Preparedness for when

ivyleaf

elona So sorry to hear about DD Thinking of you all. Is this the DD who had the sinus op recently?

Apologies if i'm totally confused and it wasn't your DD who had a sinus op

nuatha

Softstuff wrote: »

Very good points. It'd be an alternative to a van for those occasions you need to do an ikea run too. I doubt our little fiat 500 could tow anything! Though we do fit a surprising amount in it.

Going by the 85% rule (recommended limit for inexperienced towers) you could tow 800Kgs though its recommended you have a transmission cooler fitted on automatics. I've seen a 500 towing a small touring caravan - I wouldn't want to try it on steep hills, but pulling a flat trailer for an Ikea run could be useful.

elona wrote: »

Had a horrible 36 hours with DD showing signs of getting very ill again and finally managed to get her into hospital for tests etc last night. Her sister texted her this morning and she seems a bit better so we are going to see her later and take her a few things. Have her floorrobe in washing machine and will sort out more stuff later.

Hoping she makes a quick and complete recovery.
Floorrobes seem very trendy, call me old fashioned, but I find the conventional kind far easier to use,.

ivyleaf

elona Sorry, i think it was nuttyp's DD who had a sinus op. Sending "get-well soonest" wishes to yours, and (((HUGS))) to you, you have been having a time of it

GreyQueen

Hi elona, thanks for the tip, I was signed up for them and eventually unsubscribed; a freebie film seat 2 hours' travel away isn't any good to me. I do find the cost of travel, and working 4 days a week, a major disincentive to gadding about. If people want to know where I'm going on holiday, I give them the name of the rather notorious estate where my allotment is situated and watch their baffled smiles. :cool:

Did anyone read about that WW2 bomb which has been found in London and which caused the evacuation for about 2 days of the neighbourhood? It was removed gingerly and removed to a quarry for safe explosion, but there were real fears it could blow up and cause loss of life and property damage. Made me think about what it'd be like to be door-knocked in the middle of the night and be advised to evacuate.

My city was extensively bombed in WW2 so heaven knows what is lurking underground here. Smaller explosives like hand-grenades aren't at all uncommon, some twerp even put one out in the metal recycling. It was toted up to the waste transfer station in a truck and shot out onto the conveyors among the magnets..............!

That was an exciting day for the staff up there - and not in a good way.

daz378

Yes Ryannaa does affect me ..... ive been told we have a 5 year contract with council and my terms and conditions shouldnt change..... however il be pleasantly surprised if i go more than 2 years .... before a disaster means to survive we have to agree a reduction in services or pay... or am i a cynic..........on alighter note my sister has agreed to pay my ticket to see her in LA for my 50th next year

Softstuff

nuatha wrote: »

Going by the 85% rule (recommended limit for inexperienced towers) you could tow 800Kgs though its recommended you have a transmission cooler fitted on automatics. I've seen a 500 towing a small touring caravan - I wouldn't want to try it on steep hills, but pulling a flat trailer for an Ikea run could be useful.

Useful to know, but I think they were braver than we'd be. Think I'd stick to borrowing a friends ute.

Good grief GQ, I wonder if they provided spare trousers to those who saw it happen!

nuatha

Softstuff wrote: »

Useful to know, but I think they were braver than we'd be. Think I'd stick to borrowing a friends ute.

Good grief GQ, I wonder if they provided spare trousers to those who saw it happen!

I think I'd opt for borrowing the ute as well.

A gardener found a torpedo in his garden back in the mid 80s. The cottages were evacuated - everybody being moved to a local working men's club. No spare trousers, but apparently the bar needed resupplying twice during the day. The torpedo was safely disarmed, but some residents were very late returning home.

nuatha

thriftwizard wrote: »

{{{Upholding vibes}}} for GQ's Nan and Nuatha's Mil...

Thank you. It is very much appreciated.

It's being "recovered" to the garage at some unspecified point in the future, as they're desperately short-handed just now. Once it's back up & running again it'll find itself in Auto-trader pretty pronto & a van is looking a more than possible option again; it's no good the dratted thing being easy to park, good at fuel economy & cheap to tax if it's costing me a fortune in repairs!

Which leaves me a bit vulnerable on the looking-after-the-seniors front; there is no public transport service that goes directly to where my mother lives and it can't be done in less than 3 hours although it's only 26 miles. Luckily at this precise moment she is in fine fettle, having started to find her feet again after my stepfather's death, but it's not ideal...

We have three renault Modus in the family, including Herself's. She gets 60mpg from her diesel (and that's because she's a little heavy footed) and tax is peanuts. The only problem we've come across is changing headlights, they are stupidly awkward to change (and therefore garages will charge mint) but there's youtube video showing how its done.
I'd happily use Herself's as a towcar - haven't driven the petrol versions yet.
Hopefully your Mum stays in fine fettle and therefore visits are pleasure rather necessity.

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moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Errrrm...but personally my taste would go more to:

http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/products/elm

Personally, if I had the money, I'd get something like this, but a bit bigger. :cool:

Frugalsod

GreyQueen wrote: »

Did anyone read about that WW2 bomb which has been found in London and which caused the evacuation for about 2 days of the neighbourhood? It was removed gingerly and removed to a quarry for safe explosion, but there were real fears it could blow up and cause loss of life and property damage. Made me think about what it'd be like to be door-knocked in the middle of the night and be advised to evacuate.

Yes and that was a good part of my reasoning for having an evacuation bag rather than a bug out bag. Many cases of evacuation are more of a public safety issue than a real risk. This is just the sort of situation whereby you have to move out for a day or so and come back to everything being fine. Inconvenient but not really a threat to life. It should have important documents should things go wrong and clothes for a couple of days. Though I suspect that many people could grab what they need in 30 minutes or less.