Ha ha ha ha!!
Welcome aboard, humor is an asset here!

-Blast

You might have to bug a long long long way out...

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Thanks guys! If I had to bug out long-distance, the US would be my destination of choice. Love it.

Actually, despite my low post count, I've been posting here for a few years. I'm just very intermittent, to say the least! <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Coins also have a non-monetary function as well.

On my last backpacking trip I used up all the pennies in my pocket to improvise tie-down points on a space-blanket I used as an additional rain-cover next to my hammock

Note: extra rubber bands are also a wonderful thing!! I wrap them around my lighter, match case, etc just to have on hand.

I keep two quarters in my wilderness PSK. Why? Because I always have <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />. Seriously, I keep them in there because I have this idea that someday I might be in trouble out in the boonies and find an old-style payphone, maybe in some disused ski lodge or gas station or something. I may remove them the next time I do a gear check because I'm not sure how likely such a scenario is anymore.

Also have to add that the roll of quarters in the DW's car came in handy to make change for my DD's girlscout troop cookie selling outings.

(another chance for daddy to come to the rescue! )


That reminds me: I need to replace the roll in her car ASAP!!! <img src="/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

where ever I may be "dumped" , I can find a pay phone or a vending machine. I will have something to munch on and drink!

I also just watched Les Stroud's show "Surviving Urban Disasters" (for the second time) about how to survive flood waters like what was seen in Hurricane Katrina. In it, he busts out a car window using a bunch of coins and keys stuffed into a sock. Another shining example of the virtue of improvisation.

And don't forget cash in your kits -- another useful tool.