What's in your Magic Bag?

by Valis 26 Replies latest social physical

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  Mulan

  I still keep booking hotels with pools.

  We did that too when you all were kids, Princess. Of course it was for District Conventions. But you did enjoy the pool, for the hour you had after sessions. Why do they close the pools so early??

  You have to admit you have great memories of camping with no showers, and with pit toilets. One campground we went to did have showers, and real bathrooms too. It is still my favorite one. When I was a kid, they had the real bathroom there (in the 50's) but the showers were down on the beach, and were just cold water, to rinse off the salt water.
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  Celtic

  My fishing tackle.
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  Celtic

  Someone mention animal nitrate?
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  Celtic

  Oh and a plastic bottle. Get a knife, slice off the top of the bottle to make a small cup, very useful, cut some holes in the bottom, just small ones will do, now pack the bottom of the bottle with peat moss, that lovely green moist stuff, scrunch it down, next place a layer of last nights embers from the fire on top of the moss, then more moss compressing it down still further then another layer of embers, from your plastic cup, (the other end), scoop up water from where you can find it and pour it through the mixture, then placing same cup underneath to catch the drips, guarantee your water will be not only fresh but also purified too.

  If all else fails and your in the desert, make sure to take two plastic bottles and some gaffa tape. If you're short on water, piss in the bottle, then using your gaffa tape and the other plastic bottle top ends to each other, gaffa tape a sleeve between the two and place in an upside down V shape in the sand. As your piss heats up it will evaporate, condensation will rise to the top and drip down as purified liquid in the other bottle. Very useful to know.
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  patio34

  Lol, I don't go camping anymore, but one thing for sure in my magic bag would be a novel, a non-fiction book, and a notebook for my daily journaling. That's three things.

  But now that I'm in a women's chorus, I do have a magic bag that has tons of makeup for stage lights, fake eyelashes, glitzy earrings, etc. It takes 1/2 hour at least to put on stage makeup--but it's fun! In our class we were told if we look like a hooker, we have it right. But under the bright lights, it hardly shows.

  Cheers!

  Pat
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  Lehaa

  Nappies, baby wipes, change of clothes,dummies, bottles. Nothing like camping with little kids.

  Stingoes, bug spray, nail clippers(hate breaking a nail without them)

  Trakkie pants and beer. Two essentials when camping. Oh and of course matches.

  Oh and a plastic bottle. Get a knife, slice off the top of the bottle to make a small cup, very useful, cut some holes in the bottom, just small ones will do, now pack the bottom of the bottle with peat moss, that lovely green moist stuff, scrunch it down, next place a layer of last nights embers from the fire on top of the moss, then more moss compressing it down still further then another layer of embers, from your plastic cup, (the other end), scoop up water from where you can find it and pour it through the mixture, then placing same cup underneath to catch the drips, guarantee your water will be not only fresh but also purified too.

  For us modern girls, Britta do a water bottle with a filter in it. Only cost about AU$10. I have three, never go anywhere without one.
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  simplesally

  I used to camp in a tent and had to havde my air mattress! The last time I went camping, I rented a motorhome from work. But I still have a Majic Box..........it's not a bag. It has salt and pepper, real utensils (instead of throwing them away when I got new ones), plastic cups and sturdy coffee mugs. I have dominoes, cards, a Mexican poncho (boy is it warm) and a Mexican rug that is huge so I use it as a table cloth for the picnic tables that are set up at the campgrounds.