Preparedness for when

jk0

I just found this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k67_imEHTPE

Perplexed_Pineapple

Interesting article here about the situation in Argentina:
http://www.myfoxny.com/story/24588158/argentines-jockey-to-cope-with-economic-turmoil
I found it linked to in Ferfal's blog which I read from time to time:
http://ferfal.blogspot.co.uk/

charlies-aunt

Haven't posted for a while as wading through a massive book from the library "The Encyclopedia of Country Living" by Carla Emery


http://www.housegate.net/woodvival/manualistica/The%20Encyclopedia%20of%20Country%20Living.pdf


Everything that you wanted to know but were afraid to ask!!!

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ragz wrote: »

hubby wants a Parang (big knife/machete type thing, Bear Grylls type) for bushcrafting

Not cheap but, if you want quality, how about a Lofty Wiseman Survival Tool?

ragz_2

Very pretty Bob, but a little out of our price range, I fear!
Butterfly Brain, that is a very worrying article, I didn't understand 100% of it, but the general gist was enough!
It is looking more and more likely that the SHTF will be money related, primarily, rather than anything more 'exciting'... Which in some ways worries me more... I mean, lights going out or oil running out or natural disasters, I can kind of get my head around... but when money starts going crazy it's a while different kind of survival...

Witless

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

Not cheap but, if you want quality, how about a Lofty Wiseman Survival Tool?

ragz wrote: »

Very pretty Bob, but a little out of our price range, I fear!

If I was that way inclined, I'd go for one of these.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Silverline-Machete-Sheath-400mm-Contractors-Agricultural-DIY-TOOLS-/171223935303?pt=UK_Hand_Tools_Equipment&hash=item27ddbde947#ht_1167wt_959

I have an unbranded one of these (Bought in Lidl) which I find excellent.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bahco-FREE-SHIP-Folding-Pruning-Saw-camping-gardening-fishing-outdoor-knife-NEW-/121257169887?pt=UK_Home_Garden_GardenEquipment_HandTools_SM&hash=item1c3b7d93df#ht_633wt_956

Frugalsod

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

At the risk of sounding rather gross about the whole TP thing in the very long run, should things ever become very difficult I would invest in a real sponge on a stick and keep it in disinfectant rather than the vinegar that the ancient Romans used, not to our liking in the civilised 21st century but better than nothing if we can't make TP eh? I think that researching history to see the social side of how things worked, what people managed with and perhaps to think of changing habits to what is available at the time would mean a better standard of life and a degree of comfort should the chips really be down!!! Lyn xxx.

It is one reason why I am looking into alternative methods for making my own detergent and cooking. The interesting thing is that while I do expect a serious financial crisis soon It could all play out in slow motion so that we will be able to adapt. The 2008 financial crisis has not be resolved so that will come back to bite us, but six years on and we are still chugging along.

BigMummaF

I have been chastised for my baked bean buying but since they have been fending for themselves more of the time, The Offspring have missed Mum's Management where store cupboard items are concerned Me muvva is/was the main cheerleader of the said opposition to my buying methods but the news coverage of the flooding has finally convinced her to think a little of what may yet be to come.

With many farms in the West Country & Kent orchards still under water, we've agreed to invest in some tins & packets to have a little insurance should the crops fail. There's a couple of little bags of bread mix & tins of pie filling & assorted veg on this week's shopping list, & more will go on next week so we can get a bit of a head start on the panic buyers It's times like this that I wish I had room for at least a chest freezer

GreyQueen

Morning all.

Got up at 6 to feed the chicks......OK it scans better than got up at 6.30 to make bread rolls......RL can be so un-tuneful at times.

I consider a major financial mess to be pretty much inevitable. Trouble is, we ain't peasant farmers and most of us (self included) are creatures of finance. We operate in a money economy, and if that goes badly wrong, we'll struggle to heat and eat.

Been looking at detail of the floods online. If this level of rainfall were to continue as we go into Spring, it will have serious consequences for farming. When trouble hits that sector, price hikes are pretty inevitable.

Those of us who have access to land really need to look to our laurels in respect of providing what we can for ourselves. My allotment will have a new section under cultivation this year, which I'm pleased about, although it has been a torment wrenching it back from dereliction. If I had a garden under lawn, I'd've dug it up this autumn.

Oh, handy tip for people having conniptions over veggie seed prices. You don't need to buy any of them this early as nothing much needs to be sown before March-April. And last year, before most things had come to their planting time, Wilko had them dramatically-reduced. Liddly also sells veggie seeds very reasonably. Hold onto your pennies, the only things you really want now are onion sets and in a few weeks, seed spuds. I buy my seed spuds mid-Feb, chit them indoors for 4 weeks then plant out and baulk up the soil as I go. Got them from Wilko last year and they were fine and have been using £land onion sets for years and they're perfectly good, red and white onions alike.

I'd consider a strong possibility that the grubbyments will aim at a 'one off wealth tax' (stop sniggering at the back) and will make a great deal of noise about a neglible income tax break for 'hardworking families' whilst hiking indirect taxes. The pound in your pocket will wither in terms of it's spending power, so if you can pre-buy tangible items, it might be prudent to do so.

I personally find the oft banded term 'hardworking families' pretty annoying. What does that make me, a 'skiving singleton'? And are some of us 'bone-idle couples'?

Cheapskate

GQ, thanks for the spud and onion sources, will investigate this week. "Hard working families" is shorthand for hubbie and wifey both having to work to make ends meet, and having latch key kids or sending them to some sort of childcare. As I don't work outside the home for filthy lucre at the mo, being a stay at home mum, my contribution (attempting to raise decent kids, cook properly, make do and mend, etc.) isn't counted economically, therefore I presume I'm a lazy mare! :rotfl:

A xo