The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

jk0

DigForVictory said:

No. Beginning to wonder just how medieval I can get away with, & check out the pet food stores. 
We're good for pease flour... Just you have to be a really hungry medieval peasant to think yep, that beats chappatis (other flatbreads are available!)
Even if I could get my beloved Canadian relatives to ship me a care package, I suspect it might get pulled by Customs (all that white powder).

It's spooky. Even Amazon, (who normally sell everything under the sun) don't even seem to have a listing for Bread flour. Amazon.com seem to have cottoned on to people trying to import it, and have the following message on their site:

'Due to increased demand, we temporarily have reduced product selection available for delivery to your region. We are working to improve selection availability as soon as possible.'

jk0

BTW, do any of you guys read 'The Slog'? Interesting post today:

https://hat4uk.wordpress.com/2020/03/29/covid19-crash2-why-the-controlling-systemic-mindset-is-unfit-for-purpose-when-it-practises-to-deceive/

pineapple

I'm a 'high risk' household and have a polite A4 notice in large type on the door asking for deliveries to be left on the chair (not far from door) or in the shed - but have just had yet another delivery left on the doormat. This time they excelled themselves and left the parcel propped up against the door so that it would fall inside when door opened. I despair.....

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I'm happy, delving into the depths of my stores this morning I came upon a box of what I thought was a few packs of pasta, least wise that's what it said on the box and when I opened it it was half filled with flour and the other half was pasta.  Bingo!

greenbee

@pineapple - mine seem to be improving, although they're leaving stuff on the mat. But at least they aren't standing there gormlessly knocking on the door while staring at the notice anymore. I also have a biohazard sign on the door next to the notice. To be fair, my notice went up a week before anyone seemed to have worked out we needed to take this seriously. 

pineapple

greenbee said:

But at least they aren't standing there gormlessly knocking on the door while staring at the notice anymore.

pineapple

Times are hard and deliveries are scarce. So I've dug out my old Severin yoghurt maker - but just in case I couldn't find it, I read up on how to make it without a fancy yoghurt maker.

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Jazee said:

So many of our electrical items come from China and as that hasn't been happening for over two months, the stocks held in this country are now running out.

🙈 can't believe that didn't occur to me jazee!!! 😂😂😂

GaleSF63

greenbee said:

 But at least they aren't standing there gormlessly knocking on the door while staring at the notice anymore. 

We used to have one of those notices on our front door which listed things like no cold callers, no double glazing salesmen,  no religious groups etc. and a few other things. It worked pretty well but I answered the door to a woman cold caller one day who said brightly, "I'm just reading your notice; it's good, isn't it?

I expect she thinks she's exempt from the present restrictions. 

Wraithlady

Greenglockenspiel said:

My laptop died and I found it really difficult to find a new one in stock, probably people buying them to work from home. Bicycles seem to be much the same too!

Have you tried https://www.mycheaplaptop.co.uk ?  I had to get one at short notice last week as the one I bought from eBay didn't work - ordered it Thursday night, got it Wednesday and they apologised for for the delay.
Can't help with the bicycle, though