Preparedness for when

nuatha

jk0 wrote: »

I wonder if the amount of cash being withdrawn from cashpoints is significantly more than the amount being spent. (In other words, people no longer trusting the banks, and stashing it at home somewhere.)

By the way, if anyone is thinking of doing that, I would beware of £50 notes. 50 & 100 Ruble notes were declared worthless (virtually) overnight in the USSR in 1991.

http://english.pravda.ru/business/finance/16-07-2013/125160-financial_reforms_soviet_union-0/

There's quite a few businesses who won't take £50 notes. A friend who does a lot of travelling reports problems with changing them at overseas bureau de change as well.

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

I never ever use an 'in the street' cash point, I had a card cloned once and now I go into the bank building and will only get cash from the indoor ones and even then I'm pretty cautious and keep everything covered, including the anount of money that comes up both on the screen and out of the dispenser. I always make sure the money is out of sight in my purse and that my purse is firmly at the bottom of my rucksack which is securely on my back before I leave the building. I save £1 and £2 coins which come in change (so I'm never seen obviously getting cash and then walking home) and they are dotted about in different places all round the homestead, I keep a couple of very obvious notes pinned up on a noticeboard in full sight,easy to find if you're an opportunist burglar and I'm prepared for that to be the case, it usually is and they're in and out quickly with what they can find easily. A little insurance if you like!

Sounds like sensible precautions.
I'm a fairly big bloke and apparently "look like I can handle myself" so although I haven't had issues yet, I have noticed groups hanging around near some cash points as well as near a jewelers who does cash for gold. (Said jeweler now arranges taxis for his more vunerable looking sellers)

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

Nuatha aaaa yes didn't think of people watching you at the cashpoint....

I think with everything these days including the banks everything is working on the 'Just in time' delivery/stock levels etc... and a tiny little blip/rush will show how week the system actually is..

You notice it when there is a flurry of snow, within half hour the supermarket carpark is full, and everyone is buying bread etc as though they will be stuck in for a month......

so any sort of murmur of a financial collapse and within minutes there would be mayhem, people clamouring to get their money out of banks etc, people buying food, fuel etc...

food storage made easy challenge?????? where will I find that??

Look how fast word spreads by twitter etc of an issue.
One classic example would be the last lot of London riots and the subsequent cleanup campaign.
In past times word spread by word of mouth which would localise any issue and possibly allow it to be contained/resolved, now I suspect it would be a national phenomena within hours.
The Northern Rock run started within hours of a report on breakfast news saying that the bank had liquidity problems - if memory serves the report also said that the bank of England had loaned them the shortfall, yet I passed large queues outside two branches on my way in to work.

pineapple

Pineapple was cleaning out the little electric hand blender (with her finger what else) when she inadvertently pressed the start button. Yes it was still plugged in...
Cue blade slicing through top of finger... :eek: Blood everywhere - feeling faint we grabbed something to wrap it tight and didn't dare look for a while. Expected to find a bit of finger on the worktop but no it is still attached.
Next search the first aid drawer. There was a bucketful of tidgy plasters - one bandage, one large dressing and an acre of antiseptic wipes. So guess what Monday's shop will be!
Ps The blackberry sponge turned out nicely thank you but still not sure if it doesn't have optional extras

mardatha

Bit like my youngest son Pineapple... he's a joiner and managed to cut two fingers on his left hand off in a bandsaw 3 weeks ago.:eek:

pineapple

mardatha wrote: »

Bit like my youngest son Pineapple... he's a joiner and managed to cut two fingers on his left hand off in a bandsaw 3 weeks ago.:eek:

Don't I am only just recovering! Did he get them put back on? Did it really hurt? Just that I've heard you lose sensation when it's that major.

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Oh PINEAPPLE are you OK now? it's so easily done and boy doesn't it knock you for 6? I hope you're sitting down with a cuppa now, I know how shaky it makes you feel when something like this happens, you make sure and look after yourself for the rest of the day. The best thing I find for deep cuts like that are STERISTRIPS which allow you to pull the wound edges together tightly and promote healing faster. You can get them in Wilkos for a reasonable price, I'm never without them and even carry a pack in my first aid kit in the rucksack, so useful are they. Hugs but gentle ones, Lyn xxx.

mardatha

He lost both to the middle joint, got stitches out yesterday. Didn't feel it at the time for a few minutes, then fainted with shock and loss of blood. The pain was hellish he says for the first week.

paidinchickens

pineapple wrote: »

Pineapple was cleaning out the little electric hand blender (with her finger what else) when she inadvertently pressed the start button. Yes it was still plugged in...
Cue blade slicing through top of finger... :eek: Blood everywhere - feeling faint we grabbed something to wrap it tight and didn't dare look for a while. Expected to find a bit of finger on the worktop but no it is still attached.
Next search the first aid drawer. There was a bucketful of tidgy plasters - one bandage, one large dressing and an acre of antiseptic wipes. So guess what Monday's shop will be!
Ps The blackberry sponge turned out nicely thank you but still not sure if it doesn't have optional extras

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

Sometimes I think as a country we are so close to the edge I feel like chicken lickin and the sky is falling in. It still makes me mad when you hear people going on about "we had the party now we're paying the price" well I didn't get an invite so why should I pay ??

PiC x

boultdj

nuatha wrote: »

This page suggests you can use dry salting for a fair range of veg.

Thank you for asking, I'd forgotten dry salt as a preservation method.

Thank's nuatha, I'm off for a read.

ALIBOBSY

pineapple wrote: »

As for cashpoints I once saw a guy hanging round a supermarket cash machine. Everytime someone had used it he would go up to the machine. He did this several times so Pineapple smelled a rat and alerted security.

Funnily enough I had an incident near a bank of supermarket cash machines. A guy in blue overalls with a clipboard-but no insignia, appeared from the side of the machines and approached the people in front on me in the queue. He then proceeded to say he worked for Tesco and was testing the machines which he had been "mending" and he needed voluteers to do their card actions and he needed to take their card details and watch them!!!!

I immediately jumped in and said this sounded like a load of rubbish and that even banks advise not to give pin details to any staff and I certainly wouldn't be taking part. He looked a bit shocked and the lady in front of me, who was about to hand over her card, stopped and actually thought about it. I asked him to move away and told him I would be speaking to the manager. Fine he says, you will find out I am genuine. Needless to say, after I entered the store he was on his toes.

It was in the local press that he was caught and had been doing similar stuff across the county and got away with thousands.

I wonder if con men try this at supermarket cash points, because when at the banks most of us are "on guard", but going shopping our minds are on other things.

Ali x

Margaret54

Oh mardatha You have made me laugh with your piece about the goodies and the baddies lol