anybody else use Tupperware?

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task force k

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Sometimes our wives and girlfriends come up with something that seems goofy at first but turns out to be brilliant. A long time ago my friend's girlfriend suggested that I use a tampon to polish my combat boots. Ewwww, right? Ends up giving the best spit shine ever.

My wife recently made the rather unmanly suggestion that I should include a Tupperware product called a Flatout in my survival kit cookset. It's this flat thing that looks like a Tupperware lid. You pull the lid off and you've got a plate of sorts. Push on the bottom and it pops into a "soup bowl". Push the bottom again and it pops out into a mixing bowl. This thing's perfect for mealtime and storage, weighs next to nothing and only takes up the space you need it to.

Anybody else with stories of wifely wisdom?
 
no wife but i like my boots muddy. my mother, however, used to give me stuff like pill bottles from empty prescriptions.
 
Great idea. I use a resealable plastic container for a first aid kit -- the lid has four tabs that click down and there's a gasket so it's air and water tight.
 
Oh c'mon, it was a joke :D task force k knew his story HAD to get a rude remark from somebody. You guys are just upset because you didn't think of it first. As an old married man, I could have gotten a lot more technical and graphic about the topic, including pie charts, and flow charts and drag coefficients. But I know there are a lot of bachelor guys on this forum who aren't ready to hear that sort of thing. :)

Anyway, to get into the spirit of the thread, MY wife suggested using empty plastic peanut butter jars for packing delicate and perishable items. They are very light weight...like Tupperware...cheap and can be used for other things like drinking mugs or water containers. So there :)
 
Coldwood said:
You guys are just upset because you didn't think of it first...
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Well, ya kinda got me there... :D

Coldwood said:
I could have gotten a lot more technical and graphic about the topic, including FLOW charts...
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EWWWW!!!! You nasty ol' bastid...

Coldwood said:
...using empty plastic peanut butter jars for packing delicate and perishable items. They are very light weight...like Tupperware...cheap and can be used for other things like drinking mugs or water containers. So there :)
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OK now you got my attention, I trust a threaded top way more than a TupperWare-type snap on thingy.

I know there's a bunch of things my woman has figured out quicker than me, but (typical) I can't think of them right now....
 
Alright...I knew the second that I posted...then reread my post...that I'd stepped in it big time. Let me be specific...New, fresh, unused, unsullied, NIB tampons. Also good for starting fires and bullet wounds.

I'll have to watch what I say more closely.
 
besides...used ones are only good for polishing cordovan and oxblood...There I said it...I got it out of the way...it's out of my system...nobody else had to go there

Yes, yes, I'm ashamed of myself. Horrible, bad me. Spank, spank.
 
Puh-leeze, task force k, even I would not have gone that far! Don't you know there are impressionable young single men reading these threads?

Okay, let's stop playing Can You Top This :)

Since we're on the topic, here's another one, and I'm being serious: Pantyhose (for the record, I mean fresh out of the package, not three days old). For the past 40 years it's been known that football players sometimes wear these for longjohns under their uniforms. Anybody else ever tried these for cold-weather wear? How about as emergency head gear to protect against wind chill factor? It's no more strange than wearing a plastic garbage bag.

They're extremely lightweight and compact. They could be twisted into very strong emergency cordage. They could be made into a small net for gathering minnows...an emergency water filter...a sack for carrying things...any other ideas?
 
This thread is hilarious!!!!!

How about a link to the tupperware product in question?


Wow! Expensive stuff. At QVC its ~28 + 5 (shipping) for six of em.
 
I know...I know...it was cheap, foul, bathroom humor and really beneath me...(wait...no it wasn't...There's little that's beneath me)...so, seriously, let's clean up our acts (those of us who can) and get serious (yeah, right). I apologize for my crudity...I'd been drinking (what else is new?) and didn't mean to offend anybody (I didn't mean to...it was an unexpected boon).

Those QVC things are generics and, I'm told, not worth the money. The real ones are probably more expensive but better quality plus, I'm told, if it breaks, they'll send you a new one, no questions asked. I'll post a link as soon as I can. I can tell you this...I left some homemade bannock and strawberries in one of these in my trunk for two weeks and they were still edible (I told you there's nothing beneath me...especially when I'm hungry). They've also got a neat little product called a midget (not a particularly PC name, though) that would be perfect for storing small items, butter, salt, etc.

Coldwood hit on a terrific item and jarred a nice memory from my youth (thanks...and I didn't even need past life regression therapy this time). I used to catch shrimp off the dock with some bait and a net made from pantyhose. I imagine one could do the same with crayfish. Wouldn't pantyhose be great for washing the tannins out of acorns, too? Would it help cut the reflection of scope lenses without distorting the view?...I don't know but it sounds like a weekend project ("Honey, I need you to go to the store for me.") Coldwood, you may have hit on the most utilitarian, lightweight, embarrassing item for PSK's since the condom.
 
OK. I got a three pak of the 4 cup size off epray for pretty cheap. I am wowed by how well they work, and how thin they pack!!! Great stuff there!!
 
Coldwood said:
Puh-leeze, task force k, even I would not have gone that far! Don't you know there are impressionable young single men reading these threads?

Okay, let's stop playing Can You Top This :)

Since we're on the topic, here's another one, and I'm being serious: Pantyhose (for the record, I mean fresh out of the package, not three days old). For the past 40 years it's been known that football players sometimes wear these for longjohns under their uniforms. Anybody else ever tried these for cold-weather wear? How about as emergency head gear to protect against wind chill factor? It's no more strange than wearing a plastic garbage bag.

They're extremely lightweight and compact. They could be twisted into very strong emergency cordage. They could be made into a small net for gathering minnows...an emergency water filter...a sack for carrying things...any other ideas?
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Dang Coldwood, you just about busted up the whole thread! :D

Pantyhose: Coarse Filter too.
Also for fine polishing , DRY polishing that is , not knob polishing. ;)

And don't forget headwear for armed robberies. :eek:
let's see someone try to wear a tupperware bowl over their face? huh?
 
I've used plastic food containers for fishing gear, storing tools in my toolbox (all those odd sockets), and stashing stuff like radios and camera gear. I wouldn't depend on them to be 100% waterproof, but they'll sure survive a little rain or a food leak in you pack. Maple syrup and cameras just don't go together :grumpy:

Zip Lock has some really cheap round containers now with twist-on lids. I don't know as I would trust them with messy stuff, but they are great for keeping a lost of small stuff organized and they make great cups or bowls. You could build a first aid or PSK around them, put fishing gear in them, etc.

Check out Aloksak bags for zip locks on steroids.
 
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