Preparedness for when

ginnyknit

2tonsils, Im shivering at the thought of it! Thank you for the heads up x

Docky, you can come and live with Auntie Ginny, you will be safe here sweetie - bad mummy :rotfl:

Bedsit Bob, that was a direct quote from the Good Life wasnt it? When Tom decided to make his own fuel - Gobar gas

My cat used to hunt, best catch was a trout, gutted and sealed in a cooking bag from Mr S

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Probably.

I new I'd heard it somewhere, but couldn't remember where.

bluebag

2tonsils wrote: »

Get out yer fur trapper hats and huskies folks.......the ice man commeth..
http://www.markvoganweather.com/2013/02/03/the-greenland-to-scotland-connection-includes-video/?fb_source=pubv1

Thank you, looks mighty chilly and bloomin windy!

Saddle up the reindeer.

Uniscots97

2tonsils wrote: »

Get out yer fur trapper hats and huskies folks.......the ice man commeth..
http://www.markvoganweather.com/2013/02/03/the-greenland-to-scotland-connection-includes-video/?fb_source=pubv1

2T, I must have the only Huskies in the world that hate the snow and cold (guess I've spoiled them ), the middle one is expecting little ones and is due on valentine's day :j. So lots of cute little furballs.

wondercollie

Nah, my Elkies were fussy about the cold. Yup, sled dogs that don't like the cold. They were good about being out until around -23c and any colder and they wouldn't get off the couch.

Puppy pictures are mandatory Unixgirluk!

Hollyberry

ginnyknit wrote: »

...My cat used to hunt, best catch was a trout, gutted and sealed in a cooking bag from Mr S

My dear departed Burmese pair used to hunt in a similar manner. Apart from a rat in a trap (yuk!), they made it home on separate occasions with a 10 inch frozen pizza, and a whole roast chicken between them. I hate to think how they managed to get that down the road - Burmese are only diddy cats!

thriftwizard

We have a cat that steals pancakes, complete with lemon & sugar, and gallops round with them flapping madly over her shoulder. Sadly we are the only people round here who make pancakes regularly, so it's us she steals them from. I make her her own little pancake now when we're having them and leave it on the side so that she can "steal" it...

But like most of our "pets" she and her sister & niece actually have a serious function round here - they keep the vermin down. I keep chickens (and yes, we do eat spare cockerels) and anywhere you have poultry feed, you'll get mice & worse trying to get at it. Plus this is an old house with lots of nooks & crannies; it's had mice - house mice, town mice, country mice and all their sisters, their cousins & their aunts - since long before we moved in & 3 visits from the council's pest control people have totally failed to shift them. The cats do at least keep them out of the public spaces and my food stocks. Poultry feed is kept in a galvanised bin in their shed, and we have & feed (minimally) a feral cat at the bottom of the garden who keeps that area as clear as can be hoped for; we're 100 yards from open countryside so we'll never be rid of them altogether.

So I'd be cutting off my nose to spite my face if I ate the cats. Or the (laying) chickens - no more eggs, or manure. Or replacement chickens, in the case of my broody bantams. Bit like eating your seed corn, really.

pineapple

fuddle wrote: »

We could spin our dogs' expelled hair for clothing huh? Or use it for laying nests for the chickens we acquire along the way. I'm sure you can make fuel out of dog poo too? Sure I've seen that.

My neighbour puts her dog poo bags on the fire and swears by it. Though it's a multi fuel stove and therefore 'sealed', I do find the thought of it a bit icky. Because I've heard that what we burn can leave a coating on the chimney or the liner :eek:

pineapple

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

I wonder just how wide the knowledge we collectively posess is? It is a source of wonder that we all, from our diverse and multiple experiences in life seem like a practical encyclopedia of old fashioned methods and solutions to problems and the practicalities of daily life in a less technological world.

This is where those of us who are 'older' (coughs) might have some valuable contributions to make if TS should HTF even though our bodies are beginning to give out on us :eek:.

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Fank yew ANTTY GINNY - eye fink ize orf ver houk att ver momint koz Mumi dyd chek ver glew serplyz an sez weve gotted nuff, sew ifen eyez er gud bouy ize sayf, wiv luv frum yer frend DOCKY xxxxx.