Stupid shit you can't live without.

Other provisions not covered above that may make survival easier if your life is tossed out of the norm. This section is for discussing everything from arc welders to underwear.

Moderator: ZS Global Moderators

Re: Stupid shit you can't live without.

Postby AKFTW » Sun Feb 26, 2012 8:39 pm

VinnieD wrote:Electric fan: I am a white noise addict. When the hum stops things get too damn quiet....and then the whispers start.


Me too, I have mild tinnitus and when need to sleep with some sort of noise, or I get the ringing all night :gonk:
docdredd wrote:those pandas need to harden the fuck up

Image

Image
User avatar
AKFTW
* * * * *
 
Posts: 4064
Joined: Tue Dec 08, 2009 11:49 pm
Location: VT

Re: Stupid shit you can't live without.

Postby Caenus » Sun Feb 26, 2012 8:41 pm

Nizorol shampoo. (for dandruff)

Without it my head gets so itchy I nearly go insane. Had to shave my head in Iraq. I'm one of those guys with a funky shaped skull...I look like a Klingon.
"If guns kill people, then I can blame mispelled words on my pencil." - Larry the Cable Guy

Check out my Zombie Novels!; Phoenix Rising; ...and the sequel: Through the Ashes
Caenus
ZS Member
ZS Member
 
Posts: 3300
Joined: Fri Aug 24, 2007 7:56 pm
Location: Arizonastan

Re: Stupid shit you can't live without.

Postby charlie rain » Sun Feb 26, 2012 8:48 pm

echo2 wrote:toilet paper....


when we were in baghdad, we had two unnecessary canteen pouches because of our issued camelbaks. once was for night vision, the other was for a roll of TP.
Theres a time to pray and theres a time to fight.
Anything can be a weapon if you're holding it right.
User avatar
charlie rain
 
Posts: 15
Joined: Tue Mar 30, 2010 10:31 am
Location: St Louis, MO

Re: Stupid shit you can't live without.

Postby Foxy » Mon Feb 27, 2012 1:29 am

Gloves! I have no idea why but despite the rest of my body staying toasty warm in whatever I'm wearing my hands always end up freezing, reducing my dexterity and generally making me miserable.

And as many have said nicotine, generally in the form of chew, If someone wanted to tear through a building of zombies and rescue the person inside all they would need to do is hide my can of dip and say the person inside had it. :P
User avatar
Foxy
* *
 
Posts: 126
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2010 6:08 am

Re: Stupid shit you can't live without.

Postby deltagreen451 » Mon Feb 27, 2012 1:57 am

Nutella. :oops:
User avatar
deltagreen451
*
 
Posts: 52
Joined: Tue Dec 02, 2008 1:15 am
Location: On the Global Frequency

Re: Stupid shit you can't live without.

Postby ForgeCorvus » Tue Feb 28, 2012 6:43 pm

deltagreen451 wrote:Nutella. :oops:

Me too.......How the hell could I forget to mention that :oops: :oops:
I'm English, our Government doesn't trust us to have real guns........or decent pocket knives for that matter
Good job theres no such thing as a Trebuchet licence :D

Image




Winner, PMBoB

ZS:X- Its time to top Zed and drink Earl Grey... And we're all out of lemon
User avatar
ForgeCorvus
ZS Member
ZS Member
 
Posts: 1326
Joined: Wed Sep 23, 2009 3:59 pm
Location: Darkest Norfolk

Re: Stupid shit you can't live without.

Postby ppfd » Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:27 pm

Amazing! Seems like we all enjoy the same pleasures.

Dental floss, I'd tell you who killed the Lindburg baby, where Jimmy Hoffa is and if D.B. Cooper survived just to get my floss!!!! :lol:
ppfd
* *
 
Posts: 146
Joined: Tue Jun 03, 2008 4:36 pm
Location: WV

Re: Stupid shit you can't live without.

Postby fourway » Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:34 pm

skelco wrote:
fourway wrote:nicotine

the ultimate cold turkey!


I have no problem quitting.
If I could function without nicotine I'd quit today and never look back.

I was nic free for most of a decade.
If I knew then what I know now I never would have quit.
Shumway's Law: Bleeding will always stop on its own eventually
User avatar
fourway
* *
 
Posts: 251
Joined: Thu Jun 24, 2010 3:41 pm
Location: New York's Mid Hudson Valley

Re: Stupid shit you can't live without.

Postby MaconCJ7 » Wed Feb 29, 2012 3:33 am

fourway wrote:I have no problem quitting.
If I could function without nicotine I'd quit today and never look back
.

I was nic free for most of a decade.
If I knew then what I know now I never would have quit.



Huh? You would quit if you could function without it because you have no problem quitting. And you never would have quit in the first place if you knew what? I understand you went through a period of tobacco free life, then you started again. Cool. I just don't understand anything else going on right now.
Image
User avatar
MaconCJ7
ZS Member
ZS Member
 
Posts: 1862
Joined: Fri Feb 18, 2011 7:28 am

Re: Stupid shit you can't live without.

Postby fourway » Wed Feb 29, 2012 5:51 am

MaconCJ7 wrote:
fourway wrote:I have no problem quitting.
If I could function without nicotine I'd quit today and never look back
.

I was nic free for most of a decade.
If I knew then what I know now I never would have quit.



Huh? You would quit if you could function without it because you have no problem quitting. And you never would have quit in the first place if you knew what? I understand you went through a period of tobacco free life, then you started again. Cool. I just don't understand anything else going on right now.


My chemical dependence on nicotine did not go away with time.
I just got used feeling awful.
Shumway's Law: Bleeding will always stop on its own eventually
User avatar
fourway
* *
 
Posts: 251
Joined: Thu Jun 24, 2010 3:41 pm
Location: New York's Mid Hudson Valley

Re: Stupid shit you can't live without.

Postby Whiskey » Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:20 am

Gotta have chew and whiskey... at least whiskey I am pretty sure I could figure out in the PAW.
ZSC:034 Kansas City
Fightin' 34th "Guardians of the Frontier!"
Chapter President
User avatar
Whiskey
ZS Member
ZS Member
 
Posts: 995
Joined: Thu Jan 29, 2009 6:39 pm
Location: KC, MO

Re: Stupid shit you can't live without.

Postby Krustofski » Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:24 am

I'd have a hard time without coffee and the internet.

Also, a +1 on Q-tips. I once forgot to bring some to scout camp. Ended up improvising with a cotton tshirt over the blunt end of a pencil (careful not to puncture any eardrums, mkay?).
Off the internet until further notice.
User avatar
Krustofski
* * * * *
 
Posts: 1417
Joined: Mon Oct 05, 2009 2:40 pm
Location: The Teutonic Woodlands

Re: Stupid shit you can't live without.

Postby bigmattdaddywack » Wed Feb 29, 2012 12:03 pm

Whiskey wrote:Gotta have chew and whiskey... at least whiskey I am pretty sure I could figure out in the PAW.

Never would have guessed that Whiskey. I can not drink but I have been thinking about making whiskey. I think it would be a good skill and interesting to do. I believe you are allowed to make a certain amount for personal use. It will be clear due to the lack of aging.
User avatar
bigmattdaddywack
ZS Member
ZS Member
 
Posts: 1606
Joined: Sat Oct 24, 2009 4:00 pm
Location: St. Louis, Missouri

Re: Stupid shit you can't live without.

Postby taz-hein » Wed Feb 29, 2012 12:15 pm

bigmattdaddywack wrote:
Whiskey wrote:Gotta have chew and whiskey... at least whiskey I am pretty sure I could figure out in the PAW.

Never would have guessed that Whiskey. I can not drink but I have been thinking about making whiskey. I think it would be a good skill and interesting to do. I believe you are allowed to make a certain amount for personal use. It will be clear due to the lack of aging.


------------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://homedistiller.org/intro/faq

2) Is it legal ?

Probably not. It is only legal in New Zealand, and some European countries turn a blind eye to it, but elsewhere it is illegal, with punishment ranging from fines to imprisonment or floggings. This action against it is usually the result of either religous beliefs (right or wrong), but more generally due to the great revenue base it provides Governements through excise taxes. So if you are going to distil, just be aware of the potential legal ramifications.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

very sad state of the country. can't make what George Washington made. the very reason that whiskey is popular is the British embargo of caribbean sugar use to make rum. I've read that if you buy a commercial distiller that they are required to send your name to the ATF and they will come knock on your door just to make sure you aren't distilling evil alcohol.
User avatar
taz-hein
ZS Member
ZS Member
 
Posts: 131
Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:15 am
Location: L.A. (Which is in California)

Re: Stupid shit you can't live without.

Postby Rivers2Gates » Wed Feb 29, 2012 12:19 pm

Wouldn't necessarily say it's stupid sh*t, but I'd be missing a big medium rare steak after a few weeks/months/years of eating rice and beans every day....

And God help me without beer or anything I could smoke on to relax after a stressful day of survival...
"Attempting to debate with a person who has abandoned reason is like giving medicine to the dead.”
[Thomas Paine]

"I may be drunk now, but in the morning I'll be sober... you'll still be ugly."
[Winston Churchill]
User avatar
Rivers2Gates
 
Posts: 19
Joined: Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:04 am
Location: North Carolina

Re: Stupid shit you can't live without.

Postby ausher » Wed Feb 29, 2012 1:17 pm

I broke my droid razer. itll be tough, but i think i can survive till the replacement arrives tomorrow...
A good friend will help you move... A great friend will help you move the bodies!
Image
User avatar
ausher
ZS Member
ZS Member
 
Posts: 855
Joined: Tue Sep 07, 2010 4:02 pm
Location: neia

Re: Stupid shit you can't live without.

Postby kbilly84 » Wed Feb 29, 2012 1:46 pm

A good, stiff drink when times get rough.
Coffee and Smokes on the days of the week that end in "y"
Hot shower/Cold rinse when I'm feeling particularly nasty.

Oh yeah, Q tips for me too.

I'd like to think I'm resourceful/prepared to enough to work out alternatives for the first three. But Q-tips? That might suck really bad, really fast.
/scrambles to think of ways to add them to my gear...

As long as I am busy with other things, I don't see myself missing TV or the internets. They're really just a way for me to kill time. Except ZS of course. :wink:
Last edited by kbilly84 on Wed Feb 29, 2012 2:56 pm, edited 1 time in total.
"An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life."
-Robert A. Heinlein
User avatar
kbilly84
ZS Member
ZS Member
 
Posts: 1166
Joined: Thu Jul 07, 2011 8:24 am
Location: Planet Earth (or so I'm told)

Re: Stupid shit you can't live without.

Postby The Commander » Wed Feb 29, 2012 2:07 pm

Coffee and Juicy Fruit. I think I should go to Sams Club and get a few cases of Juicy Fruit for the PAW now that I think about it. :o
Image
User avatar
The Commander
* *
 
Posts: 253
Joined: Fri Feb 15, 2008 3:11 am
Location: Houston- can't escape the sprawl

Re: Stupid shit you can't live without.

Postby ninja-elbow » Wed Feb 29, 2012 7:54 pm

Smokes, "goodies" (like candy), powder for my naughty area.
President ZSC011
Part Viking, Part Siamese
User avatar
ninja-elbow
ZS Global Moderator
ZS Global Moderator
 
Posts: 14126
Joined: Sun May 13, 2007 12:39 pm
Location: Portland, OR

Re: Stupid shit you can't live without.

Postby kbilly84 » Thu Mar 01, 2012 1:14 pm

Oh yeah, Definitely powder. That's a must-have
"An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life."
-Robert A. Heinlein
User avatar
kbilly84
ZS Member
ZS Member
 
Posts: 1166
Joined: Thu Jul 07, 2011 8:24 am
Location: Planet Earth (or so I'm told)

Re: Stupid shit you can't live without.

Postby zombehboy » Thu Mar 01, 2012 2:25 pm

nicotine. i can go awhile without it but after a few days i'm dragged the fuck out.
zombehboy
 
Posts: 4
Joined: Thu Mar 01, 2012 2:19 pm

Re: Stupid shit you can't live without.

Postby Mr.Rogers » Thu Mar 01, 2012 5:09 pm

I would really miss rock star energy drinks (sugar free) I know I can make it with out them. But they really make mornings so much easier. :oops:
Mr.Rogers
User avatar
Mr.Rogers
*
 
Posts: 73
Joined: Wed Apr 29, 2009 4:16 pm
Location: Living in Washington the state

Re: Stupid shit you can't live without.

Postby Oneswunk » Thu Mar 01, 2012 5:31 pm

ninja-elbow wrote: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. :D
KEEPER OF THE MEATWORLD SPICEWEASEL.
JoergS wrote:The power of 30 English longbowmen, at your fingertips... sweet.

Vicarious_Lee wrote:I have boners in places I didn't even know I had dicks. :D :D :D

My B.O.A.T
My jeep build
My FAKs
Image
User avatar
Oneswunk
* * * * *
 
Posts: 8129
Joined: Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:18 pm
Location: Delaware county PA

Re: Stupid shit you can't live without.

Postby smokinbunta » Thu Mar 01, 2012 6:39 pm

COLD beer... i just don't drink liquor much, and it doesn't satisfy my thirst like beer does(i know it doesnt ACTUALLY quench thirst..but the feeling of it)

TP (tho a pretty eccential thing if u ask me..)
Image
User avatar
smokinbunta
ZS Member
ZS Member
 
Posts: 611
Joined: Sat May 14, 2011 4:02 pm
Location: South KC

PreviousNext

Return to Other Gear

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 6 guests