Preparedness for when

grandma247

Mardatha The link for M@pl1ns that meme put up this morning leads to other solar panels that you can use with an inverter which they also sell. One of the ladies on an American food storage group sent an email about what size you need to run a freezer, I will try and find it for you. They are not cheap but I am seriously considering them given how rapidly the electric is going up.

I can't find it. I had a look on google but my head hurts so I do not want to start doing the figures. it seems you need at least a 1000w one because freezers use a lot of electric when the motor starts up, normal running is much less.

Dippypud

Watching "Wartime Farm"...

are you ?;)

prepareathome

Mrs LW I am interested in the solar panels as well. Mar going to be hard for people who don't have money to buy books for their children even to HS as a guess librarys will not be open as much or at all.....

Have wartime far on laptop.

westcoastscot

Sounds like things have been tough for a lot longer than i thought? I guess in my ignorance i'm comparing your situation with a potentially similar one here - schools, for example, may not be able to afford books in a similar scenario but what they have would last a good few years.
Shall have to have a good google and a good read
Good luck! WCS

mardatha

Yes I just watched it - enjoyed it a lot !

Dippypud

mardatha wrote: »

Yes I just watched it - enjoyed it a lot !

Did you put Peter back in your shed 'til next week ?

mardatha

He's making the tea

SpikyHedgehog

westcoastscot wrote: »

Sounds like things have been tough for a lot longer than i thought? I guess in my ignorance i'm comparing your situation with a potentially similar one here - schools, for example, may not be able to afford books in a similar scenario but what they have would last a good few years.
Shall have to have a good google and a good read
Good luck! WCS

( Here in England) When I was at school, we were given text books to use for the year & return, for other lessons, the books were kept in class. When DS1 was in primary school, the school provided photocopied sections of text books; at his secondary school they had a few school copies of textbooks in some subjects but asked you to buy your child books for the core subjects of english maths & science. It wouldn't take long for this to crash if not enough parents could afford the books.

prepareathome

I am slowly adding crafty bits for children to my stocks as although grandchildren of course live with their parents if things got bad my home would be best place for us to live if possible so thought better start adding a few things for them that they don't know about, but can be brought out of course if needed any time. Need to get some more board games as son took all we had to his. I need to also get some spare clothes for younger two, have plenty for 13 year old as she stays often, just in case something happens and they have to leave their home with nothing, son would have but DIL refuses to consider a grab bag.

GreyQueen

SpikyHedgehog wrote: »

( Here in England) When I was at school, we were given text books to use for the year & return, for other lessons, the books were kept in class. When DS1 was in primary school, the school provided photocopied sections of text books; at his secondary school they had a few school copies of textbooks in some subjects but asked you to buy your child books for the core subjects of english maths & science. It wouldn't take long for this to crash if not enough parents could afford the books.

In my school (grammar, late 1970s) we had text books but there were 5 children per text book for some subjects and 2-3 children per text book in others. With one book between 2 or 3, you can just about manage to work in class, but when it gets higher than that, it gets very difficult.

I can recall that we'd have to pip up to Teacher that we couldn't do the homework by the time (s)he wanted as there weren't enough text books so we'd have to negotiate when we could get it done by. They often seemed confused by the concept of not enough books for each pupil to have their own (they'd be given back at the end of term). So maybe it was a relatively-recent textbook famine.

If any pupil kept the text book past their alloted 1 night chaos would ensue as others wouldn't get their chance at it and couldn't turn their homework in to schedule. I remember we were studying for O level Art in a classroom with no paper of any description, and only HB pencils (which are useless for drawing btw, you want 2B or above).

It's no wonder I have a bit of a thing about paper and stationery..............:o

This lack of basic educational facilities in Greece will blight a generation and turn the economic clock back. It's appalling.