THE Prepping thread - a new beginning :)

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

Whatever happens politically I think the time has come for us each to look at our lives and do whatever we can to future proof them in all areas! The world has never been a 'given place' but I just feel that we reached the peak of what we're likely to achieve as a race a while ago and from here on in it's a downhill slope, all we can do is make sure we've got as good a set of brakes in our lives as we can create.

I think it's cyclical, to be honest, but I agree that right now we're headed on a downwards path. I think of Ancient Egypt - it lasted for 3,000 years, y'know, but halfway through that lot, it actually collapsed completely, for maybe 100 years - and I'm sure it felt like the end of the world to them.

I'm currently de cluttering like mad, it's surprising how effective emptying a cupboard/drawer of 'treasures' is when you leave them on display for a couple of days and can then realise that there are very few of them that you actually want to keep.

I this! It's what I'm having to do right now with this smelly cupboard, after washing the cupboard - clean and dry everything, and leave it out a couple of days to make *sure* it's dry.

all the bigger pans and extra crockery and cutlery that I've been keeping for 'when the family comes' will be offered to them and if they don't need , into the boot fair pile it shall go. It's a source of amazement to me just how much I've accumulated over the past 24 years since we came here and I'm certainly NOT going to drag it all with us when we move again now!!!

That makes me think of The Mandibles, which I've just read for the first time - 3 generations of extended family, all once very rich, end up under the same roof :eek:

GreyQueen wrote: »

When the general election was called so unexpectedly, my first thought was that it was a covert gambit to lose and thus derail brexit. That thought quickly passed as I, like fuddle, think losing isn't in that woman's nature and it was hubris; she genuinely thought she was going to increase her party's majority to steamroller levels.

Covert TM motives hadn't occurred to me, I have to say and with what we've learned about her this week, she kind of seems incapable of them. But she *must* be capable - she's a high level politician, not an outside like Trump. Don't know though, you'd never guess it from her appalling choices.

I'm presently reading some of the earliest posts from the Archdruid Report, which is being taken down at the end of this month, and this stuff will only be available in JMG's books. I'm sad about that and am going to see what I can take from this resource while I can.

:eek: thanks for that - I've never got as into that as I should have :eek:

We have been living in a very blessed and comfortable age, one which we have, like goldfish in a bowl, come to regard as the norm. Imagining life as it would have been lived by persons only 2-3 generations ago is becoming increasingly difficult, but going back to ease the way going forward is, I think, something the smarter person especially the smarter parent, will want to do.

True. And financially, I think we're a long way past the peak. My mum died aged 90 at the end of last year, as you guys may remember - she got early retirement as a teacher at age 58, with a lump sum and an index linked pension, and had 30 years of good health (8 of which were spent nursing my dad, yes, but that still leaves 22 years as a gadabout If I get to that age, with the erosion of the state, I can imagine my sister and I will have to join forces to cope with old age, with my brother too if he makes it.

It was me that mentioned it most recently, money - and the first thing you did was reference the ending (not in detail)! I didn't object at the time, because I know we don't really have an understanding on here about spoilers, and it *had* been mentioned before. So yes, spoilers aren't popular - if they're insisted upon, they should be very clearly marked as such. You're actually "spoiling" The Handmaid's Tale in your post, y'know? I haven't read or seen it yet.

But for the record, I didn't find The Mandibles depressing!

Thank you pollyanna,, what a helpful post :T I'll have a think about asking the GP if I can try the one you mentioned, though she may be reluctant as it's probably more expensive and I know the local GP practices are watched like a hawk by the local CCQ for any sign of what they consider overspending on medicine budgets. I think it's the CCQ anyway, It's all a bit confusing. There are quite a lot of items they've been told they mustn't prescribe any more because they can be bought over the counter.

Grey Queen Sorry to hear about your diagnosis, but it's good to know you'll soon be feeling a lot better

Thanks to frosty and other people who mentioned wheat, too. It sounds as if it would be worth a try!

ETA sorry, I think it's actually CQC, not CCQ.

Thanks pollyanna - I seem to feel ok on the omeprazole provided I take the larger dose, it's just the hair loss issue that's a problem.