Anyone getting stocked up on food etc just in case?

ceridwen

beaujolais-nouveau wrote: »

I read somewhere - and have never forgotten - how to collect condensation overnight (for drinking water). It involves a sheet of plastic, a hole in the ground, a stone and something for the condensation to drip into. :cool: Apparently, this works even in the desert.

Its something like that...well...if it came to that "race" you to post the exact details as to how

.....goes off to consult Survival Book.;)

ceridwen

PasturesNew wrote: »

Buy a seagoing boat and live on it. Stock up. First sign of trouble, cast off.
P.S. Don't head for the coast of Africa.

Now...I DID wonder why a friend of mine and his father are about to go off on a 3 month cruise......does he know summat I dont?

Generali

As someone who deals with risk in his professional life I can see the point of this.

It is a wee bit mental though too. Until the day that it's not.

Woofles

errr I have a cupboard and the first thing thats going in is this

http://www.towsure.com/product/14839-Luggable_Loo

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Woofles wrote: »

errr I have a cupboard and the first thing thats going in is this

http://www.towsure.com/product/14839-Luggable_Loo

mmm, I think I'll pass on that, lugging turds around wouldn't be top of my agenda. If you don't like them, just use your neighbours bin.:D

JonnyBravo

PasturesNew wrote: »

About 3 years ago I wanted to play with a RoboRaptor.... they were about £60-70 so I knew I wouldn't get one. Then I got a lead ... they had them on display/to touch and play with ... in M&S. So off I set. Into M&S, up the stairs... target spotted. Went over, fiddled, batteries dead. I asked the assistant to put new batteries in it, then I took it over to the ladies lingerie department where I sat down on one of the model plinths. I sat and played non stop with that for about an hour.

Nobody stopped me, nobody questioned it: mad middle-aged woman playing with RoboRaptor, completely entranced, in lingerie ... be aware, but stay away.



Brilliant it was.

PasturesNew wrote: »

STR: Not a loony then

:rolleyes:

The evidence above your signature would seem to be at odds with said signature.

GDB2222

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Another family discussion over Christmas chez NDG. Can or should you eat bacon which is 2 weeks out of date? Pasta which is 8 months out of date? My mother reckoned "yes" to both, but was out-voted.

Is the immune system like a muscle, ie it needs to be exercised or it will atrophy? If so, then eating out of date food = exercising your immunity system = "a good thing to do in moderation".

silvercar

Dried food should last for years; the whole idea of "best before" dates never existed in previous stockpiling eras.

I thought that deflation meant prices fell, so what is the point of stock piling?

misskool

GDB2222 wrote: »

Is the immune system like a muscle, ie it needs to be exercised or it will atrophy? If so, then eating out of date food = exercising your immunity system = "a good thing to do in moderation".

Your immune system consists of 2 components, innate and adaptive. The innate system recognises pathogens based on their structure and things that humans don't have. The adaptive system needs to be primed and then it will be able to recognise the infection. So it doesn't need constant exercise but you will to kick start it.

mewbie_2

I guess if all else fails we can eat Zeno's tortoise.