Name something (non-edible) that you would not be able to live without.

Response to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 10:27 AM

pipi_k (16,470 posts)

1. Two things

for me...

Books and music.

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Response to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 10:28 AM

onehandle (36,003 posts)

2. The Internet.

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I have no idea how I did things, learned things before the Internet.

Although I did for decades.

Which is why high speed access should be universal and guaranteed.

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Response to onehandle (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 16, 2012, 11:18 AM

Kali (34,469 posts)

36. besides oxygen and family/pets THIS

(and family is negotiable)

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Response to onehandle (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 16, 2012, 08:08 PM

Flaxbee (12,585 posts)

46. Access to the Internet is a fundamental human right in Finland

Which is why my husband and I might like to live in Helsinki one of these days...aside from the fact that it's a really neat city

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Response to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 10:34 AM

rrneck (14,007 posts)

3. Shoes. I hate going barefoot. nt

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Response to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 10:42 AM

Xyzse (2,301 posts)

4. Clean Underwear

I have a bunch, and can change more than 3 times per day, every day of the week before having to do laundry.

I sometimes run barefoot.
I have had no one complain about me running without a shirt on.

I'd have said Internet too, but, it's already taken.
So yeah... Undies!

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Response to Xyzse (Reply #4)

Tue Oct 16, 2012, 12:37 AM

Major Nikon (10,110 posts)

24. I can go 4 days

Day 1: Clean underwear
Day 2: Wear them backwards
Day 3: Turn them inside out
Day 4: Repeat step 2

If I run out, I just wear my wife's.

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Response to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 11:02 AM

HopeHoops (47,675 posts)

5. Cats.

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Response to HopeHoops (Reply #5)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 11:36 AM

Bertha Venation (20,240 posts)

6. + 1

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Response to Bertha Venation (Reply #6)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 11:44 AM

HopeHoops (47,675 posts)

7. Face it. Even if I wasn't vegetarian, they'd be too stringy a meat to eat anyway.

Besides, they're so cute and cuddle-wuddly-googie-googie-goo, well, when they aren't being pin cushions.

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Tue Oct 16, 2012, 12:38 AM

Major Nikon (10,110 posts)

25. It takes too many to make a meal

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Response to Major Nikon (Reply #25)

Tue Oct 16, 2012, 01:28 AM

Kennah (6,778 posts)

29. Smaller portions equals easy weight loss program

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Response to HopeHoops (Reply #7)

Tue Oct 16, 2012, 06:12 PM

marzipanni (5,121 posts)

40. I think you mean when they aren't treating you like a pin cushion?

Doesn't it feel good to be kneaded?

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Response to marzipanni (Reply #40)

Tue Oct 16, 2012, 06:19 PM

HopeHoops (47,675 posts)

42. Not when they do it in my crotch, no. Otherwise, generally yes. Cats are a mixed bag.

I can't live without them, but they tear up everything, think outside the litter box, steal my water glass straws, hide my glasses (yes, they hide them), steal tooth brushes, piss on important papers, scratch at things that aren't there (like on your legs while you're taking a dump), sleep on clean clothes in the laundry baskets, try to escape from wherever they shouldn't, get on the sink to piss you off, eat from pans on the stove, barf on the rug and couch, and other things that aren't pleasant. On the plus side, they DO kill mice, they purr, and they're cuddles. It's a give and take thing.

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Response to HopeHoops (Reply #5)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 11:51 AM

Arugula Latte (40,560 posts)

8. Yes. Also, "kitties."

And pussums.

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Response to HopeHoops (Reply #5)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 10:05 PM

The Velveteen Ocelot (34,907 posts)

22. Definitely. Can't live without them.

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Response to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #22)

Tue Oct 16, 2012, 09:28 AM

HopeHoops (47,675 posts)

33. Despite this morning even. While I was on the can, one stole my water glass straw, and the other

acted like one of my wife's shoes was a huge bud of catnip. Something went "crash" at one point (no idea what), and they completely scattered a pile of newspapers. And this was all in the bedroom!!! Then again, they're only six months old.

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Response to HopeHoops (Reply #33)

Tue Oct 16, 2012, 09:50 AM

The Velveteen Ocelot (34,907 posts)

34. One of mine tried to pee in my purse yesterday.

I don't know why. Right now he is on the kitchen counter devouring a fern.

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Response to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #34)

Tue Oct 16, 2012, 10:42 AM

HopeHoops (47,675 posts)

35. We have one that eats the aloe plants. She's in MD with my daughter now.

One of the kittens (I'm pretty sure I know which one) likes to "think outside the box" - even if it's freshly cleaned!

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Response to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #34)

Tue Oct 16, 2012, 06:18 PM

marzipanni (5,121 posts)

41. After Mr. Ticket sprayed into one of my dad's shoes in his closet,

my parents asked if it wasn't time to have him neutered.

He was staying with them between my moves.

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Response to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 11:59 AM

mysuzuki2 (2,905 posts)

9. Hand lotion.

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Response to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 12:01 PM

blueamy66 (5,651 posts)

10. my fiance

and the remote control

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Response to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 12:06 PM

KurtNYC (12,200 posts)

11. Oxygen

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Mon Oct 15, 2012, 12:37 PM

sinkingfeeling (28,087 posts)

12. Books and water.

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Response to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 01:20 PM

RebelOne (27,013 posts)

13. Yup, toilet paper and secondly, the Internet. n/t

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Response to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 01:27 PM

geardaddy (14,329 posts)

14. Music.

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Response to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 01:44 PM

HappyMe (12,510 posts)

15. My sweetie

and books.

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Response to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 02:33 PM

pink-o (3,741 posts)

16. I Phone.

and WiFi hotspots. Go ahead, let the flaming begin!

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Response to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 03:02 PM

PD Turk (1,090 posts)

17. I was going to say sex

I was going to say sex but then I thought about it and, you did specify "non-edible"

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Response to PD Turk (Reply #17)

Tue Oct 16, 2012, 05:21 PM

Scuba (27,211 posts)

38. +1,000

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Response to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 03:03 PM

Glorfindel (3,114 posts)

18. Eyeglasses

I have worn them so long, even if my vision miraculously improved, I'd probably still wear plain glass ones.

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Response to Glorfindel (Reply #18)

Tue Oct 16, 2012, 01:27 AM

mykpart (3,873 posts)

28. Me, too. Glasses.

I even have to wear 2 pair simultaneously when I'm on the computer!

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Response to Glorfindel (Reply #18)

Tue Oct 16, 2012, 07:12 AM

greatauntoftriplets (130,313 posts)

32. I thought I'd always have to wear glasses, too....

then I had two cataract surgeries last winter and no longer needed glasses, thanks to the implants. Took a while to get used to, but I love it now. Oh, I still do have reading glasses.

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Response to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 03:19 PM

RedCloud (8,985 posts)

19. I got this one!...(maybe not)

Air?

Water?

Gravity?

Love?

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Response to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 03:37 PM

Lucy Fer (11 posts)

20. Computer

I'd kill myself.

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Mon Oct 15, 2012, 10:04 PM

femmocrat (14,385 posts)

21. Chapstick.

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Mon Oct 15, 2012, 10:11 PM

aint_no_life_nowhere (18,946 posts)

23. a guitar

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Response to aint_no_life_nowhere (Reply #23)

Tue Oct 16, 2012, 05:21 PM

Scuba (27,211 posts)

39. +1

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Response to Scuba (Reply #39)

Wed Oct 17, 2012, 03:46 PM

Tsiyu (15,455 posts)

48. +2

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Response to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Tue Oct 16, 2012, 12:38 AM

Major Nikon (10,110 posts)

26. Alcohol

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Tue Oct 16, 2012, 01:09 AM

Rincewind (874 posts)

27. Oxygen nt.

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Tue Oct 16, 2012, 01:29 AM

Kennah (6,778 posts)

30. DU!

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Tue Oct 16, 2012, 02:42 AM

dimbear (5,306 posts)

31. gravity n/t

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Response to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Tue Oct 16, 2012, 01:42 PM

Jamaal510 (3,345 posts)

37. Pokemon

because it's pretty much the only video game I excel at. And like FPS games, it's a good stress reliever to go around and battle other trainers and defeat wild Pokemon.

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Response to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Tue Oct 16, 2012, 06:25 PM

BlueJazz (17,911 posts)

43. The Sun and Moon

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Tue Oct 16, 2012, 07:38 PM

sakabatou (29,253 posts)

44. iPod

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Tue Oct 16, 2012, 07:42 PM

marlakay (4,216 posts)

45. Bed and or clothing

Assuming I already have some type of clothing then a bed or mattress. I couldn't sleep on the ground, my back would go out.

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Response to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Tue Oct 16, 2012, 08:40 PM

marzipanni (5,121 posts)

47. I'm kind of partial to something that heats water for me

Though in the warmer months I'd really like a simple solar water heating system- and an outdoor shower in the back yard, like some beach house have)

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Wed Oct 17, 2012, 04:05 PM

RiffRandell (2,990 posts)

49. Television and DVR.

Sad but true.

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Response to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Wed Oct 17, 2012, 05:12 PM

bamacrat (3,831 posts)

50. My Binder full of Women!

Haha I couldn't resist.

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50 replies	Author	Time	Post
Name something (non-edible) that you would not be able to live without. (Original post)	Bertha Venation	Oct 2012	OP
Two things	pipi_k	Oct 2012	#1
The Internet.	onehandle	Oct 2012	#2
besides oxygen and family/pets THIS	Kali	Oct 2012	#36
Access to the Internet is a fundamental human right in Finland	Flaxbee	Oct 2012	#46
Shoes. I hate going barefoot. nt	rrneck	Oct 2012	#3
Clean Underwear	Xyzse	Oct 2012	#4
I can go 4 days	Major Nikon	Oct 2012	#24
Cats.	HopeHoops	Oct 2012	#5
+ 1	Bertha Venation	Oct 2012	#6
Face it. Even if I wasn't vegetarian, they'd be too stringy a meat to eat anyway.	HopeHoops	Oct 2012	#7
It takes too many to make a meal	Major Nikon	Oct 2012	#25
Smaller portions equals easy weight loss program	Kennah	Oct 2012	#29
I think you mean when they aren't treating you like a pin cushion?	marzipanni	Oct 2012	#40
Not when they do it in my crotch, no. Otherwise, generally yes. Cats are a mixed bag.	HopeHoops	Oct 2012	#42
Yes. Also, "kitties."	Arugula Latte	Oct 2012	#8
Definitely. Can't live without them.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Oct 2012	#22
Despite this morning even. While I was on the can, one stole my water glass straw, and the other	HopeHoops	Oct 2012	#33
One of mine tried to pee in my purse yesterday.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Oct 2012	#34
We have one that eats the aloe plants. She's in MD with my daughter now.	HopeHoops	Oct 2012	#35
After Mr. Ticket sprayed into one of my dad's shoes in his closet,	marzipanni	Oct 2012	#41
Hand lotion.	mysuzuki2	Oct 2012	#9
my fiance	blueamy66	Oct 2012	#10
Oxygen	KurtNYC	Oct 2012	#11
Books and water.	sinkingfeeling	Oct 2012	#12
Yup, toilet paper and secondly, the Internet. n/t	RebelOne	Oct 2012	#13
Music.	geardaddy	Oct 2012	#14
My sweetie	HappyMe	Oct 2012	#15
I Phone.	pink-o	Oct 2012	#16
I was going to say sex	PD Turk	Oct 2012	#17
+1,000	Scuba	Oct 2012	#38
Eyeglasses	Glorfindel	Oct 2012	#18
Me, too. Glasses.	mykpart	Oct 2012	#28
I thought I'd always have to wear glasses, too....	greatauntoftriplets	Oct 2012	#32
I got this one!...(maybe not)	RedCloud	Oct 2012	#19
Computer	Lucy Fer	Oct 2012	#20
Chapstick.	femmocrat	Oct 2012	#21
a guitar	aint_no_life_nowhere	Oct 2012	#23
+1	Scuba	Oct 2012	#39
+2	Tsiyu	Oct 2012	#48
Alcohol	Major Nikon	Oct 2012	#26
Oxygen nt.	Rincewind	Oct 2012	#27
DU!	Kennah	Oct 2012	#30
gravity n/t	dimbear	Oct 2012	#31
Pokemon	Jamaal510	Oct 2012	#37
The Sun and Moon	BlueJazz	Oct 2012	#43
iPod	sakabatou	Oct 2012	#44
Bed and or clothing	marlakay	Oct 2012	#45
I'm kind of partial to something that heats water for me	marzipanni	Oct 2012	#47
Television and DVR.	RiffRandell	Oct 2012	#49
My Binder full of Women!	bamacrat	Oct 2012	#50