Prepping: the new world...

DigForVictory

There are those who say "no no do not write down your passwords" & there are those who then have to try to sort out their tech after, & ye Gods How Many Websites? As a small notebook is less likely to lure a thief than the entire computer, there is the debate it is Safer on paper (as well as eventually easier on any next of kin) but this is about prepping not IT security - you make your choices & we all have different thresholds for various risks.

luvchocolate

I keep a small notebook with passwords..log in details..plus every single phone no etc

suzeesu2000

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82094570#Comment_82094570

I have an address book where I keep passwords and stuff. It can’t crash or delete anything and has saved me so much time and aggro

maryb

I have password hints written down which make sense to me and my offspring but wouldn't give anyone else a clue. When choosing passwords I go for ones where I can make a hint like that. For instance (DW I don't use this one) hint would be best friend's name. But the actual password would be the first letters of a sentence like My Best Friend's Name Is Jemima so mbfniJ (mix of lower case and capitals). If you need numbers and symbols change the I to 1 and add a dollar sign so instead of I you have1$ giving you mbfn1$J

DigForVictory

Thanks to sourcing odd bits of militaria from various places, I remain on various mailing lists & today one popped up with a remarkable headline. "Your most powerful personal safety weapon isn’t something you carry in your pocket.
It is your mind."
I absolutely agree. Please, learn to swim (if you have not already done so). That you read this forum is already a singular head start on a range of challenges.

Cherryfudge

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82095836#Comment_82095836

So very true. A family member is ensuring her children can swim as their uncle died by drowning.

In my past career, we had to train to deal with what were called 'challenging behaviours'. Some of it got used but 98% of it is knowing how not to create a situation, or how to diffuse a situation before anything too much happens. That's all about the mind, and awareness.

DigForVictory

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Just so I can find where to put the blinking flannels.

Oh, this heat. If I could only figure how to make it rain every day for 10 hours over this island & the area last seen called Europe, the fire services would revere me as a goddess…

Nelliegrace

33°C this afternoon. I have my feet in a bit of cold water in a bucket, it is lovely to splash them gently. The small, heritage apple tree, Tom Putt, which I grafted at Smallholders, gets the water later. I would hate to lose that one.

There is a jug of cold water with a bit of fresh lemon juice and honey chilling in the fridge. I keep an insulated bottle of cold tap water and a beaker handy, and take it with me at bedtime, as well as a flask of tea.

A quick, cool shower at bedtime. A cold, earthenware water bottle to rest my feet on, a damp flannel, and a fan blowing gently.

Getting dehydrated is a really serious blood clot risk now. When I was a student nurse we kept fluid charts for many of the patients, and woe betide you if Sister Churton found a single hour not filled in punctually.

DigForVictory

As the weather turns soggy in places, it seems may be that Last Week was the time to reproof waterproofs. But then I took the lads school coats to the launderette to really bake in the Nikwax.

Now I find they've improved the chemistry & you Don't Need to bake the stuff in - so I'll be doing a ruthless round up & wash of the Goretex & similar coats and then proofing them in TX direct. Which means I'll likely be getting the monster 1 litre bottle as there are several coats but also the stuff lasts, so if a son decides to go fishing at the far end of a muddy track & misses his footing, I can restore the coat to cleanliness then re-proof it again without lamentation. Probably while he's in the bath.
No advert, just one thoroughly satisfied school & scout mum who has had to turn her lot out in all sorts of weathers & knowing the wet is staying outside is restful.

DigForVictory

I see the Express is enjoying a nice public service style jitter "Fresh alert to Brits to stockpile 11 items as UK ‘unprepared’"
They even have a riff from Europe " The European Commission lists 11 items that people should have ready to go in case of a major crisis, such as a loss of power, extreme weather, civil unrest or conflict.
The items on the list are:
Bottled water and portable water filters
Non-perishable food and energy bars
Torches and backup batteries
Fire-starting tools
First-aid kit
Warm clothing and shelter equipment
Multi-tool or survival knife
Communication devices such as radios
Important identification documents
Cash
Navigation tools such as a compass and maps"

Now we would agree with many of those (although this last month my fire-starting kit has been living a very very quiet life relabelled) but how many of us are confident with a map & compass? (I'm not, despite Scouting in part as I can't recall How Far Away from a car I need to be to get a sensible compass reading.)
How much use that'll be in the event of 'civil unrest or conflict' really depends on how much & how long you prep for. Says she thoughtfully eyeing a military surplus warehouse, which sells all sorts of fun things, but isn't my idea of a reasonable prep store. I want a house to live in, not survive from!