10 Essential Tools

[melissalw]

So I got to thinking. In the last year or two, I've done a fair amount of buying that will save me money in the long run (or so I imagine). I'm curious as to what others consider their necessaries- the tools you've just got to have to make things run more smoothly? If you had to pick 10 tools for simple living, what would they be?

Mine would be:
1. A shovel
2. A hammer
3. A screwdriver
4. A computer (because being able to look up how to do things online HUGELY simplifies my life!)
5. A bicycle
6. A pressure canner (which does triple duty in my house as a pressure cooker and a water bath canner)
7. A sewing machine
8. A broom
9. A sharp knife
10. A saw

What would yours be?

[bae]

1 - Axe
2 - Knife
3 - Vice Grips - "The Wrong Tool For Every Job"
4 - Ipad
5 - Blastmatch firestarter
6 - Leatherman multitool
7 - LED headlamp
8 - DMT sharpening stone(s)
9 - Anvil
10 - Hammer

[razz]

1.Matches or the means for making a fire
2 Axe
3.Saw
4.Needles for sewing and knitting with yarn
5. wheelbarrow
6. shovel
7. Reader's Digest How-to manual
8. windup radio
9. Haybox with pot
10. container for carrying water.

[KayLR]

1.Matches or the means for making a fire
2 Axe
3.Saw
4.Needles for sewing and knitting with yarn
5. wheelbarrow
6. shovel
7. Reader's Digest How-to manual
8. windup radio
9. Haybox with pot
10. container for carrying water.

Haybox with pot???

This thread reminds me of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: "You must know at all times the whereabouts of your towel." Actually a stash of rags would be something I would add to you-all's very good lists.

[Fawn]

1) sharp knife
2) cooking pot and fire
3) computer
4) shelter
5) the whereabouts of your towel
6) means of procuring more food (hunting, barter, enslavement, a sharp knife....)
7) means of procuring your freedom (divorce, rebellion, a sharp knife....)
8) means of betterment of humanity (service, rebellion, children, a sharp knife)
9) means of making peace w/ yourself (age, forgiveness, religion, family that loves you)
10) stunning black dress/tuxedo

[iris lily]

You know what, I really use my stash of toweling rags a lot. Daily. More often than a hammer.

[Crystal]

5) the whereabouts of your towel
6) means of procuring more food (hunting, barter, enslavement, a sharp knife....)
7) means of procuring your freedom (divorce, rebellion, a sharp knife....)
8) means of betterment of humanity (service, rebellion, children, a sharp knife)
9) means of making peace w/ yourself (age, forgiveness, religion, family that loves you)
10) stunning black dress/tuxedo

Fawn for President!

[razz]

Haybox with pot???

This thread reminds me of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: "You must know at all times the whereabouts of your towel." Actually a stash of rags would be something I would add to you-all's very good lists.

A haybox is a container for slow cooking and the pot fits inside. http://www.solarcooker-at-cantinawes...ox_cooker.html

I forgot about the sharp knife!!!! What do I delete to make room for the knife?

[Fawn]

Fawn for President!

You are too funny.

I would never make it past the metal detectors at the White House with my sharp knife.

[Mrs-M]

This is a great thread!

• Stove.
• Pressure canner.
• Vacuum.
• Bucket.
• Automatic washing machine.
• Clothesline.
• Broom.
• Sewing machine.
• Bicycle.
• Computer.