Preparedness for when

COOLTRIKERCHICK

I am not being anti veggie lol, but I am sure there wouldn't have been vegetarians around in caveman days..

thriftwizard

But meat may have been a fairly-rare treat... Depending on your location, and the weather, and how able your hunters were, and lots of other variables. I think there's quite a lot of evidence for them eating vast amounts of shellfish, though.

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Snails, lots of snails too!

thriftwizard

S about to HTF here on the stepfather front. The nurses broke it to my mother today that she won't be getting her planned week's respite care, because he hasn't got weeks, only days left. I've just spoken to my younger stepbrother, and it appears this is coming as a bit of a surprise to them, although their elder sister had been trying to tell them how fast he was going downhill. They'd dismissed that, "because she's always so pessimistic!" and continued to assume he had months left. So no-one but the eldest girl (and us, his stepchildren) has been to see him since Christmas; one of them is currently on a cruise, and one's skiing in the Alps.

So, there's plenty of food in the freezer and in the cupboards. I will update the spud supply tomorrow, check the pet & poultry food, and generally make sure that the troops up here won't go hungry as long as they're prepared to cook/clean/wash for themselves - and each other! I'll be up & down the road until the inevitable happens, but then I'll need to stay down there for as long as I'm needed. Very glad I can leave it all in such capable hands. But I probably need to spell out exactly who is responsible for what, ASAP... it won't do them any harm if they have to go out for fish & chips. But it will do my chickens harm if no-one remembers to shut them away at dusk; the fox wiped out my neighbour's flock just last week.

Runcorn_Bridge

Hi Mojoworking-- Re the Dishwasher, I didn't know how these things worked either but apparently putting the detergent where the salt should be would damage the water softening gubbins of the machine, not too much of a problem maybe in this case as I'm in a fairly soft water area but I can only imagine the damage if the water was hard.
New electric kettle bought today and a lovely gas hob one as well, aubergine coloured from Aldee that will be impossible to blow up.

Perplexed_Pineapple

Sorry to hear that Thriftwizard, I hope the family can rally round and help, it really makes a difference in my (limited) experience.
Have been doing some driving for work in pretty horrible conditions, ice and snow with poor visibility and poor grip, taking it very carefully and glad I threw my emergency bag with the thermal undies and layers of warm clothing in in the back. If stuck in a snowdrift overnight or even for a day or two should be ok with the emergency clothing, rations and trangia. I haven't seen the 10,000 years BC show but sounds like it's as reality based as most of the celebrity shows, that is to say, not at all.

Frugalsod

GreyQueen wrote: »

A Bulgarian lass I was talking over to about it over there said that the wolves very seldom come down towards the villages, only in the most severe weather, and they're more scavengers after dustbins if the do. Bears are shy and seldom seen. We were walking in an area of mountain forest where they had been seen but the loggers were out and it was pretty noisy so the bears would have gone away. She was incredulous that the UK didn't have wolves, hadn't had any for centuries. I'm not sure she believed me, and she was a sophisticated lass from Sofia working in international business with superb English.

I looked at the list of contestants and thought how very realistic this was for a stone age tribe. No babes in arms, no children, no pregnant women, no grandma/ grandpa hobbling around with arthur. Mind you, bearing in mind that they're skills will probably be on a par with a stone age 6 year old, it's as well they haven't true dependants out there or their lives would be at risk.

I may try to watch it on the internet at some point. Not tonight, because I go to practice archery, a skill definately around in the stone age.

Yes not totally realisitic. Even a small family group would have had their own tasks. Like gathering berries, weaving construction or child minding. Also older family members who could be semi infirm would still have lots of knowledge that they could pass on, even to the grand children. Though grandparents would be late thirties plus. Also groups would have the benefits of many eyes keeping an eye out for danger.

Frugalsod

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

I am not being anti veggie lol, but I am sure there wouldn't have been vegetarians around in caveman days..

You ate what you found, even if it was on the ground. None of this 5 second rule.

blindman

Frugalsod wrote: »

You ate what you found, even if it was on the ground. None of this 5 second rule.

Are you that old?

blindman

Perplexed_Pineapple wrote: »

Sorry to hear that Thriftwizard, I hope the family can rally round and help, it really makes a difference in my (limited) experience.
Have been doing some driving for work in pretty horrible conditions, ice and snow with poor visibility and poor grip, taking it very carefully and glad I threw my emergency bag with the thermal undies and layers of warm clothing in in the back. If stuck in a snowdrift overnight or even for a day or two should be ok with the emergency clothing, rations and trangia. I haven't seen the 10,000 years BC show but sounds like it's as reality based as most of the celebrity shows, that is to say, not at all.

Did you pack
a shovel?
mobile Phone?
Wellington boots?
Common sense?

!!!!!! do you think you will be stuck for "a day or two?"
Surely after a rough night (possible ) you would have the gumption to leave the car and find an alternative?

Where the Hell were you driving?
Outer Monglia?