Prepping for Brexit thread

DigForVictory

GreyQueen wrote: »

Might be an idea to have an alternative method of making a kettle of boiling water, as Tea is the rod and staff of many a life.

Sage words!

Just eyeing the retail park car park yesterday suggested prepping to avoid potentially built up areas in October. And shopping using flexi leave so I can get in & out of supermarkets as the bulk of the happy populace is shackled to a schooldesk, office desk or whatever. Before noon, eyeing the Google charts indicating business, or in the wee small hours (but will they have the stock I'm after.)

Himself has decided that October is when He Will Start Our Prepping, dear-saints-give-me-patience. [A not wholly unreasonable guide to the man in the street & his grasp on reality, mind.] He's got an eye on porridge oats. I'm torn between encouraging him & thinking I'm the house driver. Also that whilst I revere porridge as a wholesome staple, I actually like quite a Variety of foodstuffs.

My local pharmacy tell me they are getting their flu jab stocks in the second week of September. When my GP does, I wot not, but the pharmacy has an 'ask during week day hours' & they can pull a vial from the fridge schedule.
My GP runs clinics which are at weekends & are a roll call of carers & elderlies & otherwise generally good eggs whom I otherwise don't see often. Either way, I plan to start October with an armful of bonus bugs. I qualify, & should my lot come down with something, it'll be me nursing them. Possibly whilst eyeing a spare pillow thoughtfully but no rash moves without an alibi first.

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Kelly kettles are wonderous things, as long as you have an outdoor space you can run them on twigs and make a cup of tea wherever you are if you have matches to light the fire. Not the cheapest option but a very useful bit of kit.

GreyQueen

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

Kelly kettles are wonderous things, as long as you have an outdoor space you can run them on twigs and make a cup of tea wherever you are if you have matches to light the fire. Not the cheapest option but a very useful bit of kit.

I adore my Kelly Kettle and have a bag of dried pine cones to run it with, although I'd have to use it on the communal walkway outside my door. Needs must when Tea is concerned.



Now that I think of it, I shall go to a certain place nearby where there is some fancy-schmancy species of pine with very large cones lying underneath and have me some of them. Which I might dip in melted wax from reconstituted candles as a flammability aide.

jk0

Had to beg my mother to fill up with petrol yesterday. I'm quite sure it'll be back to 25% full by the time she needs a full tank though.


I begin to wonder if it's alzheimers.

DigForVictory

Prepping for increasingly ‘eccentric’ parents is blinking tough. Says she who took training to teach scouts to shoot.

Have I mentioned I have to have the radio on when making jam as I learned in a kitchen full of womenfolk (granny, aunts, cousins) & making jam solo feels Wrong?

GreyQueen, take the kettle to the fancy cones - if they won’t drop in, they’re not worth cosseting in candle-ends?!

DryTheRain

Well, I don't know if this is a taste of things to come, but my carer and I often go to ikea on Sundays, for salmon/meatballs in the caff and to pick up a plant or some tealights, admire the rugs and speakers and say maybe next time. And usually it's busy but quite relaxing overall.

It was near pandemonium yesterday, absolutely heaving and disorientatingly loud and hot. Never known it like that before, even at christmas, and certainly not a total wipeout of rechargeable batteries, chargers and solar lights.

Of course this may or may not be related to Brexit and yesterday's report, but the experience of such a mass of people was quite an eye opener, the crowds almost had an energy of their own. Not good, and especially not for a somewhat frail person, there were so many young children it was hard to get a seat at my usual resting spots.

But at least we had the luxury of it being a non essentials shop, we were there to browse and top up so it didn't matter too much if there were gaps on the shelves. Imagine what it would be like if you were actually jostling for essentials in a supermarket - a situation well worth avoiding.

So I feel mighty relieved my basic emergency stocks are already in place, and would urge any newcomers here to definitely make a start, but try and do it steadily and discreetly, there's still plenty of time to build a good back up

jk0

DigForVictory wrote: »

Prepping for increasingly ‘eccentric’ parents is blinking tough. Says she who took training to teach scouts to shoot.

Mum told me she doesn't need to fill the tank, as a little light comes on when it's nearly empty.


Almost wonder if she doesn't want to fill the tank lest she has to give up driving before she's used it all.

silverwhistle

GreyQueen wrote: »

Might be an idea to have an alternative method of making a kettle of boiling water, as Tea is the rod and staff of many a life.

I agree but no problem.. By October I'll be lighting the wood burner and I made sure I bought one with a flat top. I've also got a small camping stove and I've been eyeing up a Kelly Stove (get behind me Mrs Lurcherwalker, I do not need encouragement..)! Actually, blow it, I deserve one as I've just taken on an overgrown 110 m2 allotment! There's a really good shop down in Bridport who do mail order, so just take the blame MrsLW, particularly if I get the next size up!


As for crowded supermarket car parks; I'm already very, very careful and slow within them, but on the other hand I'd rather like a write-off and then chance to get a second hand electric vehicle - to be powered mainly by my own panels.


Gosh, choices, choices.

silverwhistle

jk0 wrote: »

Had to beg my mother to fill up with petrol yesterday.

Fill up?! This is a money saving site. Why carry the weight of all that petrol around with you?



To be honest I go around with about a 1/3 to a 1/4 tank most of the time as I don't do a large mileage. I'll certainly be keeping a weather eye on events though, and maybe buying some new inner tubes and puncture kit for the pushbike...

maryb

I've been running down my stocks which were a bit higher than normal at the end of winter because of the anticipated March exit so I really need to do an inventory and start buying. Bad timing really as we have a trip planned which needs to be paid for in a few weeks so I am trying to keep to a very tight budget on food. Time to teem and lade on the credit card, I think (I pay my card off in full each month but I get 1% in cashback on all supermarket spends so I always use that)


You know if this were a Hollywood film it would be one of those they have to split into two parts and even then you'd be thinking 'enough of the plot twists, just get to the denoument!!'