Prepping for Brexit thread

D&DD

JoJo I'm sorry to hear about your meds problem my neighbour has been having a nightmare for the last six months with her insulin pen thing failing and she's had no end of trouble filling her prescriptions so it does sound like a huge problem with the manufacturing side of things like the post Mee linked to..I hope you get it sorted XX


I've been shuffling my freezers around and have made a little room yay Amazon had 2kg legs of lamb for £14 which is the cheapest I can find round here at present so I've got one shoehorned in and I picked up some reduced pastry sheets in Sains while on a strawberry run so those are now tucked in there but I made them into cheese and marmite swirls, apple pie spiced swirls and Dijon, ham and cheese swirls d'ya think I like cheese


Purchased a pile of ziplocs as I was running low and with all the kerfuffle over plastics didn't want them running out..I re-use them til they fall apart so are a worthwhile cost.

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I'm very hard to fall out with m'dear and I do respect other posters points of view, it is very difficult when you have to have meds or face certain consequences and if those meds are hard to come by it is rock and a hard place time. I do not understate the difficulties that may be coming our way in the near future what I do try for is to stop the idea that all will be gloom and doom forever onward and that we shall all be back to the stone age in our lives. Life will go on, we may see small changes or we may see big changes but we will adapt to them. I know that change is difficult but it is so much more readily coped with if you have a positive outlook on life before you are faced with it. I don't think it will all be plain sailing and there will be vexations for all of us including me and I shall no doubt be as cross about them as everyone else because I'm only human too but I will face them smiling and make the best of what I can get and do because that's just who I am.

DigForVictory

I have to laugh. (As the alternative is messy.) My husband has commented I'm "becoming a bit of a prepper".

To which my current response is "yes, dear" - but he's offering to buy me a chest freezer (for my birthday last month) & suggesting a dry goods cupboard, as well!
I think he has designs on the front room which is currently a complete heap of furniture & storage boxes gradually decaying against each other - yes it needs sorting but I utterly disagree with where he wants to go with it. He has an entire floor as his shed - I want one room for being civilised with proper storage, some china display (some of you may be aware I'm a Denbyholic with a Great Wall of China) & a place I can work from home in without disturbing him.

Still, I think we can negotiate on storage, him thinking useful space, me thinking fill it with Denby & [behind that] canned goods...

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DigForVictory wrote: »

Still, I think we can negotiate on storage, him thinking useful space, me thinking fill it with Denby & [behind that] canned goods...

Tureens are good for stashing packets of dried stuff (and crisps) - mouseproof too. I was a bit of a Spode fanatic for a while - well technically still am, our everyday crockery is Spode Chinese Rose circa 1920 ish to 1950 ish

Living_proof

I have just seen on the BBC News website the story of the family who had been hiding away in a basement for nine years waiting for the end of the world. All very odd. Maybe they know something we don't, but in any case they are the ultimate preppers! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-50054044

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Living_proof wrote: »

I have just seen on the BBC News website the story of the family who had been hiding away in a basement for nine years waiting for the end of the world. All very odd. Maybe they know something we don't, but in any case they are the ultimate preppers! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-50054044

Waiting for the end of time. I wonder if they got caught up in that 2012 bobbins

Pooky

Luckily I don't need any meds but DH does, none of them are "lifesaving" but they are "life altering". 2 of these meds are on a month by month GP sign off as they're controlled drugs so we can't keep any stock of those. Another, a very common Parkinson's drug has been an issue for the past 18 months of so with different strengths being in short supply/manufacturing issues. None of those issues are brexit related but you can bet your bottom dollar as soon as someone high up can't get them it will be blamed on brexit.

We have a decent store cupboard and our allotment produce has been prepped and preserved in one way or another. Unfortunately we've witnessed first hand how the French ports can "need to check every single thing" when normally you'd be waved through or only one person is manning the passport checks, we live in a port town and when the French are having a "moment" the port and the surrounds towns and villages grind to a halt. And that's what we're prepping for, not the lack of stuff because, let's face it, if I can't buy "x" i'll just have to buy "y" but for the sheer gridlock that we're expecting whilst the French sort themselves out (yes I appreciate I'm generalising here but if you live in this port town, you know).

My preps are similar to those I'd have in place for a harsh winter and nothing will go to waste if the whole brexit thing goes smoothly.

DigForVictory

DigForVictory wrote: »

he's offering to buy me a chest freezer (for my birthday last month)

The man Acts. He has bought, to be delivered Monday (& filled Wednesday, as soon as the gasses settle. I may not have mentioned that last bit.)

Meanwhile, anyone have any recommendations for a really robust cupboard that looks like a wardrobe but has can height shelves?!

happydays89

DigForVictory wrote: »

The man Acts. He has bought, to be delivered Monday (& filled Wednesday, as soon as the gasses settle. I may not have mentioned that last bit.)

Meanwhile, anyone have any recommendations for a really robust cupboard that looks like a wardrobe but has can height shelves?!

I googled “used office furniture” and found we had a show room selling new and used office furniture about 15 miles away.We went to have a look and managed to buy a lockable wooden cupboard for £80.Its great I have filled it with various food items and a few treats.I keep the key and it can’t be raided by my husband and sons.

Pooky

DigForVictory wrote: »

The man Acts. He has bought, to be delivered Monday (& filled Wednesday, as soon as the gasses settle. I may not have mentioned that last bit.)

Meanwhile, anyone have any recommendations for a really robust cupboard that looks like a wardrobe but has can height shelves?!

I had a new chest freezer arrive last month, it was recommended to leave for 1 hour if it had been transported on its side (which it hadn't) so it was instant plug and play!