THE Prepping thread - a new beginning :)

Karmacat

I've noticed some fair sized increases - for years, I've paid more or less £3 for a 9 pack of toilet rolls at Saynsbo - thats gone now, its £3.30. And I stocked up for winter on a form of liquid soap - the bottle was half the size of the previous time Toothpaste is still cheap - but I should have gone to Poundland etc for the soap. My own fault.

maryb

I paid £15 for a 25kg sack of reds last week. London suburbs are always more expensive than the rest of the country, however - I paid £12 last year. And a bag of reds in Lidl was £2 so I'm still considerably better off

I only have a half plot so can only really grow new potatoes rather than main crop as I don't have room to rotate them if I grow large quantities

GreyQueen

One of my main motivations in having Plot2 (half the size of Plot1) is to ease the rotations, particularly where spuds are involved. There will be no spuds at all on Plot1 next year.


Have just paid for the two lotties together and the combined cost is £1.54 a week in rent. For that, I get a lot of pleasure and some veggies and fruits. Plus it keeps me off the streets and out of trouble.

thriftwizard

So it's not just around here that sacks of spuds have vanished? Interesting...

As for the tea.... aargh! Panic will set in amongst the daughters. We'll all have to drink more ginger beer...

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Karmacat wrote: »

I've noticed some fair sized increases - for years

So those pills do work after all.

Karmacat

:D:D
You know it makes sense.

DigForVictory

The Americans are naturally getting on with planning for the imminent weather - I found this link interesting.
Unlike so many others, not a murmur about weapons. (Sorry, Bob.) Nor corkscrews! Plenty about water, pets, seniors - things that can be overlooked in the planning & even, heaven help us, in the Event. (Do you know anyone on oxygen?)

I did love "Make sure to have a non-electric can opener."

Also the point that "A chainsaw is good for clearing fallen trees. Only use one if you have prior experience. The aftermath of a storm is not the time to be learning how to use it." As not only is American healthcare ruinously expensive, in times of crisis, the price rockets still higher. I still do not know how to apply a tourniquet safely & still mildly resist learning. I'd really rather not need to know. (How to give someone an insulin injection - I may not have much choice but while it isn't intravenous, I think folk are likelier to survive.)

The point about taking photos to make discussions with insurers easier is I think a good one. Might we add snaps to our memory sticks, even though graphics are memory hungry?

Karmacat

Definitely walk around your house with your camera set to low-level pixel use I did it about 3 years ago, though, so its out of date now! And it doesn't really matter about how hungry graphics are, though I admit the freebie flash drive I have is only 1GB, which doesn't do anything at all for the information I need *plus* a hundred photos or so (I took photos of the insides of cupboards etc). But my everyday flash drive is 32GB, and that would be plenty.

jk0

It tickles me how Americans have to have electric everything.


I can't remember the last time I saw an American on youtube using a hand screwdriver or spanner.

Karmacat

Please be kind about electric can openers! They're one way that helps ladies in their late 80s stay in their own homes and lead independent lives - plenty of ladies of that age (in my mother's town, and my mother herself) had bad arthritis, and needed an electric can opener for any processed food in cans - soup, baked beans, mince, you name it.