[Arik Pointer]

Recently I've been purchasing pens, mechanical pencils, activity books such as sudoku, and a 500 Piece puzzle. I also have a red panda plush toy sitting on my record player. What else would be good if there was no internet or electricity?

 

[freedomarms45]

a girlfriend?

 

[freedomarms45]

definitely books. but i read a lot.
lots of people say they don't like to read, but i think they just never found something they LIKE to read. that's the key. find what you're interested in.

and a hobby.

just my 2 cents.

 

[irv818]

Cards. People used to play cards. Choose the right game (based on age of kids) and the whole family can participate. ♠ ♣ ♥ ♦
Or just a group of guys can get together to play poker (a.k.a. drink beer).🍻

 

[Jojo]

Embroidery, beadwork, tatting, quilting.
Making art and jewelry with found mediums; trash, rocks, bones, feathers, exoskeletons, sheds.
Learn to play a musical instrument, harmonica, flute, drum, guitar.
Dancing. Learn some basic steps now with youtube and you will remember them. No partner or music needed.
Writing and telling stories. It's a dying artform.

 

[Canon29]

Bible

 

[Arik Pointer]

a girlfriend?

I can't afford one, too expensive.

 

[Jerry D Young]

If there is more than just you, then classic board and card games. A recent Hoyles Book of Games; knitting & crochet supplies; knitting forms; sewing supplies; DVDs; basic computer with Kindle and other book readers; computer games; 12v computer power supply; karaoke setup (computer or separate); large jigsaw puzzles; kids' jigsaw puzzles; children's manual toys; Matchbox cars; Legos (lots, and lots of Legos); set of K-12 educational materials; water color, acrylic, and oil painting materials.

If it is just you, then add a few more things that interest you, plus things that you have been thinking about learning to do.

Useful items: Shortwave radio; Amateur radio; ceramic clay and tools (both artistic and practical creations), etc.

Just my opinion.

 

[BlackSaint11]

Recently I've been purchasing pens, mechanical pencils, activity books such as sudoku, and a 500 Piece puzzle. I also have a red panda plush toy sitting on my record player. What else would be good if there was no internet or electricity?

playing cards like the ones your dad has in a box in the garage

 

[2ftgd]

When we were out of power during Hurricane Sandy, my pre-teen kids and Dad had a blast setting up a Rube Goldberg contraption throughout the whole house, to turn on a light switch. There were ramps, marbles, matchbox cars, track, dominoes, springs, levers, etc.etc. It took them days of team work and creativity, to make a lifelong memory. If you are not familiar with Rube Goldberg, he was the master of making complicated systems to perform simple tasks.

 

[NY Min]

Sigh. It seems it's not just kids who have forgotten how to play with whatever is to hand.

 

[cowboy1964]

Having back up power these days is fairly easy to do. The problem is no internet. It's amazing how much of what we do on PCs these days requires the net.

Would be good to have a good selection of "offline" games.

 

[Jim from 28DaysLater]

Isn't Jenga maybe a good collapse toy? Or chutes and ladders?

 

[UserNameTaken]

I would say morale can be kept up with progress toward restoring whatever needs restoring to make life "normal" again. That and chocolate, gotta have hershy kisses.

 

[LevelOne]

Dice, playing cards, checkers/chess, and a few classic board games. The wife likes fiction and refuses to get a Kindle, so we have lots of action/spy type paperback books. We also keep a good stock of cookie and cake mixes in the pantry, along with canned frosting, paper cups for cupcakes, candy sprinkles, peanuts, and B-Day candles. We've used cake/cookie mixes that were over 5 years old and they taste fine, the only issue is they don't rise as much because the baking powder in them has degraded - so we add some fresh baking powder to the mix. Baking soda and Cream of Tartar is a baking powder substitute as well, and stored separately lasts a long time too. Besides celebrating birthdays or special occasions I'll use them to celebrate any team/group successes, the world may have gone to **** but it's hard to complain about anything while you're eating cupcakes

 

[Clifffalling]

Recently I've been purchasing pens, mechanical pencils, activity books such as sudoku, and a 500 Piece puzzle. I also have a red panda plush toy sitting on my record player. What else would be good if there was no internet or electricity?

Okay, maybe i missed something. Whats the "red panda plush" for? Is that like code for something??

As for what else, lots of good suggestions above.
I would get a good carving knife set. Learn to carve various things now. Like spoons, chess pieces, caricatures, whirly gigs, etc.
Maybe take up fly tieing.
Pottery making
Good MP3 player with thousands of songs
Records for that record player.

 

[Mule Skinner]

An encyclopedia set. Used ones are cheap nowadays.
Lots of reading material on lots of topics.

 

[the_keeper]

I was gonna say condoms, but if you can't afford a girlfriend you probably don't need them.

 

[McMacy]

We have lot's of DVD's, books, games, puzzles, problems, and issues. Me and the sweet wife can play Yahtzee without the score sheet . We also do cards and Cribbage. We have a couple wiffle ball sets for Homerun or Strike Out. Plus, we have a couple harmonica's to drive each other nut's.

 

[Arik Pointer]

Okay, maybe i missed something. Whats the "red panda plush" for? Is that like code for something??

She's mainly there to brighten the room, but she also helps to give the room some character.