The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

euronorris

unrecordings said:

Tink_04 said:

Can anyone point me somewhere that I can track what is going on? I have family in Italy who are in isolation and they seem to think we are about 2 weeks behind them? 

I thought it was more like a month but can't work out the stages properly?

Tink

looking for one now

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

Si_Clist

calicocat said:

... May look at getting a bread machine and mix for this to have as an emergency kit.

We like to keep things simple here, so we're sticking with our usual stock of 15-20Kg spelt flour and 5 tins of quick yeast.  Nowadays we can't be bothered to make our bread the old-fashioned way, and besides it wasn't really very denture-friendly, so we're happy now with our Bung-It Bread, made as in this video ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0t8ZAhb8lQ

3secondmemory

I have no idea how to post a link but I have found very interesting site about Perma culture living in the face with pandemic www.Milkwood.net

I hope this is useful

pineapple

calicocat said:

greenbee said:

@calicocat I have a toilet paper delivery due! Our village FB site has just started a discussion about how we can all help each other. Supporting the village shop would help - if everyone orders their shopping from it for a few weeks instead of going to the supermarket that'll keep it open for months! 

I am friendly with a couple of neighbours, one of which is a disabled couple who I worry about if she gets it, and will imagine my stores will be helping her out too. When she is ill I generally cook extra food for them so they don’t have to do that when under pressure. Note to self to suggest she gets plenty of cat food in as she has 5 of them to feed. She has carers going in every day, so possibly more vulnerable from that anyway regardless of her own disabilities. Her respiratory function is fine though. He works and drives, the problem will come is her carers get ill, but we will just have to work that out as it happens. 

I can't see how there isn't going to be a massive cull of the elderly and sick - and I tick both boxes. Some bright spark on the radio today advised that people stop visiting their elderly family and set them up with social media accounts to keep in touch. 'Scuse me? Apart from the fact that it's a bit late in the day for many elderly people to learn IT, social media won't get bums on toilets or prepare a meal. I've been ill myself recently and a friend in the village has kindly been doing some shopping for me. But she still insists on doing her shopping at a large supermarket in a town 20 miles away. One day she might well pole up infectious and be totally unaware. Her husband has cancer and heart problems and I have warned her that he is vulnerable and that she needs to take care too but it hasn't quite sunk in yet.

calicocat

My Mum isn’t really taking it seriously. She is 85 and tends to only go around locally , but does go to the large city say a couple of times a year. So...she decides to go a few days ago, getting on buses, mingling with folks she doesn’t need to, all to get a jumper......?.

You can’t tell her what to do though, she just doesn’t listen.

pineapple

calicocat said:

My Mum isn’t really taking it seriously. She is 85 and tends to only go around locally , but does go to the large city say a couple of times a year. So...she decides to go a few days ago, getting on buses, mingling with folks she doesn’t need to, all to get a jumper......?.

You can’t tell her what to do though, she just doesn’t listen.

Like my neighbour of the same age who is wobbly on his feet but still insists on going up on the roof of his 3 storey house to do minor repairs 'because he has always done it'. I suppose some people will always live (and die) on their own terms.

unrecordings

unrecordings said:

welshbabe88 said:

nannywindow - we are doing the same - wonder how long we'll be hermits for??
Had Tesco delivery today - said I never wanted the driver inside kitchen from now on - they packed the order in bags and left on doorstep, and no need to sign - super service - easier than a normal delivery.

Spent the entire day getting deliveries going through stuff, and trying to avoid contaminating the house with boxes that had been 'touched'. Will hopefully start a thread covering this tomorrow AM while I wait for the district nurse

Here's that thread. Early days but hoping it'll evolve into a concise thread of advice & bone fide links (if it ain't WHO or NHS (or CDC) then it's worthless to me apart from as a stepping stone to further research
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6113813/covid19-avoidance-techniques/p1?new=1

Hev

Delurking to say hello and thank you for such a calm and informative thread.  I’m about to self isolate as much as possible, I have like others some health issues.  Have toothache (timing eh?) but hope to get in checked ASAP.  I have some painkillers thankfully 😅 Our small town has had recent exposure to the virus, lots of deep cleans happening, so taking precautions big time.  We have some supplies and have upped our riverford deliveries, expensive  but necessary right now, they also deliver milk.  I have jigsaws, dvds to watch and a new suduko book 🙂.  Family are nearby and DH is about, he is still working for now but will be my link to the outside world.  I’ve given him some sanitiser gel (all I had was the tiniest bottle from my handbag) and some wipes.  We were talking about hand washing in general and he told me that it’s quite noticeable now how well the guys using facilities at the service stations are washing their hands 😅 Fear has made great inroads there.  Has anyone had a go at handmade face masks?  Are they useful?  I worry as my family work in London and use the underground system. 

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There is a very useful website called GENERATIONS BEFORE US by G>DONNA a wise and sensible grandma who lives in the southern United States, her blog is well worth a read for it's sound practical common sense and also for her 'how to's'.  In a recent post she gives very detailed instructions on making face masks.  Hope it might help, it's a good read anyway.

Shropshirelass

We have decided that for now I , as the fittest and youngest (73), will be doing any necessary forays into town for shopping, and DH will self isolate. I regret this as his mobility is very poor, and shopping has been his only trip out of the house for months. With the warmer weather he is already getting out to sit on one of the benches we have strategically placed around outside the house, so hopefully this will continue.
Sympathise with those living in flats/towns, who will have a problem viewing a bit of sky. I'm quite looking forward to setting house and garden to rights, no excuses. Also attacking various stashes of fabric, yarn and books.
We are well supplied to eat, clean and self medicate for a while, but after 4 to 6 weeks diet might not remain very 'balanced'. would have to start ordering deliveries of fresh stuff, and maybe bread if flour didn't stretch. Also if DH had to look after me, it's to be hoped he could access help. We have nice neighbours, but can't foresee the situation with them.
Prepare for the worst and hope for the best
PS I second recommendation to Gdonna 's blog, lovely calm lady, good advice.