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- Fri Sep 02, 2022 10:56 am
- Forum: Medical and Healthcare
- Topic: What3words
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1556
What3words
If you call 999 from a landline, your address can be easily traced. From a mobile it takes longer and is a bit vague. The What3words app is used by the emergency services so could be a valuable addition to your phone.
- Fri Sep 02, 2022 10:50 am
- Forum: How are you preparing
- Topic: Prepping for this winter's potential electricity crisis
- Replies: 50
- Views: 13226
Re: Prepping for this winter's potential electricity crisis
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26016287/
A simple fall can be deadly especially in older folk.
A simple fall can be deadly especially in older folk.
- Fri Sep 02, 2022 10:46 am
- Forum: How are you preparing
- Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 9
- Replies: 2108
- Views: 489471
Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 9
Ordered a couple of paraffin heaters and started charging everything. Considering a solar generator or dual fuel but ££££££!
Sorted out the food cupboard.
Sorted out the food cupboard.
- Fri Sep 02, 2022 10:44 am
- Forum: Medical and Healthcare
- Topic: Trama Kit
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7050
Re: Trama Kit
As Yorkshire Andy & jansman say get trained. Knowing what to do & why is immeasurably better than having a gucci fak and no idea how to use the shiny things inside. Do a beginners course then a 3 or 5 day course then you'll know what you want in your fak. Absolutely agree. Start with a stan...
- Fri Sep 02, 2022 10:40 am
- Forum: Medical and Healthcare
- Topic: Trama Kit
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7050
Re: Trama Kit
Hi Andy I suppose the main risk is illness and being unable to get medical help. Anyone can slip, trip, cut themselves and just have an accident. I've had no training. All that we have now are sticking plasters, Germolene, asprins, and similar. I don't feel that it is enough but I'm not sure what I...
- Thu Apr 21, 2022 7:32 am
- Forum: How are you preparing
- Topic: Q4 Jack of all trades, master of none.
- Replies: 37
- Views: 8170
Re: Q4 Jack of all trades, master of none.
Blacksmith (not farrier) Welder (Gas, MIG/MAG and Arc) General metalworker and fabricator (limited experience with casting ) Rough carpenter (stage sets and props) Sharpener (axes, knives, planes, chisels, scissors, drill bits and learning saws) Archer (made own arrows and crossbows) Muzzle loader....
- Thu Apr 21, 2022 7:21 am
- Forum: How are you preparing
- Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 9
- Replies: 2108
- Views: 489471
Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 9
New pair of walking boots, couple more water containers and realised
that Coleman gas cans have a crew thread whereas Campingaz have a push fit connection 
- Thu Apr 21, 2022 7:14 am
- Forum: Medical and Healthcare
- Topic: Some lessons from Covid
- Replies: 19
- Views: 42239
Re: Some lessons from Covid
Don't believe you can't get it twice and the jury is out on weather you can get long covid twice. My local hospital was turning ambulances away because it was full this was not reported in local paper . You can most definitely become infected several times by the same variant and of course other va...
- Thu Apr 07, 2022 9:31 pm
- Forum: How are you preparing
- Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 9
- Replies: 2108
- Views: 489471
Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 9
Charging up power packs. Contemplating water butts (can't match BritishRed but something is better than nothing). Battery charger arrived for next purchase of leisure battery.
- Thu Apr 07, 2022 9:20 pm
- Forum: Medical and Healthcare
- Topic: Some lessons from Covid
- Replies: 19
- Views: 42239
Some lessons from Covid
So I finally had a visit from covid. Survived unscathed albeit with an residual cough and increased tiredness. It mostly presented as a heavy cold. Cold and flu tablets alongside aspirin to combat the blood clot risk (reduced with vaccination but still increased https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-610...