Preparedness for when

GreyQueen

Hey, check out this brilliant fiction-based-on-potential-fact : http://johngaltfla.com/wordpress/2009/11/18/the-day-the-dollar-died/

jk0

GreyQueen wrote: »

Hey, check out this brilliant fiction-based-on-potential-fact : http://johngaltfla.com/wordpress/2009/11/18/the-day-the-dollar-died/

GQ, have you been able to access the sequel to that called 'The year after the dollar died'? When I click on any of the links, all I see is a picture of barbed wire:

http://johngaltfla.com/wordpress/2013/07/04/the-year-after-the-dollar-died/

By the way, have you read 'Lights Out'?

http://www.frugalsquirrels.com/fiction/lightsout1-10.pdf

Hollyberry

jk0 wrote: »

By the way, have you read 'Lights Out'?

Interesting stuff as is the Dark Grid series, some of which were going free for Kindle a few days ago.

ragz_2

mardatha wrote: »

It has its own thread somewhere here - yes it was very good if not really prepping- related. How to make a pig-proof enclosure and pig house...? LOl

I should have watched that. The pigs we have a share in have liked escaping this year.

PasturesNew - thanks for your list, it gave me a few ideas of stuff that's missing from our stores (especially as hubby has taken over stocking it and it seems to be full of pepperami, gold bars and tomato puree.

daz378

yes pico.... f..loader wondered why it changed it. i charged it fully when i got it ... yet had to charge today a few months later....the charge must bleed away after a month.... but its charging my phone as we speak so at least its working. yes only charges mobile phones

COOLTRIKERCHICK

I know lighters are cheap etc, but I have been looking at those fire starting flint kits etc on the bay for a quid or two, but they are from china, just wondering if anyone has got one, and how easy is it to get a spark from them??? Or do you pay for what you get?

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I've just put 4 Daewoo batteries, from the 99p store, into my solar charger, and connected my mobile phone to it.

Damn me, if it's not actually charging the phone battery. :cool:

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COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

but they are from china, just wondering if anyone has got one, and how easy is it to get a spark from them??? Or do you pay for what you get?

A flint and steel is a flint and steel. There's not a lot to go wrong.

With a bit of practice, you will be able to light a gas or spirit stove on the first strike.

Get a cheap and simple one. They work just as well as the expensive and complicated ones.

Here's one for less than £2-50, including P&P.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Starter-Steel-Flint-Striker-Survival/dp/B00D1A0D30/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1384553242&sr=8-2&keywords=flint+and+steel

nuatha

ragz wrote: »

I should have watched that. The pigs we have a share in have liked escaping this year.

An uncle of mine reckoned the way to keep pigs in one place was an electric fence, surround that with a woven withy fence and build a brick wall around that - if you were lucky by the time the pigs got through the brick wall they'd by large enough to slaughter.
The same uncle kept goats once, he said there was no way to keep them contained (or out of the kitchen)

COOLTRIKERCHICK

thanks Bob, didn't think of looking in amazon for one, I will use my swagbuck points for an amazon voucher so no actual money spent:T

Up until now whenever I have mentioned stuff like prepping to hubby, he's just looked at me stupid, but over the last few months.. he is really coming round to the idea. and is actually reading up on stuff on the internet, on his own accord:D

Our beastie Discovery is def being taxed on Monday.. so if we get really bad snow we can get up to the smallholding to see to the pigs..

also going to do some cooking from things I have in the freezer, so I can make room for some bread ( we only have a fridge freezer in the house, our chest freezer is in work)

Yep def a prep weekend ready for this 'artic blast' that we have coming next week, some are saying we are having loads of snow some are saying its a load of baubles:p