THE Prepping thread - a new beginning :)

DigForVictory wrote: »

Packsaddles are for Packs not people. You can hang stupendous amounts off a good packsaddle but sit on one & you'll do yourself a mischief, regardless of padding.

Time spent learning to persuade a horse to shove a curious nose through a rope loop is blimming useful when you wish to obtain control of it. Says a major fan of windfalls & cheap carrots, with a strangely unhandled skipping rope.

Nothing wrong with beer & pool in a survival situation. You have to pass the time somehow while cooking the fattest horse...

Sorry, I was reading in a hurry and thought you meant a saddle to take a rider :rotfl:


B]Greenbee[/B] just seen your posts - so sorry you've lost your consultant. I hope the new one will be equally good, and willing to accept that you don't want your treatment to change as it's suiting you.
When I was having gastro investigations a few years ago I saw three different consultants. It had all got a bit confusing due to the merger of 2 NHS trusts around that time. The one I liked least was the one who introduced himself with "Good morning Mrs Leaf, my name is mumble-mumble." and was determined that I needed my gall bladder removed, even though I explained that although I was aware I had a gallstone, that wasn't actually where the pain was. He still wrote hopefully "MAY NEED SURGERY" across a page of my notes. :mad:

I'm shocked that consultants who don't seem that much older than me are retiring. I dunno, you just get 'em housetrained and then they up and leave.

The tea issue is a serious one, there would be turrible suffering in a post-apocalyptic world if we were deprived of our national beverage. We might have to revert to our pre-tea version of the native brew - beer!

I have eaten my nettles. And all is well with the world.

Nettle tea? GQ's been eating nettles, so no reason not to turn it into tea...

Newbie to this board but was very inspired by the prepping thread - as the kids have got older I have become rather more complacent about bring prepared for much at all - I made a resolution to make a start with the first aid kit - its seen better days - a lot of them - a miserable collection consisting of a handful of the never used size of sticking plasters, a crinkly looking crepe bandage and a half tube of savlon - all in a cracked old ice cream tub...I vowed to buy a new one soon - then trotting round Aldiddly this afternoon - found a 100 piece one for £9.99. Now very pleased with myself for making a start on a bit of prepping.

GreyQueen wrote: »

The spaghoops are an aberration (and quite possibly an unnatural act, even) but they were only 15p a can and thus quite irresistable.

Oh, alright then, I'll let you off..

Next spring don't forget dandelions, called cicoria (or tarasacco) in the Italian mountains where I lived, with the (young) roots eaten in salads with boiled egg. Lovely nutty flavour and the season is quite long: you'll see people collecting it in the roadside meadows at the bottom of the valley and as spring advances the collect it further up the mountain.

As for reading about tea on this thread: guess where I'm going.