you assumed that and it’s probable that you’re right.
it’s just that with fire, flames and death being involved I’m not inclined to take a risk.
especially when all the other stuff is just more convenient to have than to lose.

I’m sure you don’t believe we are all saving our computers (etc) at the expense of our own lives. ;) The question states that everyone is safe. To me, “everyone” includes me. :)

now I’m not entirely sure if you guys don’t value me or yourselves but hey, humans are things (wikipedia says “In philosophy, an object is a thing, an entity, or a being” and we all know wikipedia is always right) and as such should be counted; what good is a saved recipe book, usb stick or computer when you’re dead?

so make sure your smoke detectors are working, kids.
health is the only irreplaceable thing out there.
everything else is just stuff.

I’d miss my stuff animals, tho’. I have a monkey, a dinosaur and a walking chattering baby pterodactyl.

The laptop would be nice but I have all my good pics stored online and also most documents. Um. I had better go upload the rest, excuse me.

My next choice would be either a change of clothes or the upright bass, so I could fiddle while home burned.

Irreplaceable.

(And if anyone has suggestions for how I should be backing up my Mac to somewhere that isn’t on fire, please share.)

USB Stick

No without a doubt my laptop/backup drive hanging from it. It has all of my kids pics on it.

Thank goodness the pets are safe! As we know from the last question I answered, I’d be the one that ends up in the news for saving all her pets and dying in the process. Mom, just know that I have no regrets.

So I didn’t have a fast answer to this question, which surprised me. After mentally going through my rooms I thought, “my jewelry box,” because it contains items of both sentimental and monetary value. But does a jewelry box count as one item?

Before I mentally scanned my bedroom, though, I scanned my living room, and thought, “one of my new living room chairs.” My living room furniture was expensive, I’d been coveting it for years, it’s still new, it’s close to the front door, and it seemed like it’d be easy to just grab one. And then I could sit in it in the yard and watch the mf’er burn.

Then I read Phire’s answer … and I think the answer has to be my backup hard drive. It holds backups of everything: my photos, personal documents, financial documents, and all my work … as a freelancer, my work is at home. I think if all my digital data burned, I’d simply hang up my hat and move to an island somewhere, because all my work would be gone. Hmm, then again, that might be a nice, clean break. Deep down, that’s probably why I don’t do any off-site backups.

Unless I was in a mood and decided that the pretty little seed pot I got in New Mexico needed saving, I still think the backup drive is the winner. It holds lots of history. (Note to self: make sure all photos from NM are scanned in and on that drive.)

beyond that it’d be a toss up between my guitar and my stuffed elephant.