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Prepping: the new world...

Floss · 2023-06-01 08:06:22

Thought it was about time for a new Prepping thread... Please keep it on topic, friendly and realistic for life in the UK (i.e. no hurricane basements, no guns, no politics). For those that don't know, the Guides & Scouts among us will be prepared, but are the rest of us ready? IMPORTANT NOTE: this thread is a resource for…

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I'm glad you had a spare, @DigForVictory. Oddly, I was thinking I could do with a spare as we were out walking today and DH didn't have his keys on him. I think both of us need to have a key with a trustworthy neighbour or in a key safe or other discrete hidey hole.

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The sun's been out and I think I’m solar powered (Onebrokelady)

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