Do you have an emergency go bag?
Discussion
Only in Arizona for the Jeep. Mylar blankets, water,flares,knives,innumerable other things is a professionally packed kit. The desert can be very dangerous and many roads are very remote, so it is sensible to have a really good kit.
IN Canada in the winter SUV have just blankets, salt,ice scraper,usual first aid stuff, fire extinguisher. Spare pair of winter boats and a parka.
For everything else there is a credit card.
IN Canada in the winter SUV have just blankets, salt,ice scraper,usual first aid stuff, fire extinguisher. Spare pair of winter boats and a parka.
For everything else there is a credit card.
OP, are you living in a 1980's computer text adventure ?
"You are in a dark wood, there is a Troll here, there are exits to the North and South West"
Command ? INVENTORY
You are carrying
Duck tape
100ft of paracord.
2 t-sts.
4 socks.
Mult tool.
Flares.
£500.
Torch.
Waterproof matches + bit of rubber inner tube for waterproof kindling.
Pen pencil and paper.
Lock picks.
Small FM radio + batterys.
Hip-flask with whisky 50% so it can burn as well.
Super glue.
Spoon.
Sweets and chocolate.
Tiny water filter.
Command ? abduct, tie up, bum and set fire to Troll
"You are in a dark wood, there is a Troll here, there are exits to the North and South West"
Command ? INVENTORY
You are carrying
Duck tape
100ft of paracord.
2 t-sts.
4 socks.
Mult tool.
Flares.
£500.
Torch.
Waterproof matches + bit of rubber inner tube for waterproof kindling.
Pen pencil and paper.
Lock picks.
Small FM radio + batterys.
Hip-flask with whisky 50% so it can burn as well.
Super glue.
Spoon.
Sweets and chocolate.
Tiny water filter.
Command ? abduct, tie up, bum and set fire to Troll
vescaegg said:
Absolutely bizzare OP! But you have been in 15 fires so perhaps not too mental considering!
I don't, although a friend has a "crisis cupboard" with lots of nonperishables, but the idea sounds like a laugh :-) admitting that in any serious situation I'd probably be very dead very quickly regardless of what I had to hand.15 fires though... that does sound like a very worrying common factor. Maybe leave out the whisky, flares and matches.
J4CKO said:
OP, are you living in a 1980's computer text adventure ?
"You are in a dark wood, there is a Troll here, there are exits to the North and South West"
Command ? INVENTORY
You are carrying
Duck tape
100ft of paracord.
2 t-sts.
4 socks.
Mult tool.
Flares.
£500.
Torch.
Waterproof matches + bit of rubber inner tube for waterproof kindling.
Pen pencil and paper.
Lock picks.
Small FM radio + batterys.
Hip-flask with whisky 50% so it can burn as well.
Super glue.
Spoon.
Sweets and chocolate.
Tiny water filter.
Command ? abduct, tie up, bum and set fire to Troll
"You are in a dark wood, there is a Troll here, there are exits to the North and South West"
Command ? INVENTORY
You are carrying
Duck tape
100ft of paracord.
2 t-sts.
4 socks.
Mult tool.
Flares.
£500.
Torch.
Waterproof matches + bit of rubber inner tube for waterproof kindling.
Pen pencil and paper.
Lock picks.
Small FM radio + batterys.
Hip-flask with whisky 50% so it can burn as well.
Super glue.
Spoon.
Sweets and chocolate.
Tiny water filter.
Command ? abduct, tie up, bum and set fire to Troll
You are too weak to take on the troll, you have been bummed.
Command ? DRINK WHISKY.
Good call, if you're going to get bummed you may as well have a drink.
Some chap who lives near me is a prepper, nice chap to talk to
He's often camping out in the woods practicing for when the "s
t hits the fan" as he tells me
They even had a full Xmas dinner up the woods
He enjoys it, which is the main thing.
Makes you see the difference in people, comparing him to an oik who is a career benefit claimer, he'll be prepared and the oik will just expect someone to sort em out
Anyhoo, he always has a bag full of gear even when just popping out for a walk with his dog
He's often camping out in the woods practicing for when the "s
t hits the fan" as he tells meThey even had a full Xmas dinner up the woods
He enjoys it, which is the main thing.
Makes you see the difference in people, comparing him to an oik who is a career benefit claimer, he'll be prepared and the oik will just expect someone to sort em out
Anyhoo, he always has a bag full of gear even when just popping out for a walk with his dog
RDMcG said:
Only in Arizona for the Jeep. Mylar blankets, water,flares,knives,innumerable other things is a professionally packed kit. The desert can be very dangerous and many roads are very remote, so it is sensible to have a really good kit.
IN Canada in the winter SUV have just blankets, salt,ice scraper,usual first aid stuff, fire extinguisher. Spare pair of winter boats and a parka.
For everything else there is a credit card.
What would you use a winter boat for? Would the water not be frozen in winter.IN Canada in the winter SUV have just blankets, salt,ice scraper,usual first aid stuff, fire extinguisher. Spare pair of winter boats and a parka.
For everything else there is a credit card.
i used to have a go bag of sorts hidden away from my house containing credit cards, cash, gold, diamonds, change of clothes, spare passport, spare driving licences, handgun, knife, mobile phone, laptop and keys to a spare car and motorbike left separately elsewhere.
...no sweets, paracord or gaffer tape though
and this wasn't in the uk
...no sweets, paracord or gaffer tape though
and this wasn't in the uk
randomeddy said:
RDMcG said:
Only in Arizona for the Jeep. Mylar blankets, water,flares,knives,innumerable other things is a professionally packed kit. The desert can be very dangerous and many roads are very remote, so it is sensible to have a really good kit.
IN Canada in the winter SUV have just blankets, salt,ice scraper,usual first aid stuff, fire extinguisher. Spare pair of winter boats and a parka.
For everything else there is a credit card.
What would you use a winter boat for? Would the water not be frozen in winter.IN Canada in the winter SUV have just blankets, salt,ice scraper,usual first aid stuff, fire extinguisher. Spare pair of winter boats and a parka.
For everything else there is a credit card.
I don't have a go bag, but I could easily make a go bag up within 5 or 10 minutes if I needed to go somewhere with a bag with those things in it.
What exactly might you want to 'go' away from so quickly?
Other humans acting irrationally, like zombies, looters, Black Friday deal seekers, etc?
What exactly might you want to 'go' away from so quickly?
Other humans acting irrationally, like zombies, looters, Black Friday deal seekers, etc?
mackay45 said:
randomeddy said:
RDMcG said:
Only in Arizona for the Jeep. Mylar blankets, water,flares,knives,innumerable other things is a professionally packed kit. The desert can be very dangerous and many roads are very remote, so it is sensible to have a really good kit.
IN Canada in the winter SUV have just blankets, salt,ice scraper,usual first aid stuff, fire extinguisher. Spare pair of winter boats and a parka.
For everything else there is a credit card.
What would you use a winter boat for? Would the water not be frozen in winter.IN Canada in the winter SUV have just blankets, salt,ice scraper,usual first aid stuff, fire extinguisher. Spare pair of winter boats and a parka.
For everything else there is a credit card.
J4CKO said:
OP, are you living in a 1980's computer text adventure ?
"You are in a dark wood, there is a Troll here, there are exits to the North and South West"
Command ? INVENTORY
You are carrying
Duck tape
100ft of paracord.
2 t-sts.
4 socks.
Mult tool.
Flares.
£500.
Torch.
Waterproof matches + bit of rubber inner tube for waterproof kindling.
Pen pencil and paper.
Lock picks.
Small FM radio + batterys.
Hip-flask with whisky 50% so it can burn as well.
Super glue.
Spoon.
Sweets and chocolate.
Tiny water filter.
Command ? abduct, tie up, bum and set fire to Troll
"You are in a dark wood, there is a Troll here, there are exits to the North and South West"
Command ? INVENTORY
You are carrying
Duck tape
100ft of paracord.
2 t-sts.
4 socks.
Mult tool.
Flares.
£500.
Torch.
Waterproof matches + bit of rubber inner tube for waterproof kindling.
Pen pencil and paper.
Lock picks.
Small FM radio + batterys.
Hip-flask with whisky 50% so it can burn as well.
Super glue.
Spoon.
Sweets and chocolate.
Tiny water filter.
Command ? abduct, tie up, bum and set fire to Troll
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