Prepping for Brexit thread

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Never is an awfully long time I'd rather have life now than wait forever for it to be the way I want it to be, you can grow old waiting pet, don't, live it's so much better to do so!

fuddle

Completely agree and EU officials are politicians playing a bigger game, blowing hot air with the main aim of protecting ego's. Politicians have the same make up as the human that makes up Joe Bloggs.

It doesn't matter who said what on Twitter really, and to be honest the same reporting was headline news right across the media, no, for me, what matters is that we keep grounded. The EU is going to loose a very large contributer 'to the cause'. Do we really think that they'll want the UK to walk away with no deal? That would be cutting their nose off to spite their face really and that certainly isn't a way of protecting ego's.

I just think, getting back to the thread, that we remain calm, watch listen and post about concerns etc, giving heads up, tips etc

It's happening. The sheer thought of UK people thinking it's acceptable to fight against the collective majority of our own is pretty shameful and difficult to accept for me actually.

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Cavaliers and Roundheads???

For me a very much more worrysome situation than getting myself into a lather over Brexit is the situation with the US president and his totally individual and somewhat incomprehensible way of doing business with the rest of the world. I have serious and very pertinent concerns over what is going to happen to all aspects of the world as we know it in the next two (possibly six if he's re-elected for another term of office)years if he continues as he has started to ride roughshod and imperious over all and everyone and everything that is in his path. Setting nation against nation, promising and breaking them the next breath, stating categorically one moment and total reversal of mood and attitude the next. There is where the REAL worry lies, not in whether we.re members of the EU or not!

mardatha

I'm the same fuddle - never before seen such a hoohah where one side cannot and will not accept the majority decision. if this is overturned then democracy is in trouble- because it will turn into the will of the bullies and loudest yellers, not the will of the people.
Plus if we get another referendum re Brexit then I'm damn sure I want another referendum re Independence :D:D

lessonlearned

My thoughts too......it's deomcracy that's at stake here.

Just accept the vote, stop whinging and throwing your toys out the pram and get on with it.

People who truly cannot accept the results of a democratic vote with good grace should take a good hard look at countries where there is no democracy.

TBH I am far more concerned with the rise of religious fundamentalism. And not just Muslim......Christian fundamentalism is just as dangerous.

VJsmum

I guess we need to prep for different scenarios

- no deal -
- hard brexit with deal
- chequers deal (which i am assuming equates to soft brexit)
- something else???

I'm with Fuddle in that the EU want a deal, so let's hope it's a good one

No deal means, what? we have to prep for a rise in price of imports from both the EU and worldwide? Am I thinking right? so white goods, fresh foods, energy, other goods and services, ... anything not produced in the UK. Please put me right if I have it wrong. i guess the only thing we can do here is stockpile some foodstuffs in lieu of fresh foods, and look at alternative energy sources (i am thinking of getting PV panels, would that be a good thing to do?). The pound is likely to fall in the short term so .. would it be good to have alternative currencies? dollars or euros?
Hard Brexit but with a deal means.. pretty much the same as above but maybe not as extreme?
chequers deal - we may not have such extreme price rises and short term shortages, currency will be more stable
something else - i guess is the same as hard brexit...

I am trying to be practical and to prep for given situations - of which, hopefully, one will become to be the chosen, preferred route as we draw nearer so we can gear preps to that as the time goes on. i guess, it's as LL says above, prep for the worst case scenario which (in my mind) is the 'no-deal' version.

Travel wise, i have travel insurance until next may - i wonder if that would honour any medical stuff if the EHIC card becomes invalid (as I think everyone agrees it will)? I guess after that the premium will rise.

My OH is planning to retire in April, his notice is going in soon. Our income will be 90% from private pensions and investments so that is a little bit of a worry. DS will still be at uni and DD works for a UK based company, so hopefully she is ok. i think i would be able to get a full-time lectureship if I needed to.

If the decision were to be reversed (which i accept is unlikely) then I guess we prep for civil unrest / looting / violence and so be prepared to remain inside for a period of time.

I am not going to engage in the politics anymore - I am sorry i did really as I fundamentally disagree with the result. I accept i am in the minority on this thread and so I want to concentrate on the practicalities (for myself, obviously I am not trying to dictate the content of the thread ). I have great respect for each and every poster here and we agree on so much that is OS, so i shall continue with the prepping but nothing else.

Peace out (for now )

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Back to preparing for it anyhow, I've got enough winter weight clothes to last me for at least 5 years, I am going to get some more undies and socks though as clothes can often be patched, altered, re-purposed (i.e dress to skirt etc) but socks don't take darning these days and neither do undies and they're what keep you comfy and stop you chafing so are important. I'm also going to have a revamp of my repair kit particularly the sewing box and make sure I've good thread and enough needles to last, buttons for replacement on shirts etc. generally make sure that I have the wherewithal to mend all our garments and household linens if they wear or tear. I'm going to invest in some washing machine dyes too so that should I have to wear things for a considerable period because there aren't replacements affordable or available then I can re-dye those I have and give them a new lease of life.

VJ'sMum you're allowed your OWN opinion love, that's what being in a democracy allows, don't feel you're out of step or even a tiny bit not allowed to give it!

moneyistooshorttomention

mardatha wrote: »

I'm the same fuddle - never before seen such a hoohah where one side cannot and will not accept the majority decision. if this is overturned then democracy is in trouble- because it will turn into the will of the bullies and loudest yellers, not the will of the people.
Plus if we get another referendum re Brexit then I'm damn sure I want another referendum re Independence :D:D

Now one bit of history I do know - there was a referendum in Wales re devolution etc and it failed by a large majority. So the "other side" lobbied for another one and it also failed (though by a much smaller majority).

As we all know - the minority got what they wanted and the rest of us got devolution imposed anyway (though we voted against it). So yeh...the minority do sometimes yell and scream and stamp their little feet and try for a re-run (or ignore the result anyway).

Ahem....democracy (or otherwise) in action....:cool:

fuddle

VJ's it doesn't matter to me that you have a different view, I understand your view and I do sympathise. I thought long and hard about what way to vote, finding my own info to help me because the politicians didn't give me anything to go on. I was in two minds for a lot of it. I don't actually have very strong feelings against the side I didn't vote for. I educated myself and because some people from the side I didn't vote for have decided that Brexiteers are ignorant, racist, naive or allowed themselves to be swayed by lies and now calling for another referendum in the hope they then get their way due to unfairness, or by taking away any credibility the Brexiteer side have via all the above, welI, I get the hump somewhat.

We all come from such different backgrounds but come together in the spirit of OS where we generally trundle along bouncing ideas of each other on other threads. This thread could be such a useful thread and I'm hoping for it to go from strength to strength in this quite worrying time for all of us.

lessonlearned

Mrs LW. Good idea about the sewing stuff. I used to be a dab hand with a needle but am a bit out of practice now. I was thinking of enrolling for refresher classes when I move. I would love to take up sewing again.

Like you I have enough clothes to last for years. I could probably open my own boutique.:rotfl: ..but yes stocking up on undies, socks and tights etc might be an idea.

Once I have moved I will also stock up on paint and basic diy materials so that I can at least keep busy with the renovations whilst the outside world goes to rack and ruin......(joke). And whilst some works will require the use of power tools you don't need electricity to do a few simple repairs or paint a wall. And manual work will help keep me warm. Win-win.:rotfl: