Preparedness for when

greenbee

GreyQueen wrote: »

Oh, and I'm sick to the back teeth with the BBC and their sodding license fee, as I approach my 30th year as a TV less person. Have had 7 letters and two visits in 6 months. Five of the letters were responded to, in the negative, but nothing stops them. You can't ring 'em and opt out, because there's some kafka-esque loop on their phone system with automated services and there isn't an option select for not having a license because of not having a telly. Burgers are threatening court. I really feel mutinous about the Beeb, don't even bother with their radio progs now. As far as I'm concerned the sooner they die off the better.

You must be getting a different letter to me:

"Have your circumstances changed?

You may remember you told us nearly two years ago that you didn't require a TV licence. As we mentioned at the time, we're now writing to you to find out if your circumstances have changed. etc... etc...

If you still don't watch TV...

Let us know by visiting tvlicensing.co.uk/noTV or call us on 0300 7906126 ...

... blah ... blah... (stuff about if I do now watch TV which I will ignore as I don't, even when visiting other people)"

jk0

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

Complete waste of time and energy.

Indeed, all you are doing by responding, is confirming the address is "live", which will just attract visits.

Your letterbox should be like a black hole, from which nothing ever escapes.

Bob's right GQ. I tried to get them to stop hounding me for years while renovating empty properties. It's pointless.

Now those familiar letters addressed to the occupier go straight in the bin, along with previous residents' bank statements. (Silly beggars never notified their child trust fund providers when they moved in 2010 before my time. Who on earth is so cavalier about their children's money?)

thriftwizard

I think we could go a couple of months before the food ran out; I say "think" because the number of mouths to feed round here tends to vary with the weather! Water is another story, but I'm within 100 yards of a fresh chalk stream and have plenty of Milton. Radiation contamination (in the event of a nuclear accident) would be a problem, but that would affect more than water and space constraints mean I can't cover every angle. And the local Magnox has been de-comissioned & there's virtually nothing left on site to glow in the dark now; various members of my family were concerned with either running it or dismantling it.

As long as the tea holds out we'll be OK...

ivyleaf

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

You never know where treasure lurks do you? I went into town this morning and got off on the periphery to get some more cider yeast for He Who Knows from the homebrew shop and walked in to the centre. I had to pass many charity shops and have virtually stopped going in as the stock seems static and if I didn't want what they had last time I certainly wouldn't want it this time. However, I hadn't been in to Age Concern for ages as it stands in a spot on its own, not near any other charity shops, so I went in today and Lo and Behold, there on the shelf for £1.99 stood a ceramic chamber candlestick, like a mug with the front cut off and a candle holder inside on the bottom, usual mug handle at the back, better than that it's another item from Portugal which matches my little collection from Conimbriga, needless to say it is now on the dresser with a candle in it! Lucky find and I'm happy!!!

That's what I call serendipity

[Deleted User]

I also don't actually think that the world WILL change overnight but I DO think asking the question makes for thought. I know there are 'little' things that I've been meaning to do prepping wise but because they are 'little' they simmer away on the backplate of my mind and somehow don't ever get done. Something I must amend and PDQ!

Frugalsod

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

I also don't actually think that the world WILL change overnight but I DO think asking the question makes for thought. I know there are 'little' things that I've been meaning to do prepping wise but because they are 'little' they simmer away on the backplate of my mind and somehow don't ever get done. Something I must amend and PDQ!

Sometimes it is better to let that idea simmer and properly formulate rather than dive in and try and solve straight away. You might find that the problem goes away or that you find a much better solution to it or that the solution you thought might work will do absolutely nothing to solve the emerging problem.

As a tenant I am always thinking of mobile solutions, things that can be taken with me and used elsewhere.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

We would be OK to keep warm, as I have over 1000 vintage welsh blankets and hand made quilts. :cool:,

[Deleted User]

I think other than water we could do at the very least 6 months but that's only until I find the gap in supplies/stocks that I hadn't put into the equasion! I currently don't posess a tent but do have a large tarpaulin and a large army poncho to make the shelter I know I CAN build and some thermal blankets and shelters to go under the shelter so as long as we're watertight we'll be warm. We've the rest of the camping equipment that we would need in terms of good 4 season sleeping bags, flint and steel, waterproof clothing and footwear etc. so I'm confident if we have to bug out and for staying home and making good here I've candles, matches, wood for the stove, food, solar lighting, medication/first aid and knowledge in both cases. I think we'd be OK in the first instance as long as there was no physical/ meteoroligcal/military threat. No one can guarantee though that would be enough. I think a positive undaunted attitude and being a bolshy whatname will go a long way towards getting you and yours over the first hurdles of any situation and when the dust starts to settle knowing 'how to' will make life much less fragile and make you a useful commodity to any group you might join or in your neighbourhood if you're still at home.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

I have got to go somewhere layer and wait for the BT engineer to install the phone line etc, and was going g to use the time to write out a meal plan , which we can use for the next few months.

I think I might do a a SHTF one too... So I can totally gauge how many tins etc of stuff I need for x amount of weeks worth of meals for 4 adults..

[Deleted User]

Attagirl CTC up and at 'em and know what you actually need rather than taking a guess. Much better than hoping pet!