tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11379798.post872102651500478739..comments2024-03-26T18:07:49.812-07:00Comments on Debsweb: Wednesday WanderingsDebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05459751273157119630noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11379798.post-48912642032244510952007-11-08T14:23:00.000-08:002007-11-08T14:23:00.000-08:00"...extras on the essentials..."Include 'strike an...<I>"...extras on the essentials..."</I><BR/>Include 'strike anywhere' stick matches, candles, a manual can opener, canned goods, some hand tools, and a jug of bleach to use for water purification purposes if tablets are not available (careful with the bleach though--just a drop or so <I>and no more</I> per gallon of water).Peter of Lone Treehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08693627544964907275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11379798.post-9981550214595922242007-11-08T12:04:00.000-08:002007-11-08T12:04:00.000-08:00I would still lay in extras on the essentials, you...I would still lay in extras on the essentials, you never know what might happen.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05459751273157119630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11379798.post-78149460064452325832007-11-08T11:58:00.000-08:002007-11-08T11:58:00.000-08:00Even the MSM (Reuters in this case) is perhaps beg...Even the MSM (Reuters in this case) is perhaps beginning to acknowledge the economic outlook ain't so rosy. There's an article on their front page entitled <A HREF="http://features.us.reuters.com/personalfinance/news/67E113B0-8D64-11DC-92F1-45A0704D.html" REL="nofollow">Preparing for hard times</A> wherein Linda Stern offers some albeit investor-oriented advice, one item of which really amused me: <I>"Invest in toilet paper and the other necessities of life."</I> Well hell! I was all set to go out and get a few cases of the stuff when I realized she was talking about investing in the <I>companies that make toilet paper</I>.Peter of Lone Treehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08693627544964907275noreply@blogger.com