 Trunk/Truck survival kit. |
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Feb 12, 2010 - 1:16 AM - by Frontpage
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The trunk/trunk bag.
A trunk/truck bag generally sits in the rear corner of your vehicle. Between it and other provisions, consider that it will take up 25% of the space in your trunk, consider also that that 25% of space may be 100% able save your life or get you out of a bind.
This particular Trunkbag rides in the back of my wife's car. As I drive a truck with a different bag and different setup, her bag is set up just to survive until I get there with the heavier straps, radios, and towing ability while still being provisioned well enough for her to not have to wait for me to arrive.
The entire setup looks like this:
- 1 Trunk/Truck Emergency bag. This is what this article is about.
- 1 First-Aid kit: A generic store purchased kit will suffice as long as it has: Hand sanitizer, Antiseptic wipes, Antibiotic ointment, bandages, gauze, tape, ice-pack, Hydrocortisone cream smelling salts, tweezers, eye drops, aspirin, safety pins, scissors, folding knife, insect repellent, and so forth.
- 1 Orange Safety Vest with reflectors: Cars + dark roads = Great idea to have. Wear
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» Ritual de lo Habitual. (guest editorial) |
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Feb 12, 2010 - 1:17 AM - by Frontpage
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This months editorial is a guest article copied with permission from Tamara K. Contact information and credits follow the piece.
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Some years back, when we were deer hunting out on Byron's old family land, it was observed that MattG used his turn signals so habitually that he was signaling turns on rutted sandy single-tracks, on private property, with not another moving vehicle for over a mile in any given direction. We all agreed, however, that it was a good habit to have.
I was reminded of this when people commented on the video from our little Blackwater field trip last summer; a lot of folks described Todd Jarrett's gun-handling as borderline OCD, with his chamber checks every time he juiced up the gun, and they said it as though it was a bad thing.
When I juice up the gun administratively, I check the chamber. When I pick up a pistol that has been out of my control or observation, such as when I get dressed in the morning, I check the chamber. Now, does that mean that I think that gremlins have sneaked in and unloaded my heater overnight? ... [Read More]
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