THE Prepping thread - a new beginning :)

missusP

This sounds contradictory to current advice on heart burn but apparently eating hot chillis regularly stops heartburn as the body becomes desensitised to the burning (spice heat is sensed as pain)but if you stop eating chillis, the pain comes back so its a long term therapy.

mardatha

Fuddle take the Omep for a month or 6 weeks, then try to gradually wean off it. When you do that, get in a good stock of Gaviscon Advance, plus some Ranitidine pills. Eat smalish meals, eat sitting up straight,don't slouch. I'm an expert in heartburn although I don't want to be!
I forgot about pink salt GQ, will get some. Not sure what's going on with me today but I feel if I let go of the couch I'll float off into orbit

mardatha

On the prepping front... look what I just bought. I'm so excited about this I already read his books and like them - but this one will be just what we. as preppers, need to know:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1473664349/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

maryb

Our TK Maxx also has loads of Himalayan Pink salt and a reasonable price.

But I couldn't face walking down that end of town today - it was murder with lots of very stressed looking mums and grannies. "I REALLY need you to be good" in pleading tones. Good luck with that, I thought after one glance at the target of this plea who was clearly ripe for mayhem

My DDs school introduced a two week half term in October and I think a lot of schools have done that now. I thought then and still think it's a terrible idea. Unless you can afford to go away, and lots can't, the young'uns are often stuck in the house if it's bad weather. And it's not a time of year that working parents want or are able to use up annual leave on (since the run up to Christmas is often a busy time of year in many workplaces) - hence the stressed looking grannies.

moneyistooshorttomention

:rotfl:That's just reminded me that one of the tv programmes I've ticked to watch tonight is "Feral Kids":rotfl:

GreyQueen

I ran some shopping errands after w*rk and nearly had a bit of a moment in Poundlandia due to school kids being everywhere and (mostly) behaving obnoxously. And in other stores, gah, had to come home early. I ain't shopping with them out there.

I will be passing near-ish to TK Maxx tomorrow but am now wondering about HB, it's in t'other direction. Decisions, decisions. The salt is £3.95 per 500g in the health food shop btw, how does that stack up with prices at the other stores, can anyone tell me, please?

Interesting looking book, Mardatha, will add that to the reading list. I've been a bit of a space case since I had my flu jab last Saturday, very tired and achey, might be co-incidental as I've never had a reaction before. Getting better gradually.

ETA; Just found this, my first ever seeing of a blog chain: https://www.dadsdollarsdebts.com/2017/10/14/tubbs-fire-sudden-evacuation/

Witless

GreyQueen wrote: »

I'm going to get some of that pink Himalayan rock salt to try, since sea salt is all supposed to be full of micro-plastics these days.

It's available fro Amaz0n online - £8.99 (£4.73 / kg) & FREE UK Delivery

I suspect 2 kilos is a long term supply (many years' worth in my case)

mardatha

Does it not go rock hard like ordinary salt? That would be a bit of a hassle to keep having to attack it with a mallet everytime I needed salt on my dinner

GreyQueen

mardatha wrote: »

Does it not go rock hard like ordinary salt? That would be a bit of a hassle to keep having to attack it with a mallet everytime I needed salt on my dinner

It seems to be ground-up, Mar. I saw two different grades from the same supplier, a coarse one like little granules and a fine grade more like regular salt.

mardatha

Ah. I was expecting a huge lump like the Bass Rock as a sort of feature in my livingroom..
I was ok with the flu jab, hope you feel better soon GQ.
Reading that blog, for a cardiologist he wasn't very cool calm or intelligent was he?