Preparedness for when

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I've just had an enlightening chat with DD1 about the heatwave situation in parts of India and the cooking ban during the day, she has visited the area several times as the school she teaches at is the Cathedral school and they have a link with a Christian community in Andra Pradesh where there is a school complex, she has friends there from her visits. She told me that normally most of the cooking in the day IS done outside but that it is VERY hot and the houses are very flimsy because of this. The idea of cooking at night isn't as dangerous as it sounds as the humidity in the air goes up appreciably after dark and damps down the fabric of the buildings making it less likely that a spark will ignite and cause a conflagration.

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MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

We might find ourselves back there MILA

Ones thing's for certain. I won't need to worry about an absence hairdressing equipment.

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You'd miss the polish and nice soft cloth though wouldn't you BOB?

GreyQueen

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

Ones thing's for certain. I won't need to worry about an absence hairdressing equipment.

As long as you have nikwax, you're good to go from top to toe.

Personally, I cut my own hair with sharpened clamshells.

thriftwizard

there were places in southern England without electicity and running water as late as the 1960s.

This is one of them - the mains water & 'leccy came down our street in '67, and the remains of an old pump still sit by our garden gate, under an aucuba bush. Not enough to use in emergencies, alas; just the downpipe left now. But the water's not very far down.

Wish me luck; tomorrow I take my life in my hands and attempt to teach the bunch of university professors, high-flying accountants, scientists, doctors and ministers otherwise known as my rellies the Palais Glide and the Lambeth Walk! As they never believe a word I say and certainly won't follow my instructions, this should be hysterical... if you read any headlines saying "woman, 57, trampled to death by her own family" you'll know why I've gone quiet...

milasavesmoney

I love this thread.

mardatha

I love this thread too I was watching vids on youtube the other day about the lambeth walk and the palais glide - god knows why, I forgot now. The other thing I love is Wilson & Keppel doing the sand dance, my dad used to do that for me when I was crying, to make me laugh.
I was trying to get into the spirit of the discussion here, but hot and dry does does not compute in my brain. If it ever gets hot and dry up here then the rest of you are probly toast.
It's a self-indulgent lazy way of prepping (my way! lol) but try reading Paul Doherty's books - the Hugh Corbett series are the best. They are set in the 13th century and he's very accurate and knows his stuff. It's quite interesting reading a murder mystery and at the same time picking up snippets of how life was then.

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MAR if you like those books try PAT McINTOSH as an author, the GIL CUNNINGHAM books are set in Glasgow in the 1400s and I can't wait for the new one being released soon. Good characters, good plots, books to get lost in! I have as part of my preps a small shelf of new to me books I've collected that I have made myself leave unread and should we ever be in the position of having no power for media entertainments I then have some new and distracting material to take me from the problems we are having into a new set of people in print, might be useful.

elona

Mardatha

I love Paul Doherty. Have you read any of the books he wrote as Michael Clynes as they are a real historical romp and both funny and scary at the same time.

mardatha

Will go onto Amazon now and look both of them up, thanks ladies!