The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

unrecordings

MrsLurcherwalker said:

Kelly kettles run on twigs, dried leaves, bits of paper, old dead wood anything you can find that is dry and will burn.  They come in a couple of sizes, we have one of the larger ones that's about 1.5 litres.  They are light to carry, easy to light and can be run on bits of twig you can find anywhere there are trees.  Ours boils the water in about 5 minutes, fabulous things we use it in the garden in the summer and it comes on picnics so even not in extremesis it's a useful bit of kit.

Been completely off my tolley for past few day days trying to get groceries stc organised. Also been prepping summsries of useful info & photos of preps give me a couple of days & I'll h ve caught up

thriftwizard

Further away from London still, I walked up to town today & visited the greengrocer, the baker's & the butcher, and found no shortages at all. I gather the supermarket shelves were still empty though, not that I went in. However DD1's supermarket, just off the main south coast road to the east of us, had had a big delivery overnight, and had introduced rationing, much to her relief. They still ran out of several staple items before the end of her shift, but she thinks there's light at the end of the tunnel now; people are beginning to realise that it's not the absolute end of the world, & behave a little less like headless chickens, in her own words.
But a number of people told me - from a sensible distance, of course - that the garden centres have been stripped bare! Apparently people are seeing it as a chance to get to grips with their gardens, rushing out & buying up all the bedding plants, compost & seeds. I'm still wondering whether that's a good thing... probably, on balance!

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Take your eye off the ball for a short time and somebody will mess things up. Himself has been systematically running down the stash and bloody lying to me about it claiming that there was plenty of food in the cupboards and freezer.

This all came to a head today when, having endured his 'Oh, this is serious' epiphany yesterday evening (much melting down ensued), he informed me today that he wasn't going to get any teabags, butter, cat food, milk, cheese, potatoes or anything else that counts as food until the point we needed it. I pointed out that as it is literally impossible for me to go into the kitchen and make any full meal and a cup of tea, feed the cat and then wash up a dirty cup right now, he was going out and not coming back until he had at least five meals from scratch worth of ingredients, cat food for five days and TEABAGS (we had TWO) in his possession.

My exasperation is slightly heightened by the fact that I am feeling wheezy despite not being asthmatic and having made a living dealing with All Of The Sick Children of IDIOTS Who Send Them In Irregardless. Eventually one of them would have to get me.

Bet it was the one whose mother called to berate me personally for making her take her sweaty, clammy, feverish offspring home, as apparently, her temperature was 'absolutely normal' once she'd spent 45 minutes in the fresh air travelling home.

3secondmemory

I was thinking of investing in a Kelly kettle or a wood burning samovar if I was going to be isolating at home over the summer. It’s quite nice in the evening to sit round the fire and watch the sun go down. Plus tea! 

Onebrokelady

Thriftygifty said:

thriftwizard said:

117pauline said:

I live in Spain so I am under "house arrest" as someone has put it.  I live by the coast one of the main reasons it spread here was because people in Madrid, where the outbreak was worst, decided to go to their summer homes. They treated it as an extra holiday and mingled with people as they would during a normal holiday.

Sorry to say, I was stuck in an hour-long traffic jam earlier on the main South Coast road. Both the car in front of me and one that kept coming up beside me on the other lane had kids in & were stuffed with luggage, sleeping  & camping equipment; I drive a van, I'm nice & high up & can't really avoid seeing into other vehicles. I can't help wondering whether the odd family are seeing this as a chance to escape city life for a bit & "bug out" to the wilds of Dorset for the duration. I may be quite wrong, though, but either way, having had many a happy camping trip with a car-load of kids, from mid-April through to late-November, I just hope they realise how cold it is at night at this time of year & are well-prepared... 

This is exactly what my husband said a fews weeks ago, we are in the SW he said in a few weeks we will be inundated with holiday makers making the problem ten times worse, we do appreciate tourists down here but I really hope people are sensible and stay put.  We use to be season tent campers and were really hygienic but it's impossible with this virus I should think.

I really hope this doesn't happen because that will put added stress on the hospital

unrecordings

needmoney said:

Can I ask what you are all doing to sanitize shopping my daughter will drop off shopping soon as I am in isolation because of over 70. Are you wiping goods with soapy water or bleach solution?

To answer a couple of questions - here's what is currently sitting under the letterbox :The idea is the yellow tub catches the post where it remains in quarantine for a few days until the contents are needed and/or sanitised. The tub is dragged down to the workshop periodically an contents dumped for a few days further where they maybe subjected to heat gun or just incinerated. There's a temporary sign behind the daffs which is only displayed when a delivery is expected. As for cleaning still work in progress as I'm still looking for good references on the survival of Covid19 on various surfaces - which seems to range from hours to9 days, to weeks depending on the surface:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32035997
All still work in progress

Thriftygifty

I really hope this doesn't happen because that will put added stress on the hospital

I know, hopefully people are getting the message now, I saw a news story about Wales asking people not to visit their second homes, Cornwall would be worse I should imagine than Devon if this were to happen. 

chirpycheap

Si_Clist said:

So OK ... apparently the supermarkets are going to prioritise home deliveries for the elderly.  Nice idea, but have any of them explained how on earth they're going to make that work?

Very many elderly people aren't able to shop online. I am adding my parents groceries to my own online shop so that the limit of two items means we can only have one per household. I'm wondering if I should book a separate slot for delivery to mum and dad's house but how is delivery to houses that are socially distancing working? Do they leave bags on the doorstep so that my parents don't have to have contact with the driver?

needmoney

Good idea unrecordings always good to have tips from others. My shopping came and is all washed and little prayer said lol although seriously meant we need some humour too.

Thriftygifty

chirpycheap said:

Si_Clist said:

So OK ... apparently the supermarkets are going to prioritise home deliveries for the elderly.  Nice idea, but have any of them explained how on earth they're going to make that work?

Very many elderly people aren't able to shop online. I am adding my parents groceries to my own online shop so that the limit of two items means we can only have one per household. I'm wondering if I should book a separate slot for delivery to mum and dad's house but how is delivery to houses that are socially distancing working? Do they leave bags on the doorstep so that my parents don't have to have contact with the driver?

I'm not sure if the items would be in bags though as they scrapped using plastic bags, so everything would be loose. As far as i'm aware they are no longer to go into peoples homes and have to leave it on the door step to protect the delivery people as well as the customers. However I would advise your parents cleaning the items.  Mine are leaving a garden table out the front with an oil cloth cover on for the delivery guys to put the stuff on.