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jk0 wrote: »

Thanks Kittie. Ha ha. Do you think so? Mum ran out a couple of times when we were out in her Daf when I was a child.

It's not even running out I'm concerned about, as she only potters around the local area. It's that if petrol is unavailable for a week, she has nothing to fall back on. She will expect others to help, when she could have avoided the situation by following a little simple advice.

Any time I get on my soap box about prepping, she humours me by pretending to listen, and then carries on as normal.

:rotfl::rotfl:in sympathy and recognition....

I try telling my mother that things go "into reverse" as the adult children get older etc and its time for the "children" to give useful advice etc. I don't think I've convinced her....and there can be occasions when the words "I told you so - but you wouldn't listen would you?" have been heard:cool:

One thing that strikes me forcibly is that women of her generation/your mothers generation (ie probably the same generation then.....) were brought up to "Get Married Regardless" and generally don't seem to think of themselves as independent human beings and have always thought/then got very used to thinking in terms of "husbands" as being Leading Figures and don't really have that much concept of thinking of themselves as independent Human Beings who have to think independently/make decisions for themselves/etc - because there was always The Husband Indoors that was/is rather expected to do their share of thinking/planning/etc as well as his own.

I honestly don't think many women in that generation (ie those who weren't Career Women) are used to thinking/planning independently - as there was always Him Indoors to fall back on as The One Who Should.

Having said that - and I can think of a few woman in my own generation (ie Baby Boom one) who would struggle to manage as a single person and I can see them coming to me for Lessons In How To if/when they are widowed/divorced - as they know I've had to spend many years "fending for myself" because of always having been single.

The penny will/might drop eventually with your mother (though it may not be until she is a widow:() that there isn't a Fallback Position and she does have to plan personally. Now my mother no longer has me nearby I am finding she is telling me tales on the phone of Having Stood Up For Herself and she is getting just as "determined" as she accuses me of being:rotfl:. She's learning....she's learning and the day I can manage to get her to question whatever medical treatment a medic has prescribed to her every time is the day I will think "Cracked it at last ...and now she can stand up for herself/plan for herself:T".

elaine241

Hello All
I am still here although RL has seriously got in the way recently.

I seem to have bred a cross between Bear Grylls and a prepper! My 10 yr old son has taken to setting traps/building shelters and shooting things! (OK vermin such as crows, magpies & squirrels). I was slightly grossed out ( to use a phrase used by my son) to find a gutted and skinned squirrel carcass wrapped and labelled in my fridge!! Apparently he was saving it for the weekend when he was camping with his mates of similar ilk! I am not sure I should be proud that he can "kill it, cook it eat it" or worry that this Bear Grylls phase is getting out of hand. His bedside reading obviously includes Mr Grylls but also the book of knots, SAS survival guide and a bushcraft book.
He is aware that his mum is a bit odd and that she carries strange things in her vehicles and handbags but he has now started asking me about my bug out plans, bug in plans and wether I have routes planned to escape etc. I dont know wether to tell him or just give him the diluted versions, (yes to bug out/in/escape routes) as I dont want him telling his school friends etc. I want to encourage his interest as it is nice to have an ally in all this as OH just rolls his eyes and mutters "weirdo" under his breath!

preps wise I have been making plenty of jams and jellies, freezing fruit and veg and generally stocking up the freezers for the winter. I now have a generator that will run them in the event of a power cut ( as long as some scroat doesnt nick it! LOL). The wood pile seems to be measurable in the tons so if we have a cold one , as long as its not like the film Day After Tomorrow, we should be ok! I have plenty of blankets and rugs and have even nearly made a lap quilt my 1st attempt at sewing! Serious bargain at the BSale the other day wool blankets 50p each as woman selling thought they were for dog beds! Funny things you can buy at a BS I picked up a 24 hour ration pack/survival pack army issue plus a hexamine stove for £5. All in date, with 1st aid stuff and only the beef jerky scoffed! It did say Property of MOD and not for sale on the box but "Oh well!"
Any way just to say I am still here but not posting or reading regularly until life gets back to relative normality! Never thought I would wish for a boring, routine life but I could do with one for a little while!!

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elaine241 wrote: »

I am not sure I should be proud that he can "kill it, cook it eat it"

Why can't you be proud?

He's learned a valuable skill, that might just save his life one day.

Frugalsod

elaine241 wrote: »

Hello All
I am still here although RL has seriously got in the way recently.

I seem to have bred a cross between Bear Grylls and a prepper! My 10 yr old son has taken to setting traps/building shelters and shooting things! (OK vermin such as crows, magpies & squirrels). I was slightly grossed out ( to use a phrase used by my son) to find a gutted and skinned squirrel carcass wrapped and labelled in my fridge!! Apparently he was saving it for the weekend when he was camping with his mates of similar ilk! I am not sure I should be proud that he can "kill it, cook it eat it" or worry that this Bear Grylls phase is getting out of hand. His bedside reading obviously includes Mr Grylls but also the book of knots, SAS survival guide and a bushcraft book.
He is aware that his mum is a bit odd and that she carries strange things in her vehicles and handbags but he has now started asking me about my bug out plans, bug in plans and wether I have routes planned to escape etc. I dont know wether to tell him or just give him the diluted versions, (yes to bug out/in/escape routes) as I dont want him telling his school friends etc. I want to encourage his interest as it is nice to have an ally in all this as OH just rolls his eyes and mutters "weirdo" under his breath!

I think both you and your son have now worked out who will be lunch in an really extreme situation. :beer: :rotfl:

mardatha

My youngest was the same, it's a very good way to be! He still enjoys camping instead of hotel holidays and he still keeps a hawk and ferrets which help with the meat supply

1Tonsil

This site is very good for updates on what is going on across Europe. They post throughout the day to keep it current.

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=235&sid=36556791&title=the-latest-eu-migration-official-urges-hungary-compassion

armyknife

The UN HCR is a good source of informations about what is going on with the refugee and migration crisis:

http://www.unhcr.org.uk/

Maybe if some of us preppers get into trouble one day, we might find ourselves getting help from these guys?

fuddle

Interesting 1Tonsil Reading down one part caught my eye:

A German hospital has seen a spate of Syrian refugees poisoned after eating mushrooms that apparently resemble edible fungi in their homeland.

The Hannover Medical School said it has seen around 35 cases in recent days of people — mostly refugees from Syria — who had eaten the death cap mushroom. Those with the most severe symptoms were taken to a specialized clinic.

It says the mushroom is one of the most poisonous in Germany. It can cause vomiting and diarrhea and, in the most serious cases, life-threatening liver damage.

The hospital has designed a poster warning about the mushrooms in several languages, including Arabic and Kurdish.

Questioning that the website is based in Salt Lake City though. I suppose it doesn't matter where a website is based... should it? It sells advertising space. Should that matter in terms of factual, impartial reporting?

Karmacat

fuddle wrote: »

Questioning that the website is based in Salt Lake City though. I suppose it doesn't matter where a website is based... should it? It sells advertising space. Should that matter in terms of factual, impartial reporting?

Of course it matters! Everyone has a bias - you just need to know what the bias is. The website is Mormon, in all probability - check out the Popular Posts - No 1 is an LDS apostle's wife fixing her sash during someone's speech. That's okay, as long as we know. And the Mormon religion certainly advocates prepping

They're sort of grown ups about it too, that website. I've heard a lot of American religionists disliking Harry Potter as satanist, but when I went to the "brandview" section, to see if it was an About page, there's a big headline saying " 7 places in Utah that the Dark Lord would hide a horcrux"

I like their attitude

fuddle

In terms of reporting about what is going on on European soil, it's probably not a site I would like to bother with then. At least it shows I am beginning to question the source