Most essential items in your home you couldnt live without

[rice paddy daddy]

An old thread resurrected.
I've lived without electricity, without running water, without proper shelter, without a whole lot of things.
The one thing I absolutely could not live without would be a military surplus .30 caliber rifle. And not an intermediate caliber like 7.62X39. Not a late model commercial rifle.
An M-1 Garand, a German Mauser, Springfield M-1903, something along those lines. It will protect our farm from predators, it will be a comfort in the night. In fact I do have those listed, and others.

 

[old tex]

I'll make it simple.
1. My computer
2. A fan
3. My beer frig

(You can put up with almost anything if you have ice cold beer!).

 

[lonewolf]

Absolutely nothing, and I have lived like that before so I know.

 

[Magus]

Clean water.
Hot sauce.
cigarettes
a frying pan.
food.

 

[lonewolf]

clean water=water barrels.
Food= I grow my own.

 

[ssonb]

The DW says it better be her!

 

[CrocDundee]

Around here? Knucklehead, my furry son. Besides great company...he's sharp enough to see a snoike way before me...knows who's coming because he knows engine sounds...and...if he gets up...ridge of fur standing up along his back, barring his teeth and growling...it's prolly my ex!

Who's a good boy! WOOF!

 

[Oddcaliber]

Food and shelter are my priority for now. Anything else is just a bonus.

 

[UserNameTaken]

Interesting comments. I'll play. Give me a Kbar, a .45 and a 4 wheel drive and I'll survive. Maybe a woobie and a poncho. But as I get older I like my luxuries. I'd miss refrigeration, our king size bed, running water. City sewer is handy. I managed without a garage door opener my whole life until we got this home. And electric gates are nice too.

And our bowl of water for the wild critters. We have a steady stream of bunnies, squirrels, road runners (beep-beep). They seem to each have their appointed time. Kitty watches from her window.

 

[d_marsh]

I am pretty found of my big old hickory knife. I prep meat, flip meat, stab meat and eat meat with it. I am sure it could do more if I needed to. I wonder if I could weld on the parts to make it a bayonet too? This feels like a potential business idea. I better shut up now.