The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

dandy-candy

-taff said:

What yarn are you using to crochet the cloths?

I have some actual dishcloth cotton i bought years ago which i will finally get to use!

Emptynester

Thriftygifty said:

DigForVictory said:

Is there any canny way of making a bed (sheets & duvet, but blankets available) so that it's more comfortable for someone with a fever? Anything under the bottom sheet? M'mother in law remembers being imminently due but not contracting & making up the bed with the usual blanket & sheet then a tarp, then another blanket & sheet. She went into labour, had the baby (my sister in law) in the bed & then the midwife stripped the top layer & tarp off & settled her comfortably back in her own clean familiar bed. (My eyes always cross, both at a  home delivery & who washed the blanket let alone the sheet...)

I was thinking is an underblanket cooling? Or not? I do not fancy trying to sleep on a tarp, but the layers idea seems nice unless it doesn't strip cool & dry.

If I have a home birth the whole duvet/sheets are going in the bin, theres only so much I can cope with! 

Thriftygifty  I had our third baby at home birth 30 years ago.  DH washed the sheets. One wash in the machine and they were as good as new.
DD1 had an unplanned home birth 4 months ago, para medics were wonderful, I shoved the sheets in the machine and they came clean first time.  Put a plastic sheet over the mattress though, that won't go in the machine

euronorris

Renters ability to pay will vary from person to person, and very dependant on the job they do. We rent, and I am usually office based, but am working successfully from home and still have plenty of work to do. Financial services are always needed, and I specialise in cashflow planning and long term care financial planning, which is likely to continue to be needed regardless of market falls.

Plus, our Florida holiday being cancelled means we have a financial buffer, so we are ok for the next 3 months at least. Hopefully it stays that way.

dandy-candy

I forgot to mention, i washed the floors today with diluted disinfectant. Its the first time i have ever properly measured out the water to disinfectant ration - normally i just fill the bucket with hot water and pour in a big glug. I actually had to make up a stronger batch than i usually would but at least it should kill any nasties

Onebrokelady

We were told today at work that the virus can live for 6 days on plastic,48 hours on cardboard and 6 hours on clothes,we have to change out of our uniforms and put them in a cotton bag so we can take them home to put straight into the washing machine in the bag,they have to be washed with no other clothes at 60 degrees 

Onebrokelady

MrsLurcherwalker said:

There comes a point so urgent and immediate when you have to recognise that you can only live your own life, you can't live other peoples no matter how desperately you want to.  It's pure unadulterated anguish to accept that all you can do is to protect you and those in your family who perceive the same reasoning behind life decisions made as you do yourself.  You love them, you want to keep them safe, BUT you don't own them, they own themselves and sometimes no matter the longing to do so you have to let them go their own way regardless of where the path they chose to follow will take them.  It's an impossibly hard action to step back but for your own sanity and wellbeing it has to be done xxx.

Spot on,I was really worried about my mum and dad because I know they probably won't comply, so I phoned them and asked if they were ok,I advised them what they should be doing and gave them options for me to help with things like shopping etc,they said they would carry on with their normal routine which is to go food shopping every Thursday then out for tea on the way home ,I told them this was a bad idea and that they needed to stay in to stay safe, dad said he would talk it over with mum and let me know what they wanted to do, that was on Tuesday and I've not heard anything from them since,I've now made my peace with the situation because I offered to help and I feel like I've done all I can, they are adults if they want to risk their lives that's up to them 

unrecordings

Onebrokelady said:

We were told today at work that the virus can live for 6 days on plastic,48 hours on cardboard and 6 hours on clothes,we have to change out of our uniforms and put them in a cotton bag so we can take them home to put straight into the washing machine in the bag,they have to be washed with no other clothes at 60 degrees 

Sorry for not keeping up. Where do you work if you don't mind me asking ? Still looking for definitive science here but I do understand that it survives the shortest time on porous surfaces ( ithink I know whym but just a guess so won't post that thought. I'm also wondering what the evidence says about survival in the air at say 10 degrees.

dandy-candy

Onebrokelady said:

We were told today at work that the virus can live for 6 days on plastic,48 hours on cardboard and 6 hours on clothes,we have to change out of our uniforms and put them in a cotton bag so we can take them home to put straight into the washing machine in the bag,they have to be washed with no other clothes at 60 degrees 

Im pretty sure my daughters uniform can’t be washed at 60 degrees, i’m certain her gloves can’t. If soap kills it then it might be better to hsndwash it in soapy water

Onebrokelady

unrecordings said:

Onebrokelady said:

We were told today at work that the virus can live for 6 days on plastic,48 hours on cardboard and 6 hours on clothes,we have to change out of our uniforms and put them in a cotton bag so we can take them home to put straight into the washing machine in the bag,they have to be washed with no other clothes at 60 degrees 

Sorry for not keeping up. Where do you work if you don't mind me asking ? Still looking for definitive science here but I do understand that it survives the shortest time on porous surfaces ( ithink I know whym but just a guess so won't post that thought. I'm also wondering what the evidence says about survival in the air at say 10 degrees.

I'm a HCA in a hospital, we have had to put all the children's toys away because of the contamination risk 😟

DigForVictory

That is rough - a sick child should be allowed something to cuddle, tell stories to, explain medical procedures to &, if all gets too much, bite.

Oh Un, I'm still grinning at the idea of cat sourced ingredients for vole pate...