Preparedness for when

Hollyberry

I've not long retired our electric bread knife. Bought for my mum as a wedding present in the late 50s, and finally got crotchety and temperamental last year. Her mixer from the same era is still going strong.

I'm still proudly hosting nan's sideboard and dining chairs, plus a lot of my stepfather's furniture. I genuinely prefer them to the newer stuff, and there is definitely no danger of them falling apart. As for the 5 year old sofas, that's a different story entirely... :mad:

thriftwizard

Si Clist, sheets are another case in point; we have, and regularly use, sheets that weren't new when I was a teenager, back in the Dark Ages of the 1970s. I have bought new cotton & polycotton sheets time & time again since then; has anyone else noticed that they're getting thinner & thinner, and are often bobbled, rough & wearing away in patches after less than a year? Yet my oldies - fine linen, or high thread-count Egyptian cotton - keep on going, just getting softer & smoother with the passing years. They will wear out eventually (a few already have) but will join their kin in the rag bag, as they're much more absorbent than anything I can afford to buy now & great for polishing up my wares.

Fitted sheets are much easier, undoubtedly, and I don't go in for starching though I might do a little light ironing if I absolutely have to. But when I see good quality cotton or linen sheets in the "dog bedding" basket outside the charity shop, I snap them up! Not to mention pretty stripy flannelette - oooh, pure decadence!

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Not in the best of moods right now.

Took the car in this morning, to have some work done, and it has cost rather more than I expected.

Not only that, but it also took rather longer than expected, causing me to miss the chance, to make another TVL Visit video ,for Youtube. :mad:

Si_Clist

thriftwizard wrote: »

Not to mention pretty stripy flannelette - oooh, pure decadence!

Oh dear! You'll be on about candlewick bedspreads next

siegemode

Another one here feeling :mad: and fed up as we are still without heating and hot water. We had a call at 10 last night to advise that the engineer would be here between 1 and 6 today. No one came and when I called they said it hadn't been booked in correctly but could be here tomorrow. I'm feeling really let down more and more these days by large companies and organisations that take our money on the promise of a service and don't deliver. WEe went with our current insurance because it is through a retail company with an excellent reputation but the claims management company are an absolute nightmare and we have been without a working boiler now for over 3 weeks and it's getting to me. It doesn't bode well I know for a real shtf event but it's being messed about that is getting me down the most and since we are both home 24/7 and both have health issues and I'm OH's carer I'm feeling really fed up and a bit sorry for myself. Thank goodness this didn't happen whilst we still had our little moggie princess, I'd have been even more stressed.

I'm also feeling :mad: and frustrated that people in businesses and organisations seem unable or incapable of picking up the phone to organise things and have to email all the time giving way to excuses about not getting said email or just ignoring it and dealing with it when and if it suits. No wonder things take so long to organise. There are some aspects of progress I totally hate and it seems that phone conversations are on the way out as machines take their place.

Sorry for the rant:o Does anyone else get so frustrated by this texting and emailing world that we live in ?

On a better note I popped into sainsbobs for bread and vinegar but came out with bargainous clothing and bread:rotfl: Had to go back in then for the vinegar. Wish I'd remembered before we got home:( OH was understanding and it's only 5 mins down the road luckily. Best bargains were a pair of linen trousers for £1, but I also got some thermal leggings for £3, fleece pj bottoms for£3.90 and a really snuggly fleece top for £7. So today hasn't been a complete flop:)

rosiepup2000

This looks like an interesting read:


http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/159420523X/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE


Bit pricey in hardback, though.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

rosiepup2000 wrote: »

This looks like an interesting read:


http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/159420523X/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE


Bit pricey in hardback, though.

I was thinking that too,


also read the description of the book, and TBH I think it would be a bit OTT for me..

Karmacat

Siegemode, thats really tough, I can understand that its the companies that are getting you down. Hope it all gets sorted *very* soon - if it were me, I'd be stamping my foot about compensation for broken contracts but that takes energy too.

D&DD

Seigemode I think a snotty letter or phonecall is called for at least,and to their head office. Don't forget to mention the fact that you are a carer and that you both have disabilities.Mention you need hot water to clean OH or yourself due to that fact for example if you use catheters etc and for infection control as you're both vulnerable..I'd be doing my nut..
Meanwhile ring your local council they will sometimes put you up in a hotel while the repairs are being done,worth asking about.My friend came home to a non working lift and she lives on the 15th floor so the duty team put them up in a lovely hotel til it was fixed!

Frugalsod

Morganarla wrote: »

Evening all

Just posted on another thread - it reminded me to post here which I have been meaning to do for ages.

I'm really rubbish with posting on MSE at, but as I am subscribed to the thread, I get all the updates just after midnight through to my phone, and I lie in bed reading. Cheers me up no end.

I'm still prepping away, while trying to deal with SHTF in various ways in my personal life. Struggling somewhat, With both.

Will keep plodding on though!

Keep prepping! Love to all xx

The thing that works best for me is doing it in small stages. So by breaking every problem into lots of smaller identifiable, and solvable problems, you can tackle them in an order that gets things done and in a way that means that you know that things are done well and you do not have to return to them. Prioritise what is urgent sequentially then tackle everything else in any order you like.