And a sleeping bag, if you're going to do all that drinking...
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> Subject: Sonnet: Your Emergency Preparedness Kit
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> Sonnet: Your Emergency Preparedness Kit
>
> What you'll need in your kit, of course, depends on the kind
> of emergency you plan to have and where you plan to have it.
> If you're in France and plan to have an emergency on the road
>
> be sure to take along a corkscrew, five bottles of wine, three or
> four baguettes, some fine, pungent cheese, and a red and white
> checkered tablecloth. In much of the rest of Europe and in Cali-
>
> fornia, mostly the same. In Latin America, much the same. But
> in Canada be sure to have a charged cell phone, and in the US
> a fistful of credit cards, and your Triple-A card. A six-pack of beer
>
> would be a comfort. In many parts of the world you can rely on
> friendly locals to pull you out of a ditch, give you a push, or carry
> you, your wife and kids off to a nearby clinic or hospital. In case
>
> of serious injuries, it's a good idea to have several units of blood
> for each of you. And in Texas, of course, you're on your own.
>
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> Hal
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