Urban Survival Bag

It's interesting how we interrpret survival. Almost everyone on this forum would think of the a survival situation as one where we're in a downed airplane in the Alaskan wilderness or during a terrorist attack - and those certainly are survival situations. The author of the article; however, defines survival on a different level. I'd say he's trying to survive socially - by not having bad breath with breath mints, by still looking good when it's raining with an umbrella, etc. It seems that this guy has met his basic needs and is then trying to prepare for his social ones. I'd argue though that he has not met his basic ones in terms of survival without a pocket knife, flashlight, first aid kit, etc. In any case, it is a neat post because it gets more discussion going about survival kits; urban, social, wildnerness, and the like
 
houdini28 said:
It's interesting how we interrpret survival. Almost everyone on this forum would think of the a survival situation as one where we're in a downed airplane in the Alaskan wilderness or during a terrorist attack - and those certainly are survival situations. The author of the article; however, defines survival on a different level. I'd say he's trying to survive socially - by not having bad breath with breath mints, by still looking good when it's raining with an umbrella, etc. It seems that this guy has met his basic needs and is then trying to prepare for his social ones. I'd argue though that he has not met his basic ones in terms of survival without a pocket knife, flashlight, first aid kit, etc. In any case, it is a neat post because it gets more discussion going about survival kits; urban, social, wildnerness, and the like
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Agreed. It's all matter of perspective.
 
Hi All-

The author of this article is dropping quarters into nearly-expired parking meters of cars that have Kerry/Edwards bumperstickers, so don't take his approach to "hardcore survival" advice to heart. It's really just conveniences he would like to have available to him as he makes his way around the mean streets of Milwaukee on a daily basis.

Let him carry the coffee punchcards and breathmints for the homeless. We'll do the heavy lifting and help him out of a jam if terrorists strike again and he is struggling for his life.

As an aside, if he is such an inclusive and accepting gentleman, shouldn't he also save Bush/Cheney supporters from expensive parking tickets? He could just leave a cheerful little note on the windshield advising them of that fact.

~ Blue Jays ~
 
Blue Jays said:
Hi All-
It's really just conveniences he would like to have available to him as he makes his way around the mean streets of Milwaukee on a daily basis.
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Exactly.

And I suspect that many of us like to carry some "convenience" or "comfort" things too. Breath mints may very well be one of them. But when asked to list "survival" gear, we just don't classify the breath mints as part of that kit. It's something we carry, but is apart from what we see as "survival" stuff.
 
Hi Gollnick-

We're reading from the same sheet of music. I have no doubt that I could do quite well with the variety of items I manage to cram into a compact Maxpedition Proteus pack. At the same time, a tin of strong mints could be very soothing after one hikes home sixteen miles from his or her urban office during a blackout because the trains aren't running.

If they don't occupy too much space, comfort items shouldn't be completely neglected. I theorize there is something to be said for maintaining a bit of psychological advantage in the face of nasty circumstances.

~ Blue Jays ~
 
I'm not carrying a purse, no matter how hard the "lettuce eaters" try to make it seem normal.
 
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