Preparedness for when

GreyQueen

BigMummaF, later this week I get to spend the hours 8-5 in a hospital clinic for tests, plus travel time. Wanna come out to play?!

Am a happy bunny as the bin lorry has just left the block. I told SG that I thought the general waste and food waste was a weekly pick-up and she was sure it was fortnightly. As the gen bins were overflowing, I am so relieved we're not having to wait another 7 days. Why, I'll now be able to add my weekly contribution to landfill (a small carrier bag).

After work today, I shall go into a techy place to buy a hard-drive to back up my entire PC inc Windows. Then I've just got to do it (eek!).

BigMummaF

Ooooo... I'd love to GQ! *grabs toilet roll bandages, broken biro thermometer & set of earphone steffiss-cope* Ready!!

nuatha

GreyQueen wrote: »

After work today, I shall go into a techy place to buy a hard-drive to back up my entire PC inc Windows. Then I've just got to do it (eek!).

The thought is scarier than the doing of it. Seriously, its a fairly straightforward process and you'll enjoy the peace of mind, any problems my PM works and I'm happy to assist.

Hollyberry

bluebag wrote: »

Hollyberry,

Please tell what the pandemic thriller is, my DD and myself both love them.

Bluebag - I'm reading Ankara Fever: Journeys by Brian S Vinson, currently one of my few non-free Kindle books (£4.42). Up to chapter 22 now, and it's not bad. Still waiting to see if the protagonist's gormless son gets his come-uppance for a general lack of prepper initiative.

craigywv

just on to say Happy New Year all as I might be busy tonight. Have a lovely evening doing whatever your doing and happy prepping for 2014 xxx

grandma247

A useful set of ideas here.
Only one is definitely a bad idea and that is to turn your toaster sideways for cheese on toast. The cheese runs and wrecks the toaster. My toaster broke after trying that one a few years ago.

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You can make a very nice toasted cheese sandwich in a lightly buttered frying pan over a lowish/medium heat. Hold the sandwich down with a spatula to get the bread crispy, turn it over and do the other side by which time the cheese (use grated) is melted in the middle. Saving toasters lives here!!!

Broomstick

And another really lovely variation on a cheese toastie was discovered by us yesterday: toast a muffin in the toaster, quickly butter it and shove just one skinny circle of Bavarian smoked cheese in the middle. Leave for a couple of minutes for it to melt then add a spoonful of caramelised onion chutney. Shame we've run out of muffins, we only have one slice of cheese and just a scraping of chutney left in the jar after Christmas...

How has this ended up on the prepping for when the SHTF thread? :rotfl:

B x

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Just been in £world, and bought 15 boxes (that's 60 sachets) of GW Tomato Cup Soup, for just £5. :cool:

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Was in £land earlier, and bought 3 lighting items (you know how I love collecting/testing lighting items :cool: ).



From left to right:-

9 LED miniature torch.

Very bright, lightweight (75g including batteries) and small size (95mm long by 30mm diameter), Uses 3xAAA batteries. Ideal for the pocket or handbag.

Single LED large hand torch.

Not massively impressed. Less bright than the 9 LED Miniature torch, despite being much heavier (265g including batteries), and using 2xD cell batteries.

Multi Function Torch.

3 LED torch on the end, which is again less bright than the 9 LED Miniature Torch (although using 3xAAs, rather than the 3xAAAs of the miniature torch).

9 LED lantern on the side, which is quite bright but directional, unlike the collapsible lantern from the 99p store.

Also features a flashing beacon, which would be better if it was just red (or better yet, selectable), but instead it flashes alternately red and green.

Functions can only be used one at a time.

Will be conducting battery life tests, on the 9 LED and the Single LED large hand torch.