Preparedness for when

COOLTRIKERCHICK

I know I haven't prepared one, but has anyone got salt in their bugout/prep bag?

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I have a few sachets in mine.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Ok I want to kill 2 birds with one stone:D crimbo is coming, and I want a multi tool type army knife thing, BUT I could buy one and give it to hubby for a present;)

Now my hubby loves gadgets and tools etc, so which would you think would be the best one to get???

We do have a smallholding etc, so I know it wouldn't be left in a draw it would come in handy if he keeps it in his pocket

http://www.tesco.com/direct/sports-leisure/camping-tools-accessories/cat3376165.list?catId=4294960481+4294924589&icid=campinghiking_navstamp_slot5&lastFilter=Type|Army+knife

maryb

Wyre wrote: »

In FF to bookmark a page you click the star in the address bar. If you want to edit it, put it in a certain folder etc you click the star again (it will now be golden) and a box pops up where you can do all that. Hope that helps!

(Can you tell I have been reading backwards again? hehe)

Thank you, that does help a lot.

And I read backwards as well

Shropshirelass

Hi Folks, talking of salt, it is a good item (I would find it essential) for medicine chest, for treating sore mouths, sore throats, minor skin infections on hands and feet, etc. Mix about a teaspoonful with a cup of hot water. Bugs just don't like it!
Actually wanted to report, on some TV show I caught a bit of this morning, they were discussing blackouts, and one young man said the worst would be if everyone missed the X Factor, and could not vote. ??? Priorities confused there I think.

maryb

westcoastscot wrote: »

I don't feel smug at all! I feel quite sad that as a nation we've been led down the capitalist road of giving up any semblance of self-reliance, and now we're paying the price.
WCS

WCS I agree it's a disgrace the way we've been brought to this pass. But I don't blame capitalism as such. I remember when I bought my first place in 1977,it had to be completely rewired before I could move in - it actually still had gas lights and such wiring as there was was rubber sheathed and had been well and truly chewed by little critters. It took the electricity board a month to come and inspect it after it was done so I could move in - they wouldn't connect me till then. And getting a phone line (I think this may have been before BT split from the Post Office) took three months - and then it was a party line. So deregulation has certainly brought benefits - it has just been catastrophically badly handled.

The French government kept a big stake in their gas and electricity industries when they were privatised and they actually have - gasp - a strategy! and investment! (and wind farms in every pretty bit of countryside but then they don't brook any argument about infrastructure planning)

JayneC

Well you've all been chatty today!

Nuatha thanks for the tip about re-enactors. There's an event on at the local woods at the end of the month http://www.scarborough.gov.uk/Default.aspx?page=13138
with iron age re-enactors so will have to see if I can have a chat with them. Quite fancy a bit of re-enactment actually;)

CTC - re multi tools. DS1, who seems to know about these things, is of the opinion you get what you pay for and would recommend a leatherman or gerber as these are the reliable makes

I'm doing my first workshop showing how to make home-made herbal body care products on Saturday so am a bit nervous but looking forward to it. I had a trial run with DD1, DD2 plus DS1 gf and her mum and it went quite well - we made lip balm and infused some oil with herbs. DD1 wanted to make it a weekly workshop! So wish me luck! Hopefully I'll earn a little extra funds for prepping and spread the word about being more self sufficient! Would love to do it full-time if I could. I daydream of having a camper van and spending the summer travelling around festivals doing workshops, maybe one day...

JayneC

CTC- I have been known to produce salt n pepper from my handbag never mind BOB. I'm one of those people who snaffle the sachets from cafes;)

RAS

GreyQueen wrote: »

Crazy how what was once just good housekeeping/ good husbandry has become the domain of "preppers". The majority have been so lulled by decades of easy living that they haven't needed to consider that the conveniences of life may not always be available at the flick of a switch

I read a newspaper article one time about a woman out in the sticks whose home (all electric home) lost power for 2-3 days most winters. And how inconvenient is was not being able to cook etc. Honestly, after the first time I would have been sorted with a portable gas stove and cannisters, not going thru the nuisance year after year and whingeing about it in the media.

We lived beyond the end of the tarmac in my earliest years, although dad had a snow plough attachment and needed it. His job was to get to the next farmer who had a plough.

Then we moved a little over 2 km from a village and had the joys of several years of powercuts (overhead lines) generally for 2-4 days.

In neither case did the nearest village stock anything but the most basics and meat and bread were bought from vans that trundled round the outlying farms and villages.

If the road to the village was cleared after snow, the chances were that it could be 10 days before one could get into the nearest conurbation without a landrover and all the farmers would be out dragging livestock from snow drifts or watering them rather than pandering to the needs of their human family.

Mum had been advised that she needed 6 weeks of basic supplies because people had experienced 1947 within the last decade. We may not have had all that all the time but could probably have survived at least that long with a modified diet.

Six weeks with no running water and freezing temperatures was fun. Half a churn of potable water day for the humans and whatever could be got for the livestock, day after day. Anything like washing meant melting snow. Long slow job.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Thank you JayneC I had heard of leatherman. Anyone know where would be the best ( cheapest) place to buy one???