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westcoastscot wrote: »Was it not Magnus Pike?????
So, while i'm popped in here can anyway advise how long water can be kept? I'm thinking of those large square plastic bottles from supermarkets???? Thanks
They could be handy, must admit I had not thought of them. Perhaps I should.
Ahh, Magnus Pike that brings back memories...no it's Frank as Rosieben says...I'm not saying I am always right but any questions on tv, radio or music especially older stuff I'm your man to ask questions but with internet it's all there anyhow.;)Completely forgotten Call my Bluff. For some reason I thought it was Robert Robinson
Can see why you'd think that but he was the original chairman of CMB.We watched that but with all the channels we now have it's hard to believe we only had three channels for many years and for a long time we did not have BBC2! Probably for four or five years and we resisted colour tv for quite some time too...
Now we have more channels and I watch less..."A government afraid of its citizens is a Democracy. Citizens afraid of government is tyranny!" ~Thomas Jefferson
"Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in" ~ Alan Alda0 -
Hope it's not too off topic, but I see it as a shtf situation...
I've spent a large amount of the day with someone who is terminally ill. We've spent the day compiling a notebook with all her bank account details/internet passwords/internet banking details, credit card details, various places where they have investments, money, where the passports, house deeds, that type of thing were, so that when the shtf for her husband and she passes on, he will not be as helpless as he might have been. She handled all the financials in the house and it's given her a lot of peace to know that it's done, and lodged with her solicitor with instructions to pass it to her husband or daughter when the inevitable happens, and I myself think that her preparedness is something to admire.
On a cheerier note, it's been lovely seeing the various gardens around on the threads, and I'm getting so much benefit from the exchange of ideas, many of which I'd never thought of myself. Thank you all for that
ETA Frank Muir was one of the panel members, Robert R. was the host.No spend days 2/20, Food for 5 for January £30.67/£200, Fuel/Transport £0/260, Charitable giving £20
Foodbank donations £8, Debt Slain Nov 2012 to date £1956/£19030 Walk 2/31 days meditation 2/31 days0 -
Val just WOW! Beautiful I so love to see a pretty and productive garden thanks so much for sharing
Thank you! I think yours is incredibly impressive for growing so much in a tight space and I've been looking at the photos closely. I've never had to bother with gardening in containers before now, I've always had an excess of space at the allotment for everything I wanted to grow. I've got a fair bit of space along the house wall that's paved though, also the area within the peculiar sunken stone circle area in the middle of my lawn. So I'm now thinking seriously about containers...though they'll all have to be recycled ones, I'm not paying garden centre prices for big pots!:eek: So far I've collected half a dozen recycling boxes with damaged bases (aka drainage holes), some orange B&Q builders buckets with no handles that they were selling off for 20p each, two old dented zinc buckets out a skip, three horribly bright plastic tub trugs also out a skip and a small tin bath with a rust hole in the base. An interestingly eclectic collection, no? Just as well none of the neighbours can see in!
And just to take the conversation back to prepping...a few old containers and packs of basic seeds would be handy to have tucked away, just in case. You can always get soil from somewhere after all.Val.0 -
jeanniefaethecarse,
Not off topic at all and actually that is most def a SHTF situation sadly...whether someone is termally ill:(or something like that happens suddenly without warning.
If an accident happens what you suggest may be just as important if children remain(young or old)"A government afraid of its citizens is a Democracy. Citizens afraid of government is tyranny!" ~Thomas Jefferson
"Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in" ~ Alan Alda0 -
Sorry to hear about your friend, it must have been a hard day for both of you. Lovely to be able to prepare and even in her illness manage such thoughtfulness to help her family. I would like to think I would be so well organised.jeanniefaethecarse wrote: »Hope it's not too off topic, but I see it as a shtf situation...
I've spent a large amount of the day with someone who is terminally ill. We've spent the day compiling a notebook with all her bank account details/internet passwords/internet banking details, credit card details, various places where they have investments, money, where the passports, house deeds, that type of thing were, so that when the shtf for her husband and she passes on, he will not be as helpless as he might have been. She handled all the financials in the house and it's given her a lot of peace to know that it's done, and lodged with her solicitor with instructions to pass it to her husband or daughter when the inevitable happens, and I myself think that her preparedness is something to admire.
On a cheerier note, it's been lovely seeing the various gardens around on the threads, and I'm getting so much benefit from the exchange of ideas, many of which I'd never thought of myself. Thank you all for that
ETA Frank Muir was one of the panel members, Robert R. was the host.Give us the strength to encounter that which is to come, that we may be brave in peril, constant in tribulation, temparate in wrath, and in all changes of fortune, and down to the gates of death, loyal and loving to one another.”0 -
Yes, Frank Muir, Popperwell wins....virtual NUTS!:rotfl:
See, knew you lot were oldies!Give us the strength to encounter that which is to come, that we may be brave in peril, constant in tribulation, temparate in wrath, and in all changes of fortune, and down to the gates of death, loyal and loving to one another.”0 -
Sorry to hear about your friend, it must have been a hard day for both of you. Lovely to be able to prepare and even in her illness manage such thoughtfulness to help her family. I would like to think I would be so well organised.
Not too hard surprisingly, I think we went through the hard stuff earlier, and it will be tough when she goes. It was just lovely to be asked, and able to help and *do* something practical and productive to help.
I would like to think I would be so well organised too. I just felt so touched by her thoughtfulness.No spend days 2/20, Food for 5 for January £30.67/£200, Fuel/Transport £0/260, Charitable giving £20
Foodbank donations £8, Debt Slain Nov 2012 to date £1956/£19030 Walk 2/31 days meditation 2/31 days0 -
A sensible woman Jeanie, something we should all do really, my hubby would run round like a headless chicken as he doesn't want to be bothered with anything unless its his personal property like his passport, but on-line banking, bills etc he leaves to me.
Andrea thank you.
2tonsils you better only have vanished to celebrate your birthday. Nutella urg horrible stuff would not give it house room
As winter seems to be arriving sooner than usual I wonder if our power companies are going to be able to cope as only a few years ago they were saying they could run short.
Love the gardens, my back one is on a slope but to tiny and steep to bother making a terrace, would only be room for one although over the years one part has flattened a bit due to soil washing down so greenhouse(plastic) sits there, would not dare chance a glass one would end up sliding into patio. So have planted fruit bushes on slope from patio to greenhouse to try to keep it in place. I have it sitting on pallets that have stones in them to hold it down and been in place 6 years so far due to weight.
Hoping in next few days to pick a large crop of raspberries, as suddenly they have appeared and a couple turned red today so if cold doesn't harm them hopefully be ready by Monday.Need to get back to getting finances under control now kin kid at uni as savings are zilch
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Wow, finally reached the end of this brilliantly funny and informative thread after a few days of pretty intensive reading and wish there was more! You guys have shown so much dignity in the face of some downright rudeness - I have no idea why this topic is so controversial! I have been mooching around Old Style for years and had always believed it to be a broad church with politeness and respect from the vast majority of posters - I hope Andrea's sensible comments restore the boards to peace and tolerance.
2tonsils, your stories have stood out the most for me - I wish you all the best in such turbulent times, you seem like the kind of person who will do well in the face of adversity
Thank you all for the ideas and sharing of stories, I think you lot are great!
*rushes off to find paracord bracelets*
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For preservation, this may interest some of you
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Preserving-Food-without-Freezing-Canning/dp/1933392592/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1348254133&sr=8-1
It does explain why I had sliced courgette on knitting needles on the washing line last week...! 0
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