Preparedness for when

nuatha

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

I was in the precinct earlier, doing some shopping.

There was a man there, trying to sell something (a financial product, by the look of it), from a tiny lectern type stall.

As people walked past, he would speak to them, using phrases like "Hello mate. How are you doing?".

Am I the only one, who finds that to be inappropriately familiar, given he was addressing complete strangers?

I object to the familiarity, (I'd object far more if they were misrespresenting themselves - I consider chuggers to be obtaining money by deception) but suspect a lot of people will fall for it. Assuming they know the person from somewhere, most of us know people who we can't place because they're in the wrong context.

Chuggers, I've cancelled longstanding direct debits to several charities having been chugged - the charity gets a letter explaining exactly why and an invitation to contact me once they've changed their behaviour.

maryb

I was doing various errands and trying to find something in the shops which involved me backtracking from one side of the high street to the other a few times. Every time, the same chugger accosted me, getting right in my way and dodging around in front of me until I exploded saying make sure you recognize me next time because if you do that again I'm getting the police.

RAS

I ignore the familiarity but faced with the barrage (strung out across the main street in my route home), I inform them that I will in fact cease supporting that charity at all as a result of their use of chuggers.

We used to have a batch who caught the train on which I commute and they used the time for briefing and de-briefing. Quite plainly they had absolutely no affiliation with any of the charities concerned and were working to targets set by their employer. This week Oxfam, next week WWF for example.

As far as I could work out they got expenses and a bonus for each sign up; not sure if they got anything fixed rate per hour and they seemed to be on zero hours contracts.

Their shared reports about individuals were interesting and possibly defamatory.

Frugalsod

I live in a pretty affluent area but there is poverty all around, if you take the opportunity to look. I do not criticise the unemployed for being !!!!less because there are simply too many people chasing too few jobs. And the jobs are not really suitable to bring up a family on without more benefits like family credit. While there are a few complete scroungers, there will always be a few, they are few and far between. Those that have come out of prison and are on parole have a seriously hard time, and many employers will never even consider employing an ex con. The addicts are those that probably have been through the mill a few times and use drugs to cope, with the monotony of their lives. Having met a lot of druggies and dealers in my time, I am more in favour of decriminalising than sending more to prison. The war on drugs has not worked and only causes more problems. Fifty years ago a few doctors fiddling the system to give heroin to a few addicts meant that they criminalised heroin. In the end we turned a problem of 500 addicts into one of more than half a million. That has cause problems for the rest of society in the increase in thefts and crime.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Sorry if I have missed any posts on this subject, but trying to limit my time of the old interweb..


what are people's thoughts ( from a prepping point of view) about the tragedy of the Malysian plane that came down in the Ukraine??


Do you think this will effect trade, prices, shortages etc if this turns out to be more than just a plane malfunction??

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For anyone interested, Asda have got in some more Bachelors Pasta-N-Sauce, at 50p a packet.

I've just bought £5 worth, of the Cheese & Broccoli ones.

Frugalsod

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

Sorry if I have missed any posts on this subject, but trying to limit my time of the old interweb..


what are people's thoughts ( from a prepping point of view) about the tragedy of the Malysian plane that came down in the Ukraine??


Do you think this will effect trade, prices, shortages etc if this turns out to be more than just a plane malfunction??

This is no malfunction. It was shot out of the skies but the pro Russian separatists who have loads of military advisors from Russia so Russia is culpable. That is why they are blaming the Ukrainians as this will end their possible support elsewhere. This could be our Archduke moment but it all depends on how this plays out. I suspect that further sanctions will follow and maybe a cold winter with no gas supplies but then fracking is also no solution.

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If they cut off gas to Europe, it'll have a major impact on electricity supplies in the UK.

jk0

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

Sorry if I have missed any posts on this subject, but trying to limit my time of the old interweb..


what are people's thoughts ( from a prepping point of view) about the tragedy of the Malysian plane that came down in the Ukraine??


Do you think this will effect trade, prices, shortages etc if this turns out to be more than just a plane malfunction??

Seriously, I'm wondering if it's another false flag event. There is a photo in today's Mail of sixteen passports laying on the ground with not a singe.

Didn't they miraculously manage to find the 911 hijackers' passports also?

GreyQueen

I think the whole affair stinks worse than week-old fish. I was expecting something big and bad to happen in that region, to precipitate military engagement by the US and allies. Nothing like an atrocity to bring the warmongers out of the woodwork. This one will bear watching.

Gawd help our species when the mass murder of civilians is seen as just a means to an end.:(