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Office
Kitchen
Electronic devices
Clothes and bedding
Furniture
Bathroom
Emergency equipment
Photo of several objects of the Office.
Photo of bookshelf 1
Photo of bookshelf 2
Photo of bookshelf 3
Photo of music
Photo of software
Price: 1$
Price: 1$
Description: Box of things related to the
office.
Price: 35$
Model: Rubbermaid Snap Case 1.5 Gal #2281.
Includes: A dozen AAA batteries, stamps,
elastics, checkbooks, paper clips, scotch tape, paper punch, pads
of paper, ink cartridges for the printer, etc. "Limiting Container"
principle.
Description: Contains all folders and important
papers. "Limiting Container"
principle.
Price: 10$
Model: Staples Sterilite Black for suspended
folders of Letter format.
Description: Ordinary goose-neck lamp.
Price: 30$
Model: Boiteau Luminaire Dainolite Multi-Purpose Clamp-On Light.
Includes: Fluorescent light bulb, equivalent of
100W.
Comment.
Description: All books (religion, philosophy,
science, etc.).
Price: About 4000$
Description: All music CDs (mostly Bach on
Naxos).
Price: about 400$
Description: All films on DVD.
Price: Approx. 60$
Description: Clamps to fix the mess of wires
for the telephone, printer, laptop, etc.
Price: 4$
Quantity: 2
Model: Canadian Tire Cable-Clamp grey
(smallest).
Photo of the fridge contents
Photo of the pantry
contents
Description: Ordinary objects found in a
kitchen (they are put in the box only when moving).
Price: 30$
Model: Wal-Mart Rubbermaid 463K-1.
Includes: potato peeler, grapefruit knife,
coffee filter holder, filters, etc. "Limiting Container" principle.
Description: A container with a mixture of
fresh vegetables.
Price: 10$
Model: Canadian Tire Snapware
Description: Beautiful little bowl with lid,
microwave-safe. Used to cook vegetables, eat the cereals, make omelettes, etc.
Price: 5$
Model: Canadian Tire Rubbermaid Serving-saver,
#553M4
Description: Ordinary stainless-steel spoon.
Price: 1$
Description: An ordinary small air conditioner.
Price: 400$
Model: Sears Samsung #AW0510C.
Comment.
Description: Absolutely essential for the
bachelor! Economical, fast, efficient, etc. Capacity of 0.7 cubic feet is
plenty. The smallest and least expensive that still has an electronic timer.
Price: 70$
Model: Sears
Description: Plastic cutting board to cut veggies,
make sandwiches, etc.
Price: 7$
Model: Canadian Tire
Description: Used for everything except washing
dishes: preparing the veggies, containing clothes, towel, and toiletries to go
take a shower, etc.
Price: 6$
Model: Canadian Tire Rubbermaid 2951-C2.
Description: All ordinary food (not the
emergency rations), in the fridge and the pantry.
Price: 80$
Includes: eggs, fresh veggies, fresh fruits,
milk, juice, condiments, meat, tofu weiners, bread, coffee, tea, sugar, etc.
Description: An ordinary sharp knife, worth a
few dollars. If you have a bigger budget, you can get a folding hunting knife,
9 cm blade.
Price: 120$
Model: Latulippe Browning #6012.
Comment.
Photo of the laptop, printer, phone, etc.
Description: See «
Which computer should I buy?».
Price: 3000$
Model: IBM Thinkpad T41.
Includes: power supply, spare battery, etc.
Description: These days, simply my watch and my cell phone (I set both,
to be sure to wake up, even if one of them should break during the night).
Comment.
Description: See «
Which computer should I buy?».
Price: 80$
Model: Surge Arrest Network.
Description: Not wireless, with integrated
answering machine, long handset extension.
Price: 70$
Model: Futur Shop General Electric.
Description: Little MP3 player, ideally with integrated FM radio, voice
recorder, using one AAA battery, preferably also with built-in USB 2.0
connector, so you don't need a separate cable or adaptor.
Price: about 100$
Model: Olympus WS-700M
Includes: Includes "earplug-type" earphones.
Comment.
Description: See «
Which computer should I buy?».
Price: 400$
Model: Futur Shop Canon BJC-85.
Includes: paper, spare ink
cartridges, USB cable, power supply, color cartridge box, ink refill bottles,
etc.
Description: Zippered CD case, 50 CD
capacity, for music, films and software.
Price: 30$
Quantity: 2
Model: Wal-Mart CaseLogic 80 Black.
Comment.
Description: Cheap little condenser
microphone.
Price: 13$
Model: Radio Shack
Description: See The Porta-Chapel.
Photo of the closet with part of the clothes.
Description: Same as the "Camping"
list.
Price: 40$
Quantity: 6
Description: Same as the "Camping"
list.
Price: 54 $
Quantity: 6
Description: The "dressy-est" looking shoes that are still comfortable to walk
in for hours. NEVER get leather soles: they are really dangerous!
Price: 250$
Quantity: 2 pairs
Model: Hush Puppies "MallWalker" size 13M black. Must then go to cobbler and
pay him to remove the treacherously slippery soles and replace with
"Vibram Gumlite" (the ones that look like backpacking boot soles). The OEM
soles are really slippery: a bit of rain on the ground, a bit of snow, and
bang! you're down.
Comment.
Description: Anything good looking and
inexpensive.
Price: 70$
Quantity: 2
Model: Bovet
Description: Good quality shirt, as far as
possible non-white (white shirts get dirty too quickly), always permanent press.
Price: 500$
Quantity: 5-7.
Model: Bovet Arrow
Description: Good classic suit (so it won't go
out of fashion), 100% wool.
Price: 1000$
Quantity: 2-3
Model: Bovet
Comment.
Description: Anything good looking, that ties
easily, and that is the right length.
Price: 300$
Model: 5-7
Description: Same as the "Camping"
list.
Price: 72$
Quantity: 6
Description: Same as the "Camping"
list.
Price: 20$
Quantity: 6
Description: Anything good looking, solid and
inexpensive.
Price: 150$
Quantity: 5-7
Description: Anything of good quality, neither
white nor a light color.
Price: 20$
Quantity: 2
Description: Zippered water-proof
rubber overboots.
Price: 50$
Description: Ordinary pillow case.
Price: 4$
Quantity: 2 (one for clean cloths,
one for dirty clothes).
Comment.
Description: Same as the
"Camping" list.
Price: 65$
Description: Same as the
"Camping" list.
Price: 35$
Description: Same as the
"Camping" list.
Price: 7$
Description: Same as the
"Camping" list.
Price: 76$
Description: Very simple, very
light, very breathable.
Price: 120$
Model: MEC #4000-772, Spindrift
anorak and Spindrift windpants #0206-110.
Comment.
Description: Nylon raincoat, with
top and pants, as thin and light as possible (and hence quite fragile).
Price: 110$
Model: MEC #4014-552, Torrent Rain
Jacket Men's. MEC #4014-558, Torrent Pull-On Rain Pants Men's.
Includes: A new garbage bag, to
protect the contents of the daypack.
Comment.
Description: A home built sheet, in
which the self-inflating mattress is inserted, and to which the summer sleeping
bag is attached.
Price: 60$
Comment.
Construction Plan.
Description: thin bag (3 cm loft),
compact (6.5 L packed), not to warm (rated +10C), not cramped inside (barrel
bag), synthetic insulation, easy to wash, with little clips we have to install
ourselves to connect it with the integrated sheet.
Price: 60$
Model: MEC #4010-796, Caravan Sleeping
Bag +10C.
Includes: Its packing bag.
Description: ordinary pillow.
Price: 5$.
Photo of the office
chair, the rocking chair (and the opened "bed-desk-locker" combo).
Photo of the bike, the
dolly (and the closed "bed-desk-locker" combo).
Photo of the bicycle kit
Description: Little home-made marvel.
Price: 1000$
Construction
plans.
Description: Anything solid and strong. I prefer to build my own.
Price: 210$
Construction plan.
Description: Little office chair, with wheels,
of sufficient quality.
Price: 125$
Description: Folding (so it won't take up too
much space), comfortable rocking chair.
Price: 100$
Description: Since we have few objects, we
don't need many moving boxes, and since the boxes are strong and transparent,
we can "live in our boxes" easily.
Price: 48$
Quantity: 3-4.
Model: Wal-Mart Rubbermaid 463K-1.
Comment.
Description: Things needed for the bicycle.
Price: 130$
Includes: Helmet, two little LED flashers, tire
repair kit, spare inner tube, telescoping pump (Crank Brothers MEC #4013-324),
bicycle gloves (useful in the summer), "honest person" lock (if the
bicycle requires an expensive and heavy lock, it's worth too much money), paper
towel, etc.
Description: Mountain bike, with anatomical
saddle, mud guards, no suspension (totally useless, heavy and fragile),
"V-Brakes" (not disk brakes, since they are expensive, fragile, and
cause friction even when you don't apply them), lugged tires with running
surface, no luggage rack (since we put our stuff in a daypack, which we can
take everywhere with us, as opposed to specialized bicycle packs).
Price: 1000$
Comment.
Description: For crew-cuts. You can save
hundreds of dollars a year, not to mention the time and frustration waiting for
a barber.
Price: 30$
Description: Ordinary cleaning supplies.
Price: 30$
Includes: Soaps, bleach, fly swatter, paper
towels, laundry soap, toilet bowl brush, garbage bags, dishwashing soap, etc.
"Limiting Container" principle.
Model: Wal-Mart Rubbermaid 463K-1.
Description: Typical contents of a medicine
cabinet. "Limiting Container" principle.
Price: 30$
Model: Rubbermaid Snap Case 1.5 Gal #2281
Description: Ordinary plastic pail.
Price: 7$
Model: Rubbermaid #2963-7
Description: Beautiful little camping mirror. Light,
strong, just big enough to be used everyday.
Price: 2$
Model: Latulippe Cohglan's.
Description: Anything simple and effective.
Price: 100$
Model: Braun 3105.
Photo of the emergency equipment
Description: Something to hold candles, to
avoid causing fires, but also to protect the flame against gusts.
Price: 21$
Model: MEC #0102-475, UCO Aluminium Candle
Lantern.
Comment.
Description: For the lantern.
Price: 8$
Quantity: 12
Model: MEC # 0102-491, UCO Lantern Candle.
Description: Any waterproof container filled
with water.
Price: 10$
Quantity: Say at least 80L.
Description:
Price: 18$
Quantity: 2 (too important and not reliable enough to have only one).
Model: Canadian Tire Mastercraft, ionization
type, 46-0082-6.
Description: A good A-B-C class fire
extinguisher.
Price: 80$
Model: Canadian Tire Mastercraft 10lbs.
Comment.
See the "Backup Food" section in the "Food" list.
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