The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

Shropshirelass

Just wanted to mention a moment of complete panic this morning, doing weekly shop at local independent supermarket (which has been a life-saver for last year). I searched high and low for T@nn@cks choc marshmallows, got a horrid sinking feeling Nichola has taken sides with EU and blocked their export,  then I realised the biscuit shelf has been reorganised, they were tucked away on bottom shelf. That was a nasty moment, I was starting to think things are getting desparate. 

The good news is, English asparagus was available, didn't see any last year.

Onebrokelady

thriftwizard said:

Just before Lockdown 2 there was a guy going round our charity shops at the same time as me, who was pulling 5 or 6 paperbacks from the shelves in each one (depending on what offer they had going - usually 2 or 3 for £1) and marching up to the desk & paying for them, almost without looking at them. It worried me a bit because they generally all have the same books on the shelves; I had visions of him getting home & discovering he'd got 3 or 4 of the same book several times over! When I volunteered in one, they had strict rules for what went onto the shop floor, which basically meant that only current or very recent bestselling bonkbusters & chick-lit were put out, and after 2 weeks they were "culled" if they hadn't sold. But in non-fiction, nearly everything went out, no matter how outdated or obscure the subject matter... made my heart sink!

My daughters ex boyfriends dad used to do this and then sell them on E Bay for a profit 

VJsmum

DigForVictory said:

greenbee said:

Accountancy text books, tax law... there's a LONG list of burnable books out there

Any out of date reference text (tax law, even old first aid books 'butter on a burn' ye gods) should be recycled & if that means burning them, then in coffin type crates in a power station so you get full use & no bad examples. I think the idea of Mills & Boon as substrate for roads wonderful & quietly wonder which engineer came up with that. 
My offspring tell me the storage room (ahem) is full of boxes of books that have got wet. (I boxed them in plastic crates over 15 years ago & have never gone back to check.) If the books are mostly flat & the pages flip correctly, charity shops ho. If not, what do you recommend, as I personally cannot burn books. 

DforV - they're just paper.  Recycle if you can, burn or bin...  Honest, it won't hurt .  Books get pulped all the time!

Out of date text books are a menace - ask me how i know having just finished a massive batch of marking!

Wraithlady

Floss said:

I was reading one of my primary school reports the other day from third year juniors (so age 10 and a bit) & it said I had a very extensive range of reading with high reading age & excellent vocabulary. I think it was around when I was reading my brothers' Biggles & Jennings books, along with the William stories, Chalet School series, Anne of Green Gables, Little Women & the occasional Agatha Christie. I blame my parents!

I was THAT child.

According to my Dad, from the age of about 3? I used to read EVERYTHING. Not just books, but cereal packets, jam jars, you name it - if it had writing on, I would read it. My parents had to clear the table completely in order to get me to finish my meal.

I do remember a teacher at primary school tried to teach us to read using Phonics - poor woman. I remember telling her in no uncertain terms that 'she'd spelt the word(on the card) wrong'. It was 'of', spelt 'ov'.

I was 4. 

3secondmemory

I ❤️my travel, gardening and cookery books. They are as familiar as old friends and my memory needs lots of visual prompting. 

 I find fiction very difficult atm, it took me 18 months to read a detective novel that I bought to take on holiday in 2018 😂😂it’s very frustrating at times. Especially as I was such an avid reader. I’ve managed about 2 pages of The Idiot Brain in 2 weeks 😩🤪😂

I’ve accepted the invitation to have my Covid shot, a week on Sunday. No sooner had I confirmed via a text link, I had a call from my GP to discuss any concerns I might have. Wasn’t expecting that! I’m good with it anyway. I don’t have any allergies and I’ve never had a problem with any of the vaccines I’ve had during my life. I’ve had some unpleasant reactions to some of the more obscure inoculations needed to travel abroad but have always held the belief that of your arm is sore after, it means it’s working 😃 

Not planning on going out between now and my injection so I’m going to run down my fridge and freezer. It will free up some space and I’ve got a better idea of what I can reasonably manage to cook and eat. 

There is a really nice greengrocer near the hospital which is open on a Sunday so I can look forward to a pleasurable shopping experience that day. 😃

pineapple

3secondmemory said:

I’ve accepted the invitation to have my Covid shot, a week on Sunday.

Mine is on Saturday at the local surgery. Having an auto immune condition with lung and heart issues, I'm a bit concerned, but our consultants are advising it and covid is going through the local market town. One of the best known local figures has just died as well as someone in my support group who actually caught covid in hospital while having treatment for her condition. She was only mid 30s. The guy who brought my car back from his MOT said his whole family had had it after he caught it after a 1 minute conversation with someone. It all concentrates the mind. Anyhow I'm hearing that the Oxford jab is more likely to make you feel fluey (one neighbour spent a day in bed though another just felt 'off') so if that's the one you are getting get prepped up with some easy food and drink etc. Just in case.

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OH had his at lunchtime and is fine, very safe, very straightforward procedure temperature at door, questions inside door with a nurse, which arm? jab, here's some information leaflets and home 10 minutes later.  Not even a sore arm and he feels fine and has his appointment for 10 weeks time for the second shot all at the local GP surgery. Sensible all round and a relief for both of us.

Floss

boazu said:

OH had his at lunchtime and is fine, very safe, very straightforward procedure temperature at door, questions inside door with a nurse, which arm? jab, here's some information leaflets and home 10 minutes later.  Not even a sore arm and he feels fine and has his appointment for 10 weeks time for the second shot all at the local GP surgery. Sensible all round and a relief for both of us.

I hope your husband was asked to sit & wait for the recommended 15 minutes in case of any immediate adverse reaction.

-taff

Depends if it was the Pfizer one or the Oxford one. The latter doesn't need it.

DigForVictory

Wraithlady said:

Floss said:

... I think it was around when I was reading my brothers' Biggles & Jennings books, along with the William stories, Chalet School series, Anne of Green Gables, Little Women & the occasional Agatha Christie. I blame my parents!

I was THAT child.

I was raised in a house where books were Everywhere. Shelved, on windowsills, ledges, piled on the stairs, piled by beds. My father, who had dreams of me stopping being small & noisy & getting interesting, would lay the newspaper on the floor & lift me out of my highchair onto it. Exposure or what. (Mum would sponge the newsprint off me at the next nappy change. My godmother thought it hilarious.) Plus lots of being read aloud to (the perk of being eldest I never realised For Years!)
So when primary put me through a reading age test at 9, I scored comfortably over 18+ & while I'd never met the word 'phosphorescent', (when being interviewed for secondary) I was able to figure out a close enough meaning based on other words & the headmistress admitted me pretty much on that alone. (Just as well she never saw my handwriting, really.)

Teaching phonics to my sons was amusing - they corrected me & their teacher happily. We'd read aloud together & they'd point out "look that's right, mum!" The youngest can spell despite these two languages & they all read for fun let alone function. Such a relief - Canadian pension companies build American Jails based on the percentage of 10-11 year old American lads who can't. A rule of thumb that chills me & keeps me promoting reading as a more useful alternative to almost any other pastime.