CAMPING TIPS When using a public campground, a tuba placed on your picnic table will keep the campsites on either side vacant. Lint from your navel makes a handy fire starter. Warning: Remove lint from navel before applying the match. Take this simple test to see if you qualify for solo camping. Shine a flashlight into one ear. If the beam shines out the other ear, it is OK to go into the woods alone. You can start a fire without matches by eating Mexican food, then breathing on a pile of dry sticks. In an emergency, a drawstring from a parka hood can be used to strangle a snoring tent mate. -=+=- "COME AGAIN? A husband had always been disdainful of people who, in his estimation, talk too much. Recently he proudly told his wife he'd heard that men use 2200 words a day, while women use 4400. The wife pondered that a moment, then concluded, "That's because women have to repeat everything they say to their husbands." He looked up and asked, "Come again?"