THE Prepping thread - a new beginning :)

mardatha

Well for once I've got better weather up here! Bright sunny morning currently 11C. Currently trying to use willpower to stave off a gallstone attack.... not really sure how that one's going to work though!

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A dismal grey, wet and cold day here today. I've just cleared the ashes and laid up the fire again for tonight and had the thought that having an adequate store of logs, kindling and paper to start the fire and keep us warm right through the cold weather is as much a prepping activity as anything else we do. For us it's a year round activity to collect, process and store whatever wood we can lay our hands on, He Who Knows spends hours (probably days) splitting, sawing, using the axes to process wood of all sorts and we've enough in store to last round about 4 years, it's just how we run. In a SHTF situation I think wood might be one of your best stashes to have as it would not only keep you all warm, but allow cooking of what food there might be available and possibly more importantly warming water to keep you, your habitation and your clothing clean. That might be the thing that keeps you in better health over a period of difficulty. Cleanliness is paramount and perhaps a good stash of soap too would be worth having over food supplies?

dND

kittie wrote: »

plumber here in a mo.
Welcomd dnd

Look up A2 milk, easily tolerated for lactose sufferers. Jersey, guernsey etc Lots less of the A1 protein. Very good milk and in most supermarkets

Thanks for that kittie. I've just had a quick look and that's very interesting. I live in France and it seems that French cows are more likely to be A2, which could be why my symptoms have been much reduced over the years I've been here.

Karmacat wrote: »

Welcome dND!

I can't use dairy products made from cow's milk any more, and goat's milk seems too expensive for me too, plus I don't want to use lactose free milk - I'm not sure of the price, but I don't want to use milk that's been "worked on" like that. So when I'm ready to get back into kefir, I'm going to do water kefir.

Hi Karmacat. Like you I prefer raw milk (very occasionally I get it or if not raw then straight from the produces with very little processing) - but needs must and I reasoned that lactase is a produce produced by the body (well sometimes ). Milk is such a good source of calcium and at my age I need to keep my calcium levels up - well, that's my excuse for devouring cheese and milk :rotfl:

I'm sure though that if its effects were as bad as sugar were for me (migraines) I would find it easy to give up just as I did sugar in tea and coffee.

GreyQueen

I'm pleased with that find, too, and have been happily watching the clips whilst doing some painstaking hand-sewn repairs on my daily carry ruckie, a k@rrimor. It's what hiking types call a 'town bag' but it is very strong, has a padded back, chest compression strap and holds a fair bit of weight (many kilos) comfortably. You could easily use it out on the hills.

Also, in black and grey, and only 30 L, it is perfectly home in an urban environment, although the average urbanite would be rather surprised at some of the contents, lol...... :rotfl:

The repairs to this much-used item are being conducted with polyester webbing salvaged from other bags (I once wombled a discarded 75 L ruckie left over from a bootsale for no other purpose than dismantling it for its fabric, strapping and the buckles).

I'm re-doing the skinny bungee cord on the back of it, where it is cross-gartered. Not because I have any particular use for it (the old cord had perished and lost its springiness) but because the bag is meant to have it there and would look peculiar without it. And a good prepper never draws attention to herself.

mardatha

I think Fuds that we all just plonk on here what we do or have found useful, in case it resonates with anybody else. There isn't a one-fix-fits-all in prepping, we are all different. Various different circumstances and priorities and available funds. Pick n Mix Prepping!

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We're all different, we all prioritise different things and prepping IS such a personal take that there really isn't a one size fits all manual of instructions for it. All anyone CAN do is make best use of what they have as resources and take as much precaution as life allows, and have that mind set that says 'I'm a survivor no matter what happens I WILL GET THROUGH IT!' You've proven that true times out of mind FUDDLEY ONE, you're a brave and capable little human being and you HAVE got through situations that would have destroyed most of us, not only got through them but picked your little self up and carried on every time. You're OK kid!!! xxx.

maryb

I've never worked out what that criss cross elastic is useful for on my small back pack. It never seems to give enough room to stuff your waterproof in if you find you're too hot and it's too narrow to put an OS map in. Am I missing something obvious - it just seems redundant on a small backpack?

fuddle

I'm sorry I deleted my post above. I just wasn't comfortable with my level of openness. I'm blaming craving sugar and rubbish carbs! My mood is a bit wonky.

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Thinking happy thoughts your way small one xxx.

Karmacat

fuddle wrote: »

I'm sorry I deleted my post above. I just wasn't comfortable with my level of openness. I'm blaming craving sugar and rubbish carbs! My mood is a bit wonky.

:kisses3: We've all done it. I've done, it anyway :kisses3:

Just do what you need to do to rest easy.