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Old 02-24-2015, 09:59 AM   #1
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Forgetting things

What is the most common thing that campers find them self forgetting to get?
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Old 02-24-2015, 10:00 AM   #2
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Batteries. 9V for smoke detector, AAA and AA for remotes and flashlights.

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Old 02-24-2015, 11:09 AM   #6
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CASH! Living in working in a major metro you can turnaround and find an ATM within a few paces and 10pm is still early... Not so much when camping when the nearest ATM can be quite a haul but the cash-only farm market right next to the CG, and roll into the closest town and everything closed at 9pm!
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Old 02-24-2015, 11:17 AM   #7
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We have forgotten food that goes with a meal on a few occasions.
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Old 02-24-2015, 11:30 AM   #8
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Old 02-24-2015, 11:52 AM   #9
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Keys. I now have a set in the truck, trailer, boat, toolbox, jeep, ashtray. I can't tell you how many locks I've had to replace.

I usually remember them when I hit the 100 mile mark from the house.

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Old 02-24-2015, 12:02 PM   #10
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I can tell you what I've never forgotten: libations, IE beer, wine, whisky and Mrs Steels White Russians.


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Old 02-24-2015, 12:14 PM   #11
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Old 02-24-2015, 12:39 PM   #12
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Before we went full time, it used to be (after we were fifty miles from home) did we remember to close the garage door.....stopping the paper was another one that came up regularly
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Old 02-24-2015, 12:44 PM   #14
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Old 02-24-2015, 01:12 PM   #15
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Everything at some point......... except the dogs they always beat us into the truck.

A lot of things we have double of, since they they have been forgotten at some point and a new one was purchased while camping. The extra trailer keys stay in the truck .....

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I can tell you what I've never forgotten: libations, IE beer, wine, whisky and Mrs Steels White Russians.

X2, once you're a pickle...you can't be a cucumber anymore.
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Old 02-24-2015, 01:27 PM   #17
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On several different occasions we forgot < coffee, sugar, coats >. We now start packing the trailer with everything but food in the spring, Trailer cloths, coffee, salt, sugar and all bathroom necessities so we rarely forget things anymore.
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No matter how hard you try or how many check lists you have, there is always something you forget or run out of and end up at the store.
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Old 02-24-2015, 01:53 PM   #19
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The one thing we should NEVER forget is a sense of humor!
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