What's the one thing you would rescue if the house was on fire?

Mortis · 02-19-2011, 03:19 PM

This may seem like a stupid question but someone I know just had their house burn to the ground. Luckily everyone and all the pets got out safe, they lost almost everything else.

My friends wife was the only one awake at the time and the only one that thought to save anything other than the 5 cats, 3 dogs and 2 ferrets. What she thought to save was her jewelry, some of it had been passed down from her great great grandmother. They literally had nothing except the cloths on their backs, which wasn't much, they were all in bed.

So, I would save my laptop, its the only sentimental thing I own that I don't wear and I could at least still make a living.

HarryT · 02-19-2011, 04:11 PM

My NAS box. It has my eBook collection, my video library, all my music, etc. It's probably my single most treasured possession

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poohbear_nc · 02-19-2011, 04:56 PM

Saving the cats first is a given.
Second - my glasses - as I can't see a thing without them.
Third - my Kindle DXG - my constant companion [with the first & second items]
Fourth - my keys - so we could relocate in the car.

natasha_fawn · 02-19-2011, 08:15 PM

Priority 1 is the gecko and the cat.
Priority 2 is my musical instruments.
Priority 3... well, if I've got time for a priority 3 I've probably got time to wait for the fire department. But I've got a pile of sentiment-ridden stuffed animals I would save if I could. (Come to think of it, since we live in an apartment priority 3 would probably be the cats across the hall.)

chamekke · 02-19-2011, 08:32 PM

Priority 1 - my husband! *pats him on the head*
Priority 2 - my one-terabyte external hard drive (= full computer backup that includes photos, music files, personal documents, etc.)
Priority 3 - handbag containing wallet with ID, cellphone, Kindle, iPod, and other goodies that would be useful to have in the event of No Place To Live.

I'd echo poohbear_nc on the glasses except that chances are generally good that they're already on my nose :-)

ficbot · 02-19-2011, 09:12 PM

Assuming people are all accounted for, I'd grab my laptop---it has all my books, music, movies etc. on it and is pretty much my only possession of note besides clothes.

wyndslash · 02-19-2011, 11:35 PM

laptop, wallet and kindle. and also any personal documents (such as diplomas, tin number, PASSPORT omg, etc) that i can. thankfully they're all in one folder.

it might sound silly to rescue personal documents when you can just request them again from government institutions, but ours is so corrupt that they offer birth certificates FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES and the birth certificates have expiry dates, so that you'd need to pay for a new one again. D:

....hmm i might not get out alive xD;;

TGS · 02-20-2011, 04:36 AM

My 1962 Strat...for everything else there's Mastercard!

Billi · 02-20-2011, 12:39 PM

My daughter - almost everything else can be replaced or is not worth to be replaced

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astra · 02-20-2011, 12:44 PM

1. USB stick. It has all loggings and passwords.
2. Sony PRS-650.
3. External HD that has films and music.

One of backups with my ebooks and pics is on external HD in the office, more than a mile away from home.

Latinandgreek · 02-20-2011, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by wyndslash

laptop, wallet and kindle. and also any personal documents (such as diplomas, tin number, PASSPORT omg, etc) that i can. thankfully they're all in one folder.

it might sound silly to rescue personal documents when you can just request them again from government institutions, but ours is so corrupt that they offer birth certificates FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES and the birth certificates have expiry dates, so that you'd need to pay for a new one again. D:

....hmm i might not get out alive xD;;

Your government sounds a lot like my government... mayhaps it's the same government? Our birth certificates only last 6 months!

Latinandgreek · 02-20-2011, 12:50 PM

1. My husband
2. My purse - it has all my cards in it - and usually my e-book reader.
3. Laptop
4. E-book reader (if not in the purse)
5. My dictionaries, if possible. They'd be higher on the list, but they are very heavy.

DixieGal · 02-20-2011, 12:58 PM

I would probably end up in the yard with 1 shoe, a lamp, and a thermos.

All of our document are locked in a fireproof box, so hopefully they would survive. Also in the box are a dozen or so CD's with thousands of family photos from as far back as the 19-teens that I spent over a year scanning from old albums. And the tassels from Tim's and my high school and college graduations.

Mortis · 02-20-2011, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by TGS

My 1962 Strat...for everything else there's Mastercard!

Love the way you think.

I think it interesting that very few of us would leave our computers, we are now so dependent on them.

DixieGal · 02-20-2011, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Mortis

Love the way you think.

I think it interesting that very few of us would leave our computers, we are now so dependent on them.

A good argument for moving everything to the cloud, because, as we all know, clouds don't burn.

02-19-2011, 03:19 PM	#1
Mortis Canucklehead in Malaysia Posts: 1,633 Karma: 3127774 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Device: iPhone, Kindle	What's the one thing you would rescue if the house was on fire? This may seem like a stupid question but someone I know just had their house burn to the ground. Luckily everyone and all the pets got out safe, they lost almost everything else. My friends wife was the only one awake at the time and the only one that thought to save anything other than the 5 cats, 3 dogs and 2 ferrets. What she thought to save was her jewelry, some of it had been passed down from her great great grandmother. They literally had nothing except the cloths on their backs, which wasn't much, they were all in bed. So, I would save my laptop, its the only sentimental thing I own that I don't wear and I could at least still make a living.

02-20-2011, 12:44 PM	#10
astra The Introvert Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500	1. USB stick. It has all loggings and passwords. 2. Sony PRS-650. 3. External HD that has films and music. One of backups with my ebooks and pics is on external HD in the office, more than a mile away from home. Last edited by astra; 02-20-2011 at 12:54 PM.

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poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 62,825 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Saving the cats first is a given. Second - my glasses - as I can't see a thing without them. Third - my Kindle DXG - my constant companion [with the first & second items] Fourth - my keys - so we could relocate in the car.

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natasha_fawn Evangelist Posts: 414 Karma: 184633 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Sony PRS-950 (finally!)	Priority 1 is the gecko and the cat. Priority 2 is my musical instruments. Priority 3... well, if I've got time for a priority 3 I've probably got time to wait for the fire department. But I've got a pile of sentiment-ridden stuffed animals I would save if I could. (Come to think of it, since we live in an apartment priority 3 would probably be the cats across the hall.)

02-19-2011, 08:32 PM	#5
chamekke Groupie Posts: 190 Karma: 13510 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Canada Device: Kindle 3 Wi-Fi	Priority 1 - my husband! pats him on the head Priority 2 - my one-terabyte external hard drive (= full computer backup that includes photos, music files, personal documents, etc.) Priority 3 - handbag containing wallet with ID, cellphone, Kindle, iPod, and other goodies that would be useful to have in the event of No Place To Live. I'd echo poohbear_nc on the glasses except that chances are generally good that they're already on my nose :-)

02-19-2011, 09:12 PM	#6
ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	Assuming people are all accounted for, I'd grab my laptop---it has all my books, music, movies etc. on it and is pretty much my only possession of note besides clothes.

02-19-2011, 11:35 PM	#7
wyndslash Wizard Posts: 2,951 Karma: 3000001 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3 wifi, Kindle Fire	laptop, wallet and kindle. and also any personal documents (such as diplomas, tin number, PASSPORT omg, etc) that i can. thankfully they're all in one folder. it might sound silly to rescue personal documents when you can just request them again from government institutions, but ours is so corrupt that they offer birth certificates FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES and the birth certificates have expiry dates, so that you'd need to pay for a new one again. D: ....hmm i might not get out alive xD;;

02-20-2011, 04:36 AM	#8
TGS Country Member Posts: 9,058 Karma: 7676767 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Denmark Device: Liseuse: Irex DR800. PRS 505 in the house, and the missus has an iPad.	My 1962 Strat...for everything else there's Mastercard!

02-20-2011, 12:39 PM	#9
Billi Wizard Posts: 3,388 Karma: 14190103 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Berlin Device: Cybook, iRex, PB, Onyx	My daughter - almost everything else can be replaced or is not worth to be replaced .

02-20-2011, 12:50 PM	#12
Latinandgreek Warrior Princess Posts: 5,038 Karma: 9724231 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-505; PRS-350, PRS-T1, iPad, Aura HD	1. My husband 2. My purse - it has all my cards in it - and usually my e-book reader. 3. Laptop 4. E-book reader (if not in the purse) 5. My dictionaries, if possible. They'd be higher on the list, but they are very heavy.

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DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	I would probably end up in the yard with 1 shoe, a lamp, and a thermos. All of our document are locked in a fireproof box, so hopefully they would survive. Also in the box are a dozen or so CD's with thousands of family photos from as far back as the 19-teens that I spent over a year scanning from old albums. And the tassels from Tim's and my high school and college graduations.

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