Preparedness for when

thriftwizard

Laughing out loud here, not least because I've spent most of the last month surviving bizarre combinations of gas but no electric, electric but no gas (current situation) etc. etc. whilst catering for approx. 7 people. Should finally be sorted later on today, but, given camping equipment, it's entirely do-able, folks!

BessieBooBoo

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

You can play with my Woggle if you like.

Bab Bob -lol! Ooooooohhhh behave.

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BessieBooBoo

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

We will not be able to expect help from any of the PTB
But this is more worrying
http://www.targetofopportunity.com/5_stages.htm

Gack! And here's me trying to calm people down in here....

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BessieBooBoo

pineapple wrote: »

You wouldn't be alluding to those of us who like to stick our finger in the blender and press the start button would you? :rotfl:
Seriously my first aid supplies are going to be so much better as a result.

Hello Pineapple

He he! I wasn't thinking of that, honest! Hope your finger is all better now...

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BessieBooBoo

Hello all

I have been up to prepperish things again:

Green tom chutney
Herb drying
Seed collecting
[STRIKE]Eating[/STRIKE]Checking stores are up to date
Excercising the dog and me

Started a learn to sew course - after reading that very interesting article on hidey places, I am thinking of all sorts of projects, none of which, sadly, I can see me taking to the evening class without a lot of embarrassing questions being asked... E.g. prepper bra anyone?

I am thinking of buying a slightly bigger cup size, with removable padding, and re-doing the stuffing e.g. emergency bank notes, memory stick, sim card, bank cards, coins, wrapped so nothing jangles in an embarrassing way, don't think the mobile will fit in there, spare key(s), any more ideas welcome. Course, the only difficult bit is when you get to the till and have to retrieve stuff - cue a quick visit to the ladies!

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lobbyludd

Lol, as a young, thin, festival going dancing queen with a habit of losing bags, purses and anything that wasn't stapled to me, I used to keep one cashcard and notes in the pocket of my padded bra and thought nothing of hauling said money out at the bar. never an eyelid was batted. My front door key was threaded in the middle of my doc martins laces and tucked in - I was a lot more flexible when it came to getting foot to key-hole in those days!! (I had flirted with plaiting it into my hair at one point - but t'was lethal on the dance floor).

Inside boot was also emergency taxi money and 10p for payphone (showing my age).

ensured I ended the night's exploits with the necessary means to get home unaided. this was clearly pre-mobile phones! but it's a lot harder to "pickpocket" a bra un-noticed than a pocket!

Tink_04

just re stocked my med box but added some extras and doubled up some items that will get used a lot over winter. Going to get a little drawstring bag to put first aid/basic meds in that i can keep as a in need bag and keep seperate from our usual stores so if there needed i can dip into them but can grab them in a hurry too.

pumpkinlife

BessieBooBoo wrote: »

I am thinking of buying a slightly bigger cup size, with removable padding, and re-doing the stuffing e.g. emergency bank notes, memory stick, sim card, bank cards, coins, wrapped so nothing jangles in an embarrassing way, don't think the mobile will fit in there, spare key(s), any more ideas welcome. Course, the only difficult bit is when you get to the till and have to retrieve stuff - cue a quick visit to the ladies!

BBB

It's a Bug-out-Bra

You could buy one of those 'chicken fillet' bras. The pouch will already be in designed into each cup, ready to fill with your valuables.

redbooties

lobbyludd wrote: »

Lol, as a young, thin, festival going dancing queen with a habit of losing bags, purses and anything that wasn't stapled to me, I used to keep one cashcard and notes in the pocket of my padded bra and thought nothing of hauling said money out at the bar. never an eyelid was batted. My front door key was threaded in the middle of my doc martins laces and tucked in - I was a lot more flexible when it came to getting foot to key-hole in those days!! (I had flirted with plaiting it into my hair at one point - but t'was lethal on the dance floor).

Inside boot was also emergency taxi money and 10p for payphone (showing my age).

ensured I ended the night's exploits with the necessary means to get home unaided. this was clearly pre-mobile phones! but it's a lot harder to "pickpocket" a bra un-noticed than a pocket!

I always keep my money in my bra and if I have no pockets I stick my mobile in there too. If my bag ever got snatched there's just [STRIKE]useless[/STRIKE] useful stuff in there

GreyQueen

pumpkinlife wrote: »

It's a Bug-out-Bra

You could buy one of those 'chicken fillet' bras. The pouch will already be in designed into each cup, ready to fill with your valuables.

Dammit, this is a trick I've been missing as a bumps-on-the-ironing-board kind of girlie. Wonder how much room the chicken-fillet bra offers up? Can anyone signpost me to a shop where I can go and peruse such an item?

Wonder how much extra boobage I could get away with before I look totally fake...........?

Went a-shopping in the chazzers this aft just before closing and have done well; brand new valance in its wrapping (underbed preps, for the hiding-of) now laundered and drying. Superb stainless steel prep bowl, lovely heavy caliber. Mum has one like it and they're pretty costly. I paid £1 for mine; she's green.

And a copy of Fool's Gold by Gillian Tett, which is about the events which led up to the financial crisis in 2008.

Another preptastic day in Provincial City, and the sun was shining and the sky was blue and I was stuck in the bliddy office when my allotment needs me.

Awright, better go and hustle something out of the oven and ram the heat up; I have bread rolls waiting to go.

Oh, and I also made a spiral of corrugated cardboard in a tuna tin which I will drench with candle wax when I'm doing the next melt this weekend. These apparently burn nicely for about an hour. Think they may be called buddy stoves? Has anyone seen a linkie they could offer us?