Emergency Kit

[Joy Beeson]

I took a paper towel out of my teeny saddlebag on my previous ride.

Replacing it today led to re-organizing my entire saddlebag, and
discovering that I'm carrying around a bunch of stuff I'd forgotten
having, some of which could have saved my bacon if I'd remembered that
I had it.

Perhaps I should type up an inventory and carry it in my wallet.

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I do wish I could remember to date things that I put away to edit
later.

--
Joy Beeson
joy beeson at centurylink dot net
http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/

[pH]

On 2024-02-13, Joy Beeson <jbe...@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:
>
> I took a paper towel out of my teeny saddlebag on my previous ride.
>
> Replacing it today led to re-organizing my entire saddlebag, and
> discovering that I'm carrying around a bunch of stuff I'd forgotten
> having, some of which could have saved my bacon if I'd remembered that
> I had it.
>
> Perhaps I should type up an inventory and carry it in my wallet.
>
> -------
>
> I do wish I could remember to date things that I put away to edit
> later.
>

I'm in the same boat, Joy.

There is little utility in a dried up tube of tire patch glue!

I also need to get a spare $20 bill to stuff into the kit someday--but being
married, that is not likely to occur w/ no offense to your people.

But have you noticed that $20 is no longer what it used to be?

pH in Aptos

[Joy Beeson]

On Thu, 15 Feb 2024 17:06:50 -0000 (UTC), pH <wNOS...@gmail.org>
wrote:

> But have you noticed that $20 is no longer what it used to be?

Who could fail to notice?

When I was first married, I would write a check for ten dollars
whenever I bought groceries, and the change was my walking-around
money.

Today I have twenty-two dollars in my wallet, and regard myself as
completely out of cash.

[Stephen Harding]

On 2/17/24 12:19 PM, Joy Beeson wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Feb 2024 17:06:50 -0000 (UTC), pH <wNOS...@gmail.org>
> wrote:
>
>> But have you noticed that $20 is no longer what it used to be?
>
> Who could fail to notice?
>
> When I was first married, I would write a check for ten dollars
> whenever I bought groceries, and the change was my walking-around
> money.
>
> Today I have twenty-two dollars in my wallet, and regard myself as
> completely out of cash.
>

If anyone has XM Satillite Radio, there is an old time radio channel
that plays shows from the 30's, 40's, 50's and up to 1962 when radio
shows largely went off the air due to TV.

I love listening to a popular show called "Johnny Dollar" who is an
independent insurance investigator who is known by insurance companies
to "pad" his expense records.

Wow! Air fare from Hartford to Los Angeles, $170 (I don't exactly
remember the real amounts but the prices I state are just crazy low by
today's standards, even taking into effect inflation). Four drinks at a
bar for a potential witness and himself, $4.50. A dinner for two in New
York for $12.00. Taxi ride from New York airport to New Jersey ($4.50);
fill up his rented car ($25 for the car) with gas, $3.50, and on and on
it goes.

I just laugh and wish the "good ol' days were still around (to some extent).


SMH

[Jeff Liebermann]

On Mon, 12 Feb 2024 22:15:38 -0500, Joy Beeson
<jbe...@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:
>I took a paper towel out of my teeny saddlebag on my previous ride.
>
>Replacing it today led to re-organizing my entire saddlebag, and
>discovering that I'm carrying around a bunch of stuff I'd forgotten
>having, some of which could have saved my bacon if I'd remembered that
>I had it.
>
>Perhaps I should type up an inventory and carry it in my wallet.

I have a similar problem. My EDC (every day carry) kit is in
perpetual disarray. My "grab and go" kit tends to be neglected. Lists
are nice, but I prefer photos. Photo of what I carry in a plastic
ammunition box in my car:
<https://photos.app.goo.gl/7qQjGnDHRLk1LwbR8>
I don't do any cycling these days. However, when I did, I subsisted
on a few tools, a few spare parts, a partial roll of toilet paper,
spare eyeglasses and a spare inner tube. Basically, everything that I
knew that could NOT be easily scrounged from other riders or nearby
stores. A 5x7" print of the contents doubles as scratch paper.

While all this planning and organization should be useful in an
emergency, it is important to remember where I put the kit. When we
had to evacuate during the CZU fire:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CZU_Lightning_Complex_fires>
I couldn't find where I had buried my "grab and go" kit. It would
have been very useful when I ended up camping in my empty former
office. Everything is now in cardboard boxes and piled near a
doorway.

If you need some ideas, this might help:
<https://www.google.com/search?q=everyday+carry+kit&tbm=isch>
<https://www.google.com/search?q=everyday+carry+kit&tbm=isch>
Yes, it's overkill and no, you don't need to become a survivalist.
--
Jeff Liebermann je...@cruzio.com
PO Box 272 http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Ben Lomond CA 95005-0272
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

[pH]

"Your's Truly, Johnny Dollar". Fibber McGee and Molly, Jack Benny, X-1, Our
Miss Brooks...many more....we are blessed to have a local non-profit radio
station that has a show called "The Golden Age of Radio" for three hours on
Tuesdays.

We actually have *5* non-profit radio stations in the area. I really notice
it when I'm out of the area.

pH in Aptos

[pH]

Wow, a very complete collection of goods which would be a good start on dry
goods store.

I noticed that foodstuffs were noticably absent. I'm guessing that there is
a separate photo that addresses this side of things? (My wife would require
coffee in any event.) Something not perishable w/ lots of calories...a jar
of peanut butter, perhaps? Not so tempting, but calorie-rich.

pH