Preparedness for when

RAS

pineapple wrote: »

Turned up at dentist like a bag lady lugging half a ton of winter kit. But no wintry showers as yet. Doom postponed yet again!
It might be a while before I can chew on solids so glugged down a glass or two of Irish cream. Well it's almost food! :rotfl:
Caught a bit on Radio 4 today about some study into the value of anti bacterial products (don't think this includes alcohol based gels). They suspect that antibacterial products might be contributing to 'anti microbial resistance' as well as possibly affecting hormones. In other words our obsession with germs might actually be making us worse off.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-proposes-harsher-regulations-on-antibacterial-soaps-hand-washes/

It's anti-bacterial soap popular in the US

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25405037

GreyQueen

:T Glad you're safely back with us, pineapple, and hope your toof doesn't hurt too much.

Yeah, I heard that on Radio 4 also. Seems that the American authorties have told the companies manufacturing this stuff that they have until the end of 2014 to prove that their product is better than ordinary soap. Put up or shut up seems to be the gist of it.

The only place I presently use the anti-bac hand gel is on the lottie. Before eating my sarnie, or departing the lottie, I wash the dirt of my hands with soap and water (water butt water at this time of year as the mains water to the lotties is off) and then dry them and rub on the gel.

Had a fast dance thru my fave c.s. (everything else 50p an item or 3 books for £1) and got the following for a squid which I thought would amuse as they seem to have come from the same donor;

The Last Town on Earth by Thomas Mullen (novel, based on the real 1918 flu pandemic)

The Black Death, an intimate history by John Hatcher - history (obs)

Autumn by David Moody (the hit zombie novel, sez the cover).

How's about that for preptastic reading?

Am pootling about at the homestead. Shoebox Towers was like a disturbed ant-hill late last night as we had some bloke seemingly entirely off his face on drugs (not a resident as far as we can work out) running amok, starkers and yelling. The Polis and the paramedics took him off in handcuffs. SuperGran was muchly disturbed and angry enough to spit tacks; it's not as if we don't have our own resident loose screws and drug-abusers, we don't need anybody from the outside coming in.

Tell ya, Mar's hilltop hideaway is sounding better by the minute.

I have been to the Magic Greengrocer and have a whole carrier bag of very slightly bruised apples which I'm in to process of cooking down. Will have some as stewed fruit and some will be frozen for pies etc early next year. Too sweet a deal to turn down. Plus he threw in a hand of bananas. Love ma greengrocer (he works with his missus plus I knew his old dad before he retired).

Did anyone see that newspaper story early yesterday about some dippy woman who walked off the end of a pier at 11.30 pm at night because she was so busy Facebooking on her i(diot)- phone?

Passers-by raised the alarm and this non-swimmer was fished out of the briny STILL CLUTCHING HER MOBILE. Honestly, I may be a wicked woman but a little voice at the back of my head was whispering The Darwin Awards.................

bluebag

Greyqueen,

We have a few loose screws where I live too and the polis and ambulance are common here from time to time.

At one time we had a spectacular loose screw and the inevitable blue light visit was almost nightly. it's astonishing how quickly you become shrug shouldered about it all.

A friend who visits me from a lovely part of town was utterly mortified, both at the carry on and my 'here we go again ' reaction to it.
I don't think she is going to cope very well with the zombies somehow.

bluebag

mardatha wrote: »

And god bless all who sail in us! :beer::T:rotfl:
TY MrsL...but what you do if the roof blew off?? :eek::eek::D
I know. I'm bad!

Snuggle in a really comfy bed in a travel lOdge with sweeties and a good book and wait for the scowling insurance dude to turn up ?? maybe??

GreyQueen

I must admit I am fairly laconic about sudden outbreaks of cussing, yelling, fighting and general uncouthness. I was trying to read last night and after about 20 mins of that malarkey, got a bit p'd off and went outside to see what was going on. By that time, many neighbours had popped out of their doors like cuckoos out of cuckoo clocks.

We're a bit rough and ready at the Towers but this was causing concern. One of the other neighbours told me SG had called the Polis, and indeed they came screeching in on blues-and-twos as we spoke. Spoke to SG on my way back from the shops today and she told me by the time she got hold of the copshop they told her they'd had lots of calls and units were already attending.

Once the Polis was here, I just went to bed. Was very tired and just thought Dammit, if you wanna take crack, can't you take it in someone elses' neighbourhood. Bet they don't get this up on Acacia Avenue. People who know about these things and saw him reckon that wasn't a heroin high, possibly crack or crystal.

Just hope that whatever he'd taken, he didn't buy it here. We know who deals weed but, as far as I know, there isn't a crack house, tho we've had them here before. Such fun - not.

But I do know what you mean about people being over and jumping out of their skins when something kicks off and I barely blink. I grew up on a pretty rough estate (2nd worst estate in the hometown) and have lived in some "interesting" inner city neighbourhoods in various places around the country.

Haven't come to any harm to date, but am a strapping lass and can give the green-eyed evils if I have to..............:rotfl:Plus I have a multi-coloured belt in The Dreaded Origami.*

Sorryimoved, sorry if we're shattering images of Olde Englande (and the rest of the country). You can still find villages with thatched cottages and roses around the doors. They're mostly owned by bankers, or as we spell it over here, bankers beginning with a double-you.:p I'm in the middle of a walled cathedral city. We have tourists from all over the world visit us. Well, not actually visit my neighbourhood, unless they are seriously-lost.

* The Dreaded Origami is a secret fighting form practised by those who, like myself, have served hard time and earned papercuts in admin-y type jobs. We humble drones pass the secrets of the Origami arts from hand to hand disguised as artful paper animals.

If we are made very very angry, such as someone not changing the photocopier toner cartridge properly, or threatening our mortal selves, we shake off our shackles and turn into Mutant Ninja Admins and use The Dreaded Origami to fold our foes into really painful positions.

Do not provoke us; we're all around you, did you but know, and our day will come.**

** On a Wednesday, as long as that's all right with you?

cornishchick

GreyQueen wrote: »

* The Dreaded Origami is a secret fighting form practised by those who, like myself, have served hard time and earned papercuts in admin-y type jobs. We humble drones pass the secrets of the Origami arts from hand to hand disguised as artful paper animals.

If we are made very very angry, such as someone not changing the photocopier toner cartridge properly, or threatening our mortal selves, we shake off our shackles and turn into Mutant Ninja Admins and use The Dreaded Origami to fold our foes into really painful positions.

Do not provoke us; we're all around you, did you but know, and our day will come.**

** On a Wednesday, as long as that's all right with you?

sorry GQ can you make it a Thursday night please.. I have plans for Wednesday:cool:

GreyQueen

I can postpone if necessary. Just cannot do Tuesdays (my archery night).:D

bluebag

Greyqueen,

LOL, no experience with a cr4ck house, but plenty of the green stuff floating around, and lots of them wot is fond of a few sherberts.

Inner city life in all it's colours. Dull it is not.

GreyQueen

Yeah, life is like a blinking soap opera at Shoebox Towers. This is a piddly little city, I shudder to think what life in the inner cities of some bigger places must be like.

We're awash with alcohol, as well, it's the major issue. Lots of sorrows being drownded around here.

Still, it makes for an interesting anecdotage, n'est-ce que pas?

elaine241

S Wales Saver survived no problem in the wind and rain! They knew something about siting houses 500+ years ago! Although it may be blowing a hoolie we are tucked down out of the prevailing wind and if we flood you'll be doing the backstroke!
Glad everyone hunkered down and survived the storm.

I too have freezers stuffed to hilt, loads of blankets and furry throws and a wonderful woodburner blazing! Let it blow a gale, rain or snow!! what do I care!!

I seem to have contracted the lurgy! I hardly ever get a cold but this started with a screaming ear infection and progressed to sore throat and bad chest, sound like I smoke woodbines! I have had to take antibionics for the first time in 30 years! to clear the ear infection.

Just one thing on the prepping front I would like your opinions on, does making & drinking home made strawberry wine count towards prepping and one of my five a day!!

Keep prepping!!