Keep a tub of watermelon in case youre stuck in a queue

Keep a tub of watermelon in case youre stuck in a queue

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saaby93

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32,038 posts

178 months

Friday 29th July 2016
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Good old beeb
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36885393
nutty-ration-list said:
nutritionist Charlotte Stirling-Reed suggests
'If you can pack a tub of sliced watermelon, that's great for hydration '
woohoo
What do you keep in your glovebox?

Vitorio

4,296 posts

143 months

Friday 29th July 2016
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saaby93 said:
What do you keep in your glovebox?
Insurance papers, manual, that's about it really.

soad

32,882 posts

176 months

Friday 29th July 2016
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Juicy watermelon is great delicious, just not in a glovebox. hehe

Riley Blue

20,949 posts

226 months

Friday 29th July 2016
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I keep a large empty fabric softener bottle (wide neck, large capacity) in case I need a pee.

SuperchargedVR6

3,138 posts

220 months

Friday 29th July 2016
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saaby93 said:
What do you keep in your glovebox?
Cloths for wiping the windscreen.

These media things do make me laugh. Recommending we pack enough provisions to survive the Zombie apocalypse because of traffic jams!

PhillipM

6,517 posts

189 months

Friday 29th July 2016
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You know what else is great for hydration? A bottle of water.

Hoofy

76,341 posts

282 months

Friday 29th July 2016
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saaby93 said:
Good old beeb
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36885393
nutty-ration-list said:
nutritionist Charlotte Stirling-Reed suggests
'If you can pack a tub of sliced watermelon, that's great for hydration '
woohoo
What do you keep in your glovebox?
"Junk food can give you short bursts of energy but it won't be sustained, so you may feel tired and lacking energy fairly quickly," she says.

Why? What will you need the energy for if you're sat in your car going nowhere for 14 hours??

beko1987

1,636 posts

134 months

Friday 29th July 2016
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I rarely get stuck in massive traffic though, my record is about 30 minutes of slow crawling. Won't my tub of watermelon go off and rancid quite quickly? Especially in the heat we have had recently.

What do I do then? Or, sods law, I'll have taken my tub of rotten watermelon slush out, ready to buy a new tub and be caught in a 10 hour holdup in the b4010 en route to the shops to buy some more. It's a loose/loose situation

My glovebox is too full of random crap to fit a tub of fruit in it anyway

soad

32,882 posts

176 months

Friday 29th July 2016
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saaby93 said:
What do you keep in your glovebox?
Duct tape and WD-40.

Shakermaker

11,317 posts

100 months

Friday 29th July 2016
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Did none of you specify the chilled watermelon holder and slicer on your brand new leased Golf R then? More fool you...

fathomfive

9,916 posts

190 months

Friday 29th July 2016
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Shakermaker said:
Did none of you specify the chilled watermelon holder and slicer on your brand new leased Golf R then? More fool you...
How else do the lease deals get so cheap? hehe

Truckosaurus

11,249 posts

284 months

Friday 29th July 2016
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Riley Blue said:
.... (wide neck, large capacity) ....
No-one likes a show off!

Contents of my glovebox:

Manual - unread
A couple of those French breathalizers that weren't needed after all
Biro that has dried out
Charging cables for a phone I no longer use.

gforceg

3,524 posts

179 months

Friday 29th July 2016
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Would it seem odd if I said gloves?

I keep the gizmo for my locking wheel nuts in there wrapped in a piece of kitchen paper.

giblets_

283 posts

111 months

Friday 29th July 2016
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A Horcrux

soad

32,882 posts

176 months

Friday 29th July 2016
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giblets_ said:
A Horcrux
A fan of Harry Potter? wink

SWoll

18,336 posts

258 months

Friday 29th July 2016
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Riley Blue said:
I keep a large empty fabric softener bottle (wide neck, large capacity) in case I need a pee.
wink




giblets_

283 posts

111 months

Friday 29th July 2016
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soad said:
A fan of Harry Potter? wink
Nope. Literally the first word that came to mind.. I was going to make a crude joke mentioning a certain displaced youth in a country close to spain, but figured best not.

Ren Esis

419 posts

138 months

Friday 29th July 2016
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Not read the link, but surely a bottle of water trumps a watermelon for hydration?

In my glovebox, an ancient 10" Samsung netbook and a genuine VCDS cable. Both have a worth of about £350. Used once, but were always left in the car 'just in case'.

Yeah I should probably relocate those, especially since the car they are sat in at the moment is now a BMW laugh

Edited by Ren Esis on Friday 29th July 13:03

RS Grant

1,423 posts

233 months

Friday 29th July 2016
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beko1987 said:
It's a loose/loose situation
True.. people need to tighten up on what essentials they carry in their car. winksmile


Cheers,
Grant

MDMA .

8,884 posts

101 months

Friday 29th July 2016
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soad said:
Duct tape and WD-40.
weekend dogging sessions ?