Ray fucking Mears.

[Utopia]

Reminds me of watching some show on Discovery where a guy took apart a video camera to get to the lens so he could start a fire. Now, what's more useful to take with you into the wilderness, a box of matches that can slip in your pocket, or a hulking great video camera?

Perhaps he was demonstrating that if you kept a lens with you(just the lens mind, NOT the complete camara) instead of matches which may get wet, you can always start a fire ??, I dunno?

 

[EastEnder]

he is very camp though, prancing around the place in those little shorts, the tease....

Maybe that's it - Dub's using Ray's spoon carving antics as an excuse to hide the fact that he's embarrassed about having a bit of a crush on him.

Easily solved - just get PieEye to wear some khaki shorts and drink her own freshly boiled urine straight from the "billy can".

Sorted.

 

[onenameshelley]

I used to hate watching him but as i have gotten older i can appreciate it a bit more but there are two things that always stick in mind about our Mr. Mears. The fact that in a really really old episode he was sitting rambling on about he liked wearing green which made me laugh for ages and the fact that no matter how long he is in the jungle for he never gets any thinner?? I mean you would lose weight just from lugging stuff through the jungle and from dehydration surely? But there he is, our chunky little explorer trundling about eating grubs and ants, bending down to do his whittling with those shorts that are a wee bit snug. Good old ray he not only teaches nannies to suck eggs but native tribesman how to start a fire without a bic

 

[ICB]

Ray Mears has become Roman Ears, or Romaniers, in our house, thanks to our eldest lad's take on it.

I conjecture the tubbiness can be explained by the fact that Ray likes his beers

Spoon carving is an essential survival skill as you never know how many native folks are going to show up for ant stew and you want to be able to confuse all of them with the concept of cutlery.

 

[EastEnder]

Spoon carving is an essential survival skill as you never know how many native folks are going to show up for ant stew and you want to be able to confuse all of them with the concept of cutlery.

You mean like when he goes outback in the West Country?

 

[ICB]

You mean like when he goes outback in the West Country?

Nah, wescunry folk know how to use a spoon, just not allowed near sharp edges is all.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Much as I like Ray Mears I would much prefer it if they dropped him in the middle of nowhere with nothing.

I'd like to know how to survive if I got blasted out of a plane/shipwrecked etc. and I DIDN'T have an axe/machete or even a wooden spoon

 

[EastEnder]

I'd like to know how to survive if I got blasted out of a plane

I'm guessing maybe a parachute might be the first thing that would spring to mind......

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I'm guessing maybe a parachute might be the first thing that would spring to mind......

Nope, no parachute either as you'd be able to make rope/tent out of that

Imagine the plane landed softly on the water and you were the only survivor because everyone else drowned and so did the plane so you couldn't recover anything from the plane?

 

[EastEnder]

Imagine the plane landed softly on the water and you were the only survivor because everyone else drowned and so did the plane so you couldn't recover anything from the plane?

Not likely, I'm afraid.

It's a bit of a myth that a plane can land on water - unless it's a sea plane, obviously.

The Boeing 777 has a stall speed of 172mph - any slower and it can't maintain level flight, even if gliding. So even if the pilot is shit hot, the water flat calm, and there are no rocks or suchlike, your 200 tons of aeroplane is still going to hit the water at 172mph or faster. That's not a "landing", it's a "smashing to smithereens".....

So, like I said, you ain't going to be a survivor without a parachute.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Not likely, I'm afraid.

It's a bit of a myth that a plane can land on water - unless it's a sea plane, obviously.

The Boeing 777 has a stall speed of 172mph - any slower and it can't maintain level flight, even if gliding. So even if the pilot is shit hot, the water flat calm, and there are no rocks or suchlike, your 200 tons of aeroplane is still going to hit the water at 172mph or faster. That's not a "landing", it's a "smashing to smithereens".....

So, like I said, you ain't going to be a survivor without a parachute.

ah, ya fucking nitpicker

What IF....

your plane crashed in the Andes and you flew out the back and were alone and nowhere near any wreckage to use as tools?

 

[EastEnder]

What IF....

your plane crashed in the Andes and you flew out the back and were alone and nowhere near any wreckage to use as tools?

I'd write a stern letter of complaint to the airline in question.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I'd write a stern letter of complaint to the airline in question.

hah Knew you'd be stuck on that one

 

[nick1181]

I wonder what Mears take on all this is.


OH GOD!!! WHAT IF THEY'RE THE SAME PERSON!?!??!

(earth changes axis)

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Not likely, I'm afraid.

So, like I said, you ain't going to be a survivor without a parachute.

"Vesna Vulović (born 3rd January 1950) holds the Guinness Book of Records world record for surviving the highest fall without a parachute: 10,160 meters (33,000 feet).

The fall occurred on January 26, 1972, over Srbská Kamenice in Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic). Émigré Croat terrorists (Ustaša) had placed a bomb on board JAT Yugoslav Flight 364. The explosion tore the DC-9-32 to pieces, but Vulović survived. She remained strapped into her flight attendant's seat in the tail section of the plane, which remained attached to the washrooms. The assembly struck the snow-covered flank of a mountain."

 

[EastEnder]

"Vesna Vulovic (born 3rd January 1950) holds the Guinness Book of Records world record for surviving the highest fall without a parachute: 10,160 meters (33,000 feet).

The fall occurred on January 26, 1972, over Srbská Kamenice in Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic). Émigré Croat terrorists (Ustaša) had placed a bomb on board JAT Yugoslav Flight 364. The explosion tore the DC-9-32 to pieces, but Vulovic survived. She remained strapped into her flight attendant's seat in the tail section of the plane, which remained attached to the washrooms. The assembly struck the snow-covered flank of a mountain."

I didn't say it was impossible, just unlikely.

Besides, you were referring to landing on water. When that happens, the plane tends to catch a wing tip in the water, causing it to cartwheel violently, resulting in a crash that's often more extreme than if it'd crashed on land.....

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I didn't say it was impossible, just unlikely.

Besides, you were referring to landing on water. When that happens, the plane tends to catch a wing tip in the water, causing it to cartwheel violently, resulting in a crash that's often more extreme than if it'd crashed on land.....

Yes, but you might crash near a tropical island (or blow up) and land in a coconut tree which cushions your fall


(and then you may be killed by a taller coconut tree depositing a coconut on your head)

 

[thefuse]

Not likely, I'm afraid.

It's a bit of a myth that a plane can land on water - unless it's a sea plane, obviously.

The Boeing 777 has a stall speed of 172mph - any slower and it can't maintain level flight, even if gliding. So even if the pilot is shit hot, the water flat calm, and there are no rocks or suchlike, your 200 tons of aeroplane is still going to hit the water at 172mph or faster. That's not a "landing", it's a "smashing to smithereens".....

So, like I said, you ain't going to be a survivor without a parachute.

what about all those survivors on that 'lost' documentary?

 

[sheothebudworths]

It's 'Ray Mears Day' on UK History tv today....I've been watching since 7am (even though I've seen them all before - and most of them, more than once)....