Preparedness for when

craigywv

GreyQueen wrote: »

Well, several of us neighbours had to deploy a bit of carpet as well as some muscle power when a neighbour's car got jammed on our carpark outside this evening. Jammed because of a visitor's car which had blocked everyone in, btw.

They came back whilst everyone was struggling and it was oh we just thought we were visiting this flat for 3 minutes and ended up staying for 20. No apologies, mark you. And everyone drives out on a snowy Sunday evening to make very brief visits, don't they?!

:mad: Around here 3 minute visits = drug purchases. Barstewards. And my neighbour's car was scratched in the incident. Hope they scratch theirs on their way back to their hovels.

Carpet is a Good Thing. Snow is pretty, don't know how much more we will get overnight or tomorrow but I have been deployed on an emergency mission on my way back from work; SuperGran needs HobN*bs.:rotfl:Good job she has a shopbot who will be walking past the supermarket on her way from work.

they stayed 20 mins prob stayed and shared a puff of the exotic stuff.......................they do that around here too :cool: must think we daft, then they get in a car and drive away!!!!! thats as bad as drunk driving imho

craigywv

siegemode wrote: »

Other useful car prep stuff I forgot earlier,
pack of disposable gloves
value nappy bags(no kids here but their great for rubbish)
salt,pepper and sugar, plastic cutlery and cups, paper plates and trays
2 cushions
spare hats and gloves
Prep stuff is mainly because we do 6 400mile round trips a year to see fil, but I have a "you never know when you might need something" kind of mind.

Decided to sort out handbag earlier and weighed it. Oh my god no wonder it feels heavy at 3.920kg
contents include
lighter, matches, plus waterproof matches and ciggy papers and filters
2 x compct cameras
monocular
mp3, universal emergency charger
diy tape measure
2 x different swiss army pen knives
cc multitool thingy and another type in little pouch
2 x small torches and keyring whistle and compass
magnifying glasss
inhaler
safety pins
hand sanitizer and tissues
make up bag
brush and comb and hair spray
small note book, pens, pencil and mini highlighters and diary
various pain killers and pro plus
Bach rescue remedy
eye gel and eye drops
lip balm and vaseline
make up bag, compact double mirror and moisuriser and body spray
sunglasses and reading glasses
pendulum and collection of crystals
spare watch
fingerless gloves
lucky penny:o
and misc other carp

Do you think I'm prepared ?
Anyone else as bad as me, oh thinks its mad.

you may watch you dont get a curvature of the back lugging that lot about, to be honest mine prob not far off the weight of yours but no sensible things in it unlike yours..........must remove the 6 notebooks for my endless lists and 300 pencils from my bag

maryb

Washing machine packed up this morning and draining it and clearing out the pump didn't work. Looks like it's the brushes in the motor and of course you can't get spares on a Sunday. Had a machine full of VERY wet washing. We have ordered spares which should arrive mid week total cost with postage £10 odd. Something to think about having in stock.

As it was, we managed to get to Curry's before the snow got too deep (it's been snowing all day here) and I bought a spin dryer which was 1/3 off the RRP. I've been thinking about it for a while as our washing machine only has a 1200 max spin speed and I reckon I'll save on drying costs by being able to spin the wash until it's really almost dry - it's got a 2800 spin speed (and I know you can't really compare directly because a washing machine has a bigger drum so the centrifugal force is greater but it's still a LOT better than the washing machine). Then I can just leave it hanging on a clothes airer without it hanging around so long it starts to smell.

Re the Tena Lady discussion - I have done pelvic floor exercises since was 20. And since having children I still have problems when I cough. I always used to do my pelvic floor contraction if I felt a cough or sneeze coming on but I have only recently discovered that it is MUCH more effective to tighten your abdominal muscles instead

2tonsils

http://www.ukweatherforecast.co.uk/weather-warnings/

warns where the accumulations will be and that some places will get blizzard conditions

The European weather models are still showing the chances of an Atlantic storm hitting the UK and Ireland after 26th January (give or take a couple of days).

siegemode

Yes GQ I have a keyring whistle with a compass on it in there. So manytimes when needed the contents of my bag have been called apon and surprised people. However even I was shocked when I weighed it. As you can imagine when we visit fil for a few days I find it impossible to travel light. If we have space I fill it. I also have a bit of a hoarding problem apparently but you never know whats around the corner.
maryb hope you get the washer sorted thats my next nightmare I fear, but fingers crossed not for a while.

VJsmum

missrlr wrote: »

DH wanted fresh toms so had taken a small walk around to get these and had a nose at the seduced section, got a couple of swedes and a bag of pasta.

Mmm - a couple of Swedes in the seduced section, eh? I'm there!!

Shropshirelass wrote: »

I have low blood pressure, so often feel like eating something salty, then I usually have a nice piece of Marmite toast to give myself a boost instead of including salt in our joint diet. Having crisps or salted peanuts in the house could be fatal!

I didn't know that - I have low blood pressure too. i will research, thank you.

I was born 9 months after the big freeze of 63!! My parents obviously had their own way of keeping warm

Well I am back from warm and sunny climes, a bit of a shock the 35 degree drop in temperature. It was a pity it was snowing as I couldn't fly over the pretty white countryside, saw none of it till 2 minutes before we landed. But at least we did land, Birmingham Airport had been closed for a time on Friday, so it is a slight worry when you set off on a 7 hour flight without really knowing you can land. I think they were giving priority to flights from a long way away and more of the European ones were cancelled. Either that or Emirates pay more :cool: T'was a bit bumpy over Eastern Europe and the Black Sea, 2T, don't know if that is part of the weather system affecting you - though I know you are many hundreds of miles from there.

Luckily darling OH did the shopping yesterday and stocked up for the week, DS school has already said it's closed and DD's exam is in the afternoon so i have time to get her there. Trying to stay up as long as possible in the hope of a full night's sleep - haven't seen a bed for nearly 48 hours so I'm hopeful.

2tonsils

Well tonight stayed nice and dry and it was still 14 degrees at ten tonight when I came out of the band concert in the town theatre. It was lovely. Everyone had layers on that they had to remove because it was so warm, its impossible to predict what its going to be like for more than about ten minutes at a time at the moment.

We usually get our weather from Italy, especially the storms. I used to live further up the coast on a hill and we would get the full blast of the storms coming from the sea. We are a bit more sheltered in this village as the peak of the mountain behind us seems to shelter us from the worst of the storms from the sea.

I too have low blood pressure....I had been using low salt on food for a couple of months to help my husband's high blood pressure when I had mine tested and the doctor complained it was too low as opposed to my normal low. He told me to stop having the low salt and to go back to my normal sea salt and keep a separate pot for my OH. That did the trick and I felt a lot better for it. It's amazing what a difference it makes.

I can also vouch for things like stock cubes being full of salt and things like packet soup can be high as well. I bought some frozen kippers from the British shop here and I couldn't eat them as they were too salty even for me. The stray cats enjoyed them all though..it was an expensive treat for them at 7 euros a pack of four! I also find most British bacon that is sold here too salty for me, I prefer the wafer thin Greek bacon.

Stay safe and warm folks xxxx

thriftwizard

Going back a page...

Now, anyone here know how to process flax into linen? As a clue you'll need to do retting and by golly, it's minging....

Thank you for that - I'm doing a spinning certificate at the moment and flax, needless to say, is one of the fibres I'm going to have to process! It's grown in quantities just up the road - the blue fields are a glorious change from mustard - but it's for fodder rather than fibre, so probably doesn't have the nice long stems I'll need. Never mind the retting, it can't smell worse than a fermented suint; it's the hackling I'm not looking forward to as that looks suspiciously energetic!

Melty/frosty here - there's standing water on the road, but plenty of solid ice too. Not wanting to drive anywhere unless I have to...

the_cake

thriftwizard wrote: »

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Thank you for that - I'm doing a spinning certificate at the moment and flax, needless to say, is one of the fibres I'm going to have to process! It's grown in quantities just up the road - the blue fields are a glorious change from mustard - but it's for fodder rather than fibre, so probably doesn't have the nice long stems I'll need. Never mind the retting, it can't smell worse than a fermented suint; it's the hackling I'm not looking forward to as that looks suspiciously energetic!

Melty/frosty here - there's standing water on the road, but plenty of solid ice too. Not wanting to drive anywhere unless I have to...

Fermented suint? Hackling?? Sounds like something out of Round the Horn (anyone old enough to remember that?!) ETA: Much Binding in the Marsh ...

GreyQueen

Morning all.

Despite my cunningly peering around the curtains as late as 10.40 pm and as early as 4 am, I didn't manage to catch a single flake of snow in the actual act of snowing but snowing it was; there's quite a bit more on the ground.

Not sure how much we had as it was falling onto existing snow, and we get less here in the city centre than they do in the 'burbs, who in turn get less than the open fields outside the city.

Ooooh, weather forecast is saying v.bad snow incoming for the N.E. area; please take care up there.

Pops, if you have your freezer's manual (or can check one online) it will tell you how long the appliance will retain a safe operating temperature without any power at all. For my 50 litre tabletop model it's 17 hours so I'm sure a full-size freezer is safe for longer. 2 hours is no biggie.

I'll be ordering grit bin refills today.........I can see them marching towards me.........in my sleep.:p

Keep warm and keep well, people. GQ xx