Nice article, DnvrFox.
I don't have a boot or the ointment. Next time I get a Tyvek envelope, I'll cut out some pieces and add them. I like the idea of cheap folding reading glasses, Ron. I can't tell you how many times I've had to borrow glasses to read something.
What do I have that you don't? KFC handi-wipes. Good to get grease or dirt off, or clean off whatever before eating something. I also carry one of those little presta to schrader valve adaptors. I've never needed it, but it is there.
Sometimes I carry a soaked washcloth in a zip bag with a freezer bag in with it. Nothing like a cold wet towel on your head to cool you off. " A towel is about the most massively useful thing [a cyclist] can have"