Preparedness for when

Memory_Girl

GreyQueen wrote: »

:rotfl:Lol, MG, loving it.

If anyone's interested, the modern recurve bows, such as are more commonly than longbows, are transported dissembled. The 'limbs' unclip from the 'riser' (the bit in the middle) and this means that they can fit in a smallish and innocous rigid carry-case. Even the powerful compound bows, the ones with the pulley-wheels, do this and travel in smallish cases. Longbows, when unstrung, are kept in tubular cloth cases, so less covert.

If needing to be stealthy, that might be worth knowing about.

Yeah!!! not just a "yummy mummy" that talks about thrift LOL

He has been very "respectful" since mind!!

MG

Si_Clist

D&DD wrote: »

Fire it seems is my nemesis you see..not long after moving on the estate a lady lost her life in a fire and I've been a tad neurotic ever since about burning smells even.

Well, very much FWIW, I was involved in a house fire a long time ago and spent 6 weeks in a burns unit as a consequence.

IMO you could perhaps reduce your anxiety a bit by simply ensuring that you

(a) have the appropriate number of fire alarms in the right places

(b) change the (good quality) batteries in them once a year

(c) always keep a working torch by the bed

(d) have a plan for getting out the house by at least one alternative route to your main one

(e) can find a phone and dial 999 on it in the dark

There's obviously lots more that you can do, but IMO those are the main things.

Oooops- nearly forgot. You mention the fires getting near you during the riots. If you're ever concerned about a fire nearby heading your way, make sure that everybody is downstairs, close all the windows, and if possible make sure that you can get out on a side of the building away from the fire.

There's also the thought that in the general scheme of things, lots of things are far more likely to ruin your day than a fire ...

Frugalsod

D&#8517 wrote: »

Thanks Lyn will do I've been reading up about solar cookers for a while on the preppy sites but as I have alternative methods for outside I didn't look into it further.


It always bugged me though,how you would disguise the smell if things got that bad that you'd have to..


I made some bread in my cobb one day and 3 different neighbours asked what smelt so nice!!!

I am looking at getting a solar cooker in the US at some point. They seem to have a decent cottage industry making portable versions. While we might not have the perfect climate to use one every day it can be useful on sunny days and we do get them through out the year. I have seen a nice tubular version that can even boil water though that might take some time. The fact that you can set it up leave it all day and it saves the problem of hunting for wood is a bonus.

ginnyknit

Mrs LW so glad your hubby is better today but we should all spare a thought for the PM who had to miss his morning run today because of the air pollution - god knows how these peoples minds work when ambulances are rushing around saving peoples lives :mad:

I have an outdoor hm stove but can imagine the smells would waft liberally round here as bar b's do in the summer. maybe a big lidded pot left to simmer away would work best and dont open it till you get it inside the house? Think the boil it up and pop in a hm duvet bag or haybox would work best.

OH has gone back to bed and left the politics report on so am gradually getting more annoyed, think its time to switch off the tv and get on with things.

daz378

thanks to whomever suggested dbann for wiping my computer before i give it to a friend ...reinstalling vista from recovery discs so should be able to pass it on to him at weekend....if the installation is not successful plan b is linnux

D&DD

Solar cookers are fascinating things aren't they Frugal? I think my main problem here would be population density,we all live literally so close so smells would not be able to disperse well enough to disguise the place they came from..


My brothers house is the perfect set up huge garden with no-one backing on to it really so would maybe have to travel there in a prolonged emergency.


Thanks for that Si that must have been such an awful experience for you
I think I have a to at least e covered, plus we had the firebrigade home for a safety check,I have extra alarms to the standard recommended,wired in with battery backup. They have a list thing too for vulnerable households so we're on that and DS3 has been drilled numerous times (as a game) on how to get out in an emergency.


We are very lucky here as long as all the emergency services stay running..


Speaking of cooking smells someone is doing a curry and it's making my mouth water,wonder if I can track down the culprit lol.

RAS

Frugalsod wrote: »

I am looking at getting a solar cooker in the US at some point. They seem to have a decent cottage industry making portable versions. While we might not have the perfect climate to use one every day it can be useful on sunny days and we do get them through out the year. I have seen a nice tubular version that can even boil water though that might take some time. The fact that you can set it up leave it all day and it saves the problem of hunting for wood is a bonus.

You can make a very basic but successful one from a decent sized cardboard box and a roll of aluminium foil. Infact maybe two.

Make up the box and tape it shut. Measure the shortest side. Start in one corner and mark that distance along all three edges that meet there. Draw lines diagonally between the marks (three right angled triangles) Use a craft knife to cut along the lines. (Make another three-sided corner from the diagonally opposite corner)

Line with aluminium foil (we used flour and water paste). Place one edge ion the floor and angle towards the sun and place your food where the rays meet (just in front of the lower edge; you may need to raise the pot off the ground). Cook. We made cakes.

siegemode

Hi all,
Before catching up firstly a belated Happy Birthday to Butterfly Brain, hope you had a lovely day and evening.
Secondly I'd like to share an almost shtf moment.
Our remaining moggy who 7 or 8 years back went through 2 summers bringing mice and small critters in during the early hours decided to prove himself at 5 this morning:eek: I am a light sleeper and had only got to bed at 3.30. I instinctively work up to the strange sounds and shone my bedside torch down beside the bed to see him drop a very much alive mouse (at least I think it was a mouse and not a baby rat:eek:)
Now I'm a little out of practice at mouse catching and have a huge amount of clutter on the floor beside the bed and a fair few plastic boxes of stuff under the bed (OH calls it the shop when we run out of stuff like pasta, sugar coffee etc.)
Luckily in a very cramped and cluttered space with a very interested moggy I managed to catch the critter:D:D However although I held it by the base of the tale it bit me :eek: twice:mad:
It has alerted me to the need to
a) Sort out the clutter in the bedroom pronto !
b) Check the stores
c) Get my arris into gear and de clutter the rest of the house (dreading this, what if I discard something I might later need:o)
d) Prepare myself for another summer of critter catching:(
e) Buy some mouse traps to place about just in case I don't catch one. Any recommendations welcome.

Our little chap likes to bring his little gifts upstairs and play under the bed but this space now houses boxes and I really thought he'd grown out of this, but I guess he needed to prove something and he certainly did. He can still catch em and I need to have a mega sort out and organise.

Here he is, bless him,

Butterfly_Brain

Thank you for all the birthday wishes yesterday :A

I am going to the market tomorrow to get lots of veggies to dehydrate so I can use my new toy Mine won't be ready for a long while, but I am itching to have a go

D&DD I am going to make one of your apple braids this afternoon nomnomnom :drool:

Talking about alternative cooking in a shtf situation, I know we have discussed it before, but has anyone actually tried cooking in a flask?
http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/cooking-in-a-thermos-or-vacuum-flask-leek-and-potato-soup-recipe-7494/

http://www.thermoscooking.com/

http://helengraves.co.uk/tag/scrambled-eggs-cooked-in-a-thermos-flask/


The smell in my kitchen at the moment is a large joint of gammon bubbling away.............So off to dish DH's dinner up

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SIEGEMODE are you up to date with your tetanus jab? If not it might be worth checking with the GP to see if you need a top up after being bitten by a wildie critter.