The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

RAS

elaine241 said:

Well the worst has happened re my mother and father in law, they are both positive for Covid. FIL is very bad, can hardly stand and hasn't eaten anything for days. MIL was up, looking after FIL who has been in beds for days,  today but is only just going down with the virus. As I said before both are vulnerable, MIL has v bad lungs 

Elaine, I'm hoping the situation with FIL is OK. If you have doubts about his oxygen intake, call for emergency services and get his levels checked. 

How's the lockdown going to affect you?

thriftwizard

Sending upholding thoughts & good wishes to all of you currently in, or about to be in, lockdown again.

And on that merry note, I must go & confess on the Grocery Challenge thread that I will be going over budget (again) this month as I've just bought lots of frozen veg. etc. to pop into the new freezer, and will almost certainly do another run at some point in the near future, with my trusty shopping trolley, because I think it's only a matter of time before we all get "circuit-broken" & I don't want to have to face panicky crowds. Not that we'd be in much danger of running out, as the old freezer is still (just about) functioning & fairly full, plus there's lots of allotment & garden produce going in as I process it now, plus kale, chard, leeks, carrots & cabbages still standing, but none of it will go to waste in the long term. Unless, of course, we get lengthy power cuts too... 

elaine241

RAS said:

elaine241 said:

Well the worst has happened re my mother and father in law, they are both positive for Covid. FIL is very bad, can hardly stand and hasn't eaten anything for days. MIL was up, looking after FIL who has been in beds for days,  today but is only just going down with the virus. As I said before both are vulnerable, MIL has v bad lungs 

Elaine, I'm hoping the situation with FIL is OK. If you have doubts about his oxygen intake, call for emergency services and get his levels checked. 

How's the lockdown going to affect you?

MIL is a retired nurse so he should be in good hands, although it makes it worse that she had the grandkids knowing full well the risks!
Lockdown tbh on the farm doesn't really affect us much. The boys will be off school so the house will resemble a fraternity house within a couple of days!! Farm work carries on pretty much the same as normal although we can only take animals to market, drop them off and leave. No watching them sold, having a cuppa or catching up with friends. It is a quiet time on the farm so we usually try to escape for a weeks holiday about now..................or not this time!!
We have a lane that leads to the canal passing through the farm so we will probably see way more people than usual. During lockdown part 1 and all through the summer its been like the M4 for walkers, cyclists, joggers, dog walkers etc etc 
I shop in a town that is in another county which is on lockdown. I am not technically supposed to enter Torfaen but I have to check the sheep at ground we have there so I might as well pick up groceries, medications and animal feed all in one go rather than got to Abergavenny which is in the same county as the home farm. Torfaen is literally only 14 miles long and about 6 miles  wide so a very small local authority!
OH runs a groundworks company which seems to have kept going throughout the whole pandemic. Even tonight someone rang to ask him to do a job and he's booked up all this week and some of the following ones. I am a landlord but wont be visiting any of my tenants unless there is an emergency.
I am well stocked up on just about everything so we could probably go into total stay at home and not go out lockdown if we had to. Saying that our back yard is about 100 acres so plenty of space to get out of each others way!

daz378

Asked for a  sick  note on monday from the 16th   still not got one   ..keep chasing up.....work have texted me a few times for it....i will be on unauthorized leave from friday..been waiting for doctor to ring   since 2.30pm

frosty

We called in Asda today for a few bits today ,while walking round I noticed some amazing low prices.The shelve edge labels were white so didn’t stand out...
fray bentos tinned chicken pie (33% free) 60p 425g
smash large tub 51p  280g
tinned Asda soup 18p
cup soups 38p a box
packs of 3 tins of tuna 88p
small tins of Thomas tank spaghetti with sausages 14p 
small tins of sweetcorns 10p
asda value tinned spaghetti 3p
asda sandwich spread salmon 20p
these items were on the shelves not in a reduced section so people didn’t seem to notice them,if your stocking up it might be worth checking out your local store.

daz378

Panic over got my sick note within 20 mins of talking to doctor...then went on local precinct   to top up on painkillers..though shoulder is slowly healing

thriftwizard

Glad it's healing, daz378!

ivyleaf

Glad you got your fit note daz! Sending best wishes, hope it heals well and quickly   

3secondmemory

frosty said:

We called in Asda today for a few bits today ,while walking round I noticed some amazing low prices.The shelve edge labels were white so didn’t stand out...
fray bentos tinned chicken pie (33% free) 60p 425g
smash large tub 51p  280g
tinned Asda soup 18p
cup soups 38p a box
packs of 3 tins of tuna 88p
small tins of Thomas tank spaghetti with sausages 14p 
small tins of sweetcorns 10p
asda value tinned spaghetti 3p
asda sandwich spread salmon 20p
these items were on the shelves not in a reduced section so people didn’t seem to notice them,if your stocking up it might be worth checking out your local store.

 I really like tins of fish and meat paste on toast as a teatime snack but I’m never sure about buying them because they’re a bit too cheap. 

I also think pate is a nice idea but it’s another high risk food isn’t it? 

-taff

Princes pastes are 50p in BM at the moment...