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I'm sorry sir but I'm afraid my building melted your Jag

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Over the summer my brother and I attempted to start a campfire without using matches. My brother wanted to start it by rubbing two sticks together. After some research he made a bow selected the right type of sticks and start to furiously twist his stick against the other. After numerous attempts and many hours of rubbing a wisp of smoke was seen and embers started to form. Unfortunately that was as far as it went, eventually frustration built and the stick was last seen flying through the air towards the long undergrowth only to be retrieved and eaten by our parents dog. http://content.artofmanliness.com/uploads/2008/04/bowdrilldemo.gif According to my defeated brother the embers were the wrong colour, they were too brown and therefore not hot enough. I was impressed though, he nearly made fire without the use of any modern techniques. I on the other hand was on to a sure 'fire' technique. I recalled how I used to burn various things in the garden as a kid using a