Survival Kits? (rent, art, buy)

[missy2]

I want to move to Ak, but my Euro hubby is afraid it will be too cold for daughter and I. He is not open minded? What do you think? We are from East Coast.

[User 2]

Originally Posted by missy2

I want to move to Ak, but my Euro hubby is afraid it will be too cold for daughter and I. He is not open minded? What do you think? We are from East Coast.

I'm afraid I'd need more information to be able to tell you if he was open minded or not.

[rotorhead]

Oh yeah, sure...anyone can tell you what you need to "survive" in Alaska, but what do you need to do it in style?

Cosmic curads and good socks....keep the first in your wallet and the second in the car.

WTF is a "cosmic curad' you say? It's basically a band-aid with shiny space ships printed on it in bright colors. As Xaat pointed out, band-aids are an ABSOLUTE NECESSITY if you've got young kids around, even for teensy-tiny little paper cuts and the like. Of course, Curious George and Dora the Explorer band-aids also work just as good, depending on the kid and the infatuation of the moment. Can't have a proper "emergency" without band-aids, and the brighter the better.

Any true Alaskan knows that not only are good dry socks a necessity for REAL survival situations, but that good socks with NO HOLES IN THE TOES are what you need in the car when you unexpectedly get invited to someones house. Doesn't it always turn out that when you get a "come on over for some moose-stew" you've got your "sunday socks" on? (the holey-ones, that is), If you've got your "backup socks" out in the car you can just change them before you come over and not have to swing by home first to avoid looking like a hobo.

Nothing says "well-dressed Alaskan" like your ratty old Carhartts and some nice wool socks.

[User 2]

Originally Posted by rotorhead

Nothing says "well-dressed Alaskan" like your ratty old Carhartts and some nice wool socks.

....and to think it used to be freshly wire-brushed tin pants and newly darned socks.

Darning socks is one of those lost arts it seems.....
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[DannyL]

I'm surprised someone hasn't posted something scary like "I have a complete suturing kit in my FAK"...

(BTW..you can't have enough plastic strips around.)

[DannyL]

Originally Posted by User 2

Darning socks is one of those lost arts it seems.....
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it's not, but remember to use opposing color thread, Gotta show off your work you know....

[User 2]

Originally Posted by DannyL

... ..remember to use opposing color thread,

All a part of the cachet....

[stiffnecked]

Originally Posted by DannyL

I'm surprised someone hasn't posted something scary like "I have a complete suturing kit in my FAK"...

(BTW..you can't have enough plastic strips around.)

I am now adding the Yukon Jack to the suturing kit. Antiseptic and general pain killer all in one.

[Xa'at]

Originally Posted by DannyL

I'm surprised someone hasn't posted something scary like "I have a complete suturing kit in my FAK"...

(BTW..you can't have enough plastic strips around.)

Real Alaskans don't need suturing kits! A real Alaskan, no matter how much he or she was bleeding, would go kill a moose with his or her bare hands and use the bone as a needle and the sinew as stitches!

(At least that's what we tell the tourists)

[User 2]

Originally Posted by stiffnecked

I am now adding the Yukon Jack to the suturing kit. Antiseptic and general pain killer all in one.

Is that for the care provider, ....or the victim?