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Freebirde

Senior Member
My wife recently lost her job where she has to provide her own zip strips. We had just stocked up from Harbor Freight. I told her not to give them to a friend that still works there because you can never have to many zip strips. That got me to thinking what other non-food item you can never have too much of because of their multiple uses.

Toilet paper
Coffee filters
Zip strips
Duc tape
Pencils
 
patriotgal

patriotgal

Veteran Member
Sweet tea. I am not a morning person and cannot even fake being civil until I have had a Mason quart jar of sweet tea. I prefer to drink in silence and have been known to growl if some idiot wishes to converse immediately. Only the grands are allowed to break the morning perimeter.
 
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Barry Natchitoches

Has No Life - Lives on TB
Back to the original topic, add to the list:


Extra socks, underwear and work clothes for every member of the family. Extra work shoes for every member of your family.

Band aids, gauze pads, gauze strips, ace bandages, isopropol alcohol, scissors. More if you have the skill to use what you have. Also, a basic first aid manual.

Tylenol, ibuprofen, benedryl, imodium, stool softener or laxative, pepto bismol (or another stomach aid), mucinex, cough syrup, neosporin, anti-fungal creme, anti-itch creme. Something for sunburn. Baby powder with cornstarch and/or something for diaper rash if you have a baby or a tendency to get “prickly heat” in that part of your anatomy where the sun don’t shine. Any other OTC meds that you use at least once a year.

Any prescription meds for your family.


Extra socks for every member of your family.

Battery powered radio, battery powered flashlight, and extra (regular, NOT rechargable) batteries for both.

Extra socks for every member of your family.

Basic gardening tools and vegetable/fruit seed known to grow well in your area.

You do NOT have to have a tiller to start a new garden. You can start it by turning the soil with a regular shovel. That does require some hard work, though.

Extra socks for every member of the family.

Extra bottled water for every member of the family.

Extra socks for every member of the family.



Oh, did I mention that you really WILL need extra clean, dry socks for every member of the family?

You will thank me later for that subtle reminder….
 
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Wildwood

Veteran Member
Barry Natchitoches said:
Back to the original topic, add to the list:
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We got off topic early on. "non-food item you can never have too much of because of their multiple uses". I'm glad you did...love your med list. It's very close to mine and a reminder that I need to inventory my supplies. I have kids next door who are welcome to help me keep stuff rotated and a little granddaughter who will use any excuse to use a bandaid. Actually, Millwright followed the directions lol.

Edited to add...I need zip ties. Forgot I used mine up on cattle panel trellises for the garden.
One more edit...We call those zip ties in Arkansas. I've never heard of zip-strips.
 
Roger Thornhill

Roger Thornhill

Some irascible old curmudgeon
As Selco pointed out, two things people don't have in adequate supply: lighters and matches, and gloves.

Nitrile gloves for preventing infection and disease, heavy leather gloves for manual work, insulated gloves for protection from burns, lined gloves for cold weather, and last but not least, mechanic's gloves for routine wear.

Why? In areas of conflict, there is always broken glass, jagged concrete, torn-up chain-link fencing, and the like. Just trying to scurry from one place to another with bare hands is a guarantee of injury and infection.
 
briches

briches

Veteran Member
Some items that come to mind include:

A few good buckets

a couple of dishpans - makes washing dishes easier with less water if you have no power

washcloths (cleaning stuff, bodies, tp if necessary)

zip ties

ziploc bags of various sizes

binder clips (we use these a lot)

duct tape

super glue/gel

notepad, pens, pencils

lighters / candles

tarps

large trash bags

dice and deck of cards
 
briches

briches

Veteran Member
Roger Thornhill said:
As Selco pointed out, two things people don't have in adequate supply: lighters and matches, and gloves.

Nitrile gloves for preventing infection and disease, heavy leather gloves for manual work, insulated gloves for protection from burns, lined gloves for cold weather, and last but not least, mechanic's gloves for routine wear.

Why? In areas of conflict, there is always broken glass, jagged concrete, torn-up chain-link fencing, and the like. Just trying to scurry from one place to another with bare hands is a guarantee of injury and infection.
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Great ideas! I need to check what we have. Thank you.
 
Illini Warrior

Illini Warrior

Illini Warrior
poly sheeting of all kinds - everything from the blue tarp to sandwich bags >>> poly sheeting is still a fairly new technology compared to other earthly materials that man has been working with for centuries & centuries .....

the technology involved would be tough enough to keep functioning or reviving - but it's also 100% petroleum that adds another whole layer of difficulty in raw materials ....
 
TxGal

TxGal

Day by day
The list is endless, but I'll second the need for bar soap, I'm pretty obsessive about it. Aside from cleaning up, it's good as shampoo in a pinch, doing laundry, household cleaning, etc., and virtually lasts indefinitely. Also antibiotic ointment and adhesive bandages (we use McKesson fabric bandages) - out here with livestock and gardening, I've seen too many small cuts begin to get infected quickly. No one needs that mess in bad times.
 
Cyclonemom

Cyclonemom

Veteran Member
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Cinder blocks
Razor blades (for the box cutters i use multiple times weekly for everything except opening boxes. Lol)
Extension cords
Wet wipes
Handkerchief/bandanas
Matches/lighters/propane torch
Power banks and 3x the number of charging cords you think you need.
Soap -dish, body, laundry
Nails
Hand staple gun and staples
 
hiwall

hiwall

Has No Life - Lives on TB
You can buy book matches by the box and they are quite cheap. And they work. If you are just lighting a candle, a single book match will work fine. Cheaper and takes up way less space than wooden matches. But get some Bic lighters too. :)
I like to build things. Many different things. I have many pounds of nails, screws, bolts, nuts, washers, many sizes of lumber, sheet goods (plywood, OSB), flat steel, round steel, angle iron, round and square tubing, pipes and fittings, copper tubing and fittings, welding rods, extra drill bits for both wood and steel, extra blades for all my different saws, extra lubricants, electrical wiring, extra switches and outlets, steel wire, hand tools of every description, extra sand paper for hand sanding and for all electric sanders, extra coal and propane for the forges. My wife says my shop could never blow away even in a tornado because it is so full of stuff.
Plenty of lumber to build an outhouse if that is ever required.
 
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Journey

Contributing Member
patriotgal said:
Sweet tea. I am not a morning person and cannot even fake being civil until I have had a Mason quart jar of sweet tea. I prefer to drink in silence and have been known to growl if some idiot wishes to converse immediately. Only the grands are allowed to break the morning perimeter.
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A woman after my own heart!
 
oops

oops

Veteran Member
Non electric hand tools
Replacement parts for pressure canners
Cannin Jars, lids n rings
Duct tape
Baler twine
Wd 40
 
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kelee877

Veteran Member
Anything goes now. With prices going through the roof anything you have that was purchased lower price is good barter

It's getting crazy here in Canada for prices and anything that has promised staying at a low price is sold out

Sigh
 
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