THE Prepping thread - a new beginning :)

mardatha

southantrim3 wrote: »

Sure, when they build this bridge from Scotland to Northern Ireland, you can escape over the boarder to the Republic of Ireland and all will be well

PUT THE KETTLE ON southantrim, INCOMING SCOTS GRANNY! :rotfl:

Scrimps

The new small chest freezer is installed and has its first lots of frozen veg in. I am keeping a contents list taped to the top. We're in the midst of making lots of med veg type sauces from the garden produce and will be popping them in there.
Its in the cupboard under the stairs which has an air brick but now its in there I do feel a bit wary of the fire risk, especially as its near our gas meter and inlet to the house. We do have a shed I could put it in but I thought it would get far to warm in the summer months, is says its suitable for outbuildings as its safe down to minus 15.

I think I have enough food to last us quite a while, though I will keep buying freezer food until thats full up. We dont have any contingency water supplies so I will start adding those. I have old camping gear but would like to buy some additional gas canisters for an alternative cooking method, we dont have many.

We have been paid today but we always budget for the whole month, i.e. this money doesnt start to get spent until 1st Sept - its very difficult to not start spending septembers budget when i have a freezer I really want to fill!

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The 'toupee' is in actual fact a TRIBBLE and started life on a Star Trek set, it lives in a gilded cage when it's not on his head and sings a siren song to all those 'ladies of the night' take his fancy in the hope that when he's 'distracted' he might just forget to close the cage door and it can escape...

short_bird

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

The 'toupee' is in actual fact a TRIBBLE and started life on a Star Trek set, it lives in a gilded cage when it's not on his head and sings a siren song to all those 'ladies of the night' take his fancy in the hope that when he's 'distracted' he might just forget to close the cage door and it can escape...

ahem. Can I just mention that tribbles are born pregnant? So there are probably some in the wild. Who else do they have under their control? :eek:

:rotfl:

DigForVictory

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

Oh GOODY! that makes it all right then doesn't it, off to spend all of my 10p savings on something frilly!!!

Steady on MrsLW, these frillies can be habit forming, I'm told.
Indeed, of the two souls I am on speaking terms with who indulge in such have a worrying tendency to let frills overtake matters & their larders have become clothes storage. (I swear their staircase had all sorts of good intentions chalked on the risers... <shudders>)

Just do not dally down that primrose path but get your new space sorted and filled....


As for the vacuum sealing - I have to admit I do not use mine as much as I could but then I am currently in vigorous negotiation as to where to store the early fruits of the edible hedge until I have a jampan full.

Also I thought tribbles were sentient enough to leave bad situations. OK The food supplies are probably OK but a tribble fed almost entirely on Big Macs and that sort of traditional American cuisine? Oh gods, there goes the imagination, just as I wanted it to write creative ebay blurb!

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'S'ok D for V I'm strictly a jeans and T shirt Gal, the frilly would have been something either not YS or in the bargain bin or a sale! not many items other than things of that ilk pass my 'buy it' test! howsomever there's very little that you CAN buy for 10p these days so it's likely to stay in the piggy bank for a while until I've accumulated a small fortune and have 20p!


The house is looking ever more sparse, the box piles have reached Everestian proportions and the meals have become increasingly odd and random...we' must be maddddddd! be nice when it's all over though and I can restock that armagedon cupboard, I'm not at all happy as we're down to 5 loo rolls and I normally run with 2 x 24 packs extra at a minimum level and as for not having custody of the baked bean mountain any longer sobs, sobs, sobs!!!

southantrim3

mardatha wrote: »

southantrim3 wrote: »

Sure, when they build this bridge from Scotland to Northern Ireland, you can escape over the boarder to the Republic of Ireland and all will be well

PUT THE KETTLE ON southantrim, INCOMING SCOTS GRANNY! :rotfl:

:eek:

mardatha

How did we get onto Tribbles? Who has them?
...................
Hmmmm
I wonder what they taste like....

nannywindow

My goodness I come on here for some sanity and you've all gone mad ! Mad I say :rotfl::rotfl:
You have lifted my spirits today, that's for sure. Thank you.
BTW I believe Tribbles taste like chicken Mar . Ahem "Beam me up Scotty !!"

WeegieWumman

mardatha wrote: »

southantrim3 wrote: »

Sure, when they build this bridge from Scotland to Northern Ireland, you can escape over the boarder to the Republic of Ireland and all will be well

PUT THE KETTLE ON southantrim, INCOMING SCOTS GRANNY! :rotfl:

Mar,
If you have a parent born ANYWHERE in the island of Ireland, you can automatically claim Irish citizenship by descent, making you an Irish Granny. If you want to stay a Scottish Granny too, just choose dual citizenship.