Preparedness for when

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http://www.weatheraction.com/displayarticle.asp?a=512&c=5

his report on 17th jan: . PC says DOUBLE or TREBLE snow than forecast by met office or on tv

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esmf73

Thanks kittie x

Molly41

tina_malteser wrote: »

A journey may have to be made Friday!!!! i was wondering if anybody has any idea if a plug in baby bottle warmer could be used for coffee/soup..i do have a flask but it could easily be dropped or broken even on route to the car from front door...it really is just in case????
its a 62 mile round trip

We have one of these
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001KX2I2E/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00

I guess it worth a try x

craigywv

your weather sounds horrendous keep safe all,those trackers for your shoes were 2.00 yesterday in HOMEBASE the big shop like B&Q idont know whether you have iton the mainland.maybe worth a look.regarding price hikes noticed a lotof rises in mr t last night 2 tins of pringles for 4 quid!!!!! sorry i shall be doing without them , they on big stand when you enter the store as if a bargain!!! they were only 2 for 3 quid christmas week.keep warm folks xxx

GreyQueen

pineapple wrote: »

Mine is about 9 I think. The only repair it has needed was a new hard drive last year. Apparently they do have a shelf life. I don't think mine did bad seeing as it is in use every day.
A great local computer repair shop fitted a new one and transferred all my info - even my bookmarks - for under £60.

This pooter's motherboard failed when it was only a few months old and I had on-site service to install a new one. I'd already had the Computer Wizard over and he'd tested the chips and they were fine. He'd backed up my hard drive onto a portable one which he'd given me for storage just in case they wanted to take my pooter off-site.

It's also been pimped by the Wiz to have 100% more RAM and a network card fitted last year. I'm hoping to keep it going until M/soft no longer support XP, whereupon I shall need another one as this one won't have enough power for the newer operating systems. Am saving up for it.

It's quite sobering to think how much we rely on our computers and how we would be left with both practical problems and social deficits if they break/ are stolen/ the power is off.

I've been thinking about it for a while, but am planning to make my own book (more likely folder) of useful info gleaned from websites, such as how to built certain kinds of stoves and lamps and make candlewick and various other things. It'll be something that I can add to and tweak and that will be usable even in a power cut. As an old fart of the pre-techie era, I never trust 100% that these fab toys will keep on working.:o

Better than a book, of course, is to have these skills so practiced and fluent that you can just do them automatically but living a bushcraft life in a city centre flat isn't realy viable; it'd set my smoke detector off for starters.:rotfl:

Bitter outside but no more snow but seems to be Friday=snow day so we'll have to see. Can only hunker down sometimes.

ETA; Oh blessed relief. The across country round trip of 60 miles which my parents were making to get Nan to a hospital appt tomorrow is now cancelled; Nan is going to stand it down because of the weather. It would have been very bad to get stranded with such an elderly lady in the car. It's a weight off my mind.

bossymoo

tina_malteser wrote: »

A journey may have to be made Friday!!!! i was wondering if anybody has any idea if a plug in baby bottle warmer could be used for coffee/soup..i do have a flask but it could easily be dropped or broken even on route to the car from front door...it really is just in case????
its a 62 mile round trip

Delurking.
I think a baby bottle warmer isn't designed to reach very high temps. You would probably want your soup hot rather than warm. The in-car kettles are supposed to be good, though.

boultdj

Thank's for the head's up Kittie,told OH I'm going to get his med's today rather than wait till tommorrow when I'm at the doc's, and if you don't mind GQ I'll borrow your idea of a emergency folder.

GreyQueen

boultdj wrote: »

Thank's for the head's up Kittie,told OH I'm going to get his med's today rather than wait till tommorrow when I'm at the doc's, and if you don't mind GQ I'll borrow your idea of a emergency folder.

Mind? I'm flattered. This site is about sharing, IMO, and I get a lot from it.

It occured to me that the time you'd most need the info is likely to be during a power outage and a fat lot of good a really useful bunch of websites on your bookmarks would be right then! I shal lahve categories on cooking, lighting, water, shelter building and a first aid section and prolly lots of other things.

craigywv

i copying your idea too GQ brilliant idea, i have been wanting to learn abit about plants and their healing properties ,which ones can be eaten,mushrooms etc...hopefully would never need such drastic measures but hey ho you neverknow,also about waterhow to get itxxx

pineapple

I actually bought my computer from the computer shop I mentioned earlier (Halifax West Yorks). I got it when the laptop finally bit the dust - it was so old and knackered it wasn't worth repair but they managed to transfer the data to the new computer.
I try to save sensitive files on a USB but goodness knows what they make of my bookmarks! Plus I use Firefox and passwords for everything are stored in password manager and I'm assuming repair peeps can access them. :huh: I guess the only way round this is to not to store sensitive passwords on the computer
The computers are mostly built by this shop so an amalgamation of different branded components rather than an off the shelf make. I believe the motherboard is ASUS. I sometimes wish I had got a laptop due to space restrictions but the darn thing won't die
I would buy from them again in a heartbeat because it's like dealing with a family firm as opposed to some anonymous chain with spotty youths on commission. :rotfl: