Preparedness for when

Hillbilly1

It is noce to read on here about avoiding materialistic needs.

I've gone back to full time owrk. Really like the role, but full time is hard. Used to work 4 days and having that extra day was brilliant.

As I commute to work in my 15 yo Merc (coz I need an automatic) I see people in new Lexus/Aston Martin etc. I'd save the £100k or so. Have a cheaper car, and avoid being in rush hour traffic!

Popperwell

I can buy parrafin in town but its £9.99 for one of those square containers, wicks too but no lamps(They said)try Army and Navy. :0)

elona

dandycandy

The pizza whirls are just the dough recipe for rolls in a breadmaker ( could use a packet of pizza mix instead).

Roll the dough into a thin rectangle, spread pizza sauce (or fajita sauce if adventurous)all over the top, sprinkle with grated cheese (I added diced choritzo tonight) and roll up like a swiss roll. Cut into slices and lay them on a greased baking tray. Let them prove in warm place for 20 minutes . Bake at gas mark six for around 15 minutes. They are best warm from oven but dd and friends also enjoy them cold.

Made bacon chops for tea and experimented with making onion bhajis and also mushroom ones which went quite well. DD has gone off to friends with a box full of pizza whirls and a smaller box with onion bhajis.

Managed to nip into butchers and got one of the family packs and DH will drive me to get milk, potatoes, veg etc tomorrow.

Watching the news has been a revelation of how quickly things can change. The coverage of Boston was surreal almost like a film.

muffin_man_7

ALIBOBSY wrote: »

What a great idea lyn, will try to remember to do that


Ali x

Ali put a reminder on the calendar or your phone

craigywv

they got the man in Boston ,captured him last night. at least they can relax a bit now , that was an awful situation to be in housebound my heart went out to the elderly/sick who maybe needed meds or nurses coming and going to feed them or toilet requirements.on a cheery note lovely day here i spy the sun so its washing on the line here and then going shopping with mum later. dinner shall be hm pizza and hm garlic bread.viited a polish shop yesterday and got some slices smoked sausage so will use it on pizza later, it was very reasonable hope its nice. have a lovely day all and hope your cookout goes well Lynn xxx

Cheapskate

Morning preppers

Been lurking recently as not enough time to read and post properly, think I've mostly caught up now, what a lot of chat recently!

Relieved for Bostonians that the police have caught the young bomber, hope he gets a fair trial despite what he and his brother did - what an awful state of affairs!

Ambient stores are reducing somewhat, so tomorrow's job will be a stocktake and making lists in order to plug gaps next week (working all day today, so can't today).

Elona, thanks for the pizza whirls recipe, the littlies will love those, and an extra idea for packups.

Another job I still need to do is measuring for front room curtains. It's a huge bay window, so impossible to buy ready made, unless I bought 2 pairs and sewed them together. It'll be cheaper to make my own, but there will be yards of fabric. I'm going to buy average weight fabric, but heavier lining (works out more cost effective) as it's a fairly warm room, so don't need really thick curtains. Our house was so cold this winter, so I've now got plenty of time to weatherproof it for next winter, in terms of cost and actual jobs.

Hope none of you suffered any damage during the heavy winds this week - we had had spells of over 50 mph on occasion, lots of wheely bins sailing down the road, etc.! :rotfl:

A xo

pineapple

GreyQueen wrote: »

:eek: Blimey. I don't have TV, Sky or otherwise, but the stills on the newspaper websites are bad enough. A huge area under lockdown. Makes you think, doesn't it? About what a curfew would look like?

I can see the reason for doing it but just have a smidgen of concern. Do they really have the right to put everyone under 'lockdown' just like that? Can they do that here? Also I found it quite scary how everyone complied. I'm wondering if those Americans who are so full of rebellious bluff and bluster on conspiracy sites will just need - when it comes down to it- to be patted on the head and told to go inside 'there's a good chap' :rotfl:
Also how stupid was that householder who followed the trail of blood then supposedly lifted the tarp to find the guy in the boat. I want to know why he didn't get his head blown off :huh:
Had to avert my eyes from the garden centre part of my favourite farm store today. We are still getting frosts in this neck of the woods.

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PINEAPPLE I don't think I'd actually want to be outside in a situation like that, not because I would assume I'd walk straight into the terrorist, but in a lockdown situation anyone not obeying the curfew would be a potential terrorist in the eyes of TPTB and as such in considerably more danger of being hurt by friendly fire than if they stayed inside. I think they could apply the same rules over here, I'm not at all certain that the people in this country are as compliant as those in the US, so I'm not very confident they would do as they were told, I could be wrong, Cheers Lyn xxx.

nuatha

pineapple wrote: »

I can see the reason for doing it but just have a smidgen of concern. Do they really have the right to put everyone under 'lockdown' just like that? Can they do that here? Also I found it quite scary how everyone complied. I'm wondering if those Americans who are so full of rebellious bluff and bluster on conspiracy sites will just need - when it comes down to it- to be patted on the head and told to go inside 'there's a good chap' :rotfl:

I'm not sure they have the right without declaring a State of Emergency, officially the lockdown was a request.
"“The lockdown is really voluntary, to be honest with you,” says Scott Silliman, emeritus director of the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security at Duke Law School. “The governor said he wants to use sheltering in place. Sheltering in place is a practice normally used if you’re dealing with a pandemic, where you’re telling people, ‘You may have been exposed and we want you to stay exactly where you are so we can isolate everything and we’ll come to you.’”

The “shelter in place” request is legally different from a state of emergency, which Patrick declared earlier this year as winter storm Nemo descended on the Bay State. Patrick imposed a travel ban, threatening a penalty of up to a year in prison and a large fine if people were found on the roads. Massachusetts suffered very few fatalities during the storm.

Read more: http://nation.time.com/2013/04/19/was-boston-actually-on-lockdown/#ixzz2R03fLiUT"

But having large numbers of armed police who would be understandably nervous (one dead, one critical from the shootout with the first suspect) I'd generally comply with such a request.

Also how stupid was that householder who followed the trail of blood then supposedly lifted the tarp to find the guy in the boat. I want to know why he didn't get his head blown off :huh:
Had to avert my eyes from the garden centre part of my favourite farm store today. We are still getting frosts in this neck of the woods.

A phone call to the police would have been safer.

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

PINEAPPLE I don't think I'd actually want to be outside in a situation like that, not because I would assume I'd walk straight into the terrorist, but in a lockdown situation anyone not obeying the curfew would be a potential terrorist in the eyes of TPTB and as such in considerably more danger of being hurt by friendly fire than if they stayed inside. I think they could apply the same rules over here, I'm not at all certain that the people in this country are as compliant as those in the US, so I'm not very confident they would do as they were told, I could be wrong, Cheers Lyn xxx.

We have the advantage that not all of our Police are permanently armed and those that are are trained to a fairly high standard. (Not that mistakes don't happen - the blind guy who was tasered recently)
I've seen several armed sieges in the town I live in, generally the public are very happy to cooperate with the police and stay out of the way - as far as I'm aware these have always been requests rather than "orders." But there is usually some loudly arguing that they have the right to get to their home.

Some recent discussions in another forum suggested that the UK police could use the Public Order Act 1986 or the Police Act 1996 (obstructing a police office in performing his duty or refusing to assist a police officer) to enforce such requests. (I am not a lawyer etc)

pineapple

Yes having said all that I would probably play ball too. No point in taking chances, I mean in this country you can get shot for carrying a table leg... :huh:
I'd hate to be 'terminated' just because I was taking something to the tip