[Vladivostok]

Nope I wasn't kidding, though I'd likely not end up touching the scotch - but you're right if it went to 5 days or so, I could probably trade that for more cigarettes :-) Oh, and though I don't drink water as a rule, I would have a few gallons on hand anyway as well as my candle lantern (9-hour candles) and a couple books such as Ken Wilbur's Sex Ecology & Spirituality that needs to be read a few times to sink in anyway.

[Judith Anne]

Yes, I understand what you're saying...trade could easily be the basic thing you have, in a national disaster or attack from hostile forces...