Light my fire!!

I was looking for something to do yesterday and ultimately decided to burn up some extra kindling that had been in the garage for a couple years.  It was in a small wheelbarrow that could probably be used better elsewhere.  Someone was thoughtful enough to give me a cool little flint steel fire starter that I was interested in checking out.  A good friend let me in on the tip about rubbing petroleum jelly into cotton balls and using them for starting a fire.  He told me to keep a bunch in a ziplock bag in case of an emergency.  I arranged the kindling in our little firepit and placed the greased up cottonball on some dry leaves and after two strikes I had fire.  I took much pride in knowing that I was getting better at one of the basic survival skills that might come in handy in the future.