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hobbitboy
11-08-2004, 22:49
Does anyone take would could be called "comforters" when goin outdoors? I dont mean special fancy bits of kit but more something that reminds you of home (i do spot the certain irony in that) or good luck charms? I generally carry a set of five "poker" dice which my Da gave me. No particular reasonin behind it.
Also does anyone carry instruments? Harmonicas? Tin Whistles? Etc...
ahh! buggah! i cn't remeber the exact quote about the koosy oonek? or something, schwert will know. but a comforter, good luck charm, medicine bag, or whatever you call it.
once upon a time mine was a porcelain teacup and saucer i'd liberated from the officers mess, it used to upset people no end, a great morale booster, drinking from a porcelain cup and saucer in the field....
cheers, and.
The General
12-08-2004, 00:08
Mine would be a SAK... Don't leave home without it! Its practical I know... But it makes me feel better! :wink:
mojofilter
12-08-2004, 04:49
cigarettes and alchohol, and an accoustic guitar if setting out in the boat.
stuarty
RovingArcher
12-08-2004, 06:14
I keep a small leather pouch on my person at all times that contains little things I've found on my travels during my life. A for instance is a seals tooth that I found on a beach in Oregon when the wife and I were traveling up the coast to the Canadian border and then back to California. Just a little reminder of the two weeks we shared together.
Sometimes a didgeridoo (proper name a yidaki). I can't play that well at all but what I can do withit I find really pleasing and fun!
I like to carry a bag of "scratch" with me - mainly because you can make anything from it!
Whilst in Africa I carried a small bag of sheep's fleece soaked in citronella - as well as reminding me of home (some how!) it also kept the nasty flies away!!!
Ok, I'll ask, whats scratch and what do you make with it ? .
Royal Green Jackets zippo that I found in a shell scrape on exercise once (along with a Pioneer Corp cap badge).
Nothing. I learned 20 years ago whilst at boarding school, that things can be taken away from you, but what's inside can't be*. So I keep my "comforters" in my head.
*Actually, they can. Sometimes something hurts you so badly that even your innermost sanctuary, the one that had been your only refuge from a world you found unsafe and friendless, is shattered beyond repair. But that's another story.
I carry a small smooth pebble that I found on a beach in Wales.
I have 2 items (if that's allowed):
A coffee filter cup - can't live without fresh coffee
and a small Sony digital world-band radio
Both are dear to me as they have seen me through bad times in exercises and operations all over the world. There's nothing like hunkering down in poor and dangerous conditions with a nice cup of coffee and the BBC World Service: I have a particular occasion in mind from last year and it was a real morale booster for our small team.
TheViking
12-08-2004, 20:06
Hi...
A lot of small sugar bags... :o): The small ones you put in coffee and can get for free on planes and trains. :wink:
Ok, I'll ask, whats scratch and what do you make with it ? .
Oh dear :roll:
Scratch is a mythological bag of stuff which, as the addage goes, you can make anything from...
"You can make anything from scratch"
:lol:
BorderReiver
13-08-2004, 20:02
I always carry my SAK;I feel "vulnerable" without it. :roll:
It is actualy a comforter as it has been so useful on so many occasions to make my life more comfortable. :-P
TheViking
13-08-2004, 20:06
The sleeping bag is also a great winner! :biggthump Though it's a little big comforter... :wink:
steven andrews
14-08-2004, 10:57
24 cans of Stella. I like the weight, it takes me back to my time in the army. :yup:
24 cans of Stella. I like the weight, it takes me back to my time in the army. :yup:
Does it get lighter as you go along?
Tantalus
15-08-2004, 14:31
i like to take my pipes when out in the woods
nothing quite like an evening in front of a campfire smoking my favourite
funnily enough i dont really smoke em when i'm in the house
and before ya ask, yes it is legal tobacco only
Tant
I always like to have a book to read. It's something to do when it rains