Preparedness for when

Pollyjuice

Just popping in to say Happy New Year and thank you for your helpful advice over the year. I know I take advantage of you guys but, in my defense, I do put your knowledge to good use. My cupboards are looking good with preps and I'm still working on buying YS products. I'm very proud as I bought a head of broccoli this week for 2p at As*a. This is my best bargain ever .

I look forward to reading all your comments this year and remember those sad moments when a funny observation from one of you can lift the spirit. I wish you all the best for 2015 :wave::wave::wave:

DawnW

Frugalsod wrote: »

I suspect that there will be a few.

As for the problems of buying online. That should be covered if you paid with a credit card.

I read / heard somewhere that some CC companies are trying to wriggle out of this responsibility.... Has anyone else heard anything about this?

twiglet98

Wishing all preppers a happy, safe and peaceful 2015. Thanks to all the wonderful individuals who help so much with both general and specific issues - this is a good place.

Re yew, horses eating it are affected so quickly they can suffer cardiac arrest and die whilst chewing even a single branch, with the greenery still in their mouths.

siegemode

Happy New Year Everyone.

Hope you all enjoyed the festive period. We spent our time avoiding the world as much as possible and ate normally and watched stuff on netflix. Christmas tv was or seemed much better years ago, but these days nowt much that shown interests us. We have managed to avoid going to the shops and shopped online for groceries and grabbed a few bargains online on Christmas eve as soon as the sales went live. I'm somewhat relieved that 2014 is now behind us and looking forward to a better year during 2015. Mind you we said this last year and the year before lol.

Over Christmas we managed to watch 2 entire series of Person Of Interest which makes you aware of just how much survielance and monitoring can show about us and how it can be used. Quite unsettling if you spend too much time thinking about it, but we really enjoyed the programme and would recommend it. It first came out in 2011 prior to the various news stories about our communications etc being monitored and I'm sure the masses imagine like my bother still does that it's all sci fi even now. Definitely worth a watch.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1839578/

Another that we watched was 'Delete' also on netflix

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2316306/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Although it doesn't get such a good rating we enjoyed it and again my brother said it was all sci fi (he's educated and pretty aware, but thinks I'm nuts).
Yet interestingly this morning I heard Stephen Hawking quoted,

Prof Hawking says the primitive forms of artificial intelligence developed so far have already proved very useful, but he fears the consequences of creating something that can match or surpass humans.

"It would take off on its own, and re-design itself at an ever increasing rate," he said.

"Humans, who are limited by slow biological evolution, couldn't compete, and would be superseded."

Who knows what's round the corner. It all seems to reinforce the need to protect your privacy and keep prepping.

parsonswife8

mardatha wrote: »

My son works in security and when he went home after a nightshift at 6.30 this morning, he said Edinburgh was still jam-packed with people! God they must be keen...

Happy New Year Mardatha. I hope that you are still clinging onto the side of your hill.

parsonswife8

Happy New Year to you, alice-mary.

[Deleted User]

As indicated by my signature, I've just completed another year, LLF.

I've just started my 6th LLF year. :cool:

Mojisola

GreyQueen wrote: »

Some ancient yews in churchyards are a lot older than the old churches whose yards they are notationally standing in - they were part of pre-Christian sacred sites. I believe some of them have been tested and are 2,000 + years old and predate Christianity itself.

Like this one -
http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/Britain-s-oldest-tree-right-Wales/story-23023348-detail/story.html

muffin_man_7

Happy new year

Hi bb whats LLF

elaine241

Happy New year everyone!

Survived charging round the countryside on a horse, with a hangover! Fresh air and exercise great for clearing your head!

New Years resolutions include getting organised with ID, I dont have any! Driving license got stolen ages ago and I never replaced it and my passport is out of date.
Another is to be more organised with my preps as I have loads stashed everywhere and not a list of what I have. My freezers are stuffed to the gills with YS, home grown fruit, veg & meat,and I have loads of dry ingredients, preserves etc lurking in jars!

I need to reorganise my Get Home Bag and check everything in my car is still where I put it and not borrowed by OH.

Main resolution is to keep reading this thread to reinforce that I am not mad or if I am ,I am not alone in my madness! LOL