THE Prepping thread - a new beginning :)

mardatha

Well we are a proper village then. We have a (very old) church. And nothing else. :rotfl:

DigForVictory

ivyleaf wrote: »

Now, I understood that the difference between a village and a hamlet wasn't size, as I'd previously assumed, but the presence or absence of a church rather than a Post Office.
Church = village.
No church = hamlet.

Google backs you all the way, but I learned (some of) my odd ways in Wales.
The term hamlet was used in some parts of the country, notably Wales, to denote a geographical subdivision of a parish (which might or might not contain a settlement). Elsewhere, these subdivisions were called "townships" or "tithings".
Where our hamlet had one of three churches that kept a vicar busy. Definitely a subdivision of a parish.

GreyQueen

You may be relieved to know (or maybe you don't give a monkey's ) but I now have my script. Woop-woop!

1. Go to GP surgery after w*rk. Queue. Interact with a new member of staff not trained on prescriptions. Have to await the return of the one who is - approx 10 minutes.

2. Give that person my name - twice - she asks if it's hypenated? Explain patiently that was my first name and surname. Spell surname (an uncomplicated English one). She retreats into the back office to hunt for my prescription.

3. I stare at the waiting room's fish tank. Fish are calming, or so I've been told. After about another five minutes, receptionsist-who-knows-prescriptions return. My main script was sent over to B00ts electonically on 14th (day after my request) and the second item was sent over on 16th (i.e. today) so both should be available. I asked for them both in the email of 13th, no explanation of the two day lag.

4. Go to B00ts (am walking all over the city centre, feet are singing little songs). See the surly pharmacist from Tuesday, who is standing looking out over the shop and says he is 'busy' - i.e. go bother someone else.:mad:

5. Stand in queue for only assistant at the counters (who is selling toiletries etc) and wait my turn. She's lovely, finds my script in a few seconds, checks my re-order date then tells me my GP hasn't put Item 2 (the non-life-saving one he started me on in Dec) onto the repeat script. So, if B00ts ask for it and it isn't set up on repeat, I won't get it next time.

6. Thank her for her time, smile gently and wander off to buy chocolate and to rest my nerves whilst browsing in the central library. When feeling frazzled, one needs to self-medicate.;)

7. At some point in the next few days, email the GP surgery and ask them to put Item 2 on repeat, please.

Y'know, I've often thought that the UK will never ever become a police state. Not because of innate virtue in our national character but for one simple reason - we are too darned INEFFICIENT to succeed.

*and breathe. Snowdrops and aconites are out in the city centre churchyards. Spring is on the way.*

Witless

Maybe I'm just a heathen but I always thought the difference between a village and a hamlet was the presence of a pub.

There's an area close to where I was born with numerous houses (about 250), 3 churches, 2 schools, shop & a (sub) post office but no 'licensed premises': I've never once heard referred to as a village.

Any records I've checked online, including government record sites , refer to it as a 'civil parish' or 'settlement eg - "Public Records - Holdings of documents related to XXXXXXXX parish at the Public Records Office" or as "XXXXXXXX is located approximately 4 kilometres southeast of YYYYYYYYY, immediately
south of the ZZ motorway (see Map No. 88). The settlement has developed around a crossroads but lacks a strong visual focus .... XXXXXXXX has a population of 687 people and 257 households.
• The settlement has developed around the point where several minor rural roads meet and is primarily residential in terms of its land use; however the settlement does benefit from a range of community services including XXXXXXXX Primary School, JJJJJJ Primary School, ....."

(Both quotes are less than 2 years old)

The older 'purists insist that XXXXXXXX doesn't actually exist (despite the shop, PO, churches, schools etc) but that 4 town-lands meet at the crossroads!

When I was growing up (about 2 miles from this conurbation) we were served by a mobile shop (on Wednesdays & Sundays) and a library van once a fortnight. Proper rural!

mardatha

Still health/hospital prepping related - I've stashed 20 x £1 coins in my bag for emergencies. Also ordering a spare charger for my dinosaur phone.

pennib

I live in what I always thought of a hamlet. A group of about 20ish houses, strung along a back road with no pub, church. But we do have a builders yard on the outskirts which has a post office inside!

ivyleaf

DigForVictory wrote: »

Google backs you all the way, but I learned (some of) my odd ways in Wales.
The term hamlet was used in some parts of the country, notably Wales, to denote a geographical subdivision of a parish (which might or might not contain a settlement). Elsewhere, these subdivisions were called "townships" or "tithings".
Where our hamlet had one of three churches that kept a vicar busy. Definitely a subdivision of a parish.

Thanks DfV, that's really interesting! :T

maryb

For anyone who has ever worked in accountancy, there's an old joke - the definition of a village is a church, a pub, and a Grant Thornton office

DigForVictory

I live just far enough away from my workplace to somewhat yearn for those days.
I wonder what we need to use these days to denote small living area with some amenities possibly enough to trigger its own name or community but rather few? Says she thinking fondly of a very finite area with a bus stop, a chippy & a public defib...

GQ Hallelujah and might it be worth reporting the slouching lout as with that attitude towards customer care, he shouldn't be working at your dispensing pharmacy?

And mardatha, the thought of a prepping roll of nuggets in the handbag reminds me of some vintage whodunnit where the murder weapon was a roll of sixpences - still, cosh & coinage both useful...

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Love the NHS or loathe it the alternative to having it would be very expensive in two ways. Private medical treatment is extremely costly even Medical Insurance for private treatment is expensive specially as deductions from incomes will already have been made to fund the NHS and the other alternative is NOT to have the life keeping drugs and treatments that the NHS provides and live (or not) with the consequences. It would quickly solve the country's overpopulation crisis wouldn't it? and also likely free up enough resources from within the NHS framework to enable it to function far more effectively for those lucky souls without medical conditions left alive after the rest of us had gone. Just a thought!