Question for Outlander fans: what would you take through the stones?

[Anonymous]

I'm new to the Outlander series and am LOVING it. My question to you is this:

What would you bring through the stones if you went on purpose as Claire does, back to the 1760s Scotland to help you and your loved ones lead a better life? Small enough to transport on your person (can't bring luggage) and that wouldn't get you burned as a witch?

[Anonymous]

Medicine, bras, shoes, underwear, cheat sheet on history, money/gold

[Anonymous]

Gems would be #1. Unless they would all turn to dust on the way through- I don’t remember how that works.

After that, probably all the antibiotics I could get my hands on, stitched into the lining of my clothes.

[Anonymous]

I’m thinking maybe instructions on how to manufacture penicillin?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m thinking maybe instructions on how to manufacture penicillin?

Claire took a bunch of penicillin. Makes sense to me!

[Anonymous]

The detailed blueprints for railway designs and enough gold to finance the first small depot from London to a nearby town. Then I'd build another one and another one and charge merchants to transport goods until I was the richest person in Europe.

[Anonymous]

A whole bunch of history, engineering and science books downloaded onto some password protected device like a smartphone or kindle. Stored in a couple of sturdy ziplock bags sewn into I don't know greased seal skins or something. Along with several power cords and extra batteries or power packs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m thinking maybe instructions on how to manufacture penicillin?

Claire took a bunch of penicillin. Makes sense to me!

In the book, she puts bread on her window sill to get moldy so she can make her own. I think it was a matter of having the right kind of mold to grow, so a process of trying over and over.

[Anonymous]

Ibuprofen and antibiotics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A whole bunch of history, engineering and science books downloaded onto some password protected device like a smartphone or kindle. Stored in a couple of sturdy ziplock bags sewn into I don't know greased seal skins or something. Along with several power cords and extra batteries or power packs.

As opposed to malaria meds?! What are the power cords for if you go back to the time she went back? To choke someone with them?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A whole bunch of history, engineering and science books downloaded onto some password protected device like a smartphone or kindle. Stored in a couple of sturdy ziplock bags sewn into I don't know greased seal skins or something. Along with several power cords and extra batteries or power packs.

That’s so dangerous. Get caught with that, and it’d be to the burning stakes for ye.

And THEN some man would take hold of the contraband technology and claim he invented it.

[Anonymous]

No technology - gems make the most sense - even fake ones.

[Anonymous]

OP here -- I'm assuming I'm only as rich as I am right now, which is to say, not at all. So I can't bring back a lot of gold or gems.

300 count of 500mg fish amoxicillian though would only set me back $100.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A whole bunch of history, engineering and science books downloaded onto some password protected device like a smartphone or kindle. Stored in a couple of sturdy ziplock bags sewn into I don't know greased seal skins or something. Along with several power cords and extra batteries or power packs.

That’s so dangerous. Get caught with that, and it’d be to the burning stakes for ye.

And THEN some man would take hold of the contraband technology and claim he invented it.

Would they even recognize it as technology though? Get a wood case and cover up the screen with something to make it reflective. It could be a hand mirror.

It would just be SO HARD to get used to not being able to look up anything you wanted, any time you wanted to!! Imagine having all the knowledge of the 21st century during the 18th.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A whole bunch of history, engineering and science books downloaded onto some password protected device like a smartphone or kindle. Stored in a couple of sturdy ziplock bags sewn into I don't know greased seal skins or something. Along with several power cords and extra batteries or power packs.

As opposed to malaria meds?! What are the power cords for if you go back to the time she went back? To choke someone with them?

To plug the smart phone or kindle into the portable chargers you brought! With judicious use, you could make them last a long time. Or bring a hand crank charger....