Preparedness for when

Butterfly_Brain

Found a really useful prepper site while on pinterest today honestly that site is like crack, once on it you are hooked :rotfl::rotfl::p
http://www.happypreppers.com/home.html

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fashionlover10 wrote: »

I've got one of those microwave wheat bags that I warmed up and shoved under the covers whilst I got ready for bed last night. Definitely helped to take the chill off the bed when I got in it. Ended up cuddling up to the wheat pack whilst I read too.

Thanks FL. I bought one of these bed warmers from Ebay last year, and I definitely recommend them:

http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/ems-be570

Trouble is, unless it's really perishing, I forget to put it on.

GreyQueen

alfsmum wrote: »

Yep, we walk the dogs at 0530 and there's hardly a soul about, certainly not on foot. I'd probably go an hour earlier if I wanted to avoid being seen.

Have recorded Blackout but not watched as reviews have panned it and I don't want to frighten myself to death. May watch with OH one evening to up his prepping instincts

B&M here have Branst*n Baked beans at 4 for £1.25, not likely to see four for a pound again

Also local Lidly has lots of cleaning stuff on offer this week so may be worth a look. They don't stock household candles though, only tea lights.

Gradually building up water stocks at £1.06 for 5 litre carry bottle. Also putting a few fivers away for days when we can't get at our money.

Oh couldn't put his shoes away under the bedroom chest of drawers the other evening. It was blocked by a shoebox full of half price chocolate. Who could have put that there

:j:j:j Me! It's mine!! I misplaced it!!! Tell OH not to worry, it belongs to the tall bird, she'll take it back toot de sweet and he'll have plenty of room for his slippers.

Serendipitious wrote: »

Hi Shropshirelass, I tried out my freestanding gas cooker (to see if it would work without any electricity) a few months ago when I took its electrical plug out of the socket because I needed to use that socket for something else just for that one evening. It worked fine although obviously I had to light hob burners manually due to no ignition. However, what I did notice, was that when I used the oven the whole body of the cooker including the front, became unduly hot. This I assume was because the electricity also powers the cooling fan. So while I would say in a blackout I would use hob burners, I for one would not use the oven again without an electrical supply because I felt there were dangers of overheating. xx

I have an older gas stove without a fan so this isn't something which I have to consider, but it's something to bear in mind when Old Faithful finally exits stage left and has to be replaced with an upstart.

Been running around before work trying to get a bike carrier on my new (to me, it's about 20 years old) Pashley. It's easier to get the right kind in the Netherlands, apparently - grr!

alfsmum

GQ I think you'd have to drag the choc from OH kicking and screaming... Lol

metherer

Hola all, how are we all?

Picked the following up at the 99p stores:
Utility Multitool (aka cheapo swiss army)
Solar light (intended for garden, but I'm going to see how it performs. Might get more if it is good)
Silver Emergency Tent (actually considering cutting it up to use behind the radiators. Will think for a while about pros and cons)
re-useable hand warmers (those gel type ones where you click the disk)

Not a bad little haul. Plus, my Mr T order came this afternoon, so have added a few more tins plus 16L of water to the stores.

Does anyone know if you can use Milton Tablets for purifying water, or does it have to be the liquid?


ETA: GQ, have you tried on here? https://www.cyclechic.co.uk/shop/bags-baskets-panniers/baskets

GreyQueen

Nice site but no actual rear luggage carriers (the frame bit which supports the panniers (or whatever) that I can see.

No to Milton Tablets for drinking water sterilisation, the chemical isn't identical and isn't suitable. You need the liquid.

Milton have a good site with the formulae for using their Liquid for sterilisation.

Righty, going to go offline as going pie-eyed and want to lay on the couch with a tacky novel.

Be preptastic and remember to wear your tin hats at a rakish angle at all times.

G,night all. GQ xx

Perplexed_Pineapple

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

Use one of those baby carriers that are forward facing and put that on first then the rucksack on afterwards or get a back pack type carrier for the little one and wear the rucksack on your chest, put that on first and the baby carrier on afterwards to help secure the heavy rucksack and stop it from slipping off your shoulders? Would that work? Cheers Lyn xxx.

I think that would work really well and help to balance the rucksack. I've been thinking about some sort of chest pack for just that purpose, you can get some which have lots of pouches for thing that you might need in a hurry (so no need to delve in your rucksack for eg torch, compass, water bottle etc). You can get some pretty useful looking ones online but definitely in the "things to get when I win the lottery" category in terms of price.

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Just been to Asda for a few (non-prepping) items.

While there, I priced up candles.

10 dinner candles (approx 6 hours each) for £2.

Large diameter (like church candles) in the following sizes:-

28 hour at £1 each

50 hour at £2 each

90 hour at £3 each

A pack of 6x 28 hour for £5

These are all unscented.

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Perplexed_Pineapple wrote: »

I've been thinking about some sort of chest pack for just that purpose

Make sure to watch the weight.

It's easy to get carried away, and finish up with so much weight, that you're forever having to stop for rests.

The load needs to be light enough, so you can quickly put some distance between yourself and a bad situation.

Perplexed_Pineapple

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

Make sure to watch the weight.

It's easy to get carried away, and finish up with so much weight, that you're forever having to stop for rests.

The load needs to be light enough, so you can quickly put some distance between yourself and a bad situation.

I completely agree, but while you can carry far more weight on your back than your front (I guess because packs on the chest compress the ribs and make the work of breathing greater) carrying some weight at the front balances things better and reduces stress on the lower back. If you practice regularly so your spine is conditioned to carrying a rucksack that probably wouldn't matter but few of us have the time to do that so better weight distribution would help massively in improving the work of covering a distance. So I'm thinking most weight in a medium-sized rucksack carried high; some in a front pack of some sort (a dedicated chest pack would be best but a small "daypack" would be ok) and maybe a bumbag type of thing to keep some of the weight firmly on the hips rather than the shoulders. This isn't entirely hypothetical: I've tried this sort of arrangement on back-packing trips and you can definitely carry more, further, if it is properly balanced. Not that I plan on bugging out on foot until every other option is exhausted, I can't think of any better place we could reasonably bug out to that would be better than where we are right now.