Well we've got a thread on things it might be a good idea to leave at home, but what are the top 3 things you shouldnt forget if you're going away for a while?
I ask cos in a week's time I'm gonna be going off for a couple of months, which is by far the longest I've been away from home. Of course I'm fully initiated in the need to know where my towel is, but if that's (and I quote) about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitch hiker can have, what's the next most useful thing? What will i miss most?
All advice welcome (even crazy advice 
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MS
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1. your passport, so you can always look up what your name is
2. a photo of yourself so you can check what you should look like
3. a mirror to check what you really look like atm
(4. gingerbread?)
i wish you a good time abroad and may you safely return
*hugs
life is hard. after all it kills you.
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considering where you're going, a bottle of sunscreen would probably be a good idea
i can't tell you what you will miss, only what i missed. my family and friends. the madness and the people on thud. i don't know about tanzania, but in nz i had the feeling that the people just had the wrong sense of humour for me. so maybe a dw book or two might be a good idea, too....
we'll miss you lotsness!!
When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained. – Mark Twain
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you, yourself and your clothing...simple
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1. your passport, so you can always look up what your name is
2. a photo of yourself so you can check what you should look like
3. a mirror to check what you really look like atm
(4. gingerbread?)
Now there speaks a lady with my best interests at heart
Though I'm not sure the mirror is such a good idea... Imagine what I'll look like when I havent shaved for a few weeks. Blond facial hair! Nooooo!
i can't tell you what you will miss, only what i missed. my family and friends.
mmm - though I'm struggling to fit them in my bag at the moment :-S
the madness and the people on thud.
Internets might be a problem - there's no access where I'm going to be living, its just possible I'll be able to get to a computer some weekends, but even then not for long. I shall do my best to pop in, but otherwise I think you'll just have to behave yourselves while I'm gone
i don't know about tanzania, but in nz i had the feeling that the people just had the wrong sense of humour for me. so maybe a dw book or two might be a good idea, too....
Good policy - I plan to take lots of books, and probably not bring most of them back, so I'm hitting charity shops for second hand ones.
you, yourself and your clothing...simple
Clothing? Are you sure that's neccessary? Damn, I'm gonna have to find some space in my bag... maybe I cant take quite so many boxes of gingerbread...
MS
"LOOKS PERFECTLY LOGICAL TO ME"
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Now there speaks a lady with my best interests at heart
Though I'm not sure the mirror is such a good idea... Imagine what I'll look like when I havent shaved for a few weeks. Blond facial hair! Nooooo!
Picture? *runs off*
mmm - though I'm struggling to fit them in my bag at the moment :-S
try folding them...
the madness and the people on thud.
Internets might be a problem - there's no access where I'm going to be living, its just possible I'll be able to get to a computer some weekends, but even then not for long. I shall do my best to pop in, but otherwise I think you'll just have to behave yourselves while I'm gone
it' hardest in the beginning. but you know, we always behave ourselfs.
you, yourself and your clothing...simple
Clothing? Are you sure that's neccessary? Damn, I'm gonna have to find some space in my bag... maybe I cant take quite so many boxes of gingerbread...
no, it's not necessary, but... *points up and runs faster*
When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained. – Mark Twain
Save the rats, eat a dwarf!
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i can't tell you what you will miss, only what i missed. my family and friends.
mmm - though I'm struggling to fit them in my bag at the moment :-S
hmm you sure it's you struggling and not your family and friends?
"The problem with Italian food is that five or six days later you're hungry again." - George Miller
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let's all struggle and try to get into scrubby's bag then we can have a loooooong party and he can check on our behaviour!
but honestly, how about taking a thudboard and spread the art of playing thud?
life is hard. after all it kills you.
katherine hepburn
What is the point of education if people go out and use it?
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Melon...cant leave with out melon....
You believe but what you see
You receive but what you give...
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and cheese. You never know!
"The problem with Italian food is that five or six days later you're hungry again." - George Miller
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let's all struggle and try to get into scrubby's bag then we can have a loooooong party and he can check on our behaviour!
YAY! The thud grand tour, this way
but honestly, how about taking a thudboard and spread the art of playing thud?
I might just do that - a couple of years ago I made myself a travel board (by cutting up an old bed sheet and writing on it) which doubles as a handy bag to carry the pieces... Sounds like rather a good plan.
MS
"LOOKS PERFECTLY LOGICAL TO ME"
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You should not forget;
1- your passport: id is all ways good
2- a pen knife: help loads round the place
3- MP3/ CD player/ Mobile-phone: music all ways can relay calm you (metal)
I hereby commit thy body to the deep
To be turned into corruption
Looking for a resurrection of the body
When the sea shall give up her dead
And the life of the world to come, through our Lord
Amen
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2- a pen knife: help loads round the place
But not to carry on a plane... because we don't want to get him arrested now do we?
Do we?
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I've got a funny story bout this...
On my way to iceland with the scouts, we were to be using trangeas there, so i had taken methylated spirits to uel them in my rucksack...they let me get all the way to iceland with explosives in the hold...and back again!!!
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1) Mp3 (When some weird native starts talking to you/when there is annoying, loud music around)
2) A long knife or a handgun (When some weird native starts demanding you to hand over the mp3)
3) A concealed bottle of vodka (When a bunch of weird natives have beaten and robbed you you can delay the pain and misery to the next day, now with added headache)
- 'Faith' means not wanting to know what is true.
- In heaven all the interesting people are missing.
-Friedrich Nietzsche