You bring up a good point here, not just in what a given person carries on a given day, but what a given person CAN carry on a given day, at a given place, for that matter. I consider myself lucky, in that, I live, more or less, out in the sticks. On any given day, a lot of the stuff that I and my neighbors have on our persons or in our vehicles would probably get you an over-night stay in Richie's hotel if we were in Chicago, but here, nobody bats an eye.
Sometimes some of the things that I read that folks carry and call themselve prepared makes me want to laugh, but then I stop to think about the constraints that they might be under, and hey... they're doing the best that they can. I guess I'm lucky to be where I'm at, but as things start to tighten up, Oregon or Alaska are looking better all the time <img src="/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

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