Preparedness for when

Popperwell

craigywv,
I agree about getting rid of anything taken orally for medicinal reasons(even though I do not worry too much about dates on food)by that I mean best before/sell by but I do throw out use by items...

I'm starting to think I'll not worry if expiry dates are on antiseptic wipes have passed though.

2T,
The zip has failed virtually at the start of it sadly...got a quote from repairer on the town £13.50.

However they say it could just be the head on the zip, if it is only that to be replaced it will cost £1. If the zip head just needs a small repair its free!

I may have made it worse forcing it and doing some of my attempts at repairing it but I never thought it could be what was suggested. You learn...

Still cheaper than a new coat(unless its a charity shop one)if repaired it will last me how long I will be alive for I am sure.

As will all the clothes that I own...

The last consultation at the hospital went better than it could've but I wonder if I should accept that or have a test done for diabetis and cholesterol when I next go to the Dr's surgery.

I rarely drink and eat anything sweet, mainly vegetables, cereals and chicken/fish. I digress...sorry.

Shropshirelass

Pops sorry about your jacket zip, but I followed the advice about the graphite on the zip of my beloved old winter duvet-coat, and it is now like new, so thanks :j very much.

I'm just about to venture into town on various messages, will look into T£sco, as by 2pm Friday they had run out of bread, potatoes and bananas, wonder if they have managed to re-stock.

Popperwell

My zip moves easier with that tip so it was worth a try just doesn't work...

I had to buy pencils and a sharpener to attempt the repair(ten pensils for 40p and 35p for a sharpener)they will probably never be used again but it was worth trying.

Glad it worked for you SL, it could for others if it happens to someone else.

JayJay14

pineapple wrote: »

I'm up on the moors a few miles from Haworth

Another one here leaping out of lurkdom, I moved to Haworth last month - currently at home with OH as he couldn't get to work this morning as his current contract is down towards Brighouse. He made a valiant effort though He doesn't get paid if he isn't at work but having seen some of the drifts he is past caring :rotfl:

Luckily I was a bit of a prepper in my other life in Hull so I am not too worried about running out of food (we ran out of liquid milk but have plenty of dried) We could get to Keighley without too much bother but no point so we will leave the road clogging to the others.

It has been interesting moving here and look forward to being able to explore - we are thinking of going on the fish and chip special on the K&WV Railway on Saturday to have a look round

I would love to meet new people in the area so if anyone want to have a get together count me in please.

artichoke

hi all

i want to join you all on here as you are talking my kind of language....we live in a remote spot and so are always pretty well stocked up and prepared for powercuts, being snowed in etc... our home is heated by wood, and we keep livestock - so we are quite prepared in some ways..

but i know i can do more... I am well aware of the all the issues re Peak Oil and deal with issues like preparing our town for food security in my day job..its nice to be among folk who don't think all this is balmy!

I have skimmed some of your long post but can does anyonen know the post numbers for any key posts in the last 421 pages that i really need to read ie has anyone made a comprehensive list of what needs to be stored / organised etc? or key problems in rural areas?

I will try and read the post from the beginnings but just wondered if there was any short cuts by reading key posts?

Thanks

Art

mardatha

Rural areas you've probably got sorted because it's more or less commonsense artichoke. Backup lighting, open fire or stove heating, and calor gas cooking. Lots of food in and plenty matches & candles.
I bet there will be 5000 new preppers by the time Arran gets its power back on.. Imagine being stuck in this weather for a week without power!! I wonder what they're doing for shopping, if they had no cash and wanted to use plastic. And the garages too for petrol & diesel. I hope somebody tells us how they coped when they're sorted out. Image a freezer full of useless rotting food and only an electric cooker. I'd go mad!

artichoke

yes, freezers are a worry, i have 2 freezers both full but am well aware that a prolonged power cut would destroy half my food reserves - plus i have meat in them that i sell so my income would also go...

my thoughts are that as part of the preping we should also be building up links in our community so that if i had a freezer full of meat and no electricity for a prelonged timespan (my freezer will keep frozen for 24hrs) then it would be best to try and sell the food cheaply to my neighbours who are possibly without... most homes around here have logburners so could still cook without electricity, many also have woodfulled aga type stoves..

In this time before the big crisis we can build up networks linking farmers with the community so they can all work together in times of crisis... eg this week the farms i work with around here are snowed in and can't get animals to the abbotoirs but they can slaughter poulty on-farm - and have frozen meat in the freezers so we are asking people to buy poultry this week direct from the farms or frozen lamb explaining we can not get out the bigger abottoirs...

I have never been to Arran but i had in my head presumed that if you lived somewhere like that you would be a little prepared to be cut off? or maybe i am naive ? i suppose i am presuming that everyone in rural areas of the UK is a little prepared with back up sources of cooking?

Art

BessieBooBoo

Hello all

(Waves to new faces). Been a while since I've posted, but, I see you are all prepping hard. Hope you poorlies are feeling better, tucked up safe and warm, in this bum-biting cold.

Well, well, what an eye-opener it has been, seeing what has happened to the poor devils in Cyprus! Days without access to their own cash, having to pay cash for everything, only allowed small withdrawals, businesses struggling, sheesh. Thanks 2T for keeping us up to date.

Yet the majority seem to say, it won't happen here, and, anyway, our gubment are doing the same by de-valuing the pound, so they don't have to be obvious about it....

Hmmm. Had to restrain OH from withdrawing all our savings, such as they are, only miniscule, but enough to live frugally on for a little while.

The bottom line is that governments and banks have lost the confidence of the public (which was not at a high anyway). The same government which encouraged the pension fiasco, who allowed banks to encourage ridiculous debt unabated, printing money all over the place and keeping interest rate on savings low. And the only things not going up in price are our wages!

I feel we have come full circle, back to the Victorian age and not in a good way. Judgement in full sway over the deserving and undeserving poor. Benefits hacked away gleefully with recession as the excuse, workers rights down the pan. What about all those people that died in two world wars believing their government that their children would have a better life? Hey, whose saying I'm paranoid at the back? :cool: Gets tinfoil hat out and puts it on.

Hey well, we've had it good for a bit, so that's alright then....!

Thank goodness for this site, for paying all our debts off, and for starting our prepping. If nothing else, I've saued (guess which letter won't work on the keyboard) on the price of baked beans and tinned toms, OH is fully conuerted prepper, I don't seem half as paranoid now - ha, I told them so! Laughs dementedly....

On a slightly saner note, lost one of my ice trax (in the snow!) so I looked like I was auditioning for a funny walk:

Crunch, slide, crunch, slip, curse, crunch, slide. Well, you get the picture, just to take DDog out, especially as her waistline is looking distinctly porkier. DD had a great time snuffling snow, attacking a snowman, making 'yellow snow' ahem, etc. All I got was face freeze and strange looks from the way I was walking.

Still, home in one piece, and this weird yellow ball thing was up in the sky, don't know what that is.

Scuttles off to check her tinned stuff....

Bye all :wave:

2tonsils

I have been watching the reports on the Sky news and listening to a phone in on being snowed in , on the radio. Horrendous circumstances to deal with for anyone. I have been looking at the European weather models which go much further into the future than the Met office etc and its not looking good. Next week looks very cold and there are signs that more heavy snowfalls may be on the way. I could see it lasting well into April by the look of the predictions....I will keep you all updated. Just had torrential rain here, but at least the wind has stopped gusting so badly. Plenty of damage being done in many parts of Greece, ferries cancelled and planes as well.....and it was gorgeous yesterday!!

2tonsils

OOps, I forgot to type what I was going to say above... the port and airport authorities are searching people, bags and vehicles for hidden cash leaving Cyprus ....already. I still think there is going to be a run on banks tomorrow when they open here in Greece.....the money controls are in place in Cyprus already so they won't be able to take all their money out...even if they need it.