THE Prepping thread - a new beginning :)

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Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

You can't blame the current generation, for what previous generations did.

Absolutely agreed - we are what we are ourselves in our generation and can't be held accountable for what previous generations did or didn't do.

Hence my having had a German friend some time back (ie whilst she was here in this country) - despite my mother spending many nights down bomb shelters in World War 2 as a child and wondering if her home was going to be bombed as part of it.

Give my parents their due at least on that one - and my father has sat there amicably discussing topic of mutual interest with her and my mother did at least say nowt and be polite (think she'd got the message after a couple of previous incidents she involved me in though:cool: that she would need to be at least that or I would "have words" with her).:rotfl:

I disagree that people wouldn't let conflict live on more than 2 generations though. There are people in areas of several countries I can think of that do seem to hold grudges for hundreds of years - which I can never understand myself (as we're talking about what ancestors quite a few generations ago were doing and it's beyond me what relevance anyone thinks there would be to a late 20th/21st century person from something that happened hundreds of years ago):huh: - or even to their own parents generation (if they themselves are in the elderly generation and their parents generation are now all dead).

Something that happened in our own personal lifetime or looks likely to happen over the rest of our own lifetime (extend that to the next generation - if one has children and therefore "personal investment" in what happens to the next generation) I can understand. But looking backwards.....??? and I can't begin to think why...

mardatha

BB it wasn't MrsL who sounded anti-German, it was me. I can't help it but I have never known any Germans or lived there so it's totally irrational racism. But there you ago lol it's how I feel. Although I would never, ever be nasty or unpleasant to any of them. It's just in my mind.

fuddle

mardatha wrote: »

BB it wasn't MrsL who sounded anti-German, it was me. I can't help it but I have never known any Germans or lived there so it's totally irrational racism. But there you ago lol it's how I feel. Although I would never, ever be nasty or unpleasant to any of them. It's just in my mind.

I have an irrational fear of anything hanging above my bed while I sleep. Why? Because I read Flat Stanley as a child and found he was flattened to paper thin size by a falling pin board hanging above his bed.

I hear you mar. :rotfl:

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MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

I love Germany, it's a second home and the German people are lovely.

They are lovely. We were treated like old friends, by total strangers, at the Berlin Wall concert, in 2014.

If I ever had to leave the UK, I'd live in Berlin, or rather in one of those estates of cottages just outside.

mardatha

....And fuddle - never, ever ever let your leg or arm dangle over the side of the bed. Not since I watched Sixth Sense :eek::eek:

Puffinbertha

As a student in the 60's I had the opportunity to visit Germany, which I took. It was a long time before I understood my father's reluctance to let me go. He was in the 8th Army. I still regret going and the hurt that I caused him.

JamesO

Perplexed_Pineapple wrote: »

I'm not sure whether I can explain it properly, but I'm in no doubt from my own experiences that the influence of language extends beyond speech into thoughts and actions.

thriftwizard wrote: »

I suspect that language shapes what and how we can think, and the breadth & depth of one's vocabulary & accuracy of use defines the breadth & depth of one's potential thoughts. Our language is so irregular that a certain amount of creative chaos/thinking outside of boxes is inevitable!

https://www.edge.org/conversation/lera_boroditsky-how-does-our-language-shape-the-way-we-think

https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Psycholinguistics/Language_and_Thought

GNU_Pratchett wrote:

'It's very hard to talk quantum using a language originally designed to tell other monkeys where the ripe fruit is.'

:beer:

dND

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

Back to PREPPING! the gorse is in full bloom down here and I know you can make a tea from the flowers, I have an old book on country drinks and cordials so this year I'm actually going to pick some of those lovely bright yellow flowers which smell ever so vaguely of coconut and make the tea to see if I like it. I'm going to try lots of 'foraged' items this year as things come up after the winter and see if any of them are edible or quaffable because I'd like to see what would be nice or not should I ever have to forage because we were in turmoil or really hard times I'd hate to have to find out the hard way what was inedible or just plain nasty. I think having a little practice before having to do things for real might be a sensible move?

Such a good idea Mrs LW

I've made home-made rosehip syrup and loved it. Made up with hot water it was a super lunchtime drink ideal for those winter days.

The only problem with foraged jams and syrups is of course if SHTF there would be no sugar, so checking out the savouries is probably the best idea

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I'm going to see which of the foraged teas is OK to drink 'neat' and hope to find some that will taste OK. I'll also, if I do find flavours that taste fine unsweetened, try drying some of them in the dehydrator and using that to make a tea to see if I can utilise plants seasonally and then extend their usage time by the drying process. It might not work, but then again it might! I like mint tea and chamomile tea unsweetened and lime flower (Linden) tea tastes of honey anyway.

fuddle

Lyn please will you share your successes and not so successful experiences?