Earthquake Survival Kits

8 Comments

1. Miss Blue Eyes
   Posted September 28, 2010 at 11:16 pm | Permalink

   I love this idea. I made one for my husband, then fiancee & he loved it. I put- A picture of us, a small sample of the perfume I use, a small plush toy a love letter, a candle, some of his favorite foods & drinks, a couple pairs of socks, a toothbrush with his favorite football team on it, some tooth paste, lots of gum & beef jerky, a 20.00 gift card to Walmart, tissues (cause he missed me so much, ha ha), a CD 7a DVD. He loved it!

2. Psychic LPN Ed
   Posted September 29, 2010 at 5:35 am | Permalink

   Good for him!
   I quit May 1, its now been 4 months and 18 days of freedom for me.

   Really, during the first week there is going to be nothing you can do to console him if you are a non smoker or if you still smoke. If you are a former smoker yourself, you should be able to tell him what to expect.
   The first week is hell. Physically and mentally. I was physically and mentally ill for the first week. The physical cravings go away after a week, but the psychological ones took about 2 months to go away for me.
   Now, I still sometimes want to smoke when I get stressed or when I am bored, but its not worth it.
   Life is so great being free being a slave to smoking. People who still smoke say that they love to smoke, that its not like being a slave, that they LOVE to smoke. Thats not the person talking, its the person under the influence of cigarettes. If that same person could bring themselves to quit, they would see how much it controlled their lives, and how great life is when you start to notice the positive effects of not smoking…..the increased sense of smell, the improvement in vision, the function of the lungs starts to be greater, the pulse returns to normal, the blood pressure decreases, one can feel tingling in arms and legs from increased oxygen, feet don't go numb when kneeling anymore, urinate less frequently, don't feel tired all the time, feel like I can think clearer, generally happier, etc, etc.
   But this all takes time. It wasn't instantaneous. And don't forget that the feeling of wanting to smoke never totally goes away, but it does lessen.
   Keep the new reformed smoker away from places and situations where there are smokers around. People who still smoke will not support those who choose to quit, and may encourage restarting. Also, seeing cigarettes, smelling the smoke may induce a quitter to start again.
   Encourage the person to get out and get exercise, at least half hour a day.
   Don't let the person sit still for very long. Be sure they have things to keep their mind occupied.
   Don't get the quitter to aggravated.
   If the quitter must call off from work during the first week, so be it. I had to call off due to how sick I was from quitting. NO JOB is more important than your health.
   Good luck.

   PS – I think all of us "ex smokers" need to band together and really get the message out there about quitting, and how we succeeded. Keep talking about it. Put in people's faces. If we do it enough, and in the right way, perhaps we can someday have a smoke free society.

3. RatkoUSA
   Posted October 5, 2010 at 2:05 am | Permalink

   Why did you posted this, when we have better tank, the M-84AS? Nah, what am I talking about, even the old M-84 was better than Abrams…

4. SadlyDiscontinued
   Posted October 7, 2010 at 10:49 pm | Permalink

   where did you get the fishing kit?

5. Amanda Jensen
   Posted October 13, 2010 at 11:25 am | Permalink

   Ron,
   We are actually Florida natives. My husband was born and raised here in Orlando and I moved here when I was 4, so I have lived here for almost 35 years now, so I am close to being a native.
   We know that it will be a huge change, but I think as long as you are prepared you can deal with almost anything. Down here we have to prepare for intense heat, hurricanes, and torrential summer rain storms. Up there in Maine I know we will have to prepare our vehicles with tires and emergency survival kits, our houses with plenty of wood/gas/propane, stock up on supplies and maybe maybe save some money so we can buy some toys to go out and enjoy the long cold winters.
   Thanks for the book recommendation, I am going to check that out. I have seen pictures of exactly that kind of house. In fact, the picture on my Down East Maine calendar for January, had a house just like that.
   Speaking of houses, we live in a 1928 Craftsman. Old houses are amazing, I love all the odd little nooks and crannies, the creaky wood floors, the leaded glass windows, and the fireplaces. Yes, we have a fireplace, not that we get to use it much here in Florida. It at least gives me somewhere to hang to Christmas stockings. They are built to last, our house is proof of that. Who knows how many hurricanes it has withstood.
   Here are links to some of the places we are looking at. Our goal was to see what we could find for under 100k. The goal then was to work on saving up for the down payment, which we are doing now. The monthly payments would be nill compared to what we pay for a house and tiny yard here in FL.

   ~Amanda

6. Buster
   Posted November 4, 2010 at 12:31 am | Permalink

   Got you at counselors, Oh boy, keeping X amount of kids occupied for a period time would require a survival kit wouldn't it? go for the band aids and a case of squirt guns,

7. cordon1231
   Posted September 28, 2011 at 2:27 pm | Permalink

   i carry a whole fucking roll

8. Jerry Oakman
   Posted May 3, 2012 at 12:33 am | Permalink

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