Preparedness for when

GreyQueen

That's a worrying thought. A loaf of bread lasts my singleton household the best part of a week but it would disappear in minutes in a household the size of yours.

D'you know how they'd manage it if people went to multiple supermarkets? Or if people went simulataneously to different supermarkets, say the Mum to one and the Dad to another? There are so many holes in that one, aren't there?

ETA, I remember the breadstrikes in the 1970s. My family used to have a Saturday order an the independant craft baker in the centre, we'd been going there for years and other people called us daft because the supermarket bread was so much cheaper (although horrible cotton wool stuff).

Every week, baker would bake to his customer's orders and put them aside for collection and bake a certain amount that was for general sale. When it was gone, it was gone, and he wouldn't be baking again until Monday. When the bread strikes were on, the supermarket bread-buyers were queued down the road to buy the general loaves and used to give filthy looks to those of us who jsut walked in to collect our orders (baker wouldn't have his customers on order waiting in the line). I can still see their expressions now; hateful.

Of course, it passed quickly enough, and they went back to the supermarket bread without a backward glance, and we carried on until the baker retired. There are no independant bakers in my parents' market town now (30,000 population) although they always do business with the indy butchers.

HariboJunkie

GreyQueen wrote: »

Hope 2tonsils will be able to get back to us soon.

She posted on the Daily thread to say that she'd had a problem with her internet service provider but had got it sorted so hopefully nothing more sinister than that.

I'm going back to lurking and will probably stop reading altogether as this thread freaks me out a bit. :rotfl:Especially the bit about everyone decamping up here!!! :eek:

vanoonoo

lol haribo junkie - move over

prepareathome

Jeepers just checked last bread strike was 1978 gosh I remember it, going up to pick up the bread every day. I was on my own then with my two year old daughter, thought it was a bit later.

HJ people are just glad to sound out ideas to others who are like minded as they cannot do this in RL and does no harm surely, better they talk these things out rather than if something did happen (flooding , fire nearby, gas leak) and they had to leave their home and didn't take what they need. Out of this of course comes the chat of leaving home and living elsewhere.

Its true no thread is ever going to stay the way everyone wants it. They wind this way and that right on subject, a bit off then back.

Hope you stayxxx

Gigervamp

I remember the bread strikes too. That was when my dad started baking bread as being a veggie, I used to take packed lunches to school.

Does anyone remember when there was a potato shortage? That would've been in the 70's too. I was still having school dinners at that time and I remember that instead of potatoes we were given 2 slices of bread to go with the dinner. I discovered that boiled greens were really nice in a sandwich!

grandma247

I baked my own bread in 78 so the strike didn't affect me but the potato shortage in the early 80's. I bought a couple of sacks that had been shipped from India and I decided to prep them all for the freezer as we had a very large one in those days.

I cut my thumb and ended up with an infection so it had to be lanced. Not nice but such a relief when the nurse did it.

For those who don't read the make do thread I found some hand washing machines
here and here

greenbee

PAH - the army used to be involved regularly in securing and administering large sporting events I until numbers were cut dramatically about 20 years ago, so it isn't that odd that they used them, although with the reduction in numbers plus Iraq and Afghanistan they are quite busy!

Haribo - I know you're worried about us all heading for Scotland, but given how few people can read a map I think you are probably safe!

Byatt

greenbee wrote: »

PAH - the army used to be involved regularly in securing and administering large sporting events I until numbers were cut dramatically about 20 years ago, so it isn't that odd that they used them, although with the reduction in numbers plus Iraq and Afghanistan they are quite busy!

Haribo - I know you're worried about us all heading for Scotland, but given how few people can read a map I think you are probably safe!

I have a sat nav, no-one gets lost with one of those...:D:rotfl::p

manchestermargo

Beg to differ Byatt!! Just been to choir practice with friend, first time to this place and we got lost with the help of Sat Nav. Wouldn't mind but only about 10 miles away, for goodness sake.

I also remember bread strikes, and I must say people really do start to panic buy, if they saw a queue they joined it, regardless if they needed bread or not. Btw yeast was as valuable as gold!

MM

grandma247

I was going to reply to byatts comment but decided it was tongue in cheek.
We had trouble with ours when we first got it and we were only trying it out so only wanted the next town. After going round the roundabout for the third time I shouted at dh that he knew where it was so just ignore "her" and go!