Sorry, I can't resist educating you neophytes!
In my bug out bag I'll have:
...
Actually, in all seriousness, as bizarre as it sounds, a small jar of vaseline and some cotton balls can serve as a medical salve, as well as a fire starter.
There's
a thread for that.
Warm Vaseline in a vessel about one third to one half full on stove in pan of water on low. When fully liquid add cotton balls until vessel is full.
Emphasis on "in a pan of water".
My 7th grade buddy's grandmother gave him a candle kit for Christmas.
He got that wax melting at her house,
but blew off the double-boiler water bath part...
It exploded on the stove.
She had a
literal heart attack.
I had my oil changed & tires rotated a few weeks ago, guy told me they had to search for the lug key which I leave in the glove box.
My last car the dealership threw on a set of these stupid things,
"for the anti-theftiness".
One time (at Maynard and Lesieur?),
I neglected to give them the sekrit keyed socket.
Rather than disturbing me in the waiting alcove,
they just tore apart the car until they found it,
and left the socket in the cup holder when they were done.
I was all like, "OMG, I'm sorry I didn't give you that".
They were all like, "no sweat".
I asked some Sales/Service Advisor, "how do you like those things?".
He sez, "the crappy socket usually rips apart around the third use".
Next time I gave them the original lug nuts,
and said, "give me the locking nuts".
They're still in my garage.
Ain't nobody got time for that.
Having ingested heaps of garden hose water as a kid I've got one of these, no need to worry about water given the amount of commercial/municipal buildings in my AO.
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See also
this thread.
Humping 45 lbs of backpack without a waist belt is a great workout.
Fail.
Epic Fail.
A hip belt is not a fashion accessory.
As a long-lost article in Outdoors stated,
one of the modern day learnings is that
human shoulders are not made for weight-bearing,
but human hips are perfectly suited for it.
I favor Mountainsmith packs,
which have so many flapping adjustment straps
that you look like a shoggoth hiking along the trail.
The way you put a pack on is to loosen everything,
shrug it on,
tighten the hip belt,
bounce it up and down again and re-tighten the belt,
and only then do the shoulders,
and then the shoulder pitch adjustments and other crapola.
Because a great fraction of the pack's weight
should be born by your pelvic girdle -
not your frigging shoulders.
With my luck you'll now tell me that
your day job is general manager of an REI store or something,
and I'm full of it.
But you've heard my story and I'm sticking with it.
Oh look.
Everything old is new again.
They recycled the article.
AMC Outdoors:
Carry in Comfort: How to Fit a Backpack
...
BACKPACK FIT BASICS
A properly fitting backpack should comfortably transfer approximately 80 percent of its weight to your hips and lower body, 20 percent to the front of your shoulders, and exactly zero to the top of your shoulders. The goal is to carry most of the load on the strong bones and muscles of your lower body, rather than on the easily fatigued muscles of your shoulders and torso.
IT’S ALL IN THE HIPS
A properly fitting waistbelt is crucial for transferring weight to your lower body. When trying on a backpack, first loosen the shoulder straps and position the waistbelt so that the bony knob on top of your hips (the iliac crest) is in the middle of the waistbelt. (Wear pants or shorts akin to what you use hiking; at a minimum take off your belt if you’re wearing one.)
Now, snugly cinch the waistbelt and evaluate it for fit. It should rest flush against your body to evenly distribute weight. ...
I'm sure you can carry more weight further than I can.
But don't screw up your joints or back, or get bursitis,
by "training" to prove you can lug some lead weights around
by hanging them off of the wrong body part.