THE Prepping thread - a new beginning :)

DigForVictory

Had a prepping wake up call this morning. The usual lamp in the bathroom had been relocated & its bulb removed (and I'll find out why later). In it's place my windup LED camping lantern. In the dark, I was running hands around it playing hunt-the-on-switch. Then as it feebly glowed, trying to wind it vigorously enough that I could use it as a light source without waking the family. Then having to re-crank the blighter as I tried to use it to get dressed & my hair brushed & tidied for the day.

As I say, there will be a lighthearted chat about who made off with the lightbulb, and the hand cranked thing will be donated to a good home so noone thinks its a good idea at not quite 6 in the morning again...

Doveling

Have any of you heard of the 48 Percent Preppers?

GreyQueen

Doveling wrote: »

Have any of you heard of the 48 Percent Preppers?

So not going there - for the same reason I never took part in the preparing for brexit thread.

Doveling

:rotfl: Just an article in an American newspaper, of all things, that came up on my newsfeed.

I don't know why; I have trouble prepping dinner

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

cuddlymarm wrote: »

Also something lost seems to be walking facing the traffic on roads with no pavements. The amount of people ( not all young ) we see with earphones on walking with their back to traffic. I at least need to see who going to run me over.

Himself is terrible for that, despite having grown up on the Moors. All I can assume is that his mother never understood the importance or reasoning behind it, what with her coming from a seaside town and his father drove everywhere, so didn't need to think about it from a pedestrian's point of view.

DigForVictory

In the midst of landing wrong & spraining a wrist so hard I was X rayed, I got to ask a nurse about tetanus. (I was trying to take my mind elsewhere, without a book, or indeed using either hand at the time.)

The trick question appears to be "Did you have all your vaccinations at school?" If the answer is yes, and the victim is born After 1957, then hustling them off for an anti-tetanus top-up is unlikely to be needed. Other treatments possibly, but a bunch of bugs from a pointy needle less probable.

Which leaves you that ticklish question "just how old are you?" which can always be risky on an allotment where sharp implements are to hand. Start with the school query and repeat the answer pointedly at reception, where in doubt...

For my next trick, I need to improve my typing in a thunking great wrist splint, as it's the Scout Jamboree On The Internet tomorrow & I'm the technical bod for our lot! Such timing...

thriftwizard

The trick question appears to be "Did you have all your vaccinations at school?" If the answer is yes, and the victim is born After 1957, then hustling them off for an anti-tetanus top-up is unlikely to be needed.

Phew! 1958...

I did have a very odd experience with a tetanus shot. I trod on a bee in Bermuda, whilst fishing off the rocks, and the next morning my leg was twice the size it should be and black & blue. Couldn't even jam a flip-flop onto my foot or bend my knee. My brother took me to the hospital, where they decided I'd probably live, but questioned when I'd last had a tetanus shot, and decided to give me another when I couldn't remember. A&E at the hospital wasn't air-conditioned, it was very warm & humid, and the vaccine had been in the fridge; I could feel the coldness trickling down every vein in my arm, which made me feel very odd indeed! I nearly passed out...

Speaking of hospitals, my preps are about to be thoroughly tested. Earlier this week, following a "routine" check & much to everyone's surprise, I was told I need urgent surgery in a location distinctly lacking in sunshine; sorry if TMI! Anyway, it appears that the omens are as good as they can be & the op. will take place inside the next couple of weeks. I'm glad I do have some warning, so I can make sure the stocks of everything necessary are as high as possible. And stock up on books, lots & lots of books! Might have to haul the yarn stash out too.

Christmas will be sorted out online this year...

ivyleaf

Oh poor thriftwizard i hope all goes well. At least you have some time to prepare.

And DfV, sorry about your wrist! I hope it heals fast.

DigForVictory

Happily, with the splint on, it doesn't hurt. I need hardly say that driving is a right chore and I foresee breakfast with an ice bracelet so I can get to the jamboree site, lugging all the paperwork & technology with one hand. Hm, time to excavate (or rather, bid the chaps excavate under my supervision) the little foldout trolley I got from Costco some-time-ago which should hold 3 boxes of printer paper, a laptop,a tablet computer & a lunchbox without crumbling. I need to find it first.

First rule of prep? Know what you've got! Second, Where it is...
(Third who you trust to exhume it without supervision. It is a *blight* being short, some days.)

Thriftwizard - the medics may urge you to eat oddly 48 hours ahead - if you can find our how oddly & extend that by an extra day or two all internal excavations are made easier. Devotee of chicken bovril soup here, even though they charge ridiculous amounts per tiny pot. May I suggest you plan your meals thoroughly including the yippee-I'm-home ones? All is so much simpler, if the rest of the household cooperates with instructions.

Karmacat

DfV, sorry to hear about your wrist ... your posts are fine so far, you're doing very well!


Thriftwizard, very sorry to hear this, I'm not partial at all to any internal shenanigans, but good omens are good omens, I'm glad to hear it. Books, yes - is kindle your friend? Thinking of you, in any case.