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by Kiwififer
Sun Jan 12, 2025 9:40 pm
Forum: Medical and Healthcare
Topic: Cannabis for pain relief
Replies: 13
Views: 5346

Re: Cannabis for pain relief

I know someone who is frustrated that cannabis is so hard to get legally for medical use It is the only thing that works on his chronic pain beyond strong opiates with far worse side effects. Yeah, I agree with you. I take prescription strength cocodamol every morning for my arthritic knee as I can...
by Kiwififer
Sun Jan 12, 2025 1:01 pm
Forum: Medical and Healthcare
Topic: Cannabis for pain relief
Replies: 13
Views: 5346

Re: Cannabis for pain relief

I’ve used CBD oil for pain relief and while it doesn’t cure it, it lowers it to a 2/10 if that makes sense. I then went onto the gummies which are expensive but if you shop around, you can find a BOGOF deal somewhere. I found the gummies weren’t as good but that’s a personal preference. Admission ti...
by Kiwififer
Mon Dec 23, 2024 11:48 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: New Zealand Civil Defence website
Replies: 13
Views: 609

Re: New Zealand Civil Defence website

Kiwififer wrote: Mon Dec 23, 2024 11:46 pm Roughly the same size as Blighty. The South Island is about the size of England with just over a million folk in it so they tend to be a bit more resilient than most.

Quite a lot of sheep though, it’s why there’s a lot of Welsh down there…

;)
by Kiwififer
Mon Dec 23, 2024 11:46 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: New Zealand Civil Defence website
Replies: 13
Views: 609

Re: New Zealand Civil Defence website

Roughly the same size as Blighty. The South Island is about the size of England with just over a million folk in it so they tend to be a bit more resilient than most.

Quite a lot of sheep though, it’s why there’s a lot of Welsh down there…

🎣
by Kiwififer
Mon Dec 23, 2024 4:29 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: New Zealand Civil Defence website
Replies: 13
Views: 609

Re: New Zealand Civil Defence website

Just a wee graph to show you the scale of the eruptions from Lake Taupo over the years.
by Kiwififer
Mon Dec 23, 2024 4:25 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: New Zealand Civil Defence website
Replies: 13
Views: 609

Re: New Zealand Civil Defence website

In the last few years… White Island blew up. Christchurch was flattened. Forest fires every year although not on the scale of Greece or Australia. Tsunami warnings a few times a year when there’s an offshore earthquake like the one that his Samoa a few years back. Mt Ruapehu - an active volcano, the...
by Kiwififer
Sun Dec 22, 2024 6:36 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: New Zealand Civil Defence website
Replies: 13
Views: 609

Re: New Zealand Civil Defence website

Nah, not at all. I find it fascinating how other countries get their citizens prepare their populations for disasters. The first time I’ve ever come across anything like this was when I lived down there and I asked what the massive bolted chest was in the back cupboard at work and they replied ‘ever...
by Kiwififer
Sun Dec 22, 2024 12:37 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: New Zealand Civil Defence website
Replies: 13
Views: 609

Re: New Zealand Civil Defence website

Fair enough!
by Kiwififer
Sat Dec 21, 2024 11:06 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: New Zealand Civil Defence website
Replies: 13
Views: 609

New Zealand Civil Defence website

https://www.civildefence.govt.nz/get-ready https://getready.govt.nz/ https://getready.govt.nz/prepared/household/supplies I spied the Japanese post and it got me thinking of my old stomping ground in New Zealand which takes prepping to a whole new level. I’ve linked the initial website, the get read...
by Kiwififer
Tue Nov 26, 2024 12:35 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 11
Replies: 691
Views: 69976

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 11

I don’t know where to stick this but I feel we need a series of government information adverts back on the telly, you know like the Green Cross Code, Charlie says and ‘don’t fly a kite near pylons’. The amount of clueless idiots crossing the roads in Edinburgh with earphones in and the brain disenga...