When the final breakdown in society happens you'll
want to be prepared with a lot of little tips and tricks
that can save your life. One of those little things that
we've gotten so used to that won't be available in a
nuclear winter is light. Especially at night so you'll
want to be able to turn your toothbrush into a
flashlight.
Step one is to go to the store and get some
batteries. They're usually right there next to the
flashlights. Step two is to get some tape and wire. Any
old wire will do as long as you can tape it. And oh yea.
It's nice if you can cut it, so don't get the real thick
stuff.
Once home see if you can find a flashlight bulb
someplace, maybe in a junk drawer or a tool box. It
seems like we're always buying those spare light bulbs
and misplacing them so that when our flashlight does
burn out, we can't use it because we can't find the
spare bulbs. All the more reason to be prepared and know
how to turn your flashlight into a toothbrush. Whoops!
Did I get that wrong. I meant turn your toothbrush into
a flashlight. Wouldn't that be awkward the other way
around.
So any who, if you can't find the spare bulbs take
one out of a flashlight you might have lying around.
Most households have dozens of them they never use.
Next you'll want to make a battery holder. I usually
just tape the batteries right to the tooth brush. You'll
need two (batteries, not tooth brushes). Next cut some
wire and make it long enough in case you have to find an
alternative power source when your batteries run out. So
tape one end of the wire to the flat side of one of the
batteries and leave the other end loose.
Here I usually tape a second piece of wire to the
side of the light bulb. Then I cut another piece of wire
and tape it to the pointy end of one of the batteries.
You can use a loop and splice one of the wires into it.
Then just touch the light bulb to one of the batteries
and wala ... Light!
If it doesn't work you might need to touch the two
ends of the batteries together.
Another trick is to take the wire and strike it
against one of the terminals on your car battery while
resting the other end onto something metal on the car.
The resultant flash of light will be an explosion as the
batteries that were on the toothbrush blew up. The light
you now see, then, will be referred to as a blinding
light and it'll go away, but wasn't it nice to be
reminded, briefly, what having light was like in the
dark.
One other thing you might find useful is using your
flashlight-toothbrush as a weapon. If you are attacked
by a bear, or some other wild animal, just throw it at
them, and the weight of the batteries will impact the
animal, dazing them just long enough for you to get
away.
Remember; survival is for the clever. Good luck and
happy camping.
THE END
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