# What are your backups?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-backups/974260>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 3, 2022, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-backups/974260 "2022-11-03T00:45:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2022, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-backups/974260/42 "2022-11-06T11:16:14Z")

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> [@scudsucker](#):
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> I have camped successfully in my youth with just the spoon, some canned food, and the sleeping bag. Not even the matches.

Clearly you camped in fine weather, and mosquitos don’t bother you. In rain or cold, let alone snow, you’d be miserable if not hypothermic. In my youth I could wrap up in a blanket and fall asleep on the bare ground. This is not possible fifty years later.

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**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2022, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-backups/974260/43 "2022-11-06T12:58:20Z")

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> [@scudsucker](#):
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> I can open a can with a spoon

This, I’m curious about.

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**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2022, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-backups/974260/44 "2022-11-06T13:20:46Z")

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My backups are the kindness of strangers. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-backups/974260/45 "2022-11-06T15:24:14Z")

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@BeepKillBeep[The Simpsons - Kindness Of Strangers - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvHPv1go75o)

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-backups/974260/46 "2022-11-07T01:01:56Z")

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We used the generator for about three hours today. I was going to light the candle in the chianti bottle, but ‘it must have gotten thrown away’. (Translation: The wife tossed it.)

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**Author:** ![dummygladhands71](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c0e974/32.png) [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2022, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-backups/974260/47 "2022-11-07T01:48:13Z")

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[https://www.ninesmw.com/products/touchtopledlamp?variant=18209753345&utm\_medium=google&utm\_source=paid\_shopping&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIn\_Gh2\_ma-wIVzwytBh3vSwR0EAYYASABEgKa8fD\_BwE](https://www.ninesmw.com/products/touchtopledlamp?variant=18209753345&utm_medium=google&utm_source=paid_shopping&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIn_Gh2_ma-wIVzwytBh3vSwR0EAYYASABEgKa8fD_BwE)

Lots of these.

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