Radio topic today: What's in your "glove box"? You know, that little compartment...

[Radio_Lady]

on the right side of the dashboard of your vehicle.

I have the maintenance manual for my 1997 Mercury Sable, a couple of pens, my electronic ID for Oregon Public Broadcasting which opens the door when I get here around 7 AM on Friday.

Also, a bead necklace I should re-string someday, a Kleenex travel packs, a small bottle of hand cream, a couple of pens (I think they are working), and one of those gadgets that measure tire pressure.

Oh. I forgot. I do have a pair of black gloves that I hardly wear.

Your list of items? I'll read them on my broadcast if you don't mind.

In peace,

Radio Lady in Oregon

[taterguy]

1. Nothing

My vehicle is a bicycle

[Radio_Lady]

7. Where do you carry your important papers? (This is the same question I usually ask of nudists!)

I had to have saddlebags on my bike when I was a kid!

Thanks for your comment.

[taterguy]

35. Bicycles don't require many papers

That's one of their many charms. My helmet has a sticker with emergency contact info. I carry a wallet with cash, ID and a credit card. If I'm going on a recreational ride I have a purse-sized shoulder bag with maps, a camera, a phone and an MP3 player. For errands I use a standard backpack to carry cargo. I've only been to a nudist resort a few times and I've never found a good place to carry papers when I do that. :)

[Gormy Cuss]

2. State map, local map, maintenance log, registration, pen, flashlight. n/t

[Radio_Lady]

8. No gloves, right? n/t

[Gormy Cuss]

12. Not in this climate!

When I lived in MA there were spare gloves in the glove compartment.

[Radio_Lady]

16. San Francisco, East Bay, California? I've worn Isotoner (light weight) gloves in that climate!

Don't you get kind of a cold fog there, or am I wrong?

[Gormy Cuss]

27. Not often enough to cart around gloves, at least not for me.

I've worn my gloves here on average twice per year.

[Kali]

3. registration and insurance card, tire guage (although it is usually lost)

pens, stack of napkins from junkfood place, lighter, certificates from discount tire, a knock-off version of a leatherman multitool, odd fuses and bits of wire, a few pennies, and a small notepad.

In the other vehicle - a van, I don't have a glove box so I keep a plastic milk crate between the seats. It has a dusty roll of toilet paper, a flashlight, a tool to remove chevy door handles (although it is a ford), a child's compact umbrella, an old beach towel, a pair of binoculars and various items of paper trash, old magazines, pages of nespaper, shredded maps etc think my camera is out ther right now too...hmmmm

[Radio_Lady]

9. You're pretty well organized, Kali. I'm impressed. Not sure about the binoculars...

You could be a bird enthusiast, a "voyeur" -- or maybe a private investigator.

[Kali]

29. rancher

lots of reason to use binoculars - good for wildlife, spying on the border patrol, checking cattle and just for a "different" perspective ha ha

oh yeah - your question about actual gloves in the glove box - no, but there are a pair of too-small (childrens?) multicolored knit gloves in the milk crate for those icy cold steering wheel mornings.

Organized? uh well partially I suppose, but you probably wouldn't think that if you saw it - nor all the other junk floating around in the back....

[Radio_Lady]

39. Hey, we're all captured by our stuff, right? I just spent an hour organizing

doll clothing with my granddaughter. My grandkids store all of their "extra" toys in my house, because their mother won't let them have another thing in their rooms!

I could probably adopt another kid of either sex, and have enough "stuff" for THAT child, too!

[Left Is Write]

4. Owners' manual (2003 Toyota Sienna), current registration, five or six pens...

Advil, Kleenex, Purell hand sanitizer and two dark chocolate kisses.

[Radio_Lady]

11. Two dark chocolate kisses? From yesterday, maybe? They'd be in my tummy before you could say...

Jack Robinson.

[Left Is Write]

17. There used to be more than two.

;)

My husband brought me an assortment of dark chocolate candies on Wednesday.

[Radio_Lady]

19. Sweet! Hug him immediately!

[AllegroRondo]

5. Lets see...

tire pressure gauge

stack of napkins
ketchup packets
plastic forks
straws
(just in case the drive thru scrwes you over!)

and a copy of Time magazine from last fall. I guess just in case I get stopped with nothing to read.

[Radio_Lady]

14. A copy of "Time" Magazine from last fall? Hope anything in there is still interesting.

Thanks for your post.

No gloves... again.

[AllegroRondo]

28. its the one right after the election

for some reason, I get very happy whenever I read it.

[Radio_Lady]

40. Goody, goody, I like thinking about that night, too!

[azmouse]

6. Maintenance manual, insurance card, tire gauge,

a few maps.

Mr azmouse once put a Furby in there because he didn't know what to do with it on the trip home from work. It tipped on its side and started talking to him from the glovebox. It was saying stuff like... 'no fun' and 'hey, stop that'. He was in stitches over it. :)

[Radio_Lady]

18. A talking Furby? That would be kind of maddening! Funny, too!

I would have put it in my trunk and stuffed a sock in its mouth (or over its speaker, whatever...) Thanks for posting.

[AlCzervik]

10. a package of one gallon trash bags, a small "flip" version of the owners manual

deposit envelopes for the atm, purell, wet naps, emergency tube of carmex, a little brush things to clean the vents and gauges, a few pens and a small pad of paper and maintenance records.

[Radio_Lady]

20. So, my query has revealed no one has gloves in their glove box...

I rest my case.

[AlCzervik]

21. not in there but i have a pair in the back seat pocket, well actually the back of the drivers seat.

no room for gloves in the glove box.

[Radio_Lady]

23. LOL. "No room for gloves in the glove box" -- That explains it exactly.

[Reverend_Smitty]

13. Lets see

Owner's manual
some service records
insurance and registration cards
a county map
and I think that's all

[Radio_Lady]

22. Useful selection. No gloves... See above. n/t

[Reverend_Smitty]

24. Ironically no gloves in my glove box...

I do however have a pair laying on my passenger seat

[Radio_Lady]

25. On your passenger seat... do you EVER store them in the glove box?

[Reverend_Smitty]

30. No...

I only keep them in my car during the winter and they usually end up on the passenger's seat or floor. Why I don't keep them in a specifically designed box is something I'm unsure of...they certainly would fit in there

[kedrys]

15. A copy of my insurance papers

Two receipts from the vet. Emergency napkins from Starbucks. The alien lug nut I need to take my theft-proof wheels off the car.

[BOSSHOG]

26. A couple of my wife's female kotex things

Most of the time when we go anywhere we go in my truck and she likes to have them just in case. She keeps them stored in her car too.

- the run of the mill insurance and car registration paperwork
- pack of rolaids
- Three copies of military enlistment papers and some Army recruiter business cards. I like to have these handy in case I run into some badass chickenhawk telling me we should stay in Iraq forever.

[Rhythm]

31. OMG... there are actually GLOVES in there!!!

Oktoberain stuck a pair of knit gloves in there a few weeks ago, after i complained about leaving my good ones at home on a particularly cold night.

Other than that, my car docs (car registration and insurance card), the owners manual, a pen, a few blank envelopes, and some assorted over-the-counter meds (cold meds, Pepto pills, Prilosec, etc...).

The center console box is where all the good stuff is: CDs, maps, and a box of "Mad Mints" from my trip to the Salvador Dali museum last year.

[Radio_Lady]

42. Ah... HA! The central console box has replaced the glove compartment for many items!

Just as I thought!

OT: Where is the Salvador Dali museum????

Appreciate your post.

[Rhythm]

50. The Dali is in St. Petersburg, Florida

I was down there last year (Jan. '06) with the family, to see my daughter while she was stateside (visa-renewal time for her and her dad). She and i spent about half a day there, talking about life and art.

The museum itself is amazing, too... there are a half-dozen of Dali's masterworks on display (several of them are around 15' high, OMG!), plus scores of others.

We were lucky that weekend, too... they also had a few Jackson Pollack pieces on display in one of the galleries as well.

[Radio_Lady]

68. Thanks for that link. "Limp Watches" (The Persistence of Memory) was one of my favorite pictures.

I had it up in my college dorm room at the University of Miami decades ago.

[CC]

32. Owners manual, registration card,

proof of insurance card, emissions test results paper, maintenance/gas log, couple pens, pencil, pliers, multipurpose tool, pocket knife, little thing that breaks glass, flashlight, tape, cell phone cord, sunglasses, fuses, packet of windex wipes. On gloves, they sit in there all spring, summer and fall but it is winter now so they are in my coat pocket or on my hands. I found out that my glove box is a great place to store them so the DH doesn't bury them in the closet.

[sakabatou]

33. Maps, small tol kit

Some other stuff.

[CottonBear]

34. Mine is packed full of all sorts of stuff except gloves!

Maps, a pad of paper, chewing gum, screwdrivers, pens and pencils, glasses case, OB tampons, car owners manual, insurance documents and registration, a headlamp and extra batteries, light bulbs and fuses, tire pressure thingie and hair scrunchies. :)

I suppose I could put some gloves in there too. I usually keep those, along with fleece hats and scarves in a plastic shoe box in the backseat.

[av8rdave]

36. Oh, lessee....

I've got a maintenance manual, service contract (the price for those is negotiable, btw), proof of insurance, an Ipod/car audio adaptor parking pass, some unidentifiable semi-fluid in a plastic tube (it may have started life as some of Mrs. av8rdave's lip gloss) a cell phone charger, an unidentified parking stub (probably from a concert or a football game) and a sticker of a "W" with a slash through it. There is already one on my truck...it's to hand to anyone who wants one.

[ashling]

37. not to hyjack your thread, but

who among you call this a glove box?

and who uses the (more appropriate) term glove compartment?

[Kali]

38. hmm now that you ask, I think I use both!

[Radio_Lady]

41. The important word is GLOVE... my father used to call it a "glove box," but you're right!

It really should be called a "glove compartment."

Thank you for your correction.

[ashling]

56. Sorry, didn't mean to sound so snooty (LOL)

and I certainly didn't mean to be correcting anybody!

I think glove box is the original usage and is in every way as good as the other.

I was just being silly. :silly:

[Radio_Lady]

69. No problem, Ashling. I like that silly face emoticon!

UPDATE: 12:30 PM Saturday. Going swimming with my grandson!

[Frank Cannon]

63. In Idaho we call it a "jockey box"

No shit.

[ashling]

70. Do you put underwear in there

:silly:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

43. Well, the usual...

Registration, insurance cards (current and expired), a Saturn owner's manual, a tire gauge, a small package of Kleenex, a couple of pens that don't work, a portable GPS, some old oil change receipts, two dead AA batteries, one glove, a cat collar, a screwdriver, lint, and a package of stale chewing gum.

[KitchenWitch]

44. Handcuffs - don't ask!

:rofl:

[Kajsa]

60. LOL !

Thanks for brightening my morning, KW!

:hi: :rofl:

[Radio_Lady]

75. You said, "Don't ask..." But please DO TELL us why there are handcuffs!

Are you a dominatrix, or a sheriff?

C'mon... we have to know!!!

[InternalDialogue]

45. My car's papers and -- yes -- gloves.

I think there's a pencil and set of replacement fuses in there too.

[Radio_Lady]

76. Gloves in the glove compartment! I'm THRILLED! Wish I could give you a prize...

Thanks SO MUCH for your post, Internal Dialogue.

[rocktivity]

46. Black leather gloves, window wipes, and a ticket

for a broken brake light which I'll have to pay before the 26th or you might see me on Cops, LOL!

_______________________________________________
rocknation

[Radio_Lady]

77. Oh, dear... just pay the ticket and let it go at that...

Glad you didn't have an accident. Did you even know your brake light was out?

[achtung_circus]

47. I had to look- the manual is all that's there.

In the cab, though, well:

file box for forms
kleenex
baby wipes
binoculars
about 20 pens, all black
captive bolt pistol
3 flashlights
first aid kit- a damned good one
a lariat
Tums
Advil gel-caps
3 clipboards for different purposes
GPS
iPod radio transmitter
about $14 in change
a garbage bag
8 rolls spare film
a tie
body armour
paper

On edit: spare batteries, "D" size and "AA" size
plus eyeglass cleaner
a couple of packs of smokes and an unknown number of lighters


We won't go into what I carry in my pockets and elsewhere around my body.

Or in the box of the truck.

[Kali]

51. $14 in spare change??!!!!

I can tell you don't have kids :rofl:

[achtung_circus]

57. Not a one.

It's the coffee fund in a cupholder.

Extra Large, double double.

I'm on a first name basis with several of the girls at a couple of my regular drive-through windows.

Tim Horton's rulz. Much more important than children.

[Kali]

62. My 40 year old sister still steals the change from my Dad's car.

I can't keep anything but pennies and a few nickles - even the nickles dissappear if they add up to more than .25

And now they are the age of drinking coffee too, so I always get stuck making the new pot for my second cup. :grr:

Coffee is more important than ANYTHING. :rofl:

[achtung_circus]

59. Oh, and a few of these

makes it easier.

[Radio_Lady]

74. "Body armor?" Are you in a military vehicle? That's a new one on me!

[Cobalt-60]

48. In the glove box there are

The original 1995 Buick owner's manual.
Receipts from the items I have purchased for the car since I last cleaned out the glove box.
There are tire pressure gage, electrical continuity detector, a multi tool and all the loose fasteners I haven't yet re attached.
There are spare small bulbs and auto fuses and an ancient paper map of the St. Louis metro area.
And, finally, theres a dandy collection of Jack in the Box hot sauce packets.
P.S.: I almost forgot the disposable camera. Just in case.

[ForrestGump]

49. I just got mine in December, so it's not really settled in

So far, a bunch of fuses of different amperages, a tire-pressure gauge, plastic utensils in a Ziploc bag, my AAA and insurance papers (registration, I hope, too..all that kind of stuff), and I think that's it.

Not very exciting.

The Uzi is under my seat.

[northofdenali]

52. Not much - travel pack of Kleenex

Registration/insurance/etc. folder. Caribou jerky. Moose tag (hunting permit) from 1978.....

So sue me! I'm sentimental! :P

:hi: Radio Lady! :hug:

[Shell Beau]

53. Manual and napkins

[Kutjara]

54. Registration, proof of insurance, owner's manual...

...small hammer for smashing the windows if I need to get out of the car and the doors are jammed (electric windows, doncha know), Leatherman multitool in case I need to fix anything, tire gauge, Garmin Nuvi sat nav (sits in glovebox when I'm not using it), bottle of water, pen, notebook, flashlight.

[BlueStorm]

55. Nothing..I can't get my glove box open

so my entire car is my glove box compartment, lol.

Blue

[Lyric]

58. Owner's manual for our 1999 Dodge Stratus, plus

pens, a sticker from one of those kiddie machines where you put in a quarter and pull a lever, a bunch of receipts, a package of Orange TicTacs, a spare taillight bulb, insurance/reg papers, and a large quantity of napkins from McDonald's that we keep there for emergency cleanups involving our 6 year old. :)

[Kajsa]

61. A manual for my '92 Volvo, car reg., receipt for

the latest set of tires with warranty from Costco, kleenex,
AC/DC tapes, proof of insurance going back 13 years!,
pens that don't work and a tire gauge.

Oh yeah, a six year old cough drop is now being
disposed of.

[peekaloo]

64. Papers on my car (registration, copy of insurance, manual), flashlight,

swiss army knife, bank deposit envelopes, and a spare ignition key. I keep it locked, btw.

[carly denise pt deux]

65. some napkins taken from various restaurants, just in case I am no where near a bathroom

the owners manual of my 1999 van, a candy bar from 1999, some reeeeeaaly old homemade music cassettes, and a bunch of dirt
Carly

[sarge43]

66. OK

Maintenance manual

Maintenance diary - all the work and R&R done on the car, what, when, how much, etc

Tire pressure gage

Flash light

Swiss Army jack knife

[XemaSab]

67. As I learned to my dismay, I have pepper spray, a piece of wood I found on the beach,

and brochures from half the national parks in the US and Canada.

There's nothing like talking to the Yosemite park rangers at 2 in the morning and going page by page through that shit looking for registration and proof of insurance to make you feel like a dork. "Banff... Lincoln Memorial... Chiricahua... Olympic... Beauvais Lake... National Bison Range... Lassen... Arches... Yoho... it's got to be here somewhere!"

:eyes:

[ThoughtCriminal]

71. I was cleaning out mine today

Tossing old oil change receipts. Here's what I had:

Owner's manual
tire warranty
facial tissues
registration & insurance card
1st Aid kit
packet of sunscreen

and YES!

Gloves

center console:
small flashlight
cell phone/lighter power cord
tire guage
multi-tool
package of chemical hand warmers

[crim son]

72. A comb, a pen, some Wendy's napkins, my proof of insurance

and registration; and a tiny straw hat decorated with red roses and ribbons, which my daughter made for me years and years ago. It's my good luck charm.

[SOteric]

73. A disposable camera, maps, registration and proof of insurance,

a tape measure, AAA phone numbers and the Rand McNally Emergency Car Repair Guide.

The disposable camera is specifically for fender benders and minor scrapes where it can be useful to take a few snaps of both cars and their drivers for reference in future insurance claims.

I also have a backpack in my car filled with emergency supplies and rations for me and my kitty, should we ever find ourselves need to evacuate in a hurry, we just get in the car and go.