Preparedness for when

Siebrie

NewShadow wrote: »

Sorry for being nosy, but do you work in/work for a company based in Europe?

I only ask as I think you're the only person I know who's payroll has been effected by the attacks.

I'm in Brussels, as is my employer. Even though it is an international company, I am locally employed. Quite a few headquarters closed on Wednesday for security reasons, including ours. Our executive team was out of the office for three days on a conference, but were then delayed coming back and being diverted. Two of them need to sign off (digitally) the payroll, but had difficulty accessing the secured website. Payroll should have left on Friday, and been in my account on Tuesday. HR told me did not leave until Tuesday morning, and should have been in my account today, but isn't

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NewShadow wrote: »

then I propose we postpone further discussion of this matter until our next meeting to give ourselves time to develop disagreement and perhaps gain some understanding of what the decision is all about.

Not forgetting that, the Politics Committee only sits on alternate years, and it sits in the corner, all by itself.

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jk0 wrote: »

Anyone else noticed awful fumes in those trains?

Maybe one of the passengers had been eating a lot of Baked Beans.

mardatha

My sympathies to those affected by the storm, we had about 5 big ones up here between the beginning of Dec and the end of Jan - it seemed never ending.

Frugalsod

nuatha wrote: »

Though a number of the comments Frugalsod made about the USA are little better than the pot calling the kettle - UK infrastructure is well below the standards it could and should be. If another government was disposing of assets to the benefit of its apparent cronies the way UK governments have or propose corruption would be the politest term used.

Unfortunately if such changes are made then it will impact us one way or another. It is the way governments of all persuasions can impact our daily plans that can through spanners into our preps.

The fact that our roads are not as good as they should be will mean that you will have to replace car suspensions more regularly, or that it will cost you either through higher maintenance bills or toll charges to repair said roads. Anything could happen so simply watching what the politicians are up to, is like watching the road much further ahead when you drive. They might make a policy change which you can work through the ramifications and so minimise its impact on you. For example the family credit cuts had an appalling impact on many but knowing what is coming allows you to change how you do things to minimise its impact on you.

We should primarily prep for the things that will happen to us. If unemployment is a risk then you need to be aware of things like benefit levels and capital limits before means testing. Weather is always a factor and is a prime factor. If you are elderly extreme heat might be a problem to worry about. If you live near an area at risk of flooding what the government plans to do in the area will impact your prepping plans. You might have to change things so unfortunately politics will impact you one way or another regardless of party in power.

Frugalsod

mardatha wrote: »

My sympathies to those affected by the storm, we had about 5 big ones up here between the beginning of Dec and the end of Jan - it seemed never ending.

It has not been so pleasant where I am either. Very unsettled weather and extremely windy at times. Though I do have empathy for those that are more impacted by the weather than I have been.

Karmacat

nuatha wrote: »

I hope you've slept well and woken up to nothing worse than when you went to bed, enjoyed a cuppa and then had a knock on the door from your builder's roofer, who can at least make things weatherproof today.
Fingers crossed I'm not too far off the mark.

Thanks nuatha! Sleep was terrible I'll be taking something OTC tonight, its getting silly. Definitely enjoyed my morning routine of cuppa, solitary cup of ground coffee then porridge. Builder says the roofing repair will be about the same as my insurance excess, so I'll settle it without them being involved. One fence to be repaired, the other has already mostly been torn down, and it'll be left. The extra I'll be doing is replacing the side gate to the back garden - the individual elements are solid, but the gatepost has rotted *only* around the hinges, which is a bit mystifying

No water in the house :j:j:j

mardatha wrote: »

My sympathies to those affected by the storm, we had about 5 big ones up here between the beginning of Dec and the end of Jan - it seemed never ending.

My roof flung itself to the ground on Sunday night, Mar, and since then we've had drizzle here and there, but only two hours of heavy rain - if it had been really bad weather like that after the damage, I don't know what I'd have done. Sympathies to all concerned.

GreyQueen

NewShadow wrote: »

Keeping the momentum going - It's 2am on Saturday night/Sunday morning.

You wake to a crashing sound.

Your kitchen ceiling has just collapsed - lets say burst pipe, but obviously your house layout may vary, all you know at the time is the sky is falling and its wet.

If my kitchen ceiling collapses, it will mean that a huge concrete slab supporting the flat above has caved in - possibly bringing the rest of that part of the tower down with it.

This will mean my fitted kitchen and appliances are now so much scrap metal and chipboard and a garnishing of water leaks will be the least of my worries. If I am not actually squished, I will climb out of the bedroom window (opposite side to the kitchen) and run like heck away from the building.

I have two external stop taps here. One turns off my flat, one turns off all the flats in a vertical line above mine. Occasionally we have fun and games if a plumber (or resident) in a g/floor flat turns off the wrong one.

mardatha (and other Scots) I would like you all to wrap up very warm tonight. I was in a hospital clinic just before 9 am this morning, watching some kind of news programme with the sound off and a teletype feed along the bottom and the weather forcast sez it's to be minus 70 in Scotland tonight.:rotfl:

I have had a clean bill of health which was a relief after the recent BC scare. I probably have some kind of musco-skeletal problem, possibly in my neck, which is referring pain through my chest. Further investigations to follow.

ETA; Glad to hear some progress towards roof resolution, Karmakat, and I hope you can get some quality rest. Re the fencepost rotting around the hinges, I have a few ideas. Could it be that the hinges had been rebated into the post, leaving an area which was not then accessible when preservatives were put on and also a bit of a water trap?

Karmacat

GreyQueen wrote: »

I have had a clean bill of health which was a relief after the recent BC scare. I probably have some kind of musco-skeletal problem, possibly in my neck, which is referring pain through my chest. Further investigations to follow.

Excellent news :j I'm really pleased for you. That its not BC, that is. You know what I meant :kisses3: Must have been so scary.

ETA; Glad to hear some progress towards roof resolution, Karmakat, and I hope you can get some quality rest. Re the fencepost rotting around the hinges, I have a few ideas. Could it be that the hinges had been rebated into the post, leaving an area which was not then accessible when preservatives were put on and also a bit of a water trap?

Thanks GQ. I'm in the kitchen right now, so I popped out to look The top hinge looks like the whole post has been repurposed, so that there's a rebated area *underneath* where the hinge used to be - so very much a water trap, as you say. The bottom hinge, I suspect there weren't enough screws or they weren't long enough.

The door is stable door style one side, leaving smooth planks on the other side - I'm really tempted to keep it, to eventually repurpose it into something, if only a picnic table. These schemes of mine have a way of not happening, but I love the idea

This house is solid, but there's been a lot of bodging going on the last few years :eek:

jk0

Congrats on your good news GQ. Could you have trapped a nerve or something pulling your bow back?

I'm the same age as you, and get aches & pains from the silliest things nowadays. I couldn't even go to work on my flat today after all yesterday's walking about.