Preparedness for when

calicocat

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

typing one-handed.

had accident - not my fault.

result is long deep gash on finger. needed stitches and spent ALL day getting them - as sent elsewhere - though this is a town and not village and does have doctors here:mad::mad::mad:

1. part of the gash couldn't be stitched - as too wide i'm told. they have done deep narrow bit - that was bleeding constantly. told me I will have permanent scar. oh no I won't I decided. so how do I treat that bit to ensure no scar? should I use honey? aloe vera? what? to ensure no scar.

2. been told not to get it wet:cool: hello???? these days its not possible to have dressing on for a week and not get it wet - courtesy of our modern day regular showers. thoughts on modern ways of doing dressings that cope with our cleaner 21st century lives?

Just doing catch -up.....Hi Money.


Don't get it wet for at least 5 days if quite wide and deep, it will get infected no matter how clean you are as it will slough too much too quickly due to the water.

As mentioned, wear a glove and seal it and that will be fine.

Once the would is sealed (if that makes sense) washing will be fine and encourage healing. Having a skin that erupts regularly in places I would also say when it looks better a salt bath will help. You need a whole bottle to one bath to be effective. 20 mins or more.

I have tried everything to heal and not scar on a regular basis. . I had a cut on my foot that wasn't stitchable and was told I would scar, and I didn't.

Do you normally scar? , if not you may be worrying without need. I have found olive oil and coconut oil better than honey to be honest for scarring , but that may be my skin. The best thing ever though, is if you can go to the beach, sea water does wonders for the skin. Bit cold this time of year, but if you can grin and get on with it, half an hour of hand on and off in the sea will be great for it.

Unless Very deep or wide, it may scar for now, but in a couple of years will be gone.

maryb

My thinking is that nothing much will change all that suddenly. The pound might well weaken and that might put up food prices but probably no more than they were a year or two ago when the price of oil was much higher. If sanctions against Russia are still in place then Europe's farmers have to sell their produce somewhere, they're not going to turn away from a sizeable market. If they try and introduce tariff barriers to us selling to them, well we buy more than we sell so that is a dangerous road to go down.

But there could be some supply chain dislocations which would possibly lead to short term shortages in the shops, like the sugar shortages of the 1970s. So probably a good idea to keep a good level of storecupboard basics and if you see any good deals top up the freezer.

But well short of US "beans bandages and bullets" type apocalyptic doom

My main concern as a pensioner is massive inflation. One of the other things I remember from the 1970s is people retiring on what at the time were good pensions and gradually being reduced to abject poverty - and not so gradually when inflation touched over 25% one year

maryb

just had a quick look at inflation rates in the 1970s. In all but one year they were well into double figures (and, as I say, touched 25% in one year). Rule of 72 - with inflation at 10% the value of money halves in 7.2 years. At 15% it only takes 5 years.

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One step that it might be sensible to take as a precaution and a 'hedge' against possible shortages if it looks like we might vote NO would be to put in a stock of items that are your 'mainstays' when it comes to favourite foods or toiletries, things you would really miss if they are either not available or priced out of your reach, safe in the knowledge that you won't be tying up swathes of cash in things that you might not use because if they're your favourite things even if it took a while they would be used so it's a 'safe' investment. For me it would have to be TEA BAGS, OXO CUBES, SIMPLE SHOWER GEL,BROWN SAUCE not that any of these are high price commodities but they're the things I'd miss having on a day to day basis that would be my 'luxury' items if we were to find ourselves in a very austere situation for any reason.

calicocat

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

One step that it might be sensible to take as a precaution and a 'hedge' against possible shortages if it looks like we might vote NO would be to put in a stock of items that are your 'mainstays' when it comes to favourite foods or toiletries, things you would really miss if they are either not available or priced out of your reach, safe in the knowledge that you won't be tying up swathes of cash in things that you might not use because if they're your favourite things even if it took a while they would be used so it's a 'safe' investment. For me it would have to be TEA BAGS, OXO CUBES, SIMPLE SHOWER GEL,BROWN SAUCE not that any of these are high price commodities but they're the things I'd miss having on a day to day basis that would be my 'luxury' items if we were to find ourselves in a very austere situation for any reason.

I always think of fuel too (petrol) how far to get stuff, how heavy it would be to carry without a car. I stock up on the heavy things (cat litter/food/etc(whatever is heavy to your needs especially if you have a pet. Large dogs take large bags of food if they aren't cool with eating your food or are not used to it and dont have the stomach for it and need bought food.

fuddle

Lyn loved your posts this morning. We really are two peas in a pod. I'm having thoughts about what if we were forced to scale back and that it didn't make us resentful (forced to take responsibility for myself after have/get attitude made me greatful and appreciative) when shtf does it have to be that folk would be up in arms? To mind if it does it's something that has come about in the last 60 years so hell yeah... out please.

Ah shush, I'm allowed romantic simplistic thoughts on a Sunday morning.

craigy how I wish my DD was part of teaching like that.

thriftwizard seed websites quick sharpish... you're a prepper enjoy.

I have seeds on the window sills for the past few weeks. I figured I should act a little early given my location. Fingers crossed.

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I can't think of another 'pea' I'd rather share pod space with pickle!!!

moneyistooshorttomention

calicocat wrote: »

I have tried everything to heal and not scar on a regular basis. . I had a cut on my foot that wasn't stitchable and was told I would scar, and I didn't.

Do you normally scar? , if not you may be worrying without need. I have found olive oil and coconut oil better than honey to be honest for scarring , but that may be my skin. The best thing ever though, is if you can go to the beach, sea water does wonders for the skin. Bit cold this time of year, but if you can grin and get on with it, half an hour of hand on and off in the sea will be great for it.

Unless Very deep or wide, it may scar for now, but in a couple of years will be gone.

Thanks Calico - I do have sea a short (infrequent) bus ride away - which I've found is a bit polluted. Have translated that comment into "buy some extra salt". I buy decent salt anyway - eg sea salt. Will add a couple of packets to the list and try couple of handfuls of it in to soak hand in in a bowl (as my house doesn't have a bath - there was only room for a shower).

Quick check later - and I have one (very faint - gotta peer to see it) scar from sterilisation many years ago. Think my cautious/safety-conscious nature has kept me safer than a lot of people over the years is probable reason for that. Hence the upset at having been injured. Though I was talking to another friend recently and she was telling me hers had been a happy marriage until her partner had one of those "shoulda been It" incidents and she dialled 999 (as we are all trained to do) and spent the remaining years of his life/their marriage realising that hadn't been his wishes. I know my mother is angry deep down that my father called 999 for her recently too. So I'm not going to say anything - another friend has told me the other one feels very bad at having caused it. So I'll pass on....

So - I am working on forgetting the anger - as it could have been a lot worse - ie Summat Major and someone had had me resuscitated (like my father or my friends husband).

It coulda been worse - at not having made any friends here yet - but I've made a pretty decent number of friends here by now.

Fortunately - coconut oil is a fashionable ingredient at the moment - so that means I have it in my larder (along with the bee pollen, maca, quinoa, etc):rotfl:. Food is the one thing in life where I am bang on top of latest trends - with my low boredom threshold:rotfl:. Will haul it out and use that too....

moneyistooshorttomention

Thriftwizards comment has got me wondering whether to start off seeds or no.

I have bought an electric propagator and am wondering whether to or no yet.

BTW - Whilst I'm waiting to save up the money for conservatory and/ or whatever in garden - I am planning on temporarily using large lidded plastic boxes as cold frames (as the ones I've decided on cost hundreds of £s each - so will be a while before I have them).

How do people safely drill drainage holes in these containers (eg the type used for underbed storage) with ordinary household possessions and without splitting the plastic? I don't have things like a drill.

fuddle

Find the thinnist part of the plastic (often have dimples in the bottom during manufacturing) sit the box ontop of a soft surface e.g. towel or sponge and poke with a sharp implement. You can wiggle to enlaege hole or if using a knife alternate to stab a cross in it.

Done this umpteen times with plastic storage containers as planters or drainage holes for outdoor toy boxes.