THE Prepping thread - a new beginning :)

elona

GQ

That link was :eek:

It seems paranoid but one reason I am glad I have spare bedrooms is so I can help out family if anything happens whether it is just work being done on their house or something more worrying.

I agree with you about debt and dds seem to feel much the same way thank heavens. It is scary how soon things can change with no warning.

[Deleted User]

It seems an appropriate time to say what I have been doing for the past couple of hours because of everything now being online when it used to be bits of paper in a filing cabinet. I only read today that I will need very in depth proof of any money I have and how I came about it and I am talking about me squirreling away for years. I had a bank once that didn`t show many past statements and now I am with the halifax, you can go back years so I have been printing statements, 29 statements from since april after dh passed in february and as they flashed on the screen, I did have to take a gulp now and then because it is only a couple of months ago that I decided that I was going back to being frugal

At first, well, money and savings didn`t matter, what was the point? so I spent on eg furniture and a couple of holidays, one was horribly expensive and I gave decent amounts to each of the children. Thank goodness I had my reality check, which came about because I want to move. Its the sheer paperwork now, the statements from every bank and building society and ns&i, to prove that I have savings. You know that it is so hard to open an account these days, apparently the delving into accounts when buying a house goes way beyond that. They want masses of paperwork. Physical copies

DigForVictory

Thank you for the reminder to keep the papers in order!

I'd thought I was OK, I had photos - on my phone. Which (temporarily) bricked last night - I have now backed it up, archived the data into another two locations & uttered fervent prayers of thanks.

However, it's a useful reminder. Paper and electrons. Put not your faith on one or the other, where possible Have Both.

If you have a Kelly kettle, you may be in a disaster situation, but odds on you'll have the fundamentals of a brew sorted - so it's less of a disaster, more a current inconvenience. Which might be a stonking Only The English understatement, or genuinely the case, & quite possibly both. If you can put your hands on water, fire & the makings of a brew, you are in a much better situation than you may have thought.

GreyQueen

Funnily enough, on the lottie this evening (have been putting preservative on my shed) I was thinking about the sheer comfort of hot drinks. What would we Brits be without our cuppa? Plenty of people like also coffee (some of them are my friends, I don't question their sanity even if I consider it to be loathesome stuff ).

Hot drinks are brilliant for raising your body heat and even better for raising morale. One branch of my extended family has lived in northern Europe since the early 20th century. They ended up having their country occupied in WW2, which was an uncomfortable situation for them, to put it mildly. But they had TEA for the duration.

How was this achieved, we might ask? Why, the country cousins of said mainly city-dwelling family managed to lay hands on quite a lot of tea which was formerly the property of the British Army, which unfortunately had to beat a sharp retreat from their neck of the woods. They liberated enough chai for themselves and for the city part of the family.:rotfl:

Lyn, your offer of the cookset is great, I have one of my own for my KK but I'm sure someone would be very glad of it.

jk0

Still no money from the fund managers in Ireland. My signed for letter reached them on Tuesday. (Even that was a £6 rip-off to send tracked!)

One more week, and they'll be getting a letter before action.

Mojisola

DigForVictory wrote: »

If you have a Kelly kettle, you may be in a disaster situation, but odds on you'll have the fundamentals of a brew sorted - so it's less of a disaster, more a current inconvenience. Which might be a stonking Only The English understatement, or genuinely the case, & quite possibly both. If you can put your hands on water, fire & the makings of a brew, you are in a much better situation than you may have thought.

Reminded me of this -
https://www.redbubble.com/people/wildyles/works/28006910-british-hierarchy-of-needs-white

maryb

Kittie interesting you should say that. We are helping DD1 buy a flat and I expected to have to provide proof of source of funds. I went with her to the mortgage approval interview which was with NatWest who I also bank with ( funnily enough largely because their online banking is the easiest to use with Microsoft Money which I think we both swear by) I was all set to answer questions about where the money came from but they just wanted me to sign a declaration that the money was a gift and we would have no interest in the property.

I think her solicitor will also have to do some source of funds work but so far I have only been asked to provide a copy of a current statement showing I have the funds available. I did some moving round of money to get it all into one account and so far they haven't wanted to dig back any further. I'll let you know if they do

Jazee

Morning all. Another one here who loves tea and NEVER runs out. DH has just bought himself one of the fancy coffee machines with the pods. Don't know what he'll do in an emergency situation!

VJsmum

Mojisola wrote: »

Reminded me of this -
https://www.redbubble.com/people/wildyles/works/28006910-british-hierarchy-of-needs-white

Surely that's upside down?

DigForVictory

Some time back we discussed laying in a stash of tea & I proudly acquired three boxes. After a judicious period for the relevant young minds to forget (bearers), I repeated the exercise. Then again.

Yesterday they darn nearly had to make me a strong brew with sugar (a combination I abhor) for shock - Prices have indeed Gone Up.

Dear VJsmum, have you got son some unique & memorable Christmas gifts? As I'd be making slippers having flayed a section of hide.... [But I am a complete savage when it comes to some matters.] Or are you being absolutely heroically reasonable and not allowing the family to poke some pretty pointed jokes? As I put it to you, this is the sort of stuff that definitely should be borne in mind when it comes to picking a care home.