Preparedness for when

GreyQueen

Wanna laugh? Just came off the phone with SuperGran from the far side of the block - she was giving me the latest installment of the soap opera which is this neighbourhood - when she remarked that it was so cold she'd got her heating on.

I started teasing her that she was a poor little old lady and I'd have to make her a knitted blanket to cover her knees and she roared with laughter and threatened that if I did, she'd throttle me with it.:rotfl:

Shoebox Towers, where even the pensioners are bada$$.

jk0

GreyQueen wrote: »

Wanna laugh? Just came off the phone with SuperGran from the far side of the block - she was giving me the latest installment of the soap opera which is this neighbourhood - when she remarked that it was so cold she'd got her heating on.

I started teasing her that she was a poor little old lady and I'd have to make her a knitted blanket to cover her knees and she roared with laughter and threatened that if I did, she'd throttle me with it.:rotfl:

Shoebox Towers, where even the pensioners are bada$$.

Yeah, had mine on last night. I must be getting old.

GreyQueen

You just need to live in a smaller home. I've got all my windows open and am just gently warmed by the computer fan. Plus am eating h.g. blackcurrants and reading blogs.

Tonight it's raining, tomorrow will be the excitement of lifting the potato crop and seeing what bounty nature has given me. Life is good.

vivatifosi

GreyQueen wrote: »

Shoebox Towers, where even the pensioners are bada$$.

I was speaking to a little old lady from nearby the other day. She'd had her purse stolen in the local supermarket, even though she walks with a stick (lowlife).

She told me that she had told the police that she wanted to know what he looked like.

"Oh, so you know to avoid him if you see him again?" I asked.

"No, so I can get him in the nuts with my stick" came the reply.

I love bada$$ pensioners!

psso

Lurker popping in to say I agree with Bedsit Bob and get a kettle for using on a gas ring.

I have found that when I use water boiled in a pan, my tea/coffee tastes funny. Boiled in the kettle it's fine. Maybe it's just me?
And yes, it's much easier to fill the hottie bottles, less likely to scald yourself

Off back to lurkdom.

MikeyMacbeth

craigywv wrote: »

sorry its in big writing left caps lock on

Little tip : if you have Excel on your computer and you've done this - rather than re-type a whole load of text : open up a new sheet and paste the text into a cell. In the cell next to it type =lower( , then click on the cell you pasted the original text in and then type ) and hit return . The new cell should now have a copy of the original text in it in lower case which you can copy and paste back over the original ALLCAPS text.

I think you can do something similar in word as well, not sure about open office but I expect it'll have something similar.

All the people I've ever worked with have become familiar with my curse of "Dratted CAPSLOCK!" uttered whenever I've been typing too fast to pay attention....:o

Charis

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

I wonder if the power companies are charged with its upkeep or is it the national grid?? whoever it is hasn't done anything to it for some time by the looks of it, how does your local substation look, any maintenance been done in past memory???

Western Power Distribution looks after our local substation. They took over from EON (or changed names?).

It's very tidy atm. I look at it regularly, as it's at the bottom of my garden, shared with my neighbour. We used to often have power cuts, usually due to the cables snapping underground, as the houses behind us were tacked onto the supply at a later date. During a power cut I have been known to poke my head over the top and ask if they can estimate when the power will be back on, they are usually more accurate than phoning the help line. I also keep an eye on it in the school summer holidays ever since kids almost succeeded in kicking the doors in one year. They wouldn't live to tell the tale if they got a shock off the thing.

GreyQueen

SuperGran spent her working life in the NHS and has also nursed overseas in war zones for the Red Cross as a volunteer. Unsurprisingly, she isn't phased by the 'orrible little 'erberts we get around here. She's about 5 ft of pure determination. I call her my little Cheiftain tank, which amuses her greatly.

One of her favourite lines is to say, with wide eyes, but I'm just a little old lady, what do I know? Which causes me, or the Police when she says it to them, to snort with incredulity.

One of the best ones was when she challenged some dodgy geezer hanging around on one of our walkways in a suspicious manner by asking if he was lost? His response (gormless get) was to say he was 'looking for the bloke wot deals'! That certainly narrows the field in this block. Quick as a flash, SG enquired 'Smack, crack or weed?' and when he indicated 'weed' she sent him to the nearest dealer.

Last night's installment of the soap opera involved a walkabout fridge-freezer, two drug-dealers, a transvestite, an act of criminal damage and some loud music. If there was a way of televising this........:rotfl:

Frugalsod

GreyQueen wrote: »

One of the best ones was when she challenged some dodgy geezer hanging around on one of our walkways in a suspicious manner by asking if he was lost? His response (gormless get) was to say he was 'looking for the bloke wot deals'! That certainly narrows the field in this block. Quick as a flash, SG enquired 'Smack, crack or weed?' and when he indicated 'weed' she sent him to the nearest dealer.

Is she also the local Google of drugs? :rotfl:

fuddle

The water might taste funny with a pan without a lid, as RAS was saying, it's probably to do with the water continually boiling.

I just think we're missing the point. If TSHTF and you have a saucepan and and a ring you're good to go with boiling water. I think we have to bear in mind that there are preppers out there who don't have disposable income and can't afford to buy in kit for every and any eventuality.

Personally in a SHTF scenario I would prefer to be around someone who had knowledge, wits and common sense than someone lugged with bits of this and that.

In a SHTF scenario are we really going to be bothered about bevelling a posh kettle or funny tasting water?