Take a look at Leatherman tools, Jesse.
Spike: I'm not a monster. Xander: Yes! You are a monster. Vampires are monsters! They make monster movies about them! Spike: Well, yeah. Got me there.
'Dirty Girls'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Tom Scola - Nov 23, 2013 3:40:57 pm PST #12777 of 30000
They pay me in WOIMS
dcp - Nov 23, 2013 3:43:56 pm PST #12778 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Go Victorinox, choose Victorinox.
I still have my old Super Tinker, but my regular pocket knife for the last ten years has been a Leatherman Squirt S4.
Jesse - Nov 23, 2013 3:50:50 pm PST #12779 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I don't like how the Leatherman looks so much, but I guess it's not about that, huh?
-t - Nov 23, 2013 3:54:40 pm PST #12780 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yeah, for all three I think you start to get pretty massive. The corkscrew and the phillips head each takes up more space than most blades.
Juliebird - Nov 23, 2013 4:18:51 pm PST #12781 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I wish that I'd discovered this a month ago: Cryomax Coldpack (from Target). Advertised to last 8 hours. I'd be happy with any non-leaky coldpack that lasted more than twenty minutes. Now I'm on hour two without having had to put it back in the freezer. And that's been my issue with icing my ankle: nothing lasts long enough, have to wait for it to rechill, forget from the waiting, or don't bother cuz it doesn't last long enough.
Bring on the frostbite, baybee!
Jessica - Nov 23, 2013 5:01:44 pm PST #12782 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Last time I checked, botulism toxin was still a toxin. In controlled amounts under medical supervision it can have positive uses (though I don't think paralyzed facial muscles and frozen expressions are a positive use for actresses), just like chemotherapy chemicals, but that doesn't make it not poison.
Last I checked, the same can be said of every other medication, and most food. Toxicity is measured by dosage and application, not chemical components.
-t - Nov 23, 2013 5:02:19 pm PST #12783 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, hey, I did find coffee! An ancient can of decaf in my freezer. Kind of sad, but I am having a cup. I don't even know why. I went and got my annual gingerbread latte this morning, so I shouldn't be that desperate.
aurelia - Nov 23, 2013 10:10:26 pm PST #12784 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I would vote Leatherman, too.
brenda m - Nov 24, 2013 3:01:00 am PST #12785 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Maybe not mixing fancy drinks, but opening wine, pouring beer and champagne properly, mixing liquor+chaser-
Pouring a proper gin and tonic was most definitely part of our upbringing.
Theodosia - Nov 24, 2013 3:29:23 am PST #12786 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I like the Leatherman(s), because if you have pliers, you find that you have about a hundred uses for them that you never knew you needed. They make a whole bunch of "gripping" or "getting into a tight spot" situations, much much easier.
I've somehow ended up with one Swiss Army knife, one full-size Leatherman, and two mini-"Leatherman" alternate devices (one made by Brookstone, with a dear little detachable LED flashlight). The Brookstone I carry in my purse and amazes everyone when you take it out to deal with a Situation.