Posted on 01/03/2008 6:35:58 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!
Sing hey! for the bath at close of day
That washes the weary mud away!
A loon is he that will not sing:
O! Water Hot is anoble thing!
O! Sweet is the sound of falling rain.
and the brook that leaps from hill to plain;
but better than rain or rippling streams
is Water Hot that smokes and steams.
O! Water cold we may pour at need
down a thirsty throat and be glad indeed;
but better is Beer, if drink we lack,
and Water Hot poured down the back.
O! Water is fair that leaps on high
in a fountain white beneath the sky;
but never did fountain sound so sweet
as splashing Hot Water with my feet!
I’m a big fan of these guys, GREAT travel vests/jackets:
and these guys:
Take a bigger suitcase than you need and lock the backpack inside the suitcase while you’re not in the room.
Yeah, you had mentioned that before. I’d probably go for one of the jackets if we were doing an overseas trip.
I’m not so concerned about traveling as while we’re there.
No, the point is we can’t leave anything valuable at the church (where we’re staying) during the day. It all needs to go with us.
Sounds like a good plan to me.
Heh...I kinda miss the days when I wore BDUs. Big ol’ cargo pockets in the pants...you could put your hat in there, or tools, or...I dunno...a lunch basket, maybe.
Hmmm... very interesting, as a ~luggage~ problem.
Ha!
How about one of those plastic “Action Packer” type boxes? They’re lockable. Pelican cases too... spendier but stronger.
hmmmm...
And it floats.
Maybe 2J should put one in Oz...
What level of security do "they" expect you to provide for your backpack and stuff? Protection against pilferage, or a more serious assault?
One thing to consider is an Exomesh outer mesh bag that can hold your soft-side stuff. It's stainless steel "chicken wire" with an aircraft-cable bag closure that you can padlock, and then secure around something immovable.
You can also buy backpacks, etc with Exomesh built in. They're slashproof and snatchproof, but you'd still need to secure them to something if you have to leave them unattended.
The Exomesh "baggie" is about $100, and rolls up to about the size of a softball when not in use.
Carry crap that’s not werth stealin’... or not werth much tuh yuh if’n it is...
shouldn’t be hard fer you...
Cool stuff. I knew you’d have something in mind.
I think a lot of it is a precautionary “lock of your valuables” kind of thing. There might be other residents or teams at the church, and we may not always know the group we’re working with on site.
I figger I could just photocopy yer picture and put it on the outside. Nobody in their right mind would come near that...
Woah... that’s cool. Hadn’t seen that before. Gotta have.
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