The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

Floss

pollyanna_26 said:

...You're a bit further up the coast from me but have probably had the awful weather too.

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It's a   long time since I've noticed a post from you. I hope all is well and work isn't too stressful.

Take care

pollyx

Oh Polly, I've moved away from that famous Lancashire coastal resort back to the leafy Cheshire suburbs, got divorced, bought a new home and changed jobs in the last 2 years... thank you - I'm ok albeit confined to the house for another week following a Test & Trace ping.

euronorris

Pollyanna - have I read that right? You're paying for a bundle that should include 250 mins, but it's cutting you off after only 30 mins or so? If so, have you called them to try and resolve the issue? It sounds like a cap has been placed on, that you should be able to remove (or at least change to 250 mins). Sorry if you've already tried this.

The Tesco deal sounds good! Especially if you can like to your club card and get points for it.

Limits definitely in place again. I was updating an order last night. Wanted 4 tins of tomatoes. Nope limited to 3. With an offer of 4 for £1.30....that you can't take advantage of. Lol. But, you know, I can order 3 packs of 4 tinned tomatoes and end up with 12.........I only added one pack of 4, as I don't need that many, but honestly. Not logical in the slightest.

pollyanna_26

Floss said:

pollyanna_26 said:

...You're a bit further up the coast from me but have probably had the awful weather too.

...

It's a   long time since I've noticed a post from you. I hope all is well and work isn't too stressful.

Take care

pollyx

Oh Polly, I've moved away from that famous Lancashire coastal resort back to the leafy Cheshire suburbs, got divorced, bought a new home and changed jobs in the last 2 years... thank you - I'm ok albeit confined to the house for another week following a Test & Trace ping.

Oh Floss it's lovely to read this. Last time I saw you things had gone pear shaped and you'd moved out. You'll be near my beloved Tatton. I hope you have the space to grow your own again and the all is well after the ping.

pollyx

boultdj

euronorris said:

Limits definitely in place again. I was updating an order last night. Wanted 4 tins of tomatoes. Nope limited to 3. With an offer of 4 for £1.30....that you can't take advantage of. Lol. But, you know, I can order 3 packs of 4 tinned tomatoes and end up with 12.........I only added one pack of 4, as I don't need that many, but honestly. Not logical in the slightest.

You can get round that to get the deal, if you want chopped toms, order 3 of them and 1 whole tom as the deal includes both, that's what I had to do the other week, It's the same with the bake beans offer, normal beans and sugar free are on offer and you can mix to get the offer.

MingVase

I got my Sainsbugs order fine this morning, nothing missing at all. Phew.

VJsmum

Nothing missing from my tesco click and collect order yesterday either - including fruit, veg and salad (and German Ham).  More importantly - both bottles of gin were included.  An essential in these lockdown times

Onebrokelady

VJsmum said:

Well done, mary on the preps foresight.  Glad you and DH are negative and hope daughter's and sister are well now.

I am not anti-vaccine.  Blimey, if i were offered it today (and it didn't impact anyone more in need) i'd have it; i'd willingly take part in any trial.  What i don't like is government manipulation to make themselves look better (IMO) at the risk of, for example, my 88 year old MiL (who has only had the first dose) being ill when she needn't have been because they are now making her wait for the second.  Ditto my Sister, sister in law and niece who are all nurses and now may not have full protection.  

There was a story in the news yesterday about a nurse who had tested positive three weeks after having her first dose of the vaccine, apparently she was quite ill and then passed it on to her family who were also really ill 😳

Onebrokelady

RAS said:

Health Secretary Matt Hancock tweeted, 'We start this new year knowing that better days are ahead of us. We have delivered ONE MILLION #coronavirus vaccines already - & with the approval of the Oxford jab will accelerate delivery from Monday.'

Call me a cynic, but where exactly have they been delivered? Just got into the UK, or actually into the arms of people?

My guess is that they just want a good news story regardless of how many people are actually protected. Months ago, there were supposed to be 4m doses of the Oxford vaccine ready to go; they are now talking about scaling up to make a million per week, 

At that rate, it'll be mid summer before even the most at risk get two doses. It won't even allow the extremely vulnerable in group 4 to be included unless take up is incomplete in the over 70s, and health and social care staff. Unless they can scale up to 2m doses a week and actually deliver, we need to be realistic.

A bit like the Nightingale Hospitals, all fur coat and no knickers, certainly not qualified staff. Just this lot couldn't actually deliver anything competently. They screw up and expect us to be grateful? 

Sorry rant over.

My Nightingale Hopsital has been open for a couple of months now and is staffed by qualified staff,there are volunteers in non professional roles just like there are in all NHS hospitals 

cornishchick

hey All, rapid test at work showed negative yesterday, I was the last test of the day due to staff shortages,( care home) today the nurse rang to say mine was now showing positive, other than a bit of a chesty cough I woke up with yesterday I am fine, no temperature or  anything, now trying to arrange a PCR/ NHS test.. hoping I can arrange one via work as the nearest test center is an hour's drive??? but thankfully I am prepped and prepared. 

Onebrokelady

boazu said:

Perhaps the Beast from the East will put down enough snow for a long enough period to make the population stay at home and indoors for long enough to break this stranglehold the covid pandemic has on our necks at the beginning of the New year...that being the case maybe it's more a blessing than a curse?

Not a hope in hell, we had a minuscule coating of snow on the moors last week which encouraged lots of people to go out trying to find a good enough spot to go sledging