What do I need to survive and be prepared?

[Irving]

What is the difference between drinking out of your hot water heater and pouring hot water from the tap into a glass?


Two other things I wanted to mention, but don't think they necessarily need their own threads are eye glasses and knot tying.

A few years ago I printed out a page with different style knots to practice, but seeing as how I've never really had to tie anything off before, I don't really know what style knot is appropriate for what. Plus, the ones I printed had a lot of nautical style knots. The Bowline seems to be one of the most useful.

Eyeglasses. I wear contacts and have one pair of eye glasses. If something happened to my glasses, I'd be severely handicapped. My vision is what you'd call legally blind. I don't really have the money to stock up on a bunch of spare glasses, and if fresh water is an issue, I don't see myself taking my contacts out very often (not that I do that anyway). Just wondering if anyone has ever put any thought into eye wear before.

Here is a really cool website that animates the knots for you and has a lot of different kinds: http://www.animatedknots.com/

And http://www.expertvillage.com/ has videos on just about anything you can think of and I've learned how to hand stitch from this site.