Preparedness for when

missrlr

Morning all, don't really cope with scary films but happy to shoot zombies , consider it target practice. Hope the zombies will stay dead and away that way.
Awoke AGAIN with a screaming sore throat , not nice. Off to town to buy the last few Xmas pressies and get a new pair of trainers for the gym work as shins were a bit sore last time I did high impact work. Down graded those to dog walking duty before I do myself a mischief. Must check out JJB for a bargain. Also gives me the option to raid £land et al for a few bits DH will roll his eyes but hey ho nothing new there.
Darling MIL fixed my evening dress, actually it is the dress I wore as bridesmaid for sisters wedding 5 years ago managed to wear it 3 other times so far! so now the Christmas party event I have to go to is sorted clothes wise , also shoe wise as it came with dyed to match shoes. Very MSE means event cost me zero but should be good fun!
Raining here and grey. Don't think there is much hope of change so best just crack on with it! Ironing later, oh deep joy.
Happy zombie hunting

Hardup_Hester

Anyone interested in getting the S to hit their particular fan extra quickly, could try posting a rant on Facebook, calling the boss all sorts of names, using lots of swear words. It worked a treat for a colleague of mine, who has been moaning for years about their job & now has no job!
Hester

suburbanwifey

Hardup_Hester wrote: »

Anyone interested in getting the S to hit their particular fan extra quickly, could try posting a rant on Facebook, calling the boss all sorts of names, using lots of swear words. It worked a treat for a colleague of mine, who has been moaning for years about their job & now has no job!
Hester

*Ouch* bit stupid that isn't it. However, I have found shouting on FB and Twitter gets fast results when something goes wrong with an online order, had great results I use FB and Twitter to get companies that would otherwise ignore you if they could to get their act together, but shouting about the boss, stupid!

D&DD

Have a wonderful time Caterina would have loved to have gone to that but just too busy atm

Hester :eek: I've never used facebook and have no wish to as most of the people I know who have it just use it to gossip and row with each other like they did at the school gates..it's caused no end of trouble here so I avoid..feel sorry for your colleague but surely they realise its open for others to read???

2T,missrlr I hate any films to do with exorcisms/devily type possession stuff and hate Hostel/saw type,blood and gore productions but will happily watch zombies I suppose its cos *whispers* they're not real

Maryb hope the recovery is going well and you're not too sore

Hope all our poorly peeps and injured are feeling a bit better today,DS3 is on his last but one day of AntiB's and only just seeming a bit brighter now it must be a nasty ole bug going round (his was the throat one too)

Back later need to walk the doglet and want to get in the rather soggy garden to do some picking have a great day all XXX

COOLTRIKERCHICK

I have been in and out of this thread, and also started watching Am. preppers...

We have laughed our heads off with some of them, spending millions on fallout bunkers etc, BUT some of them are prepping for more realistic reasons...

The one I seen last night was a family were prepping in readyness for the food prices to escalate/food chain to collapse, with not enough food etc ( which is what is happening small scale with bad weather etc at mo)

The family turned ALL their outside space in the garden to grow, and all the family were involved, they were growing 90% ( i think) of their food...which I personally think is a good thing to aim for, when prepping for when the poo hits the fan. or in our case when food prices hit a level we cant afford them.

Dippypud

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

I have been in and out of this thread, and also started watching Am. preppers...

We have laughed our heads off with some of them, spending millions on fallout bunkers etc, BUT some of them are prepping for more realistic reasons...

The one I seen last night was a family were prepping in readyness for the food prices to escalate/food chain to collapse, with not enough food etc ( which is what is happening small scale with bad weather etc at mo)

The family turned ALL their outside space in the garden to grow, and all the family were involved, they were growing 90% ( i think) of their food...which I personally think is a good thing to aim for, when prepping for when the poo hits the fan. or in our case when food prices hit a level we cant afford them.

The good thing is out there they have more room to grow ...

over here we have to be a bit more ...inventive ...

This is a clever little site with some cracking ideas ...
http://www.verticalveg.org.uk/

mardatha

I think that's the only way to go now, CTC. Think we all need to grow what we can, but a lot of folk havent done it before and have lost the old skills & knowledge so it takes a couple of years to get it right. Add in the hellish summers we've had for the last 2 years, it's a time job I think but has to be done.
I think things are going backwards at a rate of knots so we need to look backwards in time to the Victorians-up-to-wartime, and copy them. Because they lived with the very real threat of the S hitting the F.
I found amazing stuff in an old household book that sadly fell to bits and is in my kitchen drawer in a polybag, its so fragile & brittle I'm scared to read it now. It had stuff like how to untie stubborn knots in string (hit the knot with a hammer!).. how to clean glass bottles (crushed eggshells)..how to make a niche in the mantelpiece for the salt box (stops it going solid with damp)..and the one thing I did copy - how to save all oddments of veg and put aside for the stockpot. I have a bag in the freezer and all bits of veg apart from tattie peelings, go in there.

D&DD

CTC they have a really great site here http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/



Mar did the cheerios arrive?

Dog is hiding in the boys room 'cos it's raining..wuss!

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CTC - THANK YOU for seeing the reality of this thread through all the banter and mucking about, it's got a pertinent message which you have summed up perfectly. You're a clear seeing person and a breath of fresh air, Cheers Lyn xxx.

mardatha

D3 yes pet they did thanks, I tried to thank you but yer inbox was full!