Stupid shit you can't live without.

[74 or more]

At the top of my list (will be the fist thing to go if a bug out situation happens) is a nice, clean, private place to take a shit.

Then close behind that is:
Whiskey
Coffee
Rock and roll
Cigars
Coffee
Whiskey

[FlashDaddy]

Tea...The real stuff not the herbal kak that I keep getting told is "Just as good and better for you" Bollocks to that.

It's tea time for me, too. Having a cup right now. Oh, and a little lemon in it too, please.

[ForgeCorvus]

Tea...The real stuff not the herbal kak that I keep getting told is "Just as good and better for you" Bollocks to that.

It's tea time for me, too. Having a cup right now. Oh, and a little lemon in it too, please.

Boiled 'til its orange in a builder's boot and served with yesterday's milk

I can't drink it NATO standard any more

[squinty]

Smokes, "goodies" (like candy), powder for my naughty area.

I have a large stock of monkey butt powder (ok maybe a case and a half on hand), I may start PAW if I run out of it.

Civilization or not my boys will be powdered.

OK ZombieSquad...we need a homemade/field expedient taint powder recipe, stat. Who's got one?

[ForgeCorvus]

Smokes, "goodies" (like candy), powder for my naughty area.

I have a large stock of monkey butt powder (ok maybe a case and a half on hand), I may start PAW if I run out of it.

Civilization or not my boys will be powdered.

OK ZombieSquad...we need a homemade/field expedient taint powder recipe, stat. Who's got one?

I think KathyinFL posted one in one of her stories (Over the Mountain and through the Fire, I think.....The one with Rocky )
Basically its cornstarch maybe with some other stuff in it.... Can't remember ATM

[BlueSilkRibbon]

Smokes, "goodies" (like candy), powder for my naughty area.

I have a large stock of monkey butt powder (ok maybe a case and a half on hand), I may start PAW if I run out of it.

Civilization or not my boys will be powdered.

OK ZombieSquad...we need a homemade/field expedient taint powder recipe, stat. Who's got one?

Corn Starch, thicken up your stew and dust your taint for a buck a box

[smokinbunta]

Smokes, "goodies" (like candy), powder for my naughty area.

I have a large stock of monkey butt powder (ok maybe a case and a half on hand), I may start PAW if I run out of it.

Civilization or not my boys will be powdered.

OK ZombieSquad...we need a homemade/field expedient taint powder recipe, stat. Who's got one?

I think KathyinFL posted one in one of her stories (Over the Mountain and through the Fire, I think.....The one with Rocky )
Basically its cornstarch maybe with some other stuff in it.... Can't remember ATM

I don't know about that man... starch + mositure + taint = balls stuck to legs?

[ForgeCorvus]

I don't know not tried it IRL
Rocky doesn't have jingle-bobs so its not mentioned there either

[WhatThaFrig]

Caffeine! And sugar! Oh, and something to read. Anything, I dont care. I read the cereal box when I'm eating it.

[ForgeCorvus]

........Oh, and something to read. Anything, I dont care. I read the cereal box when I'm eating it.

Oh good........ Its not just me then

[Cockroach]

This!!!

At the top of my list (will be the fist thing to go if a bug out situation happens) is a nice, clean, private place to take a shit.

Then close behind that is:
Earl Grey tea with 2% milk and three packets of equal
Triple espresso with a small dollop of whipped cream
Like the OP, I do very much enjoy using my 2 Q-Tips each morning..one for each ear but the above get preference
The clean, quite private place to take a shit ... most basic civilized need in my opinion

[Eklipsis]

The clean, quite private place to take a shit ... most basic civilized need in my opinion

....and Mountain Dew cant seem to kick the habit

[Frosty709]

Something new for me, this darn iPhone lol.

Also, fresh fruit that doesn't grow here (bananas being a big one).

[Lynn LeFey]

An answer for the horde of Q-tip addicts. I use hair pins (the looped end). I've heard all of the BS about puncturing your eardrum, but I've been using it for about 20 years now, and so far so good. They cost something very close to nothing for a jillion of them, last forever, and are useful for other things. However, to save myself possible problems... USE AT OWN RISK. I'm not responsible if you stab yourself in the brain.

For powders, I'm sure some mix of corn starch, talcum powder, and baking soda would work fine.

I get nasty (MORE nasty?) without caffeine, and I'm not too picky in a pinch. Coffee, with half a teaspoon of sugar is the norm. On the road, I prefer Diet Coke in bottles with screw-on caps. In PAW, I'd much prefer regular Coke, as I doubt being overweight will be an issue. If you are wondering, I don't mean 'coke' in the southern sense, where any soda can be called 'coke'. I mean actual Coca-Cola. I'll drink most any fizzy sugar-water, but prefer Coke. I'll drink black tea willingly, again with half a teaspoon of sugar. Sometimes I get all fancy and put in a little milk.

I like adult beverages, but I can take it or leave it. Sure is nice to get a shot of rum in that Coke, though. It'd probably seem extra-nice in PAW.

MEAT! Seriously, Americans eat a LOT more meat than necessary. My hubby has a medical condition that restricts his protein intake. We eat not-quite-vegetarian here. But, he allows me a sort of 'meat ration' every week. It's usually about one whole-fryer chicken, and a stop at a burger joint. A chicken portioned out over a week should be PLENTY meat, especially adding in a trip to Wendy's for a baconator or some other meat-a-rific horror, but I still want... more... meat! In a PAW situation? Oh.... crap. I'd be chewing on our cat.

In High School, we had a terrible failed trip to the Smokies for hiking, and were forced to hike out. Our stoves failed, and our backups failed, and the charcoal and fire ribbon failed, and we got caught in a sleet storm for several days. We power-hiked out of there, got to a Western Sizzlin' (just about the crappiest 'steak house' ever seen by mankind) and I had what was without a doubt the BEST steak and Coca-Cola of my life. Guess it's all about perspective.

[Kenda]

A soft, quiet spot to read
A paperback book
I'm not sure how I'll handle it in PAW, seems like a cushy, quiet spot with good light will be extermely difficult to find.

Moisturizing soap. I get really itchy, dry, skin in the winter and any kind of natural soap seems to just leave me dry and itchy.

Bit of TMI here - Birth control pills to regulate my wackdoo hormone emotions. If the SHTF, would probably have to switch to a barrier, which would leave me insane 4 days a month.

On the other hand, do you wonder what people did before q-tips?
http://vikinganswerlady.com/hairstyl.shtml#TweezersEtc
About halfwaydown the page you'll see EarSpoons, which would scrape out any matter in your ear, with a rounded edge so as to NOT poke you in the brain. I've also used a bobby-pin loop, but my ears tend to get itchy instead of waxy.

[Lynn LeFey]

I would have mentioned the viking spoon, but someone posted a very similar japanese ear spoon thingy (that there's a technical term!) already.
EDIT: Fourway's post on page one fifth post from bottom.

[Doctorr Fabulous]

Isn't talcum powder the main ingredient in most baby powders? Why not use it solo? Or maybe with some baking powder?

[Oneswunk]

Isn't talcum powder the main ingredient in most baby powders? Why not use it solo? Or maybe with some baking powder?

Cause its nowhere as cool as anti monkey butt powder.


Im going to come up with tactical yam powder... Millions I will make.

[Lynn LeFey]

Isn't talcum powder the main ingredient in most baby powders? Why not use it solo? Or maybe with some baking powder?

Yes, it is. Both Talcum Powder and Corn Starch do about the same thing, to the best of my knowledge (absorb moisture). I'd think you'd want a little baking soda for odor absorption.

Also, I'm not sure if your use of 'Baking Powder' above was just a typo, but Baking Powder and Baking Soda aren't the same thing, and aren't necessarily interchangeable. A quick google search tells me that there are 'acid salts' in baking powder (along with baking soda and a filler like corn starch). I'm not sure how that'd work in body powder. I'll see if I can find something on that, but I would just avoid its use entirely, unless you're sure.

[Jorian]

Speaking as a person who gets to deal with the wax that's been packed&tamped down into a plug resembling concrete against the eardrum by the q-tips (this is the REAL reason we hate them, the puncture thing while possible is not common), that loop thing looks way better. I have improvised something similar (and fully expect to never live down the shame if I do manage to puncture my own ear drum because it's clear that I damn well know better...)

Paper clips are cheap, plentiful and work better than anything else for cleaning earwax. Straighten one side, use the straightened side as the handle, and (carefully) insert the other (U-shaped) end into the ear. "Sweep" and extract huge gobs of disgusting stuff that Q-tips have mushed up against the eardrum and sides of the canal.

Really. Feels great. But don't complain to me if you insert the wrong end and puncture your eardrum.

[duodecima]

Speaking as a person who gets to deal with the wax that's been packed&tamped down into a plug resembling concrete against the eardrum by the q-tips (this is the REAL reason we hate them, the puncture thing while possible is not common), that loop thing looks way better. I have improvised something similar (and fully expect to never live down the shame if I do manage to puncture my own ear drum because it's clear that I damn well know better...)

Paper clips are cheap, plentiful and work better than anything else for cleaning earwax. Straighten one side, use the straightened side as the handle, and (carefully) insert the other (U-shaped) end into the ear. "Sweep" and extract huge gobs of disgusting stuff that Q-tips have mushed up against the eardrum and sides of the canal.

Really. Feels great. But don't complain to me if you insert the wrong end and puncture your eardrum.

That's actually what I use. But like I said, I deserve what I get if I puncture my drum.

[Lynn LeFey]

I avoid paperclips for two reasons: First, I feel the rounded metal doesn't clean as well as the flat metal of a bobbypin, and second, once you bend one, that point that took all the bending is pretty weak (and often brittle, and sometimes break), so they don't tend to hold up. I will use them in a pinch, though. I would consider them good backups, and more useful for a multitude of other things outside of this function than a bobbypin. If you've got boxes of small paperclips, so supply isn't a problem, sure, they're fine.

In the most general sense, you can really use any solid wire. I think I've used 14-gauge copper before (scrap from electrician work on a jobsite).

[moab]

Metamucil, nicotine, splenda, coffee and creamer. And I plan to pack all of them in my INCH bag. Lucky none of those weigh much. Metamucil comes in capsule form now.

It will be a slow withdrawal. LOL!

[iang84]

for me i have a bit of a list-

toilet roll
clean socks
dry clothes
coffee/red bull ( its the caffeine that i need)