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Tee hee ... I save stuff like that, it *must* be useful for something. But what?
El's question on the last page got me thinking, about dehydrators. **waves at El**
Erm, what do people think about making your own solar dehydrators? I'm saving cans to make the long bit that attracts the heat, I have old double glazed windows to put over them, I have bubble wrap to insulate them ... is it a waste of time? Should I just bite the bullet and get an electric one? (sob) ...2023: the year I get to buy a car0 -
I really like the 35mm film canisters. I have clear ones, I have black ones with grey overlapping lids, I have black ones with black push-in lids. They're potentially useful for so many things, could I but think what.
Aha! They're the perfect size for stacking £2 coins into, should you ever need to know that.
karmacat, apparently you can use those oven mesh thingummies (£land) and an ordinary oven on its lowest setting with the door ajar as a substitute for a dehydrator. Haven't tried this yet myself, that's on my to-do list when I have time to experiment.Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.
John Ruskin
Veni, vidi, eradici
(I came, I saw, I kondo'd)
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When I was a science lecturer GQ, I used to use the black ones with overlapping lids to stage occasional small explosions to wake up students who had dozed off, were mucking about or otherwise annoying me. I am sure it would not be allowed now (may not have been then :rotfl:) but if you pop an alka selzer tablet in one with a little water and put on the lid, you get a nice little bang shortly after..... And so long as you site it so it can't have anyone's eye out, it is quite harmless
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Mentos and Diet Cola. 0
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:T Oooh, that's so going to filed away for future reference. Wish you'd been my science lecturer.When I was a science lecturer GQ, I used to use the black ones with overlapping lids to stage occasional small explosions to wake up students who had dozed off, were mucking about or otherwise annoying me. I am sure it would not be allowed now (may not have been then :rotfl:) but if you pop an alka selzer tablet in one with a little water and put on the lid, you get a nice little bang shortly after..... And so long as you site it so it can't have anyone's eye out, it is quite harmless
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It's amazing what people know. F'rinstance, my dear Dad, the mildest of men, once remarked that you can put sugar in M0lot0v cocktails to get the petrol to stick to surfaces.........in his defence, he has read a lot of history books. I filed that in the section of the GQ hard-drive labelled Things You Probably Will Never Need to Know But Might Come in Handy One Day.
I have put my 35mm cannisters away neatly. But I did bin one without a lid and lost a couple of other random plastic containers into the bin.Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.
John Ruskin
Veni, vidi, eradici
(I came, I saw, I kondo'd)
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Hi it me again,
Thank you for the warm welcome. Its amazing when you talk to people, what some people do know. I starting sort prepping back early 2000's, more information and books. Sort feeling there is no such thing as free lunch, when came to financial world. We lost a dear friend when dot com bubble burst , he made some large scale investments and then lost the lot. He felt so bad took his own life.
With this event I started questioning things . All things started to seemed tooo good , the more I learnt the more things did not add up. But now some ideas are not seem so extreme. More people seem be aware of how fragile, here in this little island .How difficult life would become for our society in natural or man made events.
One thing I feel I do need in prepping is sense humor otherwise becomes sort too grim. I would want something to make me laugh. Garfield first , maybe Dandy, Beano . What would you have in your secret stash?0 -
Tee hee ... I save stuff like that, it *must* be useful for something. But what?
El's question on the last page got me thinking, about dehydrators. **waves at El**
Erm, what do people think about making your own solar dehydrators? I'm saving cans to make the long bit that attracts the heat, I have old double glazed windows to put over them, I have bubble wrap to insulate them ... is it a waste of time? Should I just bite the bullet and get an electric one? (sob) ...
Hey Kc ... Should've known you would be here all the cool dudes hang about here ... I noticed Ellidee as well 0 -
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