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Midgets sunk the German Battleship Tirpitz

Ooops, sorry was cooking.. Closest was Oldtimer. The unusual contents belong to the Midget Disaster Emergency Survival kit circa 1960 This kit was designed and manufactured by the D.E.S. Corporation of Newark, Ohio. It is intended to help the user survive the first 24 hours of a nuclear war...

Some tunes cannot be bought, they have to be earned...

It's not cheating WG, question specifically chosen to be unfriendly challenging to search engines. One person is really close, shall I put you out of your misery now or let it ride for a few more hours and reveal around 9pm?

What 24 hour survival kit always contained a cotton face mask, purple hooded plastic raincoat & Hershey's chocolate..? Hint: nothing to do with covid or any other virus

Oh I don't know, the evolution of survival kits can be traced back a fair ways. Of course every once in a while the Matrix glitches and history repeats itself. UK comic "Bullet" issue #2 Fireball's survival guide 1976 previously posted by Alan 13~7 here WWII RAF escape & evasion kit...

Definitely gnawed by rats, had motorcycle helmet with similar pattern after leaving half kebab under it one night at a rally.

Over the last decade there has been a worrying shift towards software as a service with electronic gadgets. So in terms of durability, reliability, value for money, carbon footprint, eco-friendlyness and oddly enough security then it's hard to beat even a party cracker compass with a half decent...

There's a film/documentary about Lance Mackey (four time winner of the Iditarod sled dog race) up in Fairbanks Alaska where he talks about stuffing the walls of the cabin he built for the family with old clothing & bedding scavenged from wherever he could get it.

Polar

Hell no, I still remember mother scalping me as a kid with a hair thinning razor

With most folk stuck at home they don't need hi-tech...

DIY Sherbert recipe, adjust for creaminess or tongue torturing zing as desired. Citric acid, Baking soda & icing sugar 6 tea-spoons citric acid crystals 3 table-spoons baking soda 4 table-spoons icing sugar (or more to taste) Grind it all to a fine powder with a mortar & pestle/ coffee...

True any competent Bushcraft enthusiast could make cordage, thorn fishooks, stone tools, build a debris shelter and get a fire going by friction with locally sourced materials but and it's a big but... it takes time, both hands and fairly good weather conditions. So it sort of makes sense to...

Christmas pudding flavoured chocolate digestives mmm

Hawkins in the USA makes 1.5 Litre pressure cookers.

Stress

When the last server fails I shall have a nice little breakdown all to my self

Never had any problems with the Poundland 100 & 150ml travel bottles (aside from a label mix up between sunblock & condensed milk). Ebay Labware a good place to start though if you want something specific, failing that screw top tins and a solid fat such as butter or animal fat is a tried &...