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#137362 - 06/24/08 01:17 AM Re: Carried but not used [Re: nursemike]
ironraven Offline
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*face palm*
*shakes head*

Chewed on. By a cow.

It's either gene mods run mad, or someone passed out in the pasture. *laughs*
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#137365 - 06/24/08 01:27 AM Re: Carried but not used [Re: ironraven]
duckear Offline
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Ol momma cow with a calf can be down right dangerous.

I have had closer run-ins with my cows than my bulls.





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#137451 - 06/24/08 04:13 PM Re: Carried but not used [Re: TeacherRO]
haertig Offline
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Registered: 03/13/05
Posts: 2322
Loc: Colorado
Originally Posted By: TeacherRO
This is a place to note items carried but never used. As in, it might be time to re- think the equipment.
That would be my entire PSK (the Altoids tin pack I take while hiking). Never opened, except to verify everything is in good shape on occasion. I hope things stay like that. The things that I do use regularly are my EDC. That includes a pen, knife, AAA flashlight, money, Tylenol/Advil, cellphone, etc. The EDC stuff that I don't use regularly includes a whistle, a BIC lighter, a P-38 can opener and a very small backup knife. Also, a wallet with useful money, but also with seldom used credit cards, store discount cards, Blockbuster card, etc.

If I were to dump something seldom used from my EDC it would be the backup knife (I always carry a larger main knife), the P-38 and possibly the BIC. The whistle I'd keep for sure. Probably the BIC too, even though it is rarely touched.

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#137455 - 06/24/08 04:34 PM Re: Carried but not used [Re: haertig]
priest Offline
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Registered: 06/20/08
Posts: 16
I try to keep the contents of my mini survival kit in mint condition as well. I check often to make sure all is well but I want the stuff to be in the best shape possible for when I need it in and emergency.

Other than emergency items I try not to carry anything that I don't have a need or use for. I think back up items are good(like matches) and a small back up blade is nice to name a few, but I am carful of overkill.

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#137509 - 06/24/08 11:03 PM Re: Carried but not used [Re: TeacherRO]
Jeanette_Isabelle Offline
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They take up so little space but here they are: knuckle bandages and butterfly closures.

Jeanette Isabelle
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#137518 - 06/24/08 11:41 PM Re: Carried but not used [Re: Jeanette_Isabelle]
wildman800 Offline
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Those come in handy for the areas that they are designed to cover. Nothing else will do as well without bandaging up an entire hand.
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#137519 - 06/24/08 11:50 PM Re: Carried but not used [Re: wildman800]
Jeanette_Isabelle Offline
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Originally Posted By: wildman800
Those come in handy for the areas that they are designed to cover. Nothing else will do as well without bandaging up an entire hand.

I know their intended uses; this topic is about the items we carry but never use. As of June 24, 2008, I have never needed a knuckle bandage nor a butterfly closure, both of which I EDC.

Jeanette Isabelle
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#137523 - 06/25/08 12:24 AM Re: Carried but not used [Re: Jeanette_Isabelle]
wildman800 Offline
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I also EDC those same bandaids and sutures. I'll keep packing them because when you need them, there is no substitute.

I have needed them before,,,maybe it's a guy thing because of the many things that we fool with that women normally don't,,,,I don't know.
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#137531 - 06/25/08 12:57 AM Re: Carried but not used [Re: wildman800]
Jeanette_Isabelle Offline
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Originally Posted By: wildman800
I have needed them before,,,maybe it's a guy thing because of the many things that we fool with that women normally don't,,,,I don't know.

Cars, you mean? I do a few things like change oil but for something more involving I leave it to more capable hands.

Anyway, knuckle bandages and butterfly closures take up almost no space.

Jeanette Isabelle
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