Jim Dude!

You missed something. I already have a tarp and a bag, just need a pack and a pad to complete the big four. Do you need reading glasses??? (I better enter here that I am messing with you, dude.)

And of the rest of the gear, I just need a few items: the poncho, the pot, the cup, the filter...

The point of my post was this: I did a bunch of "research" (reading) and have narrowed down my choices for some gear I lack. And it's all because of this forum. See? My post was a kudos to the forum.

Nobody understands me. <sniff>

(I am kidding again.) Maybe I need to go to the kitchen supply area of my neighborhood camping store and buy some humor pills?

And forget about the hugs, it's too late for that. My feelings are hurt now. (Humor)

I like to backpack and camp because the trees understand and accept me. Chipmunks, too.

<grin>

PS about the TP: I have no idea what that stuff weighs, i just gessimated the weight. I surely do want to bring enough. (I'll still cut the corners off, though.) (humor!)

does jerry seinfeld say "humor!" every time he says something funny??? <sigh>