
| Holiday Zombies... - Hey everybody, Hope you all had plenty-o-thanks to go around. Me? for the lovely little lady, the two big, smelly, drooly, hair shedding dogs...and Sarah Palin. Why? for no other reason than she could use a few good thoughts her way. That and i | Eric Michalsen | Dec 1, 2008 |
| I should be working... - While the little lady sits in her corner office and I at home with two big dogs "lounging around", I really should be working but instead I have edited and uploaded a little treat into the files area for those of you that enjoy your IPod, Upod o | Eric Michalsen | Nov 18, 2008 |
| Winter here? - Hey everybody, I'll make this one short and sweet so you don't have to read all my ramblings. Arranging with Sean at the Chicago Park District, the 2nd Sundays in January, February and March will be in Chicago at the park. January will be | Eric Michalsen | Nov 16, 2008 |
| Meetup Cancelled: Primitive Skills December 3rd Meetup - Hey everybody, Sorry for my inability to control the meetup.com scheduling application. It set us up for a date, time and place I did not choose...and lo and behold people started signing up. So, then I'm thinking..sure, this could be fun, what the | Eric Michalsen | Nov 14, 2008 |
| Upcoming PS Meetup - Hey everybody, Hope everyone is having fun in the pre-holiday, rainy times. Or, as some stock holders say, the "end times". I'm not that dire. I'm not here to talk about stock, bonds or options, but there are some great deals out there | Eric Michalsen | Nov 14, 2008 |
| Remember remember... - Remember remember, the 5th of November... I could go on about my Guy Fawkes affair, but I won't bore you. I will, however, spam you :) Working with a group of closet hackers, we have put together a little site that I | Eric Michalsen | Nov 5, 2008 |
| Did you vote? - With all this electronic voting, where do I write in "Ron Paul"? I received a message from an eagle-eye member who asked if the next date for this meetup is truly the next meeting. Well, it's not. Sorry, but meetup.com has a crazy way | Eric Michalsen | Nov 5, 2008 |
| saturday - Hey everybody, Hope everyone is having a great October and getting ready for our Meetup tomorrow at the new digs. I was able to gather some dogbane in Wisconsin, but not as much as I would have liked, so if you are near some cat tail, milk | Eric Michalsen | Oct 25, 2008 |
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Meetup details changed: Primitive Skills October Meetup - I've updated this Meetup. For more details, see the full listing: http://survivalism.meetup.com/138/calendar/8851231/ We are coming to the city! When: Octo
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Eric Michalsen | Oct 16, 2008 |
| October - Hey everybody! Hope everyone's October moving along just fine, and your candidate is doing well. On that point, I have decided to run for Congress and have created the "Mad As Hell" ticket. If you are in the 14th district, | Eric Michalsen | Oct 12, 2008 |
| Flint Knapping, Hog Hunting, Wild Edibles and ecomonic bailouts.... - So, hows my AIG stock? This Sunday, 1pm at the Red Oak Nature Center we start a journey into flint knapping. For those around last winter you may remember a full day class on this...well, we are re-visiting. What to bring: L | Eric Michalsen | Sep 26, 2008 |
| FW: One Last Push to Save Our State Parks! - FW: One Last Push to Save Our State Parks! Greetings All, I’m not sure if all if you are aware (sorry for the duplicity | Victor Michael | Sep 20, 2008 |
| Earth Building and Cob Plaster Workshop: Oct 4-5 - Join us for fun and learning in the dirt! - Hello Primitive Skills Meetup Folks, I'd like to invite all of you to a Natural Building and Cob Plaster weekend workshop October 4-5. The event is being organized by the local chapter of Architects/Designers/Planners for S | Dan Hatch | Sep 16, 2008 |
| So, anybody go for a swim? - Hey everybody, Hope everyone got through the weekend with minimal mopping, squeegee-ing, shop-vac-ing. The little lady called me Saturday to let me know our new house has 1" in the basement. Well, crap. So I have this old house, el' sp | Eric Michalsen | Sep 15, 2008 |
| urban foraging - Folks, I'm afraid that due to the weather, we will have to cancel today's meet up. Our instructor called this morning, and explained that harvesting roots in soil this wet is not healthy for the landscape, and anything else we colle | Erik Diekman | Sep 13, 2008 |
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Urban Foraging - Hey everybody, Harmony posted a very useful tool for getting to the location tomorrow, however meetup.com mudged the URL. It is http://tripsweb.rtachicago.com/ It st
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Eric Michalsen | Sep 12, 2008 |
| 4 open spots for Urban Foraging! - Quick!! Sign up!! If you RSVP'd "Maybe", make it a "Yes" and go!! If you can't make it, say "No" so others can go! Primitive Skills Specia | Harmony | Sep 12, 2008 |
| Urban Foraging - Hey everybody, Well, can't get coverage for my shift, so take lots of notes. I also bumped it up to 22 to compensate for at least one 'yes' that is a no, but hasn't yet changed it. As some of you know Harmony is in Dallas and her work has h | Eric Michalsen | Sep 11, 2008 |
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