Preparedness for when

GreyQueen

pineapple wrote: »

Well for me it was a salutory reminder that anyone could be pulling up a chair to have a gander. I wouldn't care but my colander is one of those flexible rubbery things. Fat lot of good that'll be at deflecting mind reading X rays ....

Bacofoil is your new best friend. Buy lots.

Yup, all sorts of people could be reading along and taking notes. After all, the gov thinks it's OK to have criminals in call-centres* asking Joe Public questions about their valuable possessions.

Honestly, if some stranger phoned you up with such a question, would you divulge the goodies?

Me, I have a Genuwhine Ming Dyenasty Vase, a Grecian 2000 marble statuette with Made in China sticker unpeeled from the bottom and a pooter and stereo older than some people's secondary school age chillun. Plus a book of Penny Black stamps which I am prepared to sell to you for a VERY reasonable price, guv'nor, nudge nudge say no more abaht it.**

:eek: Sudden horror - you don't think they'll come for my FB pies do you?! Or the baked bean mountain? Oh my stars and garters, I bought those bbs at 4 for £1 and it'd cost £2.50 to replace each 4-pack. Woe!

My bank once had the insolence to call me at home wanting to sell me a savings product. They were told airily that I never discuss money on the phone as 1) it's vulgar and 2) you never know who's listening.

Then they posted me some nonsense which I shredded. Not like I have enough to save, anyroad.

* I work in a call centre, dammit, and I'm not allowed to ask things like that. Oh, that'd be because I'm not in prison.

** Three generations back one of my family members (distaff side from the east end of Lunnon) made a nice wadge profiteering on petrol during the war. The loot bought a darling wee house for his heirs about 30 years later. Whoever said crime doesn't pay obviously isn't any good at it.

westcoastscot

mardatha wrote: »

I'm prepping for TSHTF by having my mind (what's left of it) blown away by Hein Braat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slnUSJ8_RZQ&list=PLAV1QB9Vd9MSMgi40_vM9swet6wJfASd0

Ran out of sweeties Mar?:)

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Hey GQ, it's your tomato stash!!!!! and those dinky little trollies on wheels that you made, I hope you've patented the design!!!!!

PINEAPPLE I've got a spare metal one, just PM me where to send it!!!

If I'm being totally honest I'm prepping because no one else is going to do it for me, and in a SHTF situation I'm the only one I'd trust not to put themselves before me in the order of peck!!! You can't leave survival to chance, if you want a real chance of making it through, you have to do it yourself!!!

GreyQueen

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

Hey GQ, it's your tomato stash!!!!! and those dinky little trollies on wheels that you made, I hope you've patented the design!!!!!

PINEAPPLE I've got a spare metal one, just PM me where to send it!!!

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Sssshhhh!!!!!!!!!! Not so much about the tomatoes already. Those things have gone up a lot since I bought them.

The wheel has come off one of my trollies (droll but true, the metal shank of the wheel sheared off under the weight) so the design needs a bit more work.

Then I shall apply for the patent. I shall call them I-trollies, since I have observed that anything prefixed with an "I" can be sold for silly money somehow. If there's silly money about, I really can't see why some of it shouldn't come to live with me, so's I can buy more pies.

Right! Enough delightful banter, I am about to disappear for the night into my [STRIKE]fallout shelter[/STRIKE] errm I meant bedroom, to read a bit before curling up to sleep the sleep of the righteous.

Always assuming the eedjeets outside stop whooping and hollering, of course.

Til tomorrow, my lovelies. GQ xx

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GreyQueen wrote: »

After all, the gov thinks it's OK to have criminals in call-centres* asking Joe Public questions about their valuable possessions.

I never discuss any kind of business over the phone, with anyone who phones me.

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There's three wheels on my wagon and I'm still rolling along, those Cherokees they're after me but I'm singing a happy song!!!!!!!

GreyQueen

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

I never discuss any kind of business over the phone, with anyone who phones me.

:T Extremely prudent.

I like to go talk to people face to face, if I must. Why, only the other day, my dealer rang to offer me some most excellent (insert product of your imagination) and couldn't believe I wouldn't do da bizniz on the phone.

Honestly, I really must associate with a better class, or at least a brighter class..........:rotfl:

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G'night GQ, sleep well!!!

jk0

mardatha wrote: »

I'm prepping for TSHTF by having my mind (what's left of it) blown away by Hein Braat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slnUSJ8_RZQ&list=PLAV1QB9Vd9MSMgi40_vM9swet6wJfASd0

What a voice!

mardatha

Yep jk - melts your bones. I use it for emptying my mind. (no comments or sniggers please)