The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

-taff

Yes, you can freeze corned beef slices.

prepareathome

-taff said:

Yes, you can freeze corned beef slices.

Thanks - will do so immediately - I got the better deal as more corned beef in big fresh packs than were in cans at the same cost and less fat as well.  

Onebrokelady

prepareathome said:

-taff said:

Yes, you can freeze corned beef slices.

Thanks - will do so immediately - I got the better deal as more corned beef in big fresh packs than were in cans at the same cost and less fat as well.  

Funny you mentioned corned beef, ive been a vegetarian for 9 years now but this week I'm really craving a corn beef and tomato sauce sandwich 😂

dreaming

MoneySeeker1 said:

LOL at the comment "better read than dead" - like the turn of phrase and, if that's how some people wish to play this on an individual basis, then that's obviously their right. 
So probably pretty "private" compared to a lot - if nothing like as private as my mother (who works on the basis of "not telling anyone anything ever" and that even gets applied to her own family if she can manage it).

"Better read than dead" is actually more apt for me (as I love reading) than what I actually said which was RED (an old quote from the50s about Communism) so I might adopt it. I am not too worried about being "tracked".  I do what I can to protect my technology using ad blockers etc. mainly to stop the annoyance of spam clogging everything up rather than fear of people knowing what I have bought/looked at online. However, being an fairly nondescript 60-something year old woman with limited income (company pensions only for another year) which, apart from bills, is mainly spent on books and craft stuff then I think anyone tracking me would have died of boredom by now.
I also have cupboard envy.  I live in a 2 bed bungalow with no built-in storage (except the attic which is inaccessible now as I can no longer nip up ladders as I used to) so all my storage is what I have bought over time but it never seems quite enough.  So I do have things stashed around the place - under the bed, the bottom of the wardrobe etc. etc.  I do tend to keep it fairly well organised but occasionally things get overlooked.  Sometimes it is a happy accident such as when I came across a box of After Eights which I had bought for Xmas then forgotten about but usually it is just an additional tin of tomatoes.  My growing plans have taken a bit of a battering.  Literally a battering as the mini-greenhouse that held my starter pots blew over in the wind despite having bricks on the bottom shelf to weigh it down.  Pretty much everything was lost so I shall have to start again,  but fortunately the seeds sown directly into the ground are coming up ok.
It's a shame when posts get misconstrued as criticism and take the thread off track.  I think the difficult times we are going through can heighten our emotions, both positive and negative ones.  Most of us probably experience a mixture of both at varying times, and despite considering myself to be a fairly positive, practical, get-on-with-it type, I do have times when it can all seem a bit bleak but so far I have managed to get over those times fairly quickly.  Having suffered from depression when I was younger though I know how much harder it can be for those who may be struggling, and for those whose lives have been turned upside down either through bereavement, illness (mental or physical), fear, or financial worries etc. but we can all only do what we can according to our means/beliefs.

pineapple

herlig said:

There will be a lack of understanding and even compassion but what we're seeing now is meanness, a quickness to react and judge and the start of a real streak of unpleasantness across platforms within society.

Is this a case of something catching the attention and from then on only being able to focus on that side of things? Of course I've seen the media reports of fall outs in supermarkets, covid related racial harrassment, inexplicable attacks on nursing staff etc - though to be fair there have been some amazing uplifting stories too. I think times like these bring out both the best and worst of people but my personal experience has been nothing but positive - in particular neighbours rallying round to help each other - particularly me due to my health condition.

MingVase

Dreaming, some people just like to stir things, it get them attention that they don't get in RL.

Pineapple that's lovely. I find the same thing, that the most unexpected people can turn out to be nicest. And vice versa...

dreaming

MingVase said:

Dreaming, some people just like to stir things, it get them attention that they don't get in RL.

Pineapple that's lovely. I find the same thing, that the most unexpected people can turn out to be nicest. And vice versa...

MingVase - Oh I know, and to be honest I don't mind a bit of heated discussion myself in the right setting, although I I prefer to do that face to face as it is easier to expand on what you may have said and I do back off (mostly) if I can see someone is getting upset or offended. I tend to be pretty easy going about other people's beliefs or way of thinking and am very interested in  their opinions and thoughts and hope I am open-minded enough to listen and consider them with respect.  I also expect others to show me that same courtesy but it doesn't bother me if they don't, or disagree with what I am saying.
Pineapple - I tend to think there is far more good in the world than bad.  Some of the media reports get picked up and "pinged" round the world via social media in seconds and are enough to make you want to barricade yourself in your home with sentries posted but quite often the truth is less dramatic.  Unfortunately there are, and always will be, a minority who use stressful situations to excuse their bad behaviours and these are often the one who do get all the attention, but when so many from around the world can get behind one 100 year old man (Captain Tom (now Colonel Tom)) then there is not too much wrong with humans in my opinion.  It does make me angry that the NHS has to rely on charity though but that's not for this thread.

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Well, the craziness seems to have started already with more people out and about when we walked this afternoon than I've seen since the beginning of lock down, standing in groups on both pavements or dawdling along nattering with their pals and blocking paths entirely completely oblivious to people waiting to pass them,  A couple of older ladies with mobility pushers managed to stand in the only place where they could block 3 directions at once and have a good old natter.  They were very apologetic when they realised but still didn't move just said Oh you can come round us love and 3 sets of people including us had to limbo past at much closer quarters than was sensible and then after we'd all passed they moved! I suspect tomorrow will be ram packed with people out and about so I think sense says for the rest of the week we walk out of the village not into it.  I think it's not going to end well and tears before bedtime is going to happen in a couple of weeks.  Going to ground mainly for the foreseeable other than a walk out in the afternoons into the country and staying as close to home as we can except for that, the world can wait!

singlestep

I am so glad to live in a part of the country where things remain the same for a while longer but, even here, there are more people out and about when I go for my early morning walk.  I would say that a lot of older people and visibly infirm people are sticking to daily routine of getting daily paper etc, but that's perhaps unfair as there are a lot of older people in the area.  Once back at work (again, unlikely in the immediate future), I'll be using public transport due to distance.  Thanks to the discussions back in Feb on this thread, I do have gloves and masks and now some face coverings.  I won't be surprised at people not sticking to confusing, muddied advice because the idea of somebody doing my job coming in to close contact with groups of people from various households but not being able to meet my cousin and her son at the same time feels ridiculous, although I will stick to it if required.

daz378

Day off today   walked the couple hundred yards  to the local precinct....mainly  bought tins  of veg, beans  and couple of tins curry   to add variety  . Noticed the stores are getting a little  busier , used my scarf  to cover face  anchored under glasses,   the death rates are   staying stubbornly high....stay safe