Preparedness for when

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mumps wrote: »

Funny when you think of the attitude to an unmarried mother then and now.

My work colleague tells me, when his mother was pregnant, in the 50s, she would walk along the street looking at the pavement, out of embarrassment for having had sex, and she was married.

Mojisola

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

My work colleague tells me, when his mother was pregnant, in the 50s, she would walk along the street looking at the pavement, out of embarrassment for having had sex, and she was married.

One of my grandmothers had to get used to finger-pointing in the village when she fell pregnant with an 'afterthought' baby - she and grandfather were in their late 40s and still doing 'it'! Shocking!:rotfl:

Frugalsod

Ryanna2599 wrote: »

Frugalsod that sounds like a dream holiday! This web page may be of interest wrt trying your Bushcraft skills...as well as the rest of us if the power went out and we needed to start a fire: http://www.naturalnews.com/051681_fire_building_self-reliance_prepping.html

It is sizing up to be pretty good. The first desert island I am planned to stay on is only 3 km from an active submarine volcano that is only 26 m below the surface. The prime skill I will be practising there is water collection, with no rivers or ponds so will need to collect filter and store as much as needed for a number of days. Then maintaining a sage fire to keep mosquitoes at bay, as well as cooking and managing fuel for a weeks meals and drinks.

Frugalsod

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

I think the biggest 'ill' in society today is people thinking it's their right to 'have it all', it leads to such feelings of resentment and skews thinking when it comes to sensible use of the resources available. We seem en masse to have got hold of the idea that you have to have everything everyone else has or you're poor deprived underdogs and that society 'owes' you. It's a sick society when even parents with kiddies at infant school feel the need to send them in 'designer' clothes and with the latest mobile phone because 'every one else has one and I don't want little Freddie to get picked on for having last years model', goodness our local primary school now even has a 'prom' for the 11 year olds going up to senior school and this summer I saw a couple of stretched limousines picking up overdressed and vastly over excited kids from the school gate on the last day of term, why on earth would you???

I knew a girl whose baby was dressed in designer gear which the child would never appreciate and would grow out of within months anyway. Though there is a huge social pressure from Hello and OK magazines to try and emulate these pretentious plonkers.

GreyQueen

mardatha wrote: »

And GreyQueen apparently I'm in San Francisco too. I'll just nip out into the horrible cold heavy rain and tell the sheep they're in California.

Lol, I'm sure that'll make them feel much better. Be sure to put some flowers in their fleece so they look the part.

Actually, it's great, I can 'travel' without the aggravation of actually going anywhere, have been no further than a quarter-mile from home today, but enjoyed time with pals and a visit to the library.

DawnW

Frugalsod wrote: »

Though there is a huge social pressure from Hello and OK magazines to try and emulate these pretentious plonkers.

Is there? Must have missed that :rotfl:

Frugalsod

DawnW wrote: »

Is there? Must have missed that :rotfl:

Well I was thinking about a while ago. Though the pressures are still there via lifestyle magazine and newspaper supplements.

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Frugalsod wrote: »

I knew a girl whose baby was dressed in designer gear which the child would never appreciate and would grow out of within months anyway.

I know someone, who spent thirty five quid on a pair of training shoes, to fit her 6 month old baby. :rotfl:

Frugalsod

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

I know someone, who spent thirty five quid on a pair of training shoes, to fit her 6 month old baby. :rotfl:

Yes it is crazy.

thriftwizard

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

I know someone, who spent thirty five quid on a pair of training shoes, to fit her 6 month old baby. :rotfl:

Hahaha! I can top that - long ago, when DS1 was about a year old & just starting to walk, I bought a pair of beautifully-made reversible, adjustable dungarees for him, knowing that he'd have a sibling to inherit them too before too long. So I didn't balk at paying £39.99, especially as I'd only just left a well-paid job and at that point had no idea I was never going back. It was in the early days of EFTPOS machines, and the girl left her finger on the button a tad too long & it came up as £39,999.99. We had a good laugh, she voided it & put the correct amount in, and I thought nothing more of it - until we got our bank statement through several weeks later. Just for a moment or two, we were £40K in unauthorised overdraft... Luckily the bank saw the funny side & cancelled the charges, but not many people would pay £40K for a pair of baby dungarees, even now!