THE Prepping thread - a new beginning :)

DigForVictory

Sign me up! Ideally while I can still lug a bucket of mortar etc!

Reading Bob's thoughts on the cattle prod, I think the prepping deities were testing me when I saw a humane killer for sale at a car boot last year. I mean, it really is not the average housewives choice & definitely lacks the plausible deniability of both rolling pin & Fire extinguisher.

Love that American Pa's approach. Me, I mildly regret not buying the "Disperse or we fire smoke" banner, but I have access to assorted rivers, building sites & an intriguing pit with a manhole cover that no longer is attached to anything. (Having put said cover in the boot & locked it, I shoved a ladder down & had a recce. Carrying lantern, phone & car key, being an untrusting soul some days.)

It's all about avoiding the concept of premeditated... Whilst, y'know, planning in some detail.

mardatha

MrsL up here it wouldn't be that easy. I think most of these houses are long abandoned shepherd or gamekeepers houses, and would still officially be owned by the farm whose land they are on. The other things being water - and access. There is one lovely wee cottage here that was falling apart and a couple from down south bought it and did it up. But the only way in is by a muddy track across a big field - which has two gigantic bulls in it.:eek:
And the postie refused to go in so they had to get an American style mailbox thingy and fix it to the gate of the field.

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I like this warning sign.

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My thermometer reached 97f today.

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We wouldn't do it in 'normal' times Mar, only if the world turns upside down and inside out and the owners weren't likely to object. Point taken about water etc. I'd already had that thought but for the buildings to be there in the first place there must be some potential in the site. Two strapping bulls eh? what a lot of steaks etc. I would forsee in our future!

GreyQueen

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

My thermometer reached 97f today.

:eek: You need to see a doctor, asap!

DigForVictory, for a few days during the building of the 'rents extension, they had a bottle dungeon in the back garden lawn. It was over 6ft deep and about 3 ft across and was technically a soakaway and was eventually backfilled with stones and turfed over.

Before that happened, I was running through the lists of people I'd rather not see again and wondering if any of them would fit.........:rotfl:

Happy tonight as found a lovely ribbed plantain on Plot2 when clearing grass (I cleared around it) and came home with a bunch of salad leaves bound in a grass stem instead of string; mint, dandelion and plantain.

Gonna have those with the brekkie salad. And I'm keeping that plantain, it's an excellent specimen.

DigForVictory

6' by 3'? It's mostly about the depth then. Although chuckling broken bottles in as well definitely adds a certain something other dumps do not offer.
Mindful of my guru on proper disposal of biologicals, Kathleen Meyer, too much depth is not ideal as the relatively friendly bacteria & other soil dwellers tend to operate in the top few inches of the soil but a compost enthusiast I know managed a full three minutes without hesitation, deviation or repetition on brindleworms - which can apparently strip bones clean and odorless in days. You can even by them by weight on Amazon! Your lottie compost heap may have still more potential than you thought...

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GreyQueen wrote: »

:eek: You need to see a doctor, asap!

Actually that's not far from normal.

Textbook temperature for a human being is 98.6f.

VJsmum

Art'noon all - it's been a while and i see you've been having interesting chats

Karmacat wrote: »

Fuddle, in all honesty, it's people who have au pairs or cleaners etc, thats why they're calling it fashionable. And I bet they get their wood delivered in 5kg bags, insect free!

Not in my neck of the woods - it's mostly people who have access to free wood (see what I did there? )

GreyQueen wrote: »

Well said, Cappella.

All decisions affect someone, somewhere, in ways which we cannot see or know.

From observation, eavesdropping and professional interactions at work (I deal with parking issues) others are such special snowflakes that they can't ride a bike or a bus with the plebs and have to bring their car right into the city centre even when they live 2-3 miles away in the burbs and are on a bus route/ within easy cycling distance.

Perhaps we can all look to ourselves and see what little changes we can make to lessen our own personal carbon footprint, such as forgoing a journey by car in favour of walking or cycling, or making something last instead of buying a new version because we can afford to do so and fancy a change?

Cars are such status symbols aren't they? Those with posh ones have to mention the make / model to prove they are "considerably richer than yow" a la Harry Enfield. I put something on freecycle the other day and was asked "will it fit in my X5?" to which my response was "I have no idea what an X5 is" (it's a BMW apparently, but I was none the wiser as to its size :rotfl:). Most of my journeys are on foot or by train. Regrettably, though, i do make a couple of flights every year and my carbon footprint rockets... I am working on eating less meat. I reckon i could happily go without it most of the time so I am not sure why i still eat so much

Karmacat

VJsmum wrote: »

Not in my neck of the woods - it's mostly people who have access to free wood (see what I did there? )

I don't, I'm sorry I'm utterly dreadful at wordplay