Preparedness for when

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FUDDLE try ROBERT DYAS they seem to be the place that sells all the old fashioned cleaning stuffs. I get my stove black from them for the woodburner and they sell all sorts of interesting things.

Lavandula_Rosemary

fuddle wrote: »

Where does one get a bar of carbolic from these days?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Carbolic-Soap-Bars-Made-Yorkshire/dp/B00CFRBS2A/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1412859765&sr=8-4&keywords=carbolic+soap

fuddle

A bar. Not twelve I could have googled amazon too, but thank you for taking the time to do that. £12.99 plus free delivery is a good price I think but I would like to test it out first.

I was looking for a source that I could pick up locally without incurring postage costs for just a trial bar.

Honestly? I don't think your comment was brusque at all yesterday. I think it was damn right rude and condescending Lavendula Rosemary. We are all entitled to express an opinion, some of us just choose to go about it in other ways.

happy35

there is a carbolic soap company in the uk, this is the only place I thought you could get it these day but obviously not

https://www.carbolicsoap.com

greenbee

Frugalsod wrote: »

Coping without antibiotics and fancy medical tech were all dealt with quite adequately.

I have copies of my grandfather's and great grandfather's diaries. My grandfather was a GP and he certainly struggled to treat some pretty basic diseases with the technology available to him before/during/after WW2. My brother still has some of his instruments and they look more suited for medieval torture.

My great-grandfather was at Gallipoli, and how anyone managed to fight given the number of deaths from D&V seems pretty amazing.

I certainly don't want to go back to a pre-antibiotic age, although sadly it looks as though we're heading there.

I'd prefer not to manage without much of the other technology either, as, like GQ and many others here, I'd already be dead if it didn't exist.

Bear in mind that even what are now seem as easily treatable conditions such as asthma, diabetes, epilepsy were a death sentence. And you may find that if you develop arthritis or a heart condition you change your mind about the irrelevance of improvements in medical technology.

greenbee

fuddle wrote: »

Honestly? I don't think your comment was brusque at all yesterday. I think it was damn right rude and condescending Lavendula Rosemary. We are all entitled to express an opinion, some of us just choose to go about it in other ways.

That was uncalled for. The OP has apologised, and provided a link in what is probably an attempt to show contrition.

Accepting apologies gracefully, particularly on a forum where written discussion can be misconstrued is a simple courtesy.

fuddle

Simply expressing my view greenbee just like you have done with me A lot of people were annoyed, if not upset about the expressive nature of that comment yesterday. The poster in question has been even more brusque on a different OS thread this morning by calling a poster a 'nut job' and 'a sad lonely liar/troll'.

Lavandula_Rosemary

fuddle wrote: »

poster in question has been even more brusque on a different OS thread this morning by calling a poster a 'nut job' and 'a sad lonely liar/troll'.

along with plenty of other posters. Please read the whole thread (can I retire at 26?) and you will realize why. It's very funny. The problem is getting sarcasm/humour across in text can be tricky and misinterpreted..

Lavandula_Rosemary

Sorry Again

thriftwizard

Fuddle, try the V&A Discount Warehouse on Mill Lane; they have all sorts of OS treasures & will probably get some in for you if they haven't already got it.