Feeling listless?
Over the course of years, I’ve collected a lot of files from the Intertubz that can be categorized as survival or prepping information. I’m going to start using them as occasional fillers on days that I simply don’t have much to say. Some of them are still available, such as US Army FMs and TMs, others were gleaned from websites or Usenet groups (Remember misc.survivalism?) that are long since gone.
This one is “101 Less Thought of Items to Stock Before TSHTF”. Some of these, such as photographic equipment, make me shake my head, but I’m leaving them in as they may make more sense to someone else.
As with most of this stuff, I have no idea where it originally came from. If anyone knows, tell us.
101 Less Thought of Items to Stock Before TSHTF
- Shoe and boot laces
- T-post fence posts
- Fence post driver
- Barbed wire and chicken wire fencing
- Cloth diapers
- Manual egg/batter beaters
- Hoyle’s rule book for card games
- Dice and playing cards
- Safety goggles
- Perpetual calendars
- Solar powered fence chargers
- Crutches and canes-adjustable ones are better
- Peat plant pots for starting seedlings
- Metal rulers-they last longer
- Rain gauge
- Barometer
- Wind vane
- Weather books that show old-fashioned ways to forecast weather
- Candle making equipment
- Diaper pins
- Garden hose repair parts
- Cheesecloth
- Pea shellers, corn huskers, apple peelers and corers, etc.
- Mimeograph machine and supplies
- Chalk, erasers and blackboards or blackboard paint
- Goo Gone and similar products
- Eyeglass repair kits
- Canoe, kayak or inflatable raft
- Oars/paddles
- Life preservers
- Tire chains
- Pregnancy tests
- Neck, elbow, wrist, knee and ankle braces
- Canning funnel and jar lifter
- Pack saddle for horses/mules
- Liquid Smoke flavoring
- Powdered lemon and lime juice
- Songbooks and simple instruments
- Powdered buttermilk
- Canning starch
- Pet veterinary supplies
- Bottle corks of various sizes
- Room thermometers
- Bags/cloth to use to bag flowers for seed pollination
- Clothesline/clothespins
- Clothes baskets
- Inflatable kiddie pool
- Lighter flints
- Fountain pens, inkwells and powdered ink
- UV and/or security window film
- Foam sheets for window insulation
- Metal mailboxes
- Paintbrushes
- Pet carriers
- Canvas shopping bags
- Posthole digger (and other manual hand tools)
- Stovetop waffle makers
- Mop wringer
- Manual juicer
- Measuring cups with engraved markings
- Measuring spoons engraved markings
- Jar openers
- Stovetop popcorn popper
- Leather working tools
- Disposable ear plugs
- Mechanical pencils and spare pencil lead
- Folding cloth camping chairs
- Microscope and slides
- Old time photographic equipment
- Manual typewriter
- Paper cutter
- Manual hair clippers – human and animal
- Steam juicers
- Slingshot and ammo
- Hard hats
- Safety vests
- Sewing measuring tapes
- Velcro
- Sewing patterns
- Disguised safes (fake drink cans, etc.)
- Quit smoking supplies
- Tomato powder
- Citric acid, pectin and alum for canning
- Straight or safety razors
- Rennet tablets for cheese-making
- Veterinary wrap-can be used for people, too
- Autoclave or similar item
- Dental mirror
- Walkers and toilet risers
- Carry yokes-for carrying heavy loads on foot
- CLR or simila cleaner
- Locks – combination, keyed and other types as needed
- Moth balls, cedar balls and smelling salts
- China markers/grease pencils
- Fly paper
- Foam camping pads
- Winter hats, scarves, gloves and mittens
- Wind up clocks
- Vehicle tow straps
- Black, brown and dark green paint-camouflage
- Steel wool
I’ll add another one-a hi-lift jack. The thing is invaluable for lifting and moving heavy things. But as J. Baldwin said in the Whole Earth Catalog, “Be careful or eat teeth!”
And just to stir up some comments, this would be an excellent post to comment on with your own less thought of items. 🙂
tooth brushes and dental floss
81 Quit smoking supplies? Uh, what materials do you need to not do something? Besides, if S truly HTF, you ain't gonna be smokin' cigarettes for very long.