My boss is a wealthy attorney who lives in an affluent suburb of Los Angeles. He appreciates luxury. In addition to his 9,000 square foot home, he has a 4,000 square foot beach house. He drives a luxury car. He wears a luxury watch. He collects and uses luxury pens.
One evening, he and his wife were going out to dinner with their friend B. and B.'s wife. B. was the IT manager for a big-five accounting firm. He was successful, intellectual and apparently quite urban working downtown in a large high rise building managing the computer systems and IT personnel.
The couples were going to a luxury restaurant, and even though it was not located far from their homes, they hired a limousine to drive them to the restaurant. They did not need to hire a limousine for any other purpose than to provide a greater sense of luxury as at least one person in the group did not drink alcohol so there was no need for a designated driver.
As the two couples were loading into the limousine, my boss noticed that his friend, B., who was wearing dress slacks and a jacket was also sporting a large backpack with all types of accoutrement hooked on. When asked, B. revealed that his backpack was full of various items that would help him survive in case of an emergency: a powerful flashlight, emergency Mylar blanket, packets of freeze dried food, a first aid kit, batteries, radio, etc. My boss asked B. why he had the backpack. B. explained he took it with him everywhere, all the time. "I am a survivalist," B. explained.
After much reassurance that they would probably survive dinner without the backpack, B. finally relented to leaving the backpack in the limousine while they dined.
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Hey, you never know what you may encounter in one of those fancy restaurants in one of those fancy neighborhoods! ;)
dirk_star -- thanks for stopping by.
dan -- I know what you mean!
Ooh. That's tough. It is a good thing to be ready, but to be constantly ready out of relentless fear is tough.
It will be a good thing to have such a pack ready at home or in the boot of a care though.
imran md -- After one of our big California earthquakes I put a first aid kit and lots of water bottles in the trunk of my car. It didn't last too long though. The first aid kit got soaked during a car wash and the water was drunk. Oh well. So much for preparedness.
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