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Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,

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Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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Speaker 1: tip is about some smart things to stash in your

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Speaker 1: car so that all trips or weights are more comfortable.

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Speaker 1: Unless you've lived in a few big cities, if you've

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Speaker 1: got a commute, or kids or both, you probably spend

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Speaker 1: a fair amount of time in your car. I used

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Speaker 1: to think I didn't. I work from home and my kids'

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Speaker 1: schools are less than ten minutes away. But then I

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Speaker 1: started tracking my time and realized, Wow, all those short

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Speaker 1: trips add up. That's one reason I started the Before

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Speaker 1: Breakfast podcast. I wanted to give people something they could

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Speaker 1: get through on a short trip. Anyway, after my recent

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Speaker 1: episode on using up gift cards, I got a note

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Speaker 1: from a listener named April. She wrote that ending up

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Speaker 1: at Target or CBS or some other store on an

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Speaker 1: errand and realizing I didn't have the gift card or

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Speaker 1: running home for an in and out gift card before

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Speaker 1: we made a rare impromptu gift card stop for dinner.

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Speaker 1: So one day last summer, I grabbed a credit card

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Speaker 1: wallet I had and put all of the gift cards

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Speaker 1: that I might use outside the house in it, then

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Speaker 1: put it in my glove compartment. Now if April needs

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Speaker 1: to stop by target, she can just reach in there

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Speaker 1: and grab the card. This got me thinking of all

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Speaker 1: the other things that it's wise to keep in the car.

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Speaker 1: I don't think it's a coincidence that my family has

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Speaker 1: gotten sick less frequently since we started keeping bottles of

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Speaker 1: hand sanitizer in the cup holders of our cars. We

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Speaker 1: also keep some paper towels for the inevitable messes, and

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Speaker 1: a small garbage container. In our family minivan, there's a

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Speaker 1: bottle of water or two for hydration emergencies, usually some

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Speaker 1: granola bars, sunscreen for sunny days, and an umbrella for

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Speaker 1: rainy ones. I keep a handful of quarters in case

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Speaker 1: I'm somewhere with old fashioned parking meters. I thought these

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Speaker 1: were pretty smart ideas. Then I asked my Twitter followers

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Speaker 1: about their car stashes, and I realized I'm pretty much

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Speaker 1: rookie level when it comes to preparedness. The most common

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Speaker 1: out of the box idea people mentioned a big towel.

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Speaker 1: This is as useful for messes as paper towels, but

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Speaker 1: can also be used for drying off. Anyone who is wet,

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Speaker 1: or putting under anyone who is wet for whatever reason

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Speaker 1: that wetness has happened. A large towel also enables an

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Speaker 1: impromptu picnic, or if you need to be outside, can

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Speaker 1: be wrapped around someone who is cold. A few people

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Speaker 1: mentioned garbage bags. These are useful for the inevitable garbage

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Speaker 1: that builds up and that people forget to cart out

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Speaker 1: of the car, but can also make reasonable ponchos for

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Speaker 1: a sudden downpour. That said, actual ponchos aren't that expensive either,

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Speaker 1: and might be worth keeping around. A first aid kit

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Speaker 1: or at least band aids is never a bad idea.

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Speaker 1: People with teenagers mentioned the importance of extra phone chargers.

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Speaker 1: Your young passengers might desperately need to restore their batteries

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Speaker 1: so they can text each other across the back seat.

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Speaker 1: Of course, not all entertainment must be electronic. One person

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Speaker 1: mentioned a book of mad libs. Another suggested a book

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Speaker 1: of crossword puzzles. Both require a pen, so be sure

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Speaker 1: to have that too. Either of those, or a sticker

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Speaker 1: book for little kids, can provide a lot of entertainment

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Speaker 1: for a small amount of car volume. A few people

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Speaker 1: mentioned Frisbees and April, who wrote in with the gift

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Speaker 1: card Hack, mentioned that she kept a deflated beach ball

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Speaker 1: in the car so she and her family could bat

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Speaker 1: a ball around if they found themselves waiting somewhere like

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Speaker 1: a siblings sports event with time to kill. Now that

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Speaker 1: I'm back in the newborn stage, people reminded me of

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Speaker 1: the importance of extra clothes. An extra sweatshirt should suffice

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Speaker 1: and helps with unexpected cold and extra socks. Cold feet

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Speaker 1: make people miserable, and that's the last thing you need

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Speaker 1: on a car trip. As I read through this list,

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Speaker 1: I realized that it sounds like a lot of stuff.

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Speaker 1: But the good news is that none of it takes

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Speaker 1: up that much space. A small crate in the trunk

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Speaker 1: could corral it all and then you'll be ready for

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Speaker 1: whatever life on the road throws at you. So what

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Speaker 1: do you keep it in your car? I'm sure I'm

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Speaker 1: forgetting something brilliant, So let me know what it is

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