at which point I thought, "Well, crap, now they can't use them anymore!"

So did I. (Though I admit I didnt' think of the non-key having until I read the recap, which made me laugh even harder at it.)

I think we should maroon Hec on a deserted island and see whether he practices what he preaches.

Oh, Hec is true to his word. Frock-coated dudes never fail.

Lieutenant Falafel, t sticks tounge out at SA , however, has not made his need for resources public, so I got a bad Lieutenant Falafel, right here.

Is Hurley in on the Transmitter Conspiracy? Because while he may have noticed Captain FalafelSayid fiddling with parts, he may not have realized that he's using up stuff that may be vital to being rescued.

Another reason why keeping all the maroonees in the dark about the Mysterious Transmission o' Mysterious Doom may not be a wise idea.

Heh, Gus. Cross-posted. Poor Hurley, in the dark.

I have to give some props to DavidS' position, though. I think that Advisor Locke should have been pushing for resource consolidation before now.

I wondered where they got the axe.

I assume it's a fire axe of some kind...?

I was kind of hoping someone clever would fashion one out of a piece of fuselage or the like... Eventually something like Gunn's axe, even.

I would definitely figure out a way to build a forge eventually, what with all that nice metal to work with. At least make a piece of the wreckage into an anvil

And the landing gear? Parts for a water wheel. That and some wiring stripped out from the wreckage and some magnetite, I could make a crude generator. Heck there might even be magnets scavengable from the cockpit equipment. Maybe even servos.

Then lights from parts of the fuselage that wasn't burned, and I'd be in Macgyvering heaven.

I wondered where they got the axe.

Me too! I thought I'd missed some sort of explanation.

I assume it's a fire axe of some kind...?

Good point...wait, do they have those In Case of Fire Break Glass dealies on planes?

from sumi's link:

"I'm kind of looking forward to the first time someone comes up to me on the street and says, 'Oh, you speak English so well.' "

..then there will be the "Ever watched Angel, BITCH?" comment. We loves the sumi restraint, we does.

Good point...wait, do they have those In Case of Fire Break Glass dealies on planes?

Not so much. The plate reads: "Touch this, and the Sky Marshalls will rain death on yo' Arab ass, dimwit."

I wondered where they got the axe.

Federal Aviation Regulations
§ 125.207 Emergency equipment requirements:
(a) No person may operate an airplane having a seating capacity of 20 or more passengers unless it is equipped with the following emergency equipment:
...(2) A crash axe carried so as to be accessible to the crew but inaccessible to passengers during normal operations.

[link]

IIRC, it is a hand axe stowed in the cockpit, so the full-size axe should be written off as creative license.

edited to cite a better reference

OMG JJ READ THE FED AVIATION THINGY