Hey Joe, I actually DID think that was your pic...I was just getting off of a 12 hr shift and was tired and showing a friend of mine who works the same field, the site..and Vivi...from a professional perspective..I have seen more trauma and death from a "legal" drug we can all buy at the corner store than I have from MVA's occuring from "illegal" substances....but all in all I say " EVERYONE..get a driver if your going to do ANYTHING!"especially knowing that you may be carrying a weapon..Mind altering substances and weapons are NOT an acceptable EDC.
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EDC - What's in Your Pocket(s)??
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While there are a lot of law enforcment types here, I think the commonality of flashlights amongst us is mostly just because we're the type of people who like to be prepared. A knife is a useful thing to have handy, even if it's not used that often. Some of us carry lighters, even though we don't smoke. I keep bandaids in my wallet. You never know. Now, I'm not saying that everybody should carry a 2 cell Surefire with them everywhere, but a tiny Photon on a keychain is an immensly useful thing. I spend most of my waking hours between sunset and sunrise, so I find a larger flashlight indispensible.Vivi said:
I go walking at night quite often, but I find I can see really well in it. I think I have above-average night time vision in general...at least that's how it's seemed when me and friends go travel through woods at night.
Ah well. Maybe I'll look into getting one and see how much I'd use it. Might end up staying with me. I keep my keys and things attatched to em down to a minimum, don't like a big, bulky bunch like my mom is infamous for.
@Set: Yep, many OTC drugs are more harmful than pot. If I can find the study, I'll link you, but I remember reading that overall caffeine is more physically addictive than marijuana, which from everything I've observed in life seems to be true. It seems something simply being illegal adds a whole new social stigma to it. But then if we always followed that logic, anyone who is black would still be wearing chains on their ankles, women would prettymuch just be man's property (I think some of you might like this part, hahah) etc. Marijuana is one of the areas where I feel a generally change of view is needed if we humans are going to continue to behave rationally. I see myself possibly quitting in the future, but I will always advocate decriminalization of it.
An interesting note on why I even started smoking it. I had been straight-edge my whole life, to the point where I've put peoples ciggs out FOR them. An asshole thing to do I know, but moving on. Sophmore year I did a report on why marijuana should be legalized. I was given that topic and a few others to choose from, and that just sounded interesting to me because at the time I saw of no reason whatsoever why such a thing should happen. I thought the idea of legalizing it was laughable from what I knew.
Boy did that change. I read everything I could get my hands on regarding pot and os many things began to happen. I started to see how much misinformation and lies the DARE officers told me in elementary school. I started to see how pathetic some peoples views were on it due to how largely based in ignorance they were. Whenever I'd see anti-pot commercials after this time period, all I could do was laugh. They were so horribly skewed from the truth. Much of the "information" concerning pot is. What I found out is that the substance generally promotes peace, is relatively physically harmless overall, smells pleasant, has been used for milleniums and was only recently made to be illegal from what many consider to be a way to control foreign residents (Chinese and mexican work force from around the time) and so forth. When pot was initially made illegal, the things the government told US citizens were outright, blatant lies and propoganda to the core. Think what you will of current policies and shit, but one cannot seriously say all the things the government said back then concerning pot were true. Because they weren't. I believe that still holds true today, though not to such a substantial degree.
When I finally tried it, after getting used to it and out of the whole goofy phase, I found it was a very nice thing indeed. It spurred my thoughts, got my mind going, made me think deep and hard, get introspective and philosophical. Physically it gives a slight euphoria and an overall bodily relaxation. It made me breathe more easily, I felt much more in touch with the world, my body and so on. I felt much more connected to things in that if there was something wrong with myself, I'd be aware of it more easily. Whether a personality problem I have such as my defensive nature, or simply I was tired and needed sleep but ignored that urge so I could stay up later. When I was stoned these things were much more obvious to me. I saw great potential in the herb for helping myself to overcome my problems in life, because it would make them easier to spot out and then I myself could begin to work on them. It's no miracle drug, it shows you the way in certain respects, but you still have to get up and go walk in yourself. But it possesses many properties which I find beneficial to myself as a human being, and I think the world overall would only benefit from more widespread use and education of it.
I would much rather see philosophy such as this spread around about pot, so people could see it more as a useful aid rather than an alternative to alcohol, or merely a way to get "fucked up," because it is SO, SO much more than that. That's what most non-smokers, and even many smokers don't understand. It goes deeper than the body buzz. I'd love to see it's therapuetic properties realized by a more vast number of people. I would also like to see people become educated on it so they can avoid abusing it, which is indeed possible and a reality we face. Moderation, like with so many other facets of life, is key to marijuana. Sober mind-states should still be enjoyed and utilized, rather than simply desiring to be high all the time. Very unhealthy, that is.
Ah well. Maybe I'll look into getting one and see how much I'd use it. Might end up staying with me. I keep my keys and things attatched to em down to a minimum, don't like a big, bulky bunch like my mom is infamous for.
@Set: Yep, many OTC drugs are more harmful than pot. If I can find the study, I'll link you, but I remember reading that overall caffeine is more physically addictive than marijuana, which from everything I've observed in life seems to be true. It seems something simply being illegal adds a whole new social stigma to it. But then if we always followed that logic, anyone who is black would still be wearing chains on their ankles, women would prettymuch just be man's property (I think some of you might like this part, hahah) etc. Marijuana is one of the areas where I feel a generally change of view is needed if we humans are going to continue to behave rationally. I see myself possibly quitting in the future, but I will always advocate decriminalization of it.
An interesting note on why I even started smoking it. I had been straight-edge my whole life, to the point where I've put peoples ciggs out FOR them. An asshole thing to do I know, but moving on. Sophmore year I did a report on why marijuana should be legalized. I was given that topic and a few others to choose from, and that just sounded interesting to me because at the time I saw of no reason whatsoever why such a thing should happen. I thought the idea of legalizing it was laughable from what I knew.
Boy did that change. I read everything I could get my hands on regarding pot and os many things began to happen. I started to see how much misinformation and lies the DARE officers told me in elementary school. I started to see how pathetic some peoples views were on it due to how largely based in ignorance they were. Whenever I'd see anti-pot commercials after this time period, all I could do was laugh. They were so horribly skewed from the truth. Much of the "information" concerning pot is. What I found out is that the substance generally promotes peace, is relatively physically harmless overall, smells pleasant, has been used for milleniums and was only recently made to be illegal from what many consider to be a way to control foreign residents (Chinese and mexican work force from around the time) and so forth. When pot was initially made illegal, the things the government told US citizens were outright, blatant lies and propoganda to the core. Think what you will of current policies and shit, but one cannot seriously say all the things the government said back then concerning pot were true. Because they weren't. I believe that still holds true today, though not to such a substantial degree.
When I finally tried it, after getting used to it and out of the whole goofy phase, I found it was a very nice thing indeed. It spurred my thoughts, got my mind going, made me think deep and hard, get introspective and philosophical. Physically it gives a slight euphoria and an overall bodily relaxation. It made me breathe more easily, I felt much more in touch with the world, my body and so on. I felt much more connected to things in that if there was something wrong with myself, I'd be aware of it more easily. Whether a personality problem I have such as my defensive nature, or simply I was tired and needed sleep but ignored that urge so I could stay up later. When I was stoned these things were much more obvious to me. I saw great potential in the herb for helping myself to overcome my problems in life, because it would make them easier to spot out and then I myself could begin to work on them. It's no miracle drug, it shows you the way in certain respects, but you still have to get up and go walk in yourself. But it possesses many properties which I find beneficial to myself as a human being, and I think the world overall would only benefit from more widespread use and education of it.
I would much rather see philosophy such as this spread around about pot, so people could see it more as a useful aid rather than an alternative to alcohol, or merely a way to get "fucked up," because it is SO, SO much more than that. That's what most non-smokers, and even many smokers don't understand. It goes deeper than the body buzz. I'd love to see it's therapuetic properties realized by a more vast number of people. I would also like to see people become educated on it so they can avoid abusing it, which is indeed possible and a reality we face. Moderation, like with so many other facets of life, is key to marijuana. Sober mind-states should still be enjoyed and utilized, rather than simply desiring to be high all the time. Very unhealthy, that is.
Joe Dirt said:Glad to see this thread back on topic.
I think if we're going to discuss weed we should start a new thread over in the community section.
Agreed. Or if you want, might as well just continue to de-rail this topic, it's already done for.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=393167&page=4
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I've resorted to just carrying my Atlantic Salt and my Leatherman Super Tool. I find that I don't really need much else during the day at work. On off days, I still carry my Manix, as the Salt stands out a bit too much.
Getting back on topic...I think I forgot to mention the Altoids tin. I have several with different functions for different conditions...#1 is a fire starter tin= One cube of Esbit solid fuel...a small bag containing tinder..and four lifeboat matches.a blastmatch tied to the outside with 550 cord...everything you need to start a fire....#2 a First aid tin....with as much first aid supplies being crammed into an altoids tin as possible "practice and experiment"..#3 a fishing tin...again experiment...you will be amazed at the amount of fishing equipment you can store in a tin...also include a photon light in this one.
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I guess my EDC has changed enough since my last picture, so here's an updated shot.
Keychain includes:
Squirt S4
Victorinox Swissbit 512MB
Photon Micra (violet)
Glowring (blue tritium)
CR2 Ion (aluminum bronze)
Stingray wallet from adamunlimited
Pens (Zebra, cheapo Bic, Fisher Space pen)
Victorinox Cybertool 29
Luminox 822 Ultimate Field Chronograph
McLux PD III
Spyderco Tasman Salt
Bradley Mayhem balisong
Keychain includes:
Squirt S4
Victorinox Swissbit 512MB
Photon Micra (violet)
Glowring (blue tritium)
CR2 Ion (aluminum bronze)
Stingray wallet from adamunlimited
Pens (Zebra, cheapo Bic, Fisher Space pen)
Victorinox Cybertool 29
Luminox 822 Ultimate Field Chronograph
McLux PD III
Spyderco Tasman Salt
Bradley Mayhem balisong
Below is my EDC list.
Because all my little stuff (knife, flashlight, etc) is attached to my keychain - there is only one bundle to grab in the morning. Actually, three: keychain, wallet, cellphone/pds.
Easy. And not too heavy.
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Weight
- 100 gms / Watch
- 40 gms / Jewelry
Basic
- Suunto Explorer } Titanium
- Compass } Added to strap of watch
Other
- Neck chain
- Ring } wedding
- Ring } engineer
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wallet
Weight
- 150 gms / Total
Basic
- Leather wallet
- Credit cards, ID, Money, etc
- Business cards
Other
- 1 GB SD card } spare
- GSM phone chip } for secondary cell phone
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- Mechanical pencil
- Sewing needle (hidden inside pencil)
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- Paper } sticky notes
- Fresnel lens x 2 } Flat plastic (glasses)
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- Knife } Executive
- Knife sharpener } Ceramic stick
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Palmtop
Weight
- 200 gms / Imate
- 30 gms / Case
- 10 gms / Earphone
Basic
- Imate PDA2K (cellphone, pda)
- 4 GB SD card
- Case } clips onto belt
Other
- Earphone } Motorola H7
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Keychain
Weight
- 220 gms / Total
Basic
- Key chain } clips to mini carabiner on belt
- Keys
- Flashlight } LED & 2xCR2032
- Flint stick } Ferrocium
- Multitool } Leatherman Squirt P4
- Knife } SOG with carbon fiber body
- Pen } Fischer space pen (telescopic & key ring)
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Because all my little stuff (knife, flashlight, etc) is attached to my keychain - there is only one bundle to grab in the morning. Actually, three: keychain, wallet, cellphone/pds.
Easy. And not too heavy.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jewelry
Weight
- 100 gms / Watch
- 40 gms / Jewelry
Basic
- Suunto Explorer } Titanium
- Compass } Added to strap of watch
Other
- Neck chain
- Ring } wedding
- Ring } engineer
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wallet
Weight
- 150 gms / Total
Basic
- Leather wallet
- Credit cards, ID, Money, etc
- Business cards
Other
- 1 GB SD card } spare
- GSM phone chip } for secondary cell phone
>
- Mechanical pencil
- Sewing needle (hidden inside pencil)
>
- Paper } sticky notes
- Fresnel lens x 2 } Flat plastic (glasses)
>
- Knife } Executive
- Knife sharpener } Ceramic stick
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Palmtop
Weight
- 200 gms / Imate
- 30 gms / Case
- 10 gms / Earphone
Basic
- Imate PDA2K (cellphone, pda)
- 4 GB SD card
- Case } clips onto belt
Other
- Earphone } Motorola H7
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Keychain
Weight
- 220 gms / Total
Basic
- Key chain } clips to mini carabiner on belt
- Keys
- Flashlight } LED & 2xCR2032
- Flint stick } Ferrocium
- Multitool } Leatherman Squirt P4
- Knife } SOG with carbon fiber body
- Pen } Fischer space pen (telescopic & key ring)
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edamhcneb said:Here is what i have today:
How is the Garrity LED working for you? Im thinking about picking one up, but I dont know if its worth the 6$(I have a cheapo LED from dollerama that does the job).
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edamhcneb said:The Garrity works fine and is worth the $6, but I prefer (and normally)have a photon yellow. I dropped the photon at work and before I could retrieve it, someone ran over it with a forklift.
Thanks, I'll have to pick one up. Sorry to hear about your photon though
Anyway, Ive added a Byrd Finch to my keychain.
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a - Benchmade OD550 Griptilian
b - Victorinox Climber with added eyeglass screwdriver and lanyard (left front pocket)
c - Victorinox bi-fold wallet
d - Brian Goode custom 0-1 fixed blade with 5" blade in kydex sheath with a Teklock as my primary knife (vertically mounted, right and front on belt)
e- Samsung A680 clamshell cell phone with Sprint service/lack thereof
f - Key and remote to 1995 SAAB 900 S and a Photon I light.
g - Victorinox Base Camp watch (left wrist)
School:
c - Victorinox bi-fold wallet (right cargo pocket)
e- Samsung A680 clamshell cell phone with Sprint service/lack thereof (left cargo pocket)
f - Key and remote to 1995 SAAB 900 S and a Photon I light. (left front pocket)
g - Victorinox Base Camp watch (left wrist)
And of course a Bic pen or a pencil (preferably pen, but I lose them
)
Home/Out/Free time:
b - Victorinox Climber with added eyeglass screwdriver and lanyard (left front pocket)
c - Victorinox bi-fold wallet (right cargo pocket)
d - Brian Goode custom 0-1 fixed blade with 5" blade in kydex sheath with a Teklock as my primary knife (vertically mounted, right and front on belt)
e- Samsung A680 clamshell cell phone with Sprint service/lack thereof (left cargo pocket)
f - Key and remote to 1995 SAAB 900 S and a Photon I light. (left front pocket)
g - Victorinox Base Camp watch (left wrist)
Work:
a - Benchmade OD550 Griptilian (right front khaki pocket, clipped)
b - Victorinox Climber with added eyeglass screwdriver and lanyard (left front khaki pocket)
c - Victorinox bi-fold wallet (rear left khaki pocket)
e- Samsung A680 clamshell cell phone with Sprint service/lack thereof (in belt or in car)
f - Key and remote to 1995 SAAB 900 S and a Photon I light (right rear khaki pocket)
g - Victorinox Base Camp watch (left wrist)
b - Victorinox Climber with added eyeglass screwdriver and lanyard (left front pocket)
c - Victorinox bi-fold wallet
d - Brian Goode custom 0-1 fixed blade with 5" blade in kydex sheath with a Teklock as my primary knife (vertically mounted, right and front on belt)
e- Samsung A680 clamshell cell phone with Sprint service/lack thereof
f - Key and remote to 1995 SAAB 900 S and a Photon I light.
g - Victorinox Base Camp watch (left wrist)
School:
c - Victorinox bi-fold wallet (right cargo pocket)
e- Samsung A680 clamshell cell phone with Sprint service/lack thereof (left cargo pocket)
f - Key and remote to 1995 SAAB 900 S and a Photon I light. (left front pocket)
g - Victorinox Base Camp watch (left wrist)
And of course a Bic pen or a pencil (preferably pen, but I lose them
)Home/Out/Free time:
b - Victorinox Climber with added eyeglass screwdriver and lanyard (left front pocket)
c - Victorinox bi-fold wallet (right cargo pocket)
d - Brian Goode custom 0-1 fixed blade with 5" blade in kydex sheath with a Teklock as my primary knife (vertically mounted, right and front on belt)
e- Samsung A680 clamshell cell phone with Sprint service/lack thereof (left cargo pocket)
f - Key and remote to 1995 SAAB 900 S and a Photon I light. (left front pocket)
g - Victorinox Base Camp watch (left wrist)
Work:
a - Benchmade OD550 Griptilian (right front khaki pocket, clipped)
b - Victorinox Climber with added eyeglass screwdriver and lanyard (left front khaki pocket)
c - Victorinox bi-fold wallet (rear left khaki pocket)
e- Samsung A680 clamshell cell phone with Sprint service/lack thereof (in belt or in car)
f - Key and remote to 1995 SAAB 900 S and a Photon I light (right rear khaki pocket)
g - Victorinox Base Camp watch (left wrist)
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