Preparedness for when

D&DD

2T theres a really good thread on here I think Pink/Noo may have put the link at the start of this one its called What worked and what didnt last winter (or something like that..) It s got loads of great tips from when we had our unseasonal snow as has the prepping for winter threads
-30 is fippin' baltic..I don't envy you hun!

grandma247

Mardatha if your book is not valuable in monetary terms then could you have the pages laminated to preserve them so you can read them? You would either need to have a laminating machine yourself or know someone with one.

mardatha

It's too far gone grandma. The paper is nicotine coloured and very brittle, breaks when you touch it. A lot of pages came loose so I just put it in a poly bag. It looks about 1914 vintage and I got it from my MIL many years ago.

Caterina

Yo, Mar, guess who I met today? And he is even better looking in person than in the TV. He confirmed that, in fact, he has been in your shed (you faithless woman!) so I decided to stick with DH (but Peter and I will "remain friends")!

I got the picture to prove it, you know where to look LOL

GreyQueen

Mardatha, would it be viable to copy out the most useful bits? Perhaps put into Word and print yer own version? Seems a wicked shame to lose valuable information.

Or perhaps it's available secondhand on the interwebulator? Perhaps try looking on abebooks or ama-thingy?

ginnyknit

Caterina you are a terrible tease :rotfl:

2tonsils, I suggest you go foraging for wood and buy lots of woolly knickers - OMG -30 you will see polar bears out the window. I cannot believe they reckon its going to be that cold. I think some serious prepping is in order for all of us, if you get minus 30 we could bet on another winter of minus 18 like a couple of years ago.

My hot water bottle died in the night and the other one is lost so have 2 kiddy sized ones - :mad: Im going out to buy some more tomorrow I need them for my sciatica at the mo never mind later on.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

I conceded to some preparedness this week - I had acquired a number of vouchers that offered £3 off Fairy Platinum Dishwasher tablets, any size, and Mr T was offering 20 tabs reduced to £4 from £7.49.

After a couple of trips, I now have 100 of the things for a fiver - a saving of £32.45 - and will mean, along with the current pack in use, I won't need anymore dishwasher tabs until 2014.


Goes well with the sack of potatoes and the one of onions, together with a lot of tins and UHT milk. It's already paying off as I'm not feeling great due to medication - and there's plenty of food in the cupboards without having to hit the shops.

wondercollie

Well, it hits -30C here quite often in January. It's a case of hunker down and bear it. -20 isn't too bad. You just feel the individual hairs in your nostrils.

Extra quilts on the bed. Make sure the car anti-freeze is good at that temperature and if you've got a block heater in your engine (standard in my part of the world) plug it in four hurs before you need to use the car.

Check the weather stripping on doors and seal the windows with clingfilm type wrap.

It doesn't really last long, it just feels like it.

Oh, and you can keep frozen stuff outside!

twofishes

Well the !!!!!! has kind of hit my fan. I am a student and thanks to Student Finance ineptness still have had no money. I also have clinical depression and was on the right medication and all but the money stress has given me some breakthrough depression and I'm very low. So I have a little money to tide me over but I don't know how long I will need it for, and it's making me very unmotivated for basic OS skills like meal planning. I am not sure what will help.

meme30

Twofishes:- Sorry to hear you are struggling. Red tape is controlled by jobs worths types and their incompetence! It's really hard to be OS when depression becomes overwhelming and you feel that you have no fight left.
Meal planning is one way to make you feel that you still have a little control in your life. Yes you have little/no money but you can stretch the food you have already. If you post what you have here, or on one of the other food related threads, someone will have ideas for you to use to feed yourself using what you already have.
I do hope they sort it soon for you and you're able to get on with your life and your course again. :grouphug: