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by spare tyre
Mon Dec 09, 2019 5:04 pm
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: Proper up the creek with rent
Replies: 11
Views: 7037

Re: Proper up the creek with rent

Thanks all for the advice. After a year of trying to sort things out we have finally been granted universal credit, and we have survived our personal shtf. Three months food was only just enough but we have now restocked. Will definitely help out the orgs that helped us now. Just looking for somewhe...
by spare tyre
Sat Nov 02, 2019 11:17 am
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: Proper up the creek with rent
Replies: 11
Views: 7037

Proper up the creek with rent

Hi all. Haven't posted in years. Long story short, my wife got forced out of work for being a mum and I'm up the creek with my job. Waiting for benefits so we earn less than 800 a month. 160 on transport to work. 650 rent and council tax. Can't get child care. So housing advice needed. Have genuinel...
by spare tyre
Fri Aug 08, 2014 10:45 am
Forum: Water
Topic: Acidic distilled water caution.
Replies: 3
Views: 1717

Re: Acidic distilled water caution.

will waiting for it to oxidise help? additional Oxigen combines with the hydrogen, which is what makes a solution an acid. boiling breakes some of the bonds between the H and O, that's the bubbles, released O2. just thinking logically here, pass the water between 2 containers for a while improves th...
by spare tyre
Thu Dec 05, 2013 10:59 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: long term prepping
Replies: 19
Views: 3517

Re: long term prepping

Am I right in assuming you're younger than me spare tyre? ( I'm late forties). Still the younger generation can beat me hands down at wiping out zombies or driving high speed sports cars or piloting spaceships or a million and one other things on a computer screen :lol: yeah, very late teens. it wo...
by spare tyre
Wed Dec 04, 2013 3:17 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: long term prepping
Replies: 19
Views: 3517

Re: long term prepping

It frustrates me that my generation just don't care. I can cook, garden, grow food, carpentry, bush craft, metal work, brew, first aid, natural mediciens light fire, identify coastal foods (from home) plan, bassically survive. most youth can't even look after their bank account. its sad.
by spare tyre
Wed Dec 04, 2013 11:10 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week
Replies: 5086
Views: 627856

Re: What Preps are you doing this week

reconoisance, making sure I know my area and how to travel on foot. Don't want to be caught out if public transport goes down. Also found out it is pretty hard to travle on foot between cities and large towns, bloody motorways.
by spare tyre
Fri Nov 29, 2013 11:19 am
Forum: New Members Start Here
Topic: Hi from the valleys
Replies: 4
Views: 658

Hi from the valleys

hey, found this site recently and I believe it good to be part of a community for support. I'm 19 and used to be a cadet, which got me into survivalism. Genuinlly believe shtf in at most 10 years, starting to prep, hunting and fishing may not be an option