Preparedness for when

COOLTRIKERCHICK

thanks for that Ragz.. so big is best then:D

what does EMP stand for:cool::cool::cool: sorry but I am still learning:j

MrsAtobe

Electromagnetic pulse. HTH.

charlies-aunt

Yippee! Managed to get two more collapsible lanterns and a pack of batteries from the 99p store today :j

Continuing to build up a food cupboard stock - slow progress due to severe cash shortage at the moment but working on putting away one to two items of dried/tinned goods each week.

Have bought a packs of dried milk and tea this week - I went for the Sainbob's "basics" pack of dried milk as it was about the third of the price of the branded "Marvel" stuff but would be interested to hear if anyone else has tried it - is it okay? or is it worth paying £3.60 for branded stuff?

catznine

Just got a hand turned coffee grinder for £1 at the Church Christmas Bazaar which might come in useful. Also for £2 a vintage thermos in it's box, even has it's own bottle for milk in the base! Much stronger than the new ones and I needed all my thermos flasks when the power went off for repairs recently, we had warning so I managed to fill them all with boiling water beforehand, giving me a couple for our elderly neighbours.

Hope you are all managing to keep warm, I am crocheting a blanket for my granddaughter and it is keeping my lap warm now it is a bigger size. : )

Catz x

GreyQueen

Afternoon all.

Thanks for the author, jk0, will have to add that to my reading list. Have got a book called America Pacifica by Anna North out of the library. The premise is the the north american continent has become uninhabitable and the narrator's mother (narrator being an 18 y.o. girl) came to the island with the first boatload of refugees as a 10 y.o.

It's impressing me thus far although it hasn't disclosed yet where "America Pacifica" might be, except that they are maintaining a watch against incursions from Hawaii. I look forward to reading some more tonight. One thing which I think is thoughtful of the writer is that the new world isn't one of equality, but one where AP has got progressively more overcrowded and there is a very definate social structure and the narrator and her mother are very much part of the oppressed working class.

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Been at the allotment for the first time since the Sunday before the bad storm. Total damage on my plot is one bean wigwam slightly wonky. Have a trashed polytunnel next door, which lasted less than 6 months. I did try to tell them that putting it broadside into the prevailing wind wasn't a good idea but they went and did it anyway. It had 2 re-inforcements since it went up but it just isn't up to life on our rather windy site.

Have killed several nasty soil-dwelling critters, the kind which chew and tunnel into the veggies. They don't like cold steel - or Doc Martens with steel toe-caps. Looking forward to the point where the robins will come and join me as I work.

BTW, Wild Thing has been attached to the radiator all day and hasn't been outside since breakfast. We may have just changed seasons.

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charlies-aunt wrote: »

I went for the Sainbob's "basics" pack of dried milk as it was about the third of the price of the branded "Marvel" stuff but would be interested to hear if anyone else has tried it - is it okay? or is it worth paying £3.60 for branded stuff?

Never tried the Sainsbury's stuff.

Tried the Cowbelle stuff from Aldi, but wasn't impressed.

I prefer the Tesco own brand stuff.

There's less in a can, but I find it's much creamier tasting.

I always keep two full cans in the cupboard.

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catznine wrote: »

I am crocheting a blanket for my granddaughter and it is keeping my lap warm now it is a bigger size. : )

Well, I've just bought a pair of slippers, to keep my feet warm around the house.

I guess that, plus the pipe, means I'm now officially an old !!!!!!.

GreyQueen

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

Well, I've just bought a pair of slippers, to keep my feet warm around the house.

I guess that, plus the pipe, means I'm now officially an old !!!!!!.

Not unless you have the following accessories;

1. Cable-knit handmade cardigan with leather buttons.

2. Tweedy flat cap to wear whilst driving.

3. Pkt of W*rthers Originals in cardi pocket.

I was getting my barnet trimmed this week and the young woman behind the shears remarked on my hair colour (reddy-brown fast disappearing between the encroaching whites) and asked if I'd thought about colouring it? Touting for trade, obs.

I just remarked idly that you can dye your hair whatever colour you like but you'll still be middle-aged. I'm relaxed about being older - you give less of a damn with every passing year and it's liberating.

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None of those yet GQ, but give it a few more years.

Butterfly_Brain

ragz wrote: »

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

It is on bbc iplayer