Yeah, that is really short sighted thinking on their part.
I wish I could tell all the stories I’ve thanked God I had my backpack in my car and found myself to have just the thing needed for the situation I was in.
Heck, last week my sports therapist water massage bed broke.
So he turned it over and started to take it apart. The engine that runs the waterbed massager is very heavy and unweildy.
To top it off he needed the engine to stay where it was so it wouldn’t crack one pipe and he needed a particularly small phillips head to finish with .
Just so happens I have a Wave Leatherman which had that tool.
I also had 500 feet of 550 paracord in my backpack, all my climbing gear and 6 Nite Ize carabiners.
Using the paracord and two Nite Ize carabiners I made a simple pulley system that would allow us to hold the engine in place and raise it or lower it wherever required with ease.
I am healing from my third shoulder operation and really couldn’t help with the engine, so having a nice pulley system that would easily cleat off without fancy knots made the work easy....
He finished the repair in about an hour and gave me a three free sessions of Sports Therapy.
Awesome!
Except the part where I cut off 25 feet of paracord.
But, that’s why I carry it.
And I’ll carry food for my passengers so I can shut them up while I work out the problem of being stranded....
“And I’ll carry food for my passengers so I can shut them up while I work out the problem of being stranded....”
Are we there yet?
Great tool, I've got one in the car too. But don't forget to leave it there if you're going to the courthouse, school or airport. It's a weapon, don'cha know! < /sarc >