Hypatia_PA
gift 6
Australian military rations! One day's worth! Holy shit this is incredibly awesome! Yes, Santa, you're right on the money in your letter - "in the heart of every zombie fan is a crazed survivalist." I enjoy all forms of post-apocalyptic fiction, and while I'm far from a crazed survivalist in practice, I do have an emergency plan, go bag, and two weeks worth of canned food and water in the house (don't look at me like that. My area once went without power for a week).
The Australian PR1M looks way better than the MREs I've had. I used to eat MREs all the time. My dad was a Reservist, and would buy surplus MREs that we could take hunting and camping. I'd even mooch packs to take with me to track and field tournaments. This is going to bring back some good memories. Not so much of the food, but of the times associated with them!
The sheer variety of what is in the plastic is astounding. Two entrees, a buttload of snacks, rice, what looks like ramen, matches, better quality toilet paper than what the MREs give (already put in my car in case of a roadside emergency), dried fruit (I've eaten one pack already - it was labeled "fruit grains," so I was expecting fruit flavored granola, but instead it was ridiculously good bits of raspberry fruit leather.)
I will eat my way through the bag, most likely as part of lunches at work. My students have been fascinated by this whole Secret Santa thing (wait, you STALK each other? This isn't creepy, how?) so they'll get a kick out of seeing me enjoy part of my gift.
In fact, I'm packing a sleeve of saltines and the tube of Marmite. We're going to see who the real men and women in my classes are, tomorrow. I've never tried the stuff, but I'm game!
gift 6
Australian military rations! One day's worth! Holy shit this is incredibly awesome! Yes, Santa, you're right on the money in your letter - "in the heart of every zombie fan is a crazed survivalist." I enjoy all forms of post-apocalyptic fiction, and while I'm far from a crazed survivalist in practice, I do have an emergency plan, go bag, and two weeks worth of canned food and water in the house (don't look at me like that. My area once went without power for a week).
The Australian PR1M looks way better than the MREs I've had. I used to eat MREs all the time. My dad was a Reservist, and would buy surplus MREs that we could take hunting and camping. I'd even mooch packs to take with me to track and field tournaments. This is going to bring back some good memories. Not so much of the food, but of the times associated with them!
The sheer variety of what is in the plastic is astounding. Two entrees, a buttload of snacks, rice, what looks like ramen, matches, better quality toilet paper than what the MREs give (already put in my car in case of a roadside emergency), dried fruit (I've eaten one pack already - it was labeled "fruit grains," so I was expecting fruit flavored granola, but instead it was ridiculously good bits of raspberry fruit leather.)
I will eat my way through the bag, most likely as part of lunches at work. My students have been fascinated by this whole Secret Santa thing (wait, you STALK each other? This isn't creepy, how?) so they'll get a kick out of seeing me enjoy part of my gift.
In fact, I'm packing a sleeve of saltines and the tube of Marmite. We're going to see who the real men and women in my classes are, tomorrow. I've never tried the stuff, but I'm game!