World, Writing, Wealth discussion

You've been dropped off in the middle of the wilderness and must remain there for exactly one year. You're allowed to have 10 non-mechanized items. What makes your list?

Tara wrote: "You've been dropped off in the middle of the wilderness and must remain there for exactly one year. You're allowed to have 10 non-mechanized items. What makes your list?"

bottles of water, canned food, blanket, knife, possibly a pot, change of clothes, money, swiss army knife, tent, map or compass, binocular, medication and me.

"Medication and me"
Ha ha I like that one. But what would you need money for?

Tara wrote: ""Medication and me"
Ha ha I like that one. But what would you need money for?"

Hmmm. Good question. Feels unnatural without it?

Mehreen is posh! I knew it lol ;) but otherwise I like your list.

1. Flint and steel
2. Trash bag full of cotton balls covered in antibiotic ointment.The antibiotic can treat minor cuts, scratches and bites and when the cotton ball is lit the petroleum base of the ointment serves as an excellent fire starter. One cotton ball coated in a petroleum based product willl burn for up to 6 minutes, giving your kindling a chance to catch, even in moderate winds.
3. An axe for chopping wood and splitting heavy bones.
3. Collapsible cooking kettle
4. First aid kit
5. Jerky pellets for days when I have no luck hunting, foraging or fishing.
6. A box of plastic lawn bags for ground cover, ponchos, drying food and foraging.
7. Compass
8. Multipurpose hunting knife.
9. 30 odd six scoped rifle and ammo.
10. Spool of heavy duty nylon thread for fishing, hanging food for winter, sewing and temporary tent lines.

If no one is looking I will try to sneak a copy of the Bible and the Complete Works of William Shakespeare into my pack.

Tara wrote: "1. Flint and steel
2. Trash bag full of cotton balls covered in antibiotic ointment.The antibiotic can treat minor cuts, scratches and bites and when the cotton ball is lit the petroleum base of th..."

Good God Tara. LOL. How would you even walk with all that? We are talking about thorns and thistles right? I don't think I'll be reading shakespeare, Bible or the Quran here. However, I might ask for the almighty's help from time to time.

lol you are cracking me up today mehreen. Believe it or not all of those items can easily fit into a standard trek pack with the exception of the rifle and the axe which must be carried crossbody.

Lol. I'm sure it will fit but whether or not you'll have the stamina to carry it around. We would have to find a way out of this on our own right? It's not as though we are going to Camp David lol. I'm cracking up too!!! HAHAHA!!!

I plan to build a small cabin-like structure near a freshwater source and wait it out. I'm a pescan so have my fingers crossed that I won't have to eat any rabbits, but I don't know. If I come across you in the forest we can buddy up. Now I want to re-pack your list lol.

Tara wrote: "I plan to build a small cabin-like structure near a freshwater source and wait it out. I'm a pescan so have my fingers crossed that I won't have to eat any rabbits, but I don't know. If I come acro..."

Yeah. We'll build our own little retreat. Grow vegetables. Away from it all and recite, from my dear King Lear "When we are born we cry that we come to this great stage of fools" , "I am bound upon a wheel of fire that mine own tears do scald like molten lead."

*applauds!*
Okay maybe I can trade in the rifle for some seeds lol. You can bring a jumbo blank journal and pencils.

Tara wrote: "*applauds!*
Okay maybe I can trade in the rifle for some seeds lol. You can bring a jumbo blank journal and pencils."

You said you were bringing Shakespeare. Lol

You know we won't be able to resist writing lol.

Yeah True. You can put your gun aside and get seed instead. Cause' I got my swiss army knife.

Okay. I'm going to replace your bottled water with some iodized salt while I'm at it. Are you a great cook?

You two sound prepared.... was it for a writing vacation after all?-:)

How about a water filtering straw? It allows you to drink water that you wouldn't touch normally. An essential survival tool in my opinion.

Michel wrote: "How about a water filtering straw? It allows you to drink water that you wouldn't touch normally. An essential survival tool in my opinion."

Never heard of that - sounds cool!

Tara wrote: "You've been dropped off in the middle of the wilderness and must remain there for exactly one year. You're allowed to have 10 non-mechanized items. What makes your list?"

1. Books.
2. Laptop
3. Phone
4. Portable charger for both the Laptop and Phone
5. Food
6. Water
7. Bow and Arrow
8. Blanket
9. Journal
10. Pencils