THE Prepping thread - a new beginning :)

maryb

How awful for people struggling to cope with what has happened already knowing that Harvey is going to make landfall again on Wednesday and there can't be anything they can do at this stage. I saw a reference to the track of the storm heading towards all the big oil refineries - if that's the case, the whole country could feel the effects further down the line

ivyleaf

And Trump intends to visit, as if things weren't bad enough already.
Sorry, I know that sounds flippant, but really, what does he think he's going to add?

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Three years ago I prepped in an expensive way, bought a cleaning robot which cost lots.A year previous my neighbour friends got themselves a cleaner, cost them £22 a week plus birthday and christmas presents as she was local. I paid for my robot equivalent in months and I didn`t feel any need to go out when the work was being done. My robot, a he, cleans every single room in my house, whether it looks as though the floor needs it, or not and you would not believe the amount of dust that he picks up, every time. This unseen dust gets kicked into the air everytime anyone walks on the floor. I do dust, furniture and skirtings but they don`t get very dusty at all, maybe once a month is enough. My neighbour gave up on the cleaner after 18 months and my robot is working, as good as new. After hubbie died, It was hard to cope with all that needed to be done, suddenly I had to do everything and robot saved my sanity. Yes I know, horses for courses but getting older now and still so much to do by myself, this forward prep was a godsend.

Mojisola

maryb wrote: »

I saw a reference to the track of the storm heading towards all the big oil refineries - if that's the case, the whole country could feel the effects further down the line

I read that ten refineries have already shut down - gasoline futures are at a two year high and that will show at the pumps very soon.

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It's worse than that as 10 days before the hurricane hit Texas Mr.Trump changed the flood management and funding laws in the US reversing the flood plans Mr.Obama had in place .....result most of the money Texas gets for the relief of Harvey will be spent on developments in inappropriate places and come the next hurricane all will be at risk! Badgers belief doesn't it? it's in articles on the news feed if you want details! Poor, poor poor USA!!!

meanmarie

Report hit by mistake......nothing to report

Apologies

Marie

silverwhistle

I've always thought GreyQueen has sensible advice, and although escape to the country seems ok at (say) 50 when you don't have kids and their education to worry about, at an even older age it seems less of a good idea.

I lived in a mountainous area in another country where I knew a few who moved into the local historic centre when they got old. A flat above the pedestrian main street near to all the main facilities was ideal, and maintained a sociable life without the need for a car.

I've a disabled friend out in the wilds of the north, and it's a lovely and quiet place but I dread to think what will happen as she gets older and her mobility problems get worse.

I do drive, in fact came back from said northern fastnesses on Sunday - around 300 miles. Fortunately I can walk into the centre of my village or to the nearest railway station and cycle into the nearest town and I'm very glad that I'm not completely reliant on having a car.

Karmacat

Now I've retired, I'd like to move back to Merseyside in some ways - it would release oodles of capital, for sure. But I'd then be hundreds of miles away from my sister, who's my main point of contact with the outside world these days. I'm having some work done in this house (quite a few prep-related things, though some aren't) but I'm still hankering after downsizing to an apartment of some sort. Really not sure because of the leasehold thing, even taking into account a share of the freehold. I'll have to see, because this place might be quite different after the work's done and I've caught up with the garden from its years of neglect when I was ill.

jk0

Did anyone see this on Zerohedge?

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-30/arkema-ceo-no-way-prevent-imminent-explosion-flooded-texas-chemical-plant

twiglet98

jk0 wrote: »

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?

On the rare occasions that we are ordering food or drinks my 1980s-born offspring say "Can I get..." rather than "Can I have..." and it drives me mad, I guess it's another infuriating Americanism.

My mother used Tide detergent when I was a child in the 1950s/1960s, presumably bought from the International Stores in the village. I wonder when Tide disappeared from British shelves?