I carry stuff to keep me from being annoyed by life's little mishaps.

- Money - cures most ills, you need at least $100 to really matter
- A decent swiss army knife knife - fixes SO many problems
- A small flashlight (LED only) - so useful in so many ways
- A lighter - even if you don't smoke, a lighter comes in handy for me at least 3 times a week.
- Some sort of writing implent that does not mind rain - a pencil or Industrial sharpie
- Something to make a loud noise - I use a whistle, but a pen cap works too.

I have a few scaleable versions of this setup. Under normal everyday situations, you'll find me with:

A Leatherman Wave - that's my knife of choice, I own two of them, in case I have to fly, I ship one to myself!

An Innova X5 - this is a great light, I use it all the time

A Plain old Bic Lighter

A sharpie (the far superior "Industrial Version", which is not annoyed by water)

I add to this:
- A 4" Crecent Wrench - Because the Leatherman tool can't really handle nuts effectively.

- Two spare CR123 batteries (because you can't always find 123's everywhere)

- A ceramic knife sharpener

- A fox 40 (on my key chain)

To scale my minimal set to even smaller level, here's what I use:

- A "Tinker" SAK
- A Princeton Tec Eclipse LED keycahin light
- A mini-bic lighter
- A ballpoint pen cap on the key chain
- A pencil stub



That's really the core setup - no fishing kits,