The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

pineapple

Si_Clist said:

MingVase said:

Maybe bay leaf? ...

The news here is dire, I use Al Jazeera, RTE, and Russia Today as well as CNN and Reuters..

When we once got weevilly flour, they took no notice whatsoever of the bay leaves we introduced, even though they were fresh and from Waitrose.

Ref Russia Today ...

While travelling round Africa, we bought some bread which turned out to have baked in bugs in it. Hadn't seen bread in a while so we ate it regardless...

pineapple

MrsCD said:

but the other morning on GB news, Simon McCoy and Kirsty Gallagher were visibly moved when telling us about Sarah Everard. He asked us to take a minute of silence for Sarah and her family while they showed a picture of her. I thought that was a lovely thing to do and I don't think I've ever seen it done on a news programme before. 

I can't bear to see HIS photo and I wish they would stop showing it. It makes me think of him all over me - ugh - and what she must have gone through. I don't know whether I would have got in the car or not. As a student, I actually refused a lift in a police car late at night. There again, I wasn't being arrrested. It's also made me think of what security I should have when out with the dog.   

Si_Clist

It was indeed a terrible crime, but I can't help wondering if the media would have gone to town on it quite so much if the victim hadn't been such a good-looking young woman who photographed so well.

jk0

Any of you guys cat owners? I just found such a funny video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXezLv_5RaY

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Absolutely brilliant 🤩 

Thriftygifty

It is best to have some form of security/alarm whilst out walking dogs, we've had a number of dog thefts from lone dog walkers recently it's shocking. Another worrying thing that was happening a few years ago around here was people intentionally hitting lone women's cars in lanes and then attacking them, I won't go into details. I've told my Mum now she doesn't have my Dad not to get out of the car and lock the doors if she is involved in an minor accident and just open the window alittle, you just never know about anyone these days and it may just be me however there seems to be alot more rage in people. 

Karmacat

Jk0, thank you so much for posting that!  Sat through it straight away, absolutely brilliant, and *so* creative  

Thriftygifty - read your post straight away as well, it's fortunate that I was paying attention.  Good grief I'm probably going to be getting a car next year, if my familiarisation lessons go well, there's obviously a new world out there that I need to take account of.

Thriftygifty

Karmacat said:

Jk0, thank you so much for posting that!  Sat through it straight away, absolutely brilliant, and *so* creative  

Thriftygifty - read your post straight away as well, it's fortunate that I was paying attention.  Good grief I'm probably going to be getting a car next year, if my familiarisation lessons go well, there's obviously a new world out there that I need to take account of.

You only ever hear the horrible stuff on the news and I'm sure these were probably isolated incidences, I didn't mean to worry you. I am over causious though. 

Karmacat

That's fine, you didn't worry me - I've literally never owned a car though, or been a regular driver, so I simply have a lot to learn on all aspects of being a driver/owner.

newlywed

It can be isolated incidents but always good to be aware of what’s possible, like some years ago there were warnings not to have your handbag on the passenger seat with windows open as there were some being stolen at traffic lights…. I always put it in the passenger footwell so it’s not on show. You don’t hear that being a big thing anymore though.


in our local paper someone has just been done for several counts of indecent exposure in an area I walk alone in every couple of weeks…. I say alone, there’s always dog walkers about on the route, not many trees  or places to hide, and I go in full daylight…. I never had any problem but knowing this will make me a bit more aware when I’m out and about.