THE Prepping thread - a new beginning :)

ivyleaf

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

In the event of a water shortage, a useful thing to have in stock, is a lot of aluminium foil.

OK, I'll bite. Why would it be useful to have a lot of aluminium (or aluminum, in mila's case ) foil in the event of a water shortage?

I've no idea whether you're being serious or if it's one of your jokes and I've missed the point

ETA Witless - I expect a lot of people save £2 coins. We certainly do. I've had a couple in my change since the Brexit vote.

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ivyleaf wrote: »

OK, I'll bite. Why would it be useful to have a lot of aluminium (or aluminum, in mila's case ) foil in the event of a water shortage?

Because you can line pans, baking trays etc., thereby eliminating the need to wash them.

I expect a lot of people save £2 coins. We certainly do. I've had a couple in my change since the Brexit vote.

Keeping in a stash of coins, in case of till problems, never occurred to me.

I guess I should obtain a few dozen pounds worth of coins, and keep them safe.

I'm thinking £2 and £1 (and maybe a few 50p) coins would be the most useful.

mardatha

I think May came up here to either be the heavy & and intimidate Nicola S, or else to try and appear warm, fuzzy & reasonable. A wee tough lassie from the west of Scotland is not going to fall for either lol
Does anybody have friends or family who are living in Europe? if so then what are they saying or doing about us leaving?

ivyleaf

Oh I see Bob! Thanks. Yes, that is definitely a good idea. I do have a big roll of "turkey foil", which is very wide. Might get another one of those, perhaps.

GreyQueen

Remember that the £1 coin is due to be replaced by a 12 sided bi-metal version in 2017. Although no British coin has ever been de-monetised and all can still be paid into the bank, so being left holding the old round ones shouldn't be a problem. Although some coins have a numismatic value and/ or precious metal value far greater than face value, so it's be foolish to pay them into the bank.

I save some £1 coins, £2 coins and 50 pieces. £2 coins fit perfectly into a 35mm film canister, I've found. Which is where I keep mine.

I can't get over the amount of people who don't carry cash, and the inefficiencies they cause in shops, plus the unthinking vulnerability they have to any glitches. Several times I've been in supermarkets when all the card-readers go down and an announcement has come out that they can only handle cash sales. Which means that some of us old-style shoppers get to have our groceries, and some people go home empty-handed.

Karmacat

mardatha wrote: »

I'm reading The Fist of God by Frederick Forsyth, and it talks about the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. The British (and of course other foreigners) had to go to ground in their homes for the duration - and things got pretty bad. They had to depend on the goodwill of their neighbours for even food and water. When things go wrong and you're in a foreign country then you're really on your own aren't you.. and that let me to wonder what happens now to al the people who bought houses in places like Bulgaria ?

I saw the earlier comment about the holiday homes and Roma people, don't know anything about that situation myself.

For me, although I love travel and love exploring the nitty gritty of day to day life in another country, startlingly different from our own even across the Channel, nothing could persuade me to move to another country to live there permanently and not be able to come back here to live. I've had my doubts about it for a few years, but now ... no way, no how, never, no chance ... Sorry if that offends anyone. You have to have help from your neighbours, and in long drawn out crises, an awful lot of scapegoating happens - "those blasted foreigners" isn't just a British construct, it happens all the time. There are quite a few times when it *doesn't* happen too, when people go out on a limb for their incoming neighbours from another country. I wouldn't like to bet my life on it.

mardatha wrote: »

Does anybody have friends or family who are living in Europe? if so then what are they saying or doing about us leaving?

I have French and Irish rellies, who both live in England, and I've only seen them at weddings this year - none of all that was up for discussion

moneyistooshorttomention

Much easier to live in one's own country I feel too - even in "better times".

You know the laws, the way of thinking, the System generally, etc. I only caught myself twice in the last week thinking "Well - what that organisation is doing is x/because of y and the way to get what I personally want in the circumstances is z". In a different country/with different ways - I'd still be sitting there thinking "Ohgawd - now what do I do about that?". In my own country - there might be a bit of time till its resolved/ possibly a little bit of hassle dealing with personal impact that would happen if I let it - but knowing the System means the odds are good it will resolve (more or less) okay.

The advantages of knowing how things "function" shouldnt be under-rated imo.

Slinky

What are you going to do with you harvested lavender GQ?

Margaret54

So sad to see such awful events in Nice. It looks such a beautiful place to live in or holiday at. My heart goes out to everyone who has been injured or who have lost loved ones. I cannot get my head around how someone can do what he did. France has been through so much. I feel that there will be more horror. I know someone who bought a villa out in Turkey many years ago and she is in her mid seventies and is too scared to travel there now, and just wants to sell it. I have a friend who holidays in Turkey every year and I don't think she will be going again. The world is in such a mess. I will keep on with our prepping. I too save all our £2 and £1 coins. Thanks for the tip about tin foil Bob, as I would not have known that. Thank you everyone on here for all the great tips.

mrs-moneypenny

I agree I hadn't thought of the tinfoil, tip thanks Bob.
So sad that so many areas of the world just aren't getting or or able to live in peace with one another.
Having pots for tea freshly harvested from the garden for tea, and got a spaRE slab from mils to enable us to adjust the height of the waterbutt so it hopefully won't keep overflowing.

Dd2 gave us a spare set of cruset saucepans to CS but we've decided to keep the kettle that was with them as its a stove kettle to boil on there in case the leccy goes off.