Prepping for Brexit thread

DigForVictory

May I politely disagree with that? We are not at war, not with 27 other countries but are observing a ferocious internal tussle over where we want to be in relation to those 27. Conducted by a very small number but watched over, commented on etc by everyone with an interest. I don't think my sofa of near exhausted bewilderment would feel that strange to many Europeans who were Anglophiles & are now just baffled.

Although I grieve to see how badly we are treating some of our European born but lived & worked here for decades folks.

When war as it is traditionally fought breaks out, I believe hanging out teabags would be an invitation to village level brawling. The Russians confronted & endured the formidable siege of Leningrad (as it was then called) by leaving the leaves in the caddy, but otherwise going through the whole tea ritual and social amenities whilst imagining the taste of tea.

As for reusing tealeaves we already have a fine tradition thereof whenever it was a rare & expensive commodity. Which is why the general consensus on this forum (other fora are available) seems to be that perhaps leaf tea might be better stashed, but in any case o the peace of mind regardless of format.

At the height of rationing, aircrews found the most valuable commodity to import per ounce was bird food. Not chicken pellets, but trill & the like.
So, has anyone laid in a supply of the relevant pet food In The Event?

Honey_Bear

maryb wrote: »

I have always thought it very wrong that we don't train our own young people but bring in key workers from poorer countries which can't afford to lose them. It's absurd that there are a lot of young people who would make excellent nurses but can't get training places. Cutting bursaries was partly to stop the loss of newly qualified staff overseas for more money but they could have achieved a similar effect with staged write-off of loans for a given number of years' service in the NHS. But funding training places means an investment upfront.

This may not seem to have much to do with prepping for Brexit but it has, in a way. Whether we leave or no, there needs to be a good look at things like this. If we end up leaving, then it's down to us alone as a country to address these issues for the long term and not rely on an easy source of labour. If we don't end up leaving, it's not good enough for the government to spread its hands and say it's because of the EU. There are things that can be done and I don't think people will be fobbed off

The reason we encourage immigration of highly trained health care professionals from other countries is that it's cheaper than training them ourselves. In a country where the government were seriously Prepping for Brexit we'd be making more training places available. We're not. To date since the Referendum, as the EU health care professionals are leaving we've been upping the numbers from further afield, hence the stability of immigration numbers. I see no evidence that this goverment intends to change that policy. They certainly haven't announced it.

kah22 wrote: »

We are after all at war with 27 other countries !

Really?

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Just been looking over our preps for everything including Brexit and materially we're there in quantity for the two of us for a while at least which is a somewhat comforting feeling. A couple of 'optional extras' would be a pop up waterproof tent, just a small one for use in a 'Bug out' situation and a large gravity water purifier unit but neither is crucial. Now all we have to do is endure the tedium of sitting on our hands and watching the endlessly convoluted tangle that is the Brexit negotiations between the UK and the rest of the EU pan out one way or another. I hope I can muster the patience from somewhere it's wearing very thin of late!

DigForVictory

Dare I ask, how are your knitting & carving-wooden-toy skills? As I understand it, these may both be of more immediate use than waiting for our politicians (I've substituted in the polite word) to figure out what to do.

I do go on repeatedly about knowing how to swim - as a survival skill it's useful, but also making the time to refresh your First Aid knowledge is often time shockingly well spent.

And, without wishing to derail the thread entirely, check your board games have all their pieces. Says she, glumly contemplating two missing property cards in a travel Monopoly set eldest wants to take with him. Mind you, many board games can live without their hideous plastic things & a beach or riverside stroll will reward the sharp eyed (& exercise the back, legs etc) by offering up coloured pebbles, shells etc that are small enough to fit on the board and replace missing counters.

Also, the number of games you can play with a pebble and a bit of chalk (usually involving skipping & counting) are numerous and for the grownups add a few more pebbles & draw your own Hnefatafl board...

ivyleaf

DfV We've been buying an extra box of cat food each week.

I did broach the humans' stockpile the other day though and used a tin of corned beef to make hash. I used fresh potatoes though, rather than tinned ones, and used up the last occupant of a bag of shallots..

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We've got a Woley Board bought back from their African travels by some adventurous friends who decided life had no dress rehearsals and sold everything and went on a very long adventure. I don't knit well but can knit and HWK would probably be able to do the toy making, he's a jack of all trades and can turn his hand to most things so he'd not be a professional finish but they'd function.

markin

The goal posts may have changed but it just give more time for late comers to prep, and everyone more time and money to prep with, The will always be some shortages even if its short term or just local, And price rises are always certain.


To hear that weetabix is made with local crops but that they are then sold on the world market in USD is a bit silly, Why feed your own country cheaply when the is profit to be made eh? And with now even more floods in the U.S this year and that it can take as many as 7 years to recover from the price can only go up.

Vegastare

Oh.....so Weetabix should go on my prep list.......make a note for September so have good use by dates.
As for Brexit pushed back to a possible 31st Oct - pity not the 5th Nov maybe Guy Fawkes might make a possible return....in the form of who though.........

DigForVictory

As we emerge from the Easter Bank Holiday test of preparedness, family dynamics and the general you-ate-how-much bewilderment (we left a teenager revising unattended), tomorrow I will stagger back into the office relieved.
Then duck out early to refill the fuel tank, resupply on groceries & then do another run over to Bradford, Visiting The Sick.

DigForVictory

Spring is here, the glorious sunshine is shortly to be one of those elusive memories you can't hold onto as your fingers are cold & wet in the rain Again & tomorrow I'll be prepping for more blinking cold as the chap comes to deliver a report &/or the last rites to the gas boiler.

This is ordinarily Himself's job as the stay at home parent but he has things to do & a consultants appointment in the early afternoon an erratic bus away, so I will be squinting at my laptop's suddenly tiny screen & trying not to lock out the world so effectively that the focus excludes the gasman.

Still, the replacement wing mirror has arrived & is of the right shape & is In Place! I've no idea if I was walloped by a woman driver or someone in a pelting hurry but they didn't stop &, as I had the window open, the mirror landed on my lap. Cracked but solid enough to limp around with until today & I fitted the replacement and got the cables sorted and even tested its wiggle. Just having the right Haynes is sometimes all the Prep you need for minor stuff. It's also comfortable under the knees changing wheels. (Not even embarrassed voice of experience!)