Preparedness for when

Frugalsod

sorryImoved wrote: »

Dollar stores and Walmart are no bargain in the US. I have bought can openers from both stores and they broke with a few uses. Hose sprayer from Walmart lasted a few weeks. Their sheets and towels are mostly made of plastic. I am convinced they get inferior products from overseas factories. I will not eat any food from dollar stores as a lot of it is produced in India and China. They wonder why they are failing? Crap products!

Yes I suspect that the same applies here. I have not ventured into one for quite some time. Though Walmart have had 5 quarters of falling sales in the US so even they are suffering. It has clearly been affecting their food sales.

Nargleblast

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

I'm going to buy a sack of rice, some 2 kilo packs of lentils, lots of tinned potatoes and Mr Mash instant mash,pasta, pulses, tuna, meats of various kinds,tins of different types of vegetables and fruit, packets of dried milk, tea bags, coffee, fresh jars of herbs and spices, make lots of jams and pickles and chutneys , buy in a 25 kilo sack of sugar and 2 x 12 kils bags of salt and a few gallons of vinegar also lots of dried fruit prunes, dates, apricots etc. and packs of nuts then I reckon we'll be OK whatever the weather or the world throws our way.

Don't forget we also need loo rolls and we're out of cornflakes......imagine the Te$co cashier's face on seeing that lot on the conveyor belt.....

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I've already got the loo rolls and cornflakes are the work of the devil I'd rather eat the packet they come in!!! however, a bowl of porridge is ambrosial and I've got lots of porridge oats in my store room at any time of year, Mmmmmmmm PORRIDGE!!!!!!

pineapple

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

BB I AM THE GREY WOMAN when you're my age you can't be anything else|!!!

Unless you are the 'mature female' I spotted in Sainsbobs yesterday. The back half of her head was dyed an improbable dark brown while the top half and most of the sides were a garish yellow blonde. It had clearly been done for effect. What sort of effect I can't possibly imagine.
On what plane of reality would that be considered a good look? :eek:

short_bird

GreyQueen wrote: »

I usually acquire a misguided admirer about once a year. I think it's middle-age having thinned the field; all the good wimmin are taken and all the bad wimmin are charging, and that leaves the likes of me apparently (if not actually) available.

Weeps with laughter...

COOLTRIKERCHICK

its slowly fitting into place.. ( in my opinion, might be wrong lol)


1...We sign up and get our gas from Russia


2....Things are unsettled with Russia and other surrounding countries


3....., Russia agrees to supply china with gas


4....... Russia and Ukraine at war/fighting


5..... Cameroooon starts pushing fracking, and saying that even national parks could have special fracking licenses issued.


6...... Camerooon, now starting to get 'bolshy' with sanctions etc against Russia


7..... cameroooon, now saying there is more money in the pot for the military, after doing major scale backs over the last year or two, an now realising we couldn't defend ourselves against a group of kids with pea shooters...


To me, it looks as though the government knows that Russia can turn that gas tap off anytime.. once they start doing bigger sanctions against Russia..


and these are the things we know about that is going on/been said..

jk0

Anyone read this on Zerohedge:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-08-01/internationalists-are-pushing-world-towards-globally-engineered-economic-warfare

2tonsils

GreyQueen did you harvest those nettles? Very nutritious indeed and I did think they could be dried as they are valuable medicinally as well.

I am torn between which news story to follow...the Ebola, the Russians or various other on going conflicts.......then I decided not to watch any of them today but to have a day planning for my winter preparations instead and chilling out this afternoon. Have a good Sunday folks

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2T that tall the nettles would make some very useful cordage!!!

Very sensible decision not to watch the news, me too and I'm making jam and pickles in the time I would have used, so prepping all the way!!! So far this morning I've made 4 lbs of raspberry jam, 3 jars of pickled red cabbage and hopefully, when it's to setting point 5 lbs of peach and apricot jam. Then He Who Knows has just popped to the lottie for some rhubarb so I can make rhubarb and ginger jam, and rhubarb chutney tomorrow!!!

mardatha

Well my preps so far today consist of sitting on my bu - erm conserving my energy, and eating porridge/storing carbs