Preparedness for when

Nargleblast

Marmalade may not be essential to sustain life, but it is one of those things that makes life worth living (like mardatha's jelly babies).

I think it is worth remembering that, yes, you should stock up on staples e.g. rice, dried milk, pulses, oats, tinned fish/meat/fruit/veg etc, but if you had to exist on a few basic foodstuffs for any length of time due to extreme weather conditions/society breakdown whatever, it would soon get very boring. Keeping up your morale is very important in bad times, so all hail marmalade, jelly babies and chocolate!

(Feel free to add what you like to that list)

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Nargleblast wrote: »

Marmalade may not be essential to sustain life, but it is one of those things that makes life worth living (like mardatha's jelly babies).

I think it is worth remembering that, yes, you should stock up on staples e.g. rice, dried milk, pulses, oats, tinned fish/meat/fruit/veg etc, but if you had to exist on a few basic foodstuffs for any length of time due to extreme weather conditions/society breakdown whatever, it would soon get very boring. Keeping up your morale is very important in bad times, so all hail marmalade, jelly babies and chocolate!

(Feel free to add what you like to that list)

TEABAGS!!!!! ( and coffee if you are a coffee drinker)

I know this might sound naff, but if I ever needed a sugar fix , and didn't have a sweet, or biscwit in the house I would have a teaspoon full of golden syrup..

mardatha

I fear that CTC has been emotionally traumatised in the past by running out of teabags. This might need counselling- have you thought of that??

Doveling

Do any of you qualify to do this and can afford it?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34489326

Worth doing or another scam?:(


I think the Russian jet and RAF thing was just irresponsible tabloid journalism.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34502545

On the conker front, soak in vinegar for a couple of days then put the hole through for the string. Then dry out slowly in the oven. The biggest conkers aren't the best, they are too large a target and shatter quickly. Small ones won't whack your opponents conker hard enough. I'd always go for medium.

I have quite a lot of drivel stored in my head :rotfl:

Karmacat

GreyQueen wrote: »

I love conkers, but only when they are that lovely bright shiny new colour. They can be kept in the home as spider deterrants, apparently; I think you hurl them at really big spiders with a slingshot, or summat.

:j:j:j I like this! I have something called Zero something or other, which is basically lots of herbs and flowers in a commercial liquid, which smells mostly of lavender, its specifically a repellent, doesn't kill them - sploosh it on them, and they really do run a mile. I use it on the big'uns that hang on to the door hinge or something

Nargleblast wrote: »

Marmalade may not be essential to sustain life, but it is one of those things that makes life worth living (like mardatha's jelly babies).

Definitely. Herbs, spices, balsamic vinegar, toasted sesame oil, that sort of thing too

Doveling wrote: »

Do any of you qualify to do this and can afford it?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34489326

Worth doing or another scam?:(

I'm not eligible ... my business partner will investigate, I'm sure, as he *is* eligible, and lived abroad for a long time so he doesn't have the full number of years for a full pension. I'll report back

mardatha

Well the Min of Defence would deny it wouldn't they - if it did happen then the pilot would get the blame, not the suits.
Reading that pension thingy, I'd need to pay in £8900 (which I have not got lol) in order to get an extra £10 a week!? -which would be taxable... and then I might drop dead the week after it.
As things stand, if anything happened to the RV I'd qualify for pension credit as I don't get the full state pension.

Frugalsod

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

TEABAGS!!!!! ( and coffee if you are a coffee drinker)

I know this might sound naff, but if I ever needed a sugar fix , and didn't have a sweet, or biscwit in the house I would have a teaspoon full of golden syrup..

I find that I only use golden syrup for porridge but have used some to sweeten coffee when out of sugar.

mardatha

Putting syrup in porridge is a DEADLY SIN! STOPPIT! *sobs*

Karmacat

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: I had a couple of years when I seasoned porridge with salt, but nowadays I use organic honey and pumpkin seeds and linseed, for the arthritis

I'm really not a northerner any more, am I :rotfl:

pineapple

Nargleblast wrote: »

. Keeping up your morale is very important in bad times, so all hail marmalade, jelly babies and chocolate!

The only way I could keep that little lot intact would be to lock it all up in time release capsules