THE Prepping thread - a new beginning :)

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Its so hard chirpy, making that sort of decision and I suppose it is easier for the people who rent. Buying costs £000s just in stamp duty and other fees, dead money. In the old days, there were only solicitors and surveyors to pay and people moved when they felt like a change. Its too expensive to move now, unless one is sure that it will be a long term move

I lived in Wales for much of my adult life, in N Wales at the time when there was a lot of anti English feeling. It was so lonely up there. Later in S Wales, for 36 years and loved it so much, I would move back there now but it would be too far away from one dd and grandchildren. I knew I would love the south because I went to a supermarket, stood in a queue and the woman next to me in the queue started chatting, so very friendly. So now I sit on my hands wrt moving house, S Wales, would be where I would move back to if I could but `sigh` I am too torn, dds come first, both of them with equal shares of me

So now, I just prep for the just in case, building a base that would make it easier to move, saving and KM, getting rid of stuff I no longer love or need and if furthest dd ever moved closer to Wales, then that would be me, sorted

mardatha

I like where I am, high & lonely and peaceful. Just sometimes wish for a bit of human contact (the RV doesn't count as I'm not convinced he's human). I know I'd absolutely hate it in a town so that's not going to be an option unless the RV died and I couldn't manage here on my own.

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What's an RV :huh:

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Mar's husband who is known as the RATTY VIRGO on account of his demeanour and his birth sign!

GreyQueen

When I was very first on this forum, I thought Mar was referring to her hubby as a 'Recreational Vehicle'; which seemed slightly peculiar...... imagine my relief when someone else asked about it all was explained.....

Kittie, I didn't process 19 kg of veggies that night. I'm at the parents and we're four marrows down and several more to go and 6 kg of runners processed for their freezer as mine is chocka.

Re decisions about where to live and what to do for the best, it's a very hard call as we have different wants and needs and there isn't any such thing as a right answer.

For example, someone with complex medical needs might prioritise proximity to a particular hospital or clinic. Someone else might not even darken their GP's door from one decade to another and that's not a relevent issue to them.

I do note from friends and family members who have moved from town and city life into the countryside, that the can easily condemn themselves and young adult offspring to a lot of expense and difficulty.

F'rinstance, your young person may need to access education in places and at times not served by public transport. Also, employment opportunities are pretty limited in many places without the use of a car. One young woman of my extended family is caught in the situation of being unemployable without having a car (literally, employers won't consider anyone without one as public transport is too scanty and unreliable). She needs a car to get the work to pay for the car to get to work, work which doesn't pay enough to save the money after paying for the car to move out of the parental (countryside) home.

Round and round on the hamster wheel without ever getting ahead....

I live slapbang in the centre of a city and everything I needs is in easy walking distance. As in well under 10 mins' walk in most cases. As a person with limited energy and on a low income, this is an absolute boon and I've been car-free for 20 years and two months now.

I have what I need, including access to public transport, and wouldn't willingly move away from all I have, but it wouldn't be for everyone, I know.

Whatever you decide, all the best. GQ x

chirpychick

Grey queen you're so spot on.
My little boy has complex needs and though we don't need to have access constantly to a hospital we do use other services ( OT, Physio and speech) I expect his needs will become more complex as he matures and I'm very aware we have really good services we're we are.
I think you've really helped with the decision making process!

Sometimes I do think more space would be beneficial to him and having a therapy room too! But that really would mean moving because we can't afford bigger around here. We are pendulums at the moment, we are waiting to see what job hubby ends up in and I guess go where the work is. Right now he can afford to be picky and look local, that might not be the case in a few months.

Today I've upcycled a wooden bookcase for my lounge with paint and primer we already had.

jk0

I must be getting old. I notice this more & more nowadays. I just switched off the film about Stephen Hawking's early life, as I spotted two mistakes in the first half hour.

Someone in the pub (set in the sixties) asked the barman: 'Can I get another one of those please?' Ahhh! That annoys me when I hear it in every day speech now, and it certainly wasn't used in the sixties.

Later on, Hawking and his girlfriend are at a university dance, and Hawking explains that the men's shirts show up in the UV light due to Tide detergent. I had no idea that Amazon's USA shop was operating in the sixties either, as he managed to leave a packet out for his gf with the morning milk!

Anyone else find stuff like this annoying?

Nargleblast

Oh yes, I feel your pain, jko. Especially when a drama is on about my line of work, so many inaccuracies I could throw a brick at the screen!

Then there's the news programmes where captions with spelling mistakes are shown - where the hell are the proofreaders?

milasavesmoney

Glued to the TV yesterday and this morning watching Hurricane Harvey flooding, rescues etc.
There could be thousands more that need rescuing. Another 25 inches of rain forecast to be coming to Houston. That will make over 50 " in three days.

mardatha

Yes me too mila and notice how it's the people themselves who are getting out there in wee boats and doing the rescues. Good on them.Going to take a lot of time to fix this one eh.