I'm not sure if this has been mentioned before, it kind of sounds familiar. But I just started getting a newspaper subscription and now I always seem to have one with me. Its a useful accessory. Kind of like a solid bandanna. Besides the mundane, like reading it when you're bored or writing on it. You can fold or roll it up to make a splint, fill your clothes with it for insulation, or lay it down on the ground to sit on, to insulate you. For something so innocuous, it has an incredible amount of potential.