Preparedness for when

ginnyknit

Daftmummy, yes things are tight but you and Hubby have each others support and that means a lot. When both parties are pulling together its a big thing. My SIL seems to spend money as fast as big bro earns it. She has no understanding of things changing and since she retired inists on holiday after holiday as if that will fix everything.

You sound as if you work hard at scrimping and scraping like most of us on here so give yourself a pat on the back, hopefully his work will improve soon and he will see his reward for hard work. x

Alibobsy, I love barter like that, it works so well and just think how fab your turkey will be, much better than those supermarket ones.

Couldnt think what to do for tea as I have been so busy doing crafty things but just remembered the lasagne in the freezer so thats tea sorted and I can get back to what I was doing.

GreyQueen

I've been known to hang out with a friend and each of us do some handiwork, eg those fiddly little hand-sewing jobs, sorting small things, knitting etc. It's very convivial.

In times past, when people had to spend a lot of time walking between places it wasn't uncommon to knit socks as you went along. Folks had a lot to do, and limited daylight, so people got one with stuff when and where they could. other folks whose work involved a lot of watching (shepherds) also made stuff and many a sailor could knit and sew. It's only in relatively modern times that such crafts were regarded as women's stuff only.

Our modern world of sitting staring at people playing dress-ups on an illuminated screen would seem very strange to them.

I think TPTB in the USA are spoiling for another middle eastern war. Gulf War v 3.0 coming soon to a theatre near you. They want the oil and they want to use the ecomomic stimulus of fighting a war to disguise how moribund and bankrupt things really are back home. As we're their running poodles here in the UK, no doubt we'll have our armed forces roped into the coming fiasco.

Sick-making, but pretty much inevitable, IMO. Only question is which middle eastern country will be the tipping point and which other(s) will join in.

Trouble is, if you go to war to secure energy supplies, you use a lot of energy, and fail to secure the supplies. Oil infrastructure is incredibly fragile and easily damaged. Eventually, this zero-sum game ends with the warmakers too financially weakened to make more war. Armies and navies and airforces consume huge amounts of oil and when the supplies run out, so will the ability to prosecute conflicts across the globe.

S'pose we could go back to tribal warfare with sharp sticks if necessary. Or just try to grow up as a species.

Hmm. Sharp sticks probably more likely, then........

jk0

I am getting a new bathroom suite at home here, and came across this system that might interest you guys:

http://ecoplay.nl/en/

It recycles shower/bath waste water to flush your downstairs toilet. Apparently they are available at Plumbcenter, but I have no idea how much they cost.

jk0

GreyQueen wrote: »

I think TPTB in the USA are spoiling for another middle eastern war. Gulf War v 3.0 coming soon to a theatre near you. They want the oil and they want to use the ecomomic stimulus of fighting a war to disguise how moribund and bankrupt things really are back home. As we're their running poodles here in the UK, no doubt we'll have our armed forces roped into the coming fiasco.



S'pose we could go back to tribal warfare with sharp sticks if necessary. Or just try to grow up as a species.

Hmm. Sharp sticks probably more likely, then........

I've recently been reading a book by David Ray Griffin called 'The New Pearl Harbor'.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_sabc?url=search-alias%3Daps&pageMinusResults=1&suo=1377018238339#/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_20?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=the%20new%20pearl%20harbor&sprefix=the+new+pearl+harbor%2Caps%2C277&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Athe%20new%20pearl%20harbor

It explains that the yanks wanted to build an oil & gas pipeline across Afghanistan back in 2000, but the Taliban wouldn't let them. 9/11 was a false flag operation by America itself to give them an excuse to invade.

I recommend the book. You will look at the world differently after reading it.

mardatha

I think they ( our ancestors) would fall over hysterically wi their legs in the air GQ. We have freedom, money, and time they could only dream of - and yet we are still running about like demented chickens! :rotfl:

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"DOT" BBB :huh:

Going back to the matter of candles, just been in ASDA, and they have 10 Dinner Candles (6 hour burn time) for £2 a box.

I make that approx 3.3p per burn hour.

They also have 6x 28 hour pillar candles, for £5.

I make that approx 2.8p per burn hour.

For the l-o-n-g power cut , they have individual 90 hour pillar candles, at £3, but that takes us back to 3.3p per burn hour.

BTW, these are all unscented.

GreyQueen

mardatha wrote: »

I think they ( our ancestors) would fall over hysterically wi their legs in the air GQ. We have freedom, money, and time they could only dream of - and yet we are still running about like demented chickens! :rotfl:

Too right.

Whatever would my great-grannies have thought of me doing the wash by stuffing clothes into a hole in a metal box and leaving it to its own devices whilst I potter about between my gas stove (cookin' chili) and here?!

And we complain that we work hard. We need to count our blessings; our descendants will refer to these as the Good Old Days.

westcoastscot

Mar your day out sounds lovely!

Am I the only one then who keeps her knitting in her pinny pocket?:)

mardatha

I am soo ashamed to admit that I havny got a pinny!
I'll see meself oot lol

alfsmum

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

In times gone by MAR it was the norm for ladies to go visiting in the afternoon and take thier spinning, sewing or knitting with them to each others houses to sit and natter and have a brew, some things are timeless eh? Lyn xxx,

There's something very comforting about that and, as you say, timeless. I'm sure this kind of activity would be regarded by some as 'beneath' today's womankind, but as an educated woman who can hold her own with the men (:rotfl:) I would love to do this and let the chaps go off and do whatever chaps do! There is too much rushing around today, the perceived need to earn more, to acquire more, but to what end? Conversely, Knit and Natter clubs seems to be growing as new generations cotton on to what really matters.