2) What things would you carry with you all the time in order to be prepared for all eventualities? Remember you can only bring as much as you can reasonably carry on a daily basis...
1, winter edition: knife, change, itty bitty notepad, pen/pencil/both, debit card, shoppers card, student ID, leather gloves, keys. Often: hat, laptop, laptop power cord, notebook, black pens, red pens, pencils, erasers, Latin dictionary, textbooks, purse (passport, more pens, more notepaper, driver's licence, health card, photocopies of family passports, epi-pen, ventolin, meds for the crazy, more change, old tests, bus schedule).
1, summer edition: knife, change, itty bitty notepad, pen/pencil/both, debit card, student ID, driver's licence / student ID, keys. Usually: kitbag (hat, sunscreen, bug spray, flashlight, trowel, reinforced gloves, straws, dental picks, scissors, duct tape, line level, plumbob, fluorescent-coloured string, white string, multitool - affectionately called "gimpy" after my prof bent the saw on a tree; I need a new one, rain pants, rain shell, hair ties, epi pen, ventolin, meds for the crazy, dust pan, paintbrush, little paintbrush, kneeler, brick hammer, bright yellow poncho, measuring tape, spoons, grapefruit knife, file, pencil, pencil leads, assorted granola bars, 2L of water), camera, film, passport, health card. Sometimes laptop + cord. Often a large shovel (of doom).
2) If I cannot reasonably solve a problem with the stuff in my kitbag I am probably screwed. I know I need a first aid kit in there, and I'd like a watch, but other than that, I wouldn't be carrying around anything else. I mean, if I knew the revolution was coming I would perhaps pack differently. But with my kitbag I am confident that I can solve most tricky dirty problems, and if you cannot solve a problem with a passport and a debit card, or a shovel and a brickhammer, this is probably a problem you should not be tackling without a tank or bushplane, and/or a standing army.
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Date: 2007-03-08 08:56 pm (UTC)Often: hat, laptop, laptop power cord, notebook, black pens, red pens, pencils, erasers, Latin dictionary, textbooks, purse (passport, more pens, more notepaper, driver's licence, health card, photocopies of family passports, epi-pen, ventolin, meds for the crazy, more change, old tests, bus schedule).
1, summer edition: knife, change, itty bitty notepad, pen/pencil/both, debit card, student ID, driver's licence / student ID, keys.
Usually: kitbag (hat, sunscreen, bug spray, flashlight, trowel, reinforced gloves, straws, dental picks, scissors, duct tape, line level, plumbob, fluorescent-coloured string, white string, multitool - affectionately called "gimpy" after my prof bent the saw on a tree; I need a new one, rain pants, rain shell, hair ties, epi pen, ventolin, meds for the crazy, dust pan, paintbrush, little paintbrush, kneeler, brick hammer, bright yellow poncho, measuring tape, spoons, grapefruit knife, file, pencil, pencil leads, assorted granola bars, 2L of water), camera, film, passport, health card. Sometimes laptop + cord. Often a large shovel (of doom).
2) If I cannot reasonably solve a problem with the stuff in my kitbag I am probably screwed. I know I need a first aid kit in there, and I'd like a watch, but other than that, I wouldn't be carrying around anything else. I mean, if I knew the revolution was coming I would perhaps pack differently. But with my kitbag I am confident that I can solve most tricky dirty problems, and if you cannot solve a problem with a passport and a debit card, or a shovel and a brickhammer, this is probably a problem you should not be tackling without a tank or bushplane, and/or a standing army.
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Date: 2007-03-08 08:58 pm (UTC)(And usually rum?)