THE Prepping thread - a new beginning :)

moneyistooshorttomention

"Ein bier bitte" isnt it Bob to get a drink of beer?:rotfl:

There ya' go - sorted...:rotfl:

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westcoastscot wrote: »

BOB - hope you're feeling better?

A bit better thanks, but still a little weak.

Nipped out to the shop earlier, for some milk, eggs and fruit.

Regarding Cabin fever, it's just occurred to me that, provided the internet stays working, and we don't get a power cut, then we've got access to a virtually infinite world of people to chat with, and a whole host of things to do.

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moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

"Ein bier bitte" isnt it Bob to get a drink of beer?:rotfl:

There ya' go - sorted...:rotfl:

Thanks.

I can manage a tiny bit more than that.

Karmacat

Money - oh yes! True, I can feel 18, or 18,000 years old. Depends on sleep levels, amongst a million other things.

And the will to live makes a helluva difference, even though you get people who are physiologically strong but want to Go.

Languages - I used to be fluent in French, to the extent of thinking in French, when I was au-pairing. Now, I'm just at tourist-conversational level. But it, and Latin, still help with Romance languages, in many ways. As for German, talking with my German friend (in English!) really helps with German words and the way they're put together, makes it much more comprehensible.

Cabin fever varying my activities, even to the extent of doing something different because I know I should, is helpful. And Bob is right, the internet is priceless to help us out - chat like this, reading up on things, practising new skills (knots?) and watching cats ride on robot vacuum cleaners. All good

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Karmacat wrote: »

And Bob is right, the internet is priceless to help us out - chat like this, reading up on things, practising new skills (knots?) and watching cats ride on robot vacuum cleaners. All good

If you think about it, even if you live alone, and find yourself snowed in, human interaction is no further than your keyboard.

You can even video-chat with people, while physically cut off from the world.

moneyistooshorttomention

Re cats on YouTube - the video "Cat watching horror movie" is probably the funniest one I've seen.

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C'mon guys, stop thinking yourselves old and spent you're nothing of the sort. Heavens I'm 70 and He Who Knows is 73, often mentioned before so sorry to bore you with it, nothing has changed since we hit those ages, we LIVE our lives, every day we live our lives and don't let the years or numbers have any effect on what we are and what we do. I'm still able to do everything I've always done including lugging that 25kilo sack of spuds from the shop to the car and from the car to the kitchen. He Who Knows still does all the running of our garden, hot houses and allotment and helps other 'older folks' whenever they need help, usually double digging! I've not allowed myself to think 'I'm too old to do .....whatever it is' I push me, I DO it! I'll never say I've lived too long, I've heard that said by many people and I say in return 'Life is amazing, everything around us is worth being interested in, there is so much still to do, learn and see that takes my breath away.....I've not lived long enough, life is wonderful so live it every second you're gifted!'
Here's to the next 70 years.....

DigForVictory

Foil blankets are becoming more common in first aid kits. Says she, eyeing her newly issued kit, pensively.

Over 50s should not shovel snow? Splendid, I shall relay this cardiologists advice to the young forthwith. I'd better google and have a Lancet reference handy though - they are a shrewdly unbelieving lot. Harvard! Largely men over 50 I note, but every little helps. I liked this site but it recommends *Hiring* "a teen-age neighbor" & that compromises my MS principles! Useful advice on kit, pace, protocol & safety though.

I would rather not admit to what's in my pockets right now, as I'm not wearing my fleece (took it off to add other layers to go shopping in & forgot to put it back on, d'oh). Only have my phone as I'm a stubborn mortal (I can't be the only person to have an emergency note shoved between it & the case, but I may be one of a smaller group who has a topup code in there too - currency can take several forms!), and my default left hand pocket-lint (default as I migrate it) of McDonalds chit, emergency teabag, today's asda receipt & a bonus fiver since son didn't find the condiment he sought. The fleece has rather more & my "work bag" (technically I only need my ID & my lunch, but for some reason I have a bit more in that bag) is a thing of benevolent lunacy, if you don't think things could go wrong. I now realise a pack of cards is indicated, and possibly a few poker chips.

When one gets old is surely not a number but an attitude, although health doesn't half pound a bit of sense in (well, so I hope). Carrying on without a will to live? If either were at all serious about this they'd take up nudism with an eye on pneumonia. (Me, I think when I finally get bored, I'll go shovel the street clear, wearing a cheery grin & nowt else...) Which will make reading my death certificate fun as it'll be a toss-up between a heart attack & deliberate terminal stupidity. And *what* a memorial service! My poor sons, bereft AND embarrassed. Birth certificate reckons I'm 50, just after a session in the gym with the endorphins bounding I feel a mischievous 20 & on the bad days (which are largely dependent how other folk are behaving) I feel a few months older than God & a great deal less forgiving of the human race collectively or individually. Much of the time I'm alongside MrsLW, in spirit. (I've a dark suspicion she works a load harder than I do.)

Mitigation of cabin fever? Something to make your heart beat (steady, Bob, I'm thinking a flight of stairs, three laps) Something to make your mind stretch (I've an OU course on engineering that I find both riveting & blinking hard to follow - the practical is fun and visual, the underlying mathematics means I need to stop, have a brew & ponder a bit). Something very different - a hot bath with bath bomb of whatever - stretch those senses & your imagination - with less gravity what might space feel like, or being a shark, or a Loch Ness Monster?. (It does wear off by the time you have got out, dried & then scrubbed the bath clean again!) Note - GQ's foot exercises may ward off cabin fever - by the time you've glared at your little toe for not cooperating, you may decide that making a podiatrists appointment is a much better plan then trusting your uncooperative feet. A pal is a devout fan of Duolingo & she puts 10 minutes a day in minimum & more if bored. She's a bit good at Esperanto now & has picked up another 3 languages for the hell of it. Westcoastscot has an excellent point about a routine & sticking to it. (I had 3 days working at home, 2 weekend and frankly the difference has been at what time I switched the official laptop on.)

Passionate about Latin as a language here - with it, there isn't a romance language that's a locked book, so French, Spanish & Italian should be relatively easy. (I note my school forbade Spanish & Italian simultaneously as gels tangled the language they should be speaking/thinking/writing - which was bad for results.) Given an interest in the Americas, I'm minded to get my Spanish up as between English & Spanish that's 90% of the languages sorted. As a historian though, to be able to read the Koran in the original would be the start of an ongoing series of debates for my remaining years and I might find myself recruited by GCHQ & the like as occasionally they have bouts of security angst about their translators/interpreters sexuality (if ever there was a howling waste of a good brain it would be that - thank god the cold war has defrosted a bit & we're learning to be more tolerant!)

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DigForVictory wrote: »

Foil blankets are becoming more common in first aid kits.

I don't have foil blankets in any of my three First Aid kits, but I have 2 in the inside pocket of my coat, and I have access to my coat at least as often as I have access to my First Aid Kits.

BTW. A useful addition to the kit is a couple of soluble aspirins. All my kits contain two each.

ETA: This is a very clever idea.

Called an "ASPOD" (stop sniggering), it's a waterproof container, in which you place 2 soluble aspirins, and attach it to your key-ring, so you always have the aspirin with you, in an emergency.

westcoastscot

Mrs L i'm trying not to be envious of you and OH's energy at 70:)
I've had to accept my limitations, and lack of energy - I only have so many "spoons" each day and have to spend them wisely.
I still do a lot more than most, but definitely nowhere near as much as you. My veg garden is now tiny, wood chopped a little each day rather than a marathon, paid work down to a few hours a week.

I *know* that mid-fifties isn't old, but if I want to make independent old bones then I need to pace myself now, to make sure I can maintain function as I get older.

Horses for courses I guess

WCS