THE Prepping thread - a new beginning :)

thriftwizard

Bit breezy last night! When I went to let the chickens out this morning, the polytunnel that has lined their run since last year’s Avian Flu panic had blown clean down. Luckily all the bits were still there & undamaged, so I was able to pop it back together again & they won’t get wet feet if it pours. And the bantams are having fun in the wind, pretending they can fly. Always makes me laugh!

ivyleaf

Sending get-well wishes, Shropshirelass

thriftwizard I'd love to see the bantams

Karmacat

ivyleaf wrote: »

Sending get-well wishes, Shropshirelass

thriftwizard I'd love to see the bantams

From me too, to both of you.

Storm Eleanor has finished taking down some rotten fence panels for me. Though I had to drag them away from the neighbour's car after I'd sawn through the remaining post...

I'm concerned about these flu reports too. Supposed to be seeing two exhibitions in the next two weeks, in London - I shan't be travelling at rush hour, but still

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We've both got head colds, certain it's not the flu but is enough to make us feel ghastly and wish we hadn't got it! Very little sleep for either of us last night despite being in separate rooms as noses constantly running and congested and achey bones do not lead to sleepfulness! Ne'mind this morning at least the sun is shining even if we still have high winds. I've opened the small windows in the upstairs rooms to give us a blow through and freshen us up a little. The thing that gives most comfort is balsam tissues which stop noses from being as sore as they might be and hot drinks when needed which stop throats being too sore to cope. This, as with all annoyances, will pass and likely more quickly than we think it will, but today we're feeling a little sorry for ourselves and fragile round the edges, roll on tomorrow and hopefully after a better sleep we'll both be feeling much more our usual annoying selves.

Nargleblast

Mrs LW - Honey, lemon, ginger, paracetamol, steam inhalations - and sod the household chores! Be kind to yourselves and take it easy for the next few days.

thriftwizard

thriftwizard I'd love to see the bantams

Herewith, Ivyleaf - Nura & Luna the Buff Pekins using DD1 as a launchpad...

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jk0

Grr... I caught a cold on the bus the other night. I sat by an open window too, to try to blow people's germs away.

I've got two tips that worked brilliantly last night:

1.) Gargle with a single soluble aspirin in water then swallow. (For a sore throat.)
2.) Take a long hot bath at bedtime, and hop into a cool bed as soon as you are dry.

I went to bed at midnight and did not wake until 7.30.

elona

Don't forget Vicks rubbed into the soles of your feet at bedtime and socks put on before you go to bed.

Shropshirelass

On a prepping note, I always have a goodly supply of Tempo tissues in, they have balsam, aloe Vera etc, and you can have a good blow on one tissue. Only find them in the independent grocer round here (NISA) so I keep a few boxes in. Also Vicks, Sudafed (ephedrine only), Olbas, Vaseline, vit. C drink, lip salve, Paracetamol and Ibuprofen. And lots of soap and clean towels to try to avoid sharing the bug. Why would they develop a cure with sales possibility like that?

I grew up in a chemical industry town on Merseyside, and have the delicate mucous membranes to prove the effect pollution can have. Many of these medicines were developed and originally manufactured there. I don't believe my cave-painting ancestors walking across from Europe via Dogger had troublesome sinuses like mine.

Anyway, the desire to sleep 26 hours a day has left me, so it has taken 6 days since the original upset tummy, headache, sore throat, aches, throbbing joints, hot and cold shivers, runny nose, and general feeling that I'll probably be dead tomorrow anyway.
Best wishes to anyone else suffering, hope you feel better soon.

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Much improved today He Who Knows has actually gone 'walkies' and I've cleaned the house! still 'sniffy' round the edges but feeling vaguely human again. I can't take anything other than paracetamol or ibuprofen due to other regular meds so it's a case of be kind to the nose and weather the bug! The sky is leaden out there this morning but the wind has gone thank goodness, we're due a great deal of rain and then things improve but get much colder, hopefully seeing off lots of germs!