Preparedness for when

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I have a confession to make.

Today, while out shopping, I bought something completely self indulgent, and not the least necessary.

Indeed, it almost borders on the seasonal.

I splashed a whole £5, on a tin of Roses chocolates.

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GreyQueen wrote: »

ETA, Bob, I keep a rolling bin just behind my pillow down the gap between the bedstead and the mattress. Just in case I need to do some nocturnal baking...........nah, it's in case of some ne'erdowell deciding to come thru the front door with extreme prejudice.

I haven't bought the Fire Extinguisher, to use against intruders.

For one thing, it's far too heavy and unwieldy.

GreyQueen

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

I have a confession to make.

Today, while out shopping, I bought something completely self indulgent, and not the least necessary.

Indeed, it almost borders on the seasonal.

I splashed a whole £5, on a tin of Roses chocolates.

:T Good! And may you thoroughly enjoy them; plus as a non-observer of Crimble, you won't have to delay opening them until the big day.

Anyroad, what preptastic purpose will you be putting the container to afterwards, said by the woman who stores some candles in those orangel plastic J*cobs cream cracker boxes which appear at this time of year. And which will be sold off for £1.50 in late January, as happy experience has told me..............could do with one more, akshully.

Anyway, hand-turned wooden rolling pins made like mine on an outdoor lathe are great potential weapons. My bedroom is pretty small and if I wanted to get into close-quarters fighting, I'd only get one whack in. Preferably across a wrist. I keep my fire extinguisher on a bracket on the kitchen wall, as I've seldom caught fire in the bedroom since I traded in my Bri-Nylon sheets and nightie for pure cotton. Not nearly so much fun with the static sparks, tho......

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I guess I could store my tealights in it.

Mind you, that's just inventing a use for it.

My tealights are quite safe as they are, in the polythene bags they were supplied in.

thriftwizard

Bedsit Bob, chocolate IS a necessity. It's one of your 5 a day; it's a bean for heaven's sake & you can't get much more vegetable than beans. Full of goodness.

maryb

[Deleted User] wrote:

Lidl also have these occasionally. I can't remember how much mine cost. I keep mine in the kitchen. I've never had to use mine in anger but it's good to know it is there.

You can get fire extinguishers very cheaply from Screwfix all the time. Don't know how they compare to yours but this is a small price to pay for peace of mind
http://www.screwfix.com/p/firechief-fire-extinguisher-dry-powder-1kg/45174

jk0

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

Just bought one of these from ALDI.

6Kg, dry powder, for classes A, B and C.

£19-99, which I personally think is a small price to pay, for peace of mind.

When using it, please remember not to jump from the fire escape, onto discarded spaghetti.

BTW. I notice is says "Handy to have in your boot".

Well, I wouldn't fancy having to make a crash stop, with one of those floating about in the boot.

It'd probably finish up in the passenger seat, alongside you.

By the way folks, on the subject of fire precautions:

How many of you that don't sleep on the ground floor have an escape ladder? There are quite a number of them for a reasonable price at Amazon.

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That one maryb, is only a 1Kg extinguisher.

Suitable for carrying in the car, although a bit on the small side, even for that.

The ALDI one is a 6Kg extinguisher, which is more suited to household use.

A 6Kg one from Screwfix is 45 quid which, IMHO, makes the ALDI one a real bargain.

Even Amazon don't seem to be able to beat the price.

mardatha

GQ that was one of my countryman dad's great talents. He could stand still and you'd never see him. It is an art - I try it wherever I am lol

cornishchick

mardatha wrote: »

GQ that was one of my countryman dad's great talents. He could stand still and you'd never see him. It is an art - I try it wherever I am lol

:eek: WHO SAID THAT.?:eek: