THE Prepping thread - a new beginning :)

Harking back to the theme of "Russia might muck up our Internet" and someone (could be them? could be the Chinese?) has been "in there" for some time imo "making connections" just in case they wanted them.

I honestly think they've been attacking one or two huge websites of ours :lipsrseal a bit back now as a trial run "just in case" they wanted to attack something more major of ours at some point. Method used = a DDOS (Denial of Service Attack).

At that point I thought "I think I know who is behind this - and why they are doing it" followed by cynical "Well we wouldnt be told just who it was would we? thoughts after the event and Back to Normal time".

But there has to come a point when one thinks "Whatever happens a year or two down the line - I've ' seen them coming' and done what I can personally. Beyond that = shrugs" as there's nowt else one can do (other than cross fingers for the Human Race to "grow up" a good deal faster than it is doing).

Cynical - moi? You bet....:cool:

Using t'Internet is an "education" imo anyways. By now - I've had a hacker group come up on the screen going "Blare....blare....blare - this website has been hacked and we are ISIS that has done it". Cue for sheer panic and switch computer off quick and think "Blimmin' nerve of them" (think it was a Western music website from memory?). Followed by trying to read one about groups opposed to animal research laboratories in our country and up comes another "Blare....blare...blare...this website has been hacked" screen and cynical me thought "That'll be people running these facilities or MI5/MI6 in our own darn Government going against our own darn democratic right to freedom of information then - blimmin' cheek".

Both ways - my reaction was "How DARE they?" - but I switched my computer off quicksharp

On a very different tack of preparedness...

....and has anyone else read the figures recently of how long it's thought we'll live - ie our estimated lifespan.

I've been cheerfully pootling along for years expecting to live to 85 (as that was what was down as "average life expectancy for British woman") only to read the updated figures the other day.

Those figures said that people in my agegroup (it's even worse for younger people!) have a 1 in 2 chance of living noticeably into our 90's:eek:.

I almost decided to take up junk food eating and smoking immediately on the spot - as chances are that I'm in the 50% destined to live so long. That does look rather confirmed by the fact that both my parents have recently gone into their 90's (despite them both having been in such bad health for years now - and they don't want to live any longer:().

Any thoughts on the bad news (well it is imo) that one looks destined for more than 5 years extra to what was expected - and it could be as long as 10 years. Anyone else thinking "Darn it - looks like I'll have no choice but to 'take matters into my own hands and head for Switzerland or the like at some point in later years' "? Or is everyone else cheerfully thinking "Whoopee - 10 more years on Earth - just what I wanted"?

I think I'll take other peoples opinion of "Old age ain't for cissies" as likely to be the most realistic take on what it's like. I know my mother has been telling me "old age is NOT fun" for years now...