The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

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MrsLurcherwalker said:

Thanks Baggins I've just had a video call with DD1 and the baby and am feeling less 'grey'.  Also have contacted the shop and the manageress was so lovely and understands and says she will shut the shop for the duration as soon as she hears of a case anywhere close to keep the staff and herself as safe as is possible.  I am welcome back when all this is gone, thankfully.  This is feeling totally surreal as a situation even though I've been prepping for years and years I NEVER ever thought it would be for a brand new disease with no treatment, it feels like a TV series, so weird.

For a totally unrelated reason I got my old shortwave radio out of the attic & set it up in my study last week. It made for very eerie listening - hauntology would be the apt term 

daz378

Whats annoying is i know ive got digital thermometer in the house somewhere..but can't find it

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Thanks Unrecordings, yesterday was like being dipped in ice water, I just froze when DD2 said 'Ma, you have to go to ground indoors until this is over NOW', shook all over and felt sick, despite the convictions about prepping this felt just too much.  Panic was what it was indeed, today I've uncurled a bit, done some research and talked to both daughters, seen pictures and videos and one video call,  all the babies, consulted the surgery and just got my head in a much better place.  When you realise it IS panic, it IS a lot easier to control.

Hobsons_Choice

I'm in my late 70s and DH is early 80s. Fortunately we have enough supplies in to last quite some time. Our son told us the local Sainsburys was decimated! Shelves empty of toilet rolls (really?) and very few tinned goods. I had to go to my local GPs yesterday for a COPD check (we both have asthma, but fairly mild). I'm certainly not being complacent about this virus, it's completely unknown and I think everyone should be responsible for their own health and, in doing so, protecting other peoples health. Also..please contribute to the foodbank if you're able to. Lastly..some evil numpty pinched two bottles of hand gel from the doctor's reception desk this week! 

Scrimps

greenbee said:

Scrimps said:

MrsLurcherwalker said:

If you have gaps in your preps NOW is the time to remedy it, don't wait do it today.

Thank you for this.  I never bothered to get alcohol gel, it seems I have left it too late but I have been able to plug a few low levels in our stores after we wound them down after brexit.

I work an admin job in a hospital, I used to do direct patient care, my biggest concern at the moment is being asked to go back to delivering direct patient care.  I want to help and I loved working with patients but I dont want to bring the virus home to my two young children. I felt quite unerved watching the news today.  I worked in finance in 2008, it felt the same......

By the sounds of it there’s more risk of your kids being carriers and you taking it from them it work than the other way round.

yes, youre right. thats what ive just been hearing on the radio this morning - superspreaders theyre called

3secondmemory

MrsLurcherwalker said:

Thanks Unrecordings, yesterday was like being dipped in ice water, I just froze when DD2 said 'Ma, you have to go to ground indoors until this is over NOW', shook all over and felt sick, despite the convictions about prepping this felt just too much.  Panic was what it was indeed, today I've uncurled a bit, done some research and talked to both daughters, seen pictures and videos and one video call,  all the babies, consulted the surgery and just got my head in a much better place.  When you realise it IS panic, it IS a lot easier to control.

My daughter sent us all a clip of the wee man in his bath. 6 weeks old and he found his foot. He is making involuntary facial expressions - so fascinating to watch. 

MingVase

I just cannot go on. No cruise!? My god however will I cope?   

I havent got the energy to panic, I just can't be assed. I'm taking life slow and easy - knitting reading and eating cake!

DianneB

MingVase said:

I just cannot go on. No cruise!? My god however will I cope?   

I havent got the energy to panic, I just can't be assed. I'm taking life slow and easy - knitting reading and eating cake!

Me too! That was the final blow! 
I still can't believe he said it! I feel angry out of all proportion, I know he has a tough job at the hardest of times but what a numpty! 

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daz378 said:

Whats annoying is i know ive got digital thermometer in the house somewhere..but can't find it

I've still got the rubbish £9.99 one I was recommended to get from Boots four years ago to cover my chemo. It occurred to me last week though that between myself & Mrs Un we could effectively infect each other in short order with it. So I set out to get an infrared/non contact thermometer. Which was fun. All the £10 ones sold out, back order due in May, ditto the £15 ish ones, ditto £20, ditto £30 until I settled on a £36 one that was in stock, got the dispatch email then a further one saying out wasn't being dispatched now until May. So back to the drawing board and I ended up with a £70 one from Toolstation online an I was mildly placated by the fact it has lasers, so can be used as a cat toy. Mrs Un is scared of it

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Zentimes said:

I have an ancient biochemistry degree, lipids are fats/oils (not 'like' them, they are them!) Cells are surrounded with what's called a 'lipid bilayer'. Basically because lipids have a positive charge at their 'head' end and a negative 'tail', they will tend to line up in a certain way and naturally form spheres. Soap is able to disrupt this bilayer and break open the virus particles. It's just as well, really, because soap is a cheap thing!

So a hefty charge from say a 9V battery or better) might have a similar effect maybe or good old fashioned fire