Preparedness for when

mardatha

Good post ty!

Confuzzled

thriftwizard wrote: »

Anyone else remember the original 70's TV series Survivors? About life after some ghastly manmade bug has devastated the world? A few years ago I found one of the videos in the local library & brought it home to watch again, then ordered the two others that had lasted this long; the kids were fascinated & horrified - not just by the fashion/hairdos - and talked about it for weeks afterwards. I can't tell you what an effect it had on me back when I first watched it as a teenager; it's probably why I am a prepper (in a minor way) to this day. The feeling that it could all fall apart quite quickly has never really left me.

I didn't like the ending, though - getting the hydro-electric power grid up & running again seemed to mean that they were just going to make all the same mistakes all over again... I know they re-made it a while back, but the few snatches that I watched just didn't seem to have the raw power of the original series.

i tracked down both series about 5 years ago and watched both beginning to end. i agree i felt the first series had more impact, they let things develop more slowly with more emphasis on character development rather than impressive storylines

did get me thinking though, mind you i have been in a subtle preppers mindset since i was about 10, when reagan came into office i was scared silly expecting him to push the big red button doddering old man that he was. whilst i no longer worry about nuclear war that feeling of need to be prepared to do the best i can with a carp situation has never left me.

to anyone that hasn't watched the survivors series i'd highly recommend it. oh grey queen, was that film you saw one hundred mornings by any chance? i couldn't find anything for days but mornings turned up an irish film, i'm assuming that's the same, i'm thinking i may treat myself to it for my birthday.

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oh yes, I too remember all those children with gentian violet or iodine on their skin. Impetigo, cold sores, ringworm were rife. I was eldest of 7 and we were poor in liverpool but all us children grew up on natural unpasturised milk that was let go sour naturally. That milk contained probiotics, although of course none of us knew why it was good for us but that is what we had from weaning. Later on sauerkraut, also high in probiotics and containing many vitamins. We were healthy children and none of us ever had to have that purple stuff on us.

Outside toilet was a wooden seat with a hole in the middle, loo paper was squares of newspaper. House was draughty and air was plentiful. You get the picture. People just do not have basic knowledge of how to stay healthy. It isn`t all about expensive things. It is more about what we have lost and what has been taken out of our food

pineapple

kittie wrote: »

but all us children grew up on natural unpasturised milk that was let go sour naturally.

Can you still get that do you know? The local milkman used to sell it as 'green top' and it tasted wonderful - like a completely different product.

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I think you can pineapple but I know in my county you have to go to a farm to get it. Maybe someone knows of a sm but that will be a miracle

I am going to get my vac sealer out of a cupboard, I can forget to use it but it is so good at making foods stay fresh longer. I bought a great big container of instant coffee in costco. two months ago and I vac packed in packages and just keep in a cupboard. The aroma on opening a pack is as good as opening a fresh jar

Last autumn I shredded a whole cabbage and vac packed in two jars and it stayed good in the fridge over a couple of weeks. I have lemons in the fridge, which I will do now and I have lots of nuts, bought in bulk, also vac packed in packs and just under the stairs. I did oats over a year ago, quinoa and barley. I think I`ll start doing cheese too as it is often so much more economical to buy the big ones. Cheese will be kept in the fridge. I have two sprout plants covered with big tight sprouts and I think I will pick and do them next week. Well I know tbh I`ll have to keep this thing out, or I forget about it

mardatha

Talking about what has been lost and forgotten - I had a good childhood in a pit village because I was an only one. My dad was never off work and my mum worked off & on as well. But her magical cure-all or prevention was cabbage LOL! She was Irish, one of 9. We ate a of lot cabbage and the water was never thrown away, was used in soup or gravy. And now we know it's full of vitC..

sb44

kittie wrote: »

I am going to get my vac sealer out of a cupboard, I can forget to use it but it is so good at making foods stay fresh longer.

I kept forgetting about mine too, have just started using it again.

I have now started putting the food in a ziplock bag, zipping up, cutting a corner off the bag and then putting that in the foodsaver bag.

I know they are washable but I used to forget and end up throwing loads away.

As I have some foodsaver canisters, I have been sealing rice, dried lentils etc in jam jars and storing them in the shed.

mardatha

What about attitude? How important do you all think that is? What can you do to develop it? Let's have a talk about mental stuff lol

simmed

pineapple wrote: »

I think some gym equipment is probably necessary if you are in to honing and sculpting big time. Plus one hopefully has access to skilled advice. But imo one can stay slim and fairly toned - with the minimum of equipment and at home. I've got some resistance bands, a skipping rope and some leg weights, Add to that a couple of cans of baked beans and you're good to go .
So why am I not slim and toned? It's because they are all gathering dust! (apart from the beans which I eat ). But in my gym days - which I am thinking about revisiting - it was a great motivator. Not to mention the motivation of having paid for membership :eek:.

True, there are probably side effects of going to the gym.. a community, advice, a feeling of belonging, socialising, etc.

sophlowe45

pineapple wrote: »

Can you still get that do you know? The local milkman used to sell it as 'green top' and it tasted wonderful - like a completely different product.

Unhomogenised milk is available in Waitrose.

I have heard Borough market sells raw milk as well as various other farmers markets.

http://www.duchyoriginals.com/Full_Fat_Milk.php