Preparedness for when

moneyistooshorttomention

jk0 wrote: »

Anyone see this?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-33782638

I bet Tony's packing his bags for a country without extradition as we speak.

Oh....sighs.....don't get my hopes up like that jko:(.

It would be "shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted" - as we've now got his legacy in place = ISIS and the Calais crisis and boats full of refugees on the seas and the blame for that lies bang on his doorstep.

Thanks Tony mate.....we owe you one:mad:.

When we look back in years to come at the Ripple Effect onto this century that he has caused with his actions - I think we will find that the detrimental effect he has had is a LOT worse than Thatcher's was. I never did like the man - "All flash and Ego".

nuatha

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

It would be "shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted" - as we've now got his legacy in place = ISIS and the Calais crisis and boats full of refugees on the seas and the blame for that lies bang on his doorstep.

I'm far from a fan of Blair but the Calais situation has been running since before he was elected. Whether ISIL is a result of US international diplomacy is debatable (Though Blair certainly supported those initiatives), ISIL place their origins as a reaction to Shia oppression and the Crusades. (Why is it historical claims add authenticity to an argument?)

moneyistooshorttomention

Historical claims being taken seriously isn't just something that happens in foreign parts Nuatha...

It happens in our own country too and I've sat there open-mouthed with astonishment at some things I've noticed going on around me recently that relate to matters long since gone (early part of last century or even the 19th century):eek::rotfl:. Why on earth would anyone bother about something that happened over 100 years ago? <genuinely puzzled smilie>

I've tried to follow the reasoning behind it and haven't even been able to find any reasons in the first place to help me understand why...

It's possible to see the reasoning/justification behind some things that have happened in history - eg women not having votes or the Slave Trade (though we know these days that both those things were obviously wrong)...but I'm at a total loss when I cant even see the reasoning in the first place.

ivyleaf

AnimalTribe wrote: »

Unfortunately yes. We are on the edge of a moor and the only house around for miles. Every year we say we won't help again, both wrecked our backs one year, but it would be inhuman to leave folk stranded. The guy at the other side of the moor used to help those stuck near to him (he has a tractor), but he's stopped doing it as two folk in a row threatened to sue him for damage to their bumper. It would be easy to die out here as it gets tremendously cold and exceptionally windy, and the moor can be very boggy. Not to mention there are no lights so it gets pitch black and it's very easy to be disoriented. We often see the rescue helicopter looking for walkers in good weather let alone bad.

Good grief! I suppose they'd have preferred him to leave them stuck there rather than have a damaged bumper then? :mad: Some people are beyond belief. No wonder he's had enough.

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You should NEVER believe history, it's written by the winners, usually to represent them in the right light and is NEVER the actual truth of the reality!!!

GreyQueen

Pollyjuice wrote: »

Hi, just caught up, and I know it was a few pages back, but following on with the iron/not to iron. My mother has been staying with us and she is 85. We were talking about ironing and she said that they use to iron the bedding as washing did not always kill off bed bugs :eek: and so using an iron killed off any that may have survived the wash. I am now on the lookout for an old castiron iron which I could heat on my multifuel stove. I know that bed bugs are not as common anymore but I think I would rather iron than share my bed with those critters. She also said that it killed off any flea and mite eggs on clothing. If the power went off and we could not wash at higher temperatures, this would be something to consider for our health.

Keep safe and keep prepping.

I book pest contol treatments at work and thus talk to both afflicted householders and pest controllers most days.

Bedbugs don't lurk in your sheets waiting for you to get in. They are typically in the cracks in the bedframe, down the skirting board, behind the wallpaper where the edges join, in furniture, in the mattress (or the sofa) and in the carpets. The carbon dioxide exhaled by mammals is what attracts them out to bite. Therefore the temperature you launder your sheets or ironing won't be relevant to their survival.

Fleas typically lay their eggs in the edges of the carpet by the skirting board. They can lie dormant as eggs for months in empty homes until new occupants trigger the hatch by the vibrations of walking around. The first use of CH in autumn/ winter commonly triggers a hatch.

If you are concerned about killing nasties in linen, a convo with a specialist laundry which does stuff for hospitals and medical manufacturers revealed that 72 celcius is the temp which kills just about every germ.

It's best to have white bedlinen, pure cotton, for several reasons; it can be laundered at the highest temperatures, it can be treated with bleach if necessary for stain removal, and if you have a bedbug infestation, the typical sign is tiny flecks of your blood on the sheets, which is easiest to spot on white linen.

Plus, of course, white sheets go with everything and never look dated.

I've spoken to several householders who have unwittingly brought bedbugs into their home in their luggage from overseas holidays. Some sites about preventing bedbug infestation recommend that you don't keep luggage under your own bed, or in your bedroom, but in somewhere like the garage. And that you keep your luggage on a luggage rack in a hotel room, moving that rack away from the bed, if that's where the hotel has placed it.

You can prevent some problems by being carpet-free or, if you have carpets, regarding vacuuming carpet edges, even behind furniture, as a very regular chore. A cat flea collar kept inside the vac bag can kill the ones sucked inside the vac.

A lack of clutter under beds is also helpful. And for those who are thinking Huh! This is GQ who, by her own admission keeps canned goods under her bed! I should explain I have tiled floors throughout, and the canned goods are on wooden wheeled trollies, with air circulation under, over and around them. Plus I vacuum regularly.

You can also have problems with mould in bedrooms, particularly bedrooms used by babies and children, who spend proportionately more time in them, if there isn't free circulation of air due to too much Stuff and not enough ventilation. HTH.

VJsmum

nuatha wrote: »

I'm far from a fan of Blair but the Calais situation has been running since before he was elected.

Well this is what i said to OH the other day. Why has it suddenly become news? Is it worse than before? Or are there renewed attempts to cross - or is there another agenda somewhere?

I have an electric car, it is quite new to us and early on I got a reminder of how much I have traiditonally, relied on people hearing me when I nearly hit someone crossing our cul de sac :eek:. i am now extra vigilant.

i went to New York earlier this year and noticed how much quieter it is there as many (most?) yellow cabs are now electric.

Frugalsod

VJsmum wrote: »

i went to New York earlier this year and noticed how much quieter it is there as many (most?) yellow cabs are now electric.

Apparently they are getting more popular here as well. they are much cheaper to run and maintain than diesel taxis so it makes a lot more sense.

Karmacat

GQ, *extremely* helpful post, thank you so much for that. I've clicked the post number to save it in all it's glory

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I've just stripped all the pods off the vines of old french beans I left in the polytunnel after they stopped producing flowers. I've just sat in the garden and podded the papery dry ones and find I have 17oz of what look like dry white canellini beans out of the pods. They're all sizes, so not like the supermarket ones that are all the same size but they won't taste any different for being big or small. I've got at least twice the amount of not quite dry pods on a tray on the boiler to dry to the papery state and I reckon I'll get at least 1 and a half more pounds of dry beans by the time I'm through. So 2 and a half pounds of canellini/haricot beans to use in chillis/stews/casseroles this winter for just leaving the vines up a few weeks, magic! I'm going to do the same with the runners if they get big and hard shelled because runner beans that dry off are perfectly edible too, how can it be so easy?

GQ I know you're drying your broad beans too, how are they coming along? Have you podded one yet to see if they're dry?