The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

weenancyinAmerica

The spaghetti trick as a way to light candles has been around for years on many different sites - in the UK and in the US. I even have books from the 50s and 60s with this in it.

RAS

Si_Clist said:

This whole bottled gas thing is weird nowadays.  Apparently if you want to get shut of an empty Calor tank, it's a Big Problem because the dealers won't take them back now unless you take a full one in exchange, and most Council dumps won't take them either.  No wonder they've started turning up on the verges in this neck of the woods ...

I've seen a lot converted into wood-burners by van lifers. Making a Wood Burner from a Gas Cylinder - Part 1 - YouTube

Do remember to make sure it is completely empty first. Open the valve (outside) and leave open for a few days to evaporate any "dregs."

Si_Clist

So ... here we go again, and this time it's called Omicron.  15th letter of  the Greek alphabet apparently.  Wonder what they'll do when they've named a variant after tall the remaining letters. But whatever, there now seems to be a confirmed case of it in Chelmsford and one in Nottingham. 

It's a shame the Great British Public seems to have given up completely with masks.  Round here it's only us oldies wearing 'em nowadays ... 

Suffolksue

Was wondering how many letters there are in the Greek alphabet ?

greenbee

Suffolksue said:

Was wondering how many letters there are in the Greek alphabet ?

24 

What I don't get is that they said it should have been Nu, but that sounds like 'new' so they used Omicron. Why did they miss Xi?

Suffolksue

So there can only be another 9 variants🤣🤣🤣

Floss

Suffolksue said:

So there can only be another 9 variants🤣🤣🤣

Maybe it will be like the system for naming storms in future...

prepareathome

greenbee said:

Suffolksue said:

Was wondering how many letters there are in the Greek alphabet ?

24 

What I don't get is that they said it should have been Nu, but that sounds like 'new' so they used Omicron. Why did they miss Xi?

China - Xi Jinping  is General Secretary of CCP 

prepareathome

I think governments including ours are panicking a bit as during 'Spanish Flu' first major outbreak hit old and sick as normal flu more than young but then it appears to have mutated a lot and that is when it killed mainly young.  So with report out of Africa that Omicron seems to be hitting younger people more, its scaring them.  Obviously early days as sadly in some areas a lot of the elderly and sick have already died in first wave so only young left to become sick but as it spreads, as it sadly will, will show if its following similar path and the flu 100 years ago.

Don't stop with the preps.

cbsexec

No electric or water here this morning.  Very pleased to have camping stove and bottled water for cup of tea 😀