Preparedness for when

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Who is panic buying??? Protective gloves are something that are useful for all sorts of purposes around the home and I always have a box in to use when doing mucky jobs. I don't think that the contributors to this thread are prone to panic on any level, the very nature of being prepared is contra to panic in the first place, those who don't make provision for lifes glitches are the ones who are going to do things in a state of panic, NOT US!!

mardatha

My son is a tattoo artist and I go through tons of the gloves, mainly gardening but also yes painting. Good one GQ!

GreyQueen

Doveling, I had managed to get paint in my hair several times before I twigged that a cheap pull-on 'wooly' hat from the market is a lot easier than trying to get non-drip gloss out of my barnet. One of those Doh! moments. I guess that house-painting is something done so infrequently that it's easy not to retain the lessons. But the gloves are a blessing, particularly when you want to break for food or drink or some beggar comes to the door. Which is bound to happen if I'm in the middle of something messy/ crazy/ compromising.

Yesterday at archery I heard about something painful; someone known to a fellow archer had got very seriously burned (months in hospital) despite wearing a fireproof overall when using a grinder. How did this happen? Well, the overalls were saturated with oil, which negated the fireproofing when the spark lept from the grinder and up he went like a roman candle.

Wince-making just to hear about it and I don't even know the guy. So important to use safety preparations/ clothing/ tools carefully and to know their limitations. I'm often surprised by fellow allotmenteers using strimmers with no goggles or face shields or ear-defenders. Those make me nervous when being used close by as I have been struck in the face by a debris fragment whilst cycling; it'd been thrown around 20 ft from a verge and into the main road.

Luckily for me it was something like a twig or a bark chipping, not a stone, so it stung but didn't break the skin. After all, internationally renowned beauties such as moi have to be careful of our looks, don'tchaknow..........:rotfl:

Lyn, yes, panic is the opposite of prepping. I don't do panicking. I can move like greased lightning when I have to, but panicking? Nope.

Have decided to do my autumn cleaning today, as it's pertiddling down and not gardening weather. Have vacuumed under the bed and shoved some of my wheelie trollies around. Will do a bit more later before wandering out in my mac to visit with a friend who lives two streets over. Shouldn't get too sopping wet just going that far.

jk0

GreyQueen wrote: »

Right now, I'm boiling a teatowel, because it was looking a bit sad and I didn't have a white wash for it to keep company with. I always feel rather OS and housewifely once I've boiled something.......:p

Reminds me of the story of the school dinner lady. Every afternoon they had to boil the tea towels and dishcloths to sterilize them.

This woman heard two little bubs talking as they were walking past. One said: 'What's that horrible smell?'

The other replied: 'That's tomorrow's dinner.'

Karmacat

I love the different uses for the gloves - I started using them to put out the wild bird food - I noticed there was a fair bit of bird poo here and there, and I didn't particularly want to be handling it

As for painting, that had passed me by I *had* got to clingfilm around the brush if I need to break for a snack, but no further

Horrendous about the failings of safety wear incorrectly maintained with your friend's friend, GQ - very sobering.

GreyQueen

The saddest thing was that the bloke was deliberately wearing the oil-soaked overalls as a bit of a pose, sort of look-how-macho thing, according to his friend. What a blinking shame.

I realised last week that I'd run out of disposable gloves up at the allotment, where I have some uses for them, and that I only had one unopened pack of 10 down at the flat, hence my stocking up a bit today. They will all be used in the fullness of time, but hopefully not in an emergency, but one never knows.

The thing about emergencies is that they have the inconsiderate habit of happening with little or no warning, hence the need to be ready beforehand. If we could just get them properly timetabled and diarised we could arrange to be ready for those weeks and not bother the rest of the time.

Karmacat

That would be jolly considerate of them, wouldn't it I would approve of that

Frugalsod

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

Who is panic buying??? Protective gloves are something that are useful for all sorts of purposes around the home and I always have a box in to use when doing mucky jobs. I don't think that the contributors to this thread are prone to panic on any level, the very nature of being prepared is contra to panic in the first place, those who don't make provision for lifes glitches are the ones who are going to do things in a state of panic, NOT US!!

I would agree. Panic buying is a sign that your preps have failed or that you have not prepped adequately. If there was a crisis all I would get from the supermarket would be milk, butter and cream, and I get these regularly so would not be anything more than usual. I have plenty of other things in my cupboards. Though if I felt that it would be minimal I could get by with just getting milk.

As for surgical gloves I really should get some but at the moment really do not do anything that really needs them. I keep old dish brushes for cleaning toilets and sinks so hands stay pretty clean, and will wash then afterwards anyway. For me the best use would be for first aid kits. Though they would be handy for supergluing things. Too many times I have stuck my fingers together with the stuff.

I am not panicked by ebola and will get some when I need them.

fuddle

I live in my disposable gloves. Vinyl are my gloves of choice but powdered latex are super on hot days when you have to de-glove re-glove quickly.

I can't actually believe that anyone would think that preppers, preppers, would think that disposable gloves would protect from Ebola. :rotfl: The idea is ludicrous to me because they can't even protect from a cold. They help, if used sensibly and changed multiple times between tasks, but they don't protect. They are only as good as the sense of the person wearing them :rotfl:

Frugalsod

fuddle wrote: »

I can't actually believe that anyone would think that preppers, preppers, would think that disposable gloves would protect from Ebola. :rotfl: The idea is ludicrous to me because they can't even protect from a cold. They help, if used sensibly and changed multiple times between tasks, but they don't protect. They are only as good as the sense of the person wearing them :rotfl:

I would think that they might be of use WITH a full face protecting visor, so if someone coughed on your face it would be completely protected. Though it would have to be used in conjunction with a disposable overall and gloves which together would have to completely cover your skin. It would also have to be disposed off immediately outside the quarantine area so it cannot spread the virus. On their own they are next to useless for protecting against ebola, or even cleaning up afterwards.

Then you really need to consider what is the real risk right now? Probably zero unless you are at an A&E unit, and then you would have access to plenty of such gear.

So would I get any of these items? No, the disposable rubber gloves are practical because they have so many other uses especially when working with chemicals like paint or cleaning liquids which can be very corrosive on naked skin. Though at the moment I do not need any.