organised?

[Jodie]

The water thing - I think the '2 litres of water a day' came from a rough estimate
that each calorie consumed (average 2,000 or thereabouts) can / should be
matched by 1ml of water. However that fails to take into consideration that
most of the food eaten contains its own water anyway and so I don't think it's
essential to hoover up vast quantities during an average (eg sedentary office
worker) day.

Is that what you meant butchd?

Of course this would be a bit different if exercising... or in extreme conditions!

More at the wondeful snopes:
http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp
and a news article from 2003 - http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2003/03/14/water_glasses030314.html

(1 litre = 1,000 millilitres ('ml'))
A pint is 568ml.

 

[dommyracer]

Cheers Jodie, interesting links.

I will say one thing though, whatever the medical case(s) miay be, I have found from personal experience that drinking more water (about 2 litres a day, maybe more) has made me feel better, more alert. Also, without wanting to get into too much detail, my digestive system seems to function better.

 

[gregorach]

To me, the key to keeping this organised is compartmentalisation (if that's a real word).

As mentioned upthread, the S10 respirator bag is a nice little haversack with internal dividers and an external pocket. Just about perfect for a bimble, provided you don't need to carry spare clothing.

When I head for the hills, I tend to combine a very minimal set of PLCE webbing (just a canteen pouch and a double ammo pouch) with my Sabre 45. Spare clothing and so-on goes in the bag, brew kit, snacks, odds and sods, and emergency kit goes in the webbing. (You can fit a surprising amount in those ammo pouches... ) I like to be able to get a brew on without even opening my pack.

And Jodie - links to skepdic and snopes, both on the same day? I like you!

 

[Butchd]

It was what I meant yes <grins>. The original research did as I understand state x litres per day, which is what is quoted nowadays, but they fail to include the end of the sentence in the original study which is as above that 80% of that requirement is supplied in the eaten food.

I recall reading something else from someone who claimed to be an expert on the subject, and he said that the body is a finely tuned thing and when you need water, you get thirsty, strangely enough. We haven't evolved over all these years for the body not to know when it really needs water, and all these claims about drinking before you are thirsty are great for high levels of exercise - marathon running etc, but day to day you can trust your body.

It's a bit like saying that tea and coffee dehydrate you... It's true to a minor degree but if you dehydrated from drinking them, then I'd have been dead years ago, lol.

 

[tommy the cat]

Well some great points well made. I do not particulary carry water as I feel that I will die within a few hours.... its a habit I got into when snowboarding as I tend to get de- hydrated and are too tight to pay the costs on the mountain for water!!! I do even sometimes bring water home with me as I haven't needed to drink it all!
Any way some good suggestions, gas mask,dont carry so much cra*,indianna jones mc thingy....... I think some sort of pouches on a belt would be useful as I can grab the 'most used stuff' quite quickly.
Smashing Dave