Preparedness for when

Nargleblast

Cappella wrote: »

I'm not celebrating the result, it will hurt and upset too many people, as it would had done, equally, if it had gone the other way. I'm just putting it behind me now, and moving on.
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Spot on, Cappella, many who voted leave would also be whinging and whining if the result had gone the other way. I voted to leave the EU, and am full of quiet confidence and excitement about our future. At the moment there seems to be a lot of hysteria going on, and it is only 24 hours since the polls closed! Everybody needs to calm down, accept the referendum result (democracy in action) and get on with life. Nothing major is going to happen soon. The world will still carry on turning, the sun will still rise and set each day, the stock markets will be up and down like a tart' s drawers.......And the people of the UK and the rest of the world will carry on living their lives. And whatever the future brings, we will deal with it.

nuatha

GreyQueen wrote: »

Sounds grim, nuatha.

I used to drive a delivery van with a broken fuel gauge. You filled up, set the trip counter to zero and went into the filling station when it hit 250.

A gauge you know doesn't work is manageable. One you think is functional but isn't accurate is potentially a lot of trouble.

I'd driven back from Cambridge that day and believed I had a quarter tank left, I got a phone call that a friend was seriously ill and set out, tired and late believing I had sufficient fuel to make the trip but intending to stop at motorway services en route.
I generally don't let a tank fall to quarter (whether diesel or petrol.

thriftwizard wrote: »

I think I've had a post removed, reporting some bad news for us that's a direct result of today's news. Apologies if I offended anyone; probably best if I stay out of here for a while now.

I'm sorry, I can't recall reading your post. I've dropped in and out a lot of the day though went offline in the afternoon for a few hours having had some bad news of my own - the contracts I would have been working on for the next few months have been postponed while the companies concerned consider their future. That may well mean an end to my self employment - this hasn't been the best of years.

As I said the other day, I'd rather people felt free to contribute and express opinions. I'll admit there are opinions I'd rather not see, but I do believe that doesn't mean they shouldn't be expressed.

Cappella

Okay, mainly planned using a 1937 cookery book called 'Economical Cookery' which gives costed menus for every day of the year: also used Marguerite Pattens 'Jubilee Cookbook'. Can't beat the older cookery books for British food. Trying to keep as seasonal as possible.

Breakfasts:Choose from stewed rhubarb or chopped strawberries and yogurt with walnuts or hazelnuts, or porridge and/or toast with jam or marmite. Eggs in any preferred form, British bacon, mushrooms and tomatoes.

Lunches: Choose from ham, cheese, egg, haslet, pork pie, smoked mackerel, sausage rolls, or an omelette all to be served with salad. (Watercress, cress, cucumber, lettuce, spring onions and tomatoes are all cropping in Britain at at the moment) Pickles. Home made bread and butter.

Sunday: Roast chicken, bread sauce, sage and onion stuffing, new potatoes, cauliflour and broad beans. Cook a small piece of roast ham for lunches at the same time as the chicken
Rhubarb tart.

Monday: Chicken and ham cobbler, potatoes, cabbage.
Rhubarb fool.

Wednesday: Savoury mince with potatoes and broad beans. Strawberries and cream.

Thursday: Rolled, boned and stuffed breast of lamb, new potatoes, green peas and mint jelly (or mint sauce if you'd prefer it. Strawberry tart and egg custard.

Friday: Salmon fillets or cutlets, new potatoes and French beans. Stewed cucumber, Garlic mayonnaise. Gooseberry crumble.

Saturday: Fried potatoes, cold breast of lamb, pickled beetroot, pickled cabbage, pickled walnuts, Englich salad - spring onions, lettuce, grated carrot, cucumber and cress.

Not that we usually have a pudding in our house today, but my mum produced one most days back in the 1950's.

Cappella

Oops: sorry. Missed the 'pretend its wartime' phrase. My menus are too rich then - though all British in their ingredient lists. Will go away and rethink.

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I am with you Monna (1943 er) Rationing wouldn't bother me at all as I was 11 when it finished :):) probably wouldn't do us a lot of harm to revert to O/S food for a change. no crisps (I don't eat them anyway ) very little sugar (again apart from caster sugar I don't keep any indoors )Lots of veg (that gets my vote as I love veg) Rhubarb and custard is a favourite in my house (I have a prolific 'crown' in my garden)

Long as I can have my cuppa and the occasional fresh ground coffee i am happy with a diet from the 1040s although I do draw the line at Woolton pie I hated it and Snoek which was disgusting tinned fish.

Sardines on toast anyone :):) or bread and dripping :):)

daz278

i just hope we havent betrayed a generation, its likely scotland may be next to go .....its also lurched the torys to the right .... remember john major saying the nhs is as safe as hamster in a cobra pit......however bright side leave did have valid points ..we are a large economy and hopefully will prosper once the dust has settled ...if it doesnt the populace will eventually realize turkeys voted for xmas

moneyistooshorttomention

I dont see this idea personally about the young generation being the one that "matters most". Every generation matters (that includes the one before my own - though a lot of them have now "departed elsewhere"). My own generation is far from ready to be expected to "take a back seat" either - as we anticipate we've got another 20-30 years to live yet. Personally - I see it as saying "They should have the same sort of terms/conditions/pay as we had - and not the worse ones we see them getting because of all this competition for jobs".

I can foresee "a certain woman" pushing for another referendum for Scotland - she might even achieve her personal ambitions and get it. But my personal opinion is that most Scottish people see themselves as "British" iyswim and will want Britain to stick together as a country and appreciate the even greater necessity for us to do so now. The EU is never going to allow Scotland to join the EU on its own - it wants either all of the country or none of the country basically (which makes sense imo).

The last thing we need is anyone trying to divide our country - now we are leaving the EU. We do indeed need to stick together as a nation and all the more so now.

I don't think anyone is "crowing" about the fact we are leaving. I think there had to be an initial strong reaction to make it plain to our Government that they mustnt even "think it" to betray our clearly expressed wishes and look for excuses to backtrack (eg by digging their heels in and trying to slow things down at any opportunity). I think the EU sees that our Government didnt get the result it thought it would and hence making comments about us leaving asap and I dont blame them - as they can see as clearly as we can that our own Government might try and thwart the will of the people. I would say part of the initial "strong reaction" was in effect saying to the EU "Please do exactly that - as we dont trust our own Government".

I think its had to be emphasised to our own Government which way we voted - and that we expect it to be actioned because, as I see it, there isnt much time left to "save our country" and 10 years time I doubt we'd even vote to try.

So - my thoughts are indeed with any who anticipate "personal fallout" from this - and hope things will go well with you and that "fallout" doesnt happen.

mardatha

jk0 wrote: »

But what about Mrs Merkel's U-boats she'll be launching to torpedo allied shipping?

LOL jk0 I bet she's thinking about it!!
No no cappella, ignore the wartime bit - your menus are brilliant

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I've taken down my post about young folks, I have upset one of the nicest folks on here by my words and I apologise to her wholeheartedly. I am not in celebration mode over the Brexit decision and I understand that it is shaking the foundations of everyones lives and that the future that was bright on Wednesday was removed against your wills on Thursday, nearly half the nation is now stunned and I understand the anger that is generated by that.

I hope very much that the future we can forge because of the decision made democratically by the nation will be at least as good as the future we would have had in Europe. It will be a time of transition for some years to come and changes will be no doubt be challenging and difficult. Nothing worth having every comes easily does it? I hope that young peoples lives will be secure again in the fullness of time and ultimately as good as they would have been before the referendum, I'll try MY hardest to be part of the rebuilding of this country and I'm pretty certain that every other person will do the same regardless of how they voted.

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daz278 wrote: »

if it doesnt the populace will eventually realize turkeys voted for xmas

At least we didn't vote for Turkey.