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- Mon Apr 06, 2020 9:05 am
- Forum: How are you preparing
- Topic: What preps are you going to do after Coruna?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 12915
Re: What preps are you going to do after Coruna?
On trade up here locals are already semi bartering often via FB, you can get boxes of mixed Veg and fruit delivered to the door from local allotment and small holders, in return they ask for part cash part goods like seeds, fertilisers, pesticides, seed trays, tools etc and Labour. Others are tradin...
- Fri Apr 03, 2020 12:26 pm
- Forum: Medical and Healthcare
- Topic: Any tips for storage of FFP3 masks?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2839
Re: Any tips for storage of FFP3 masks?
Keep them dry cool and out of sunlight in plastic bags, pack them lightly so they dont get flattened.
- Fri Apr 03, 2020 10:28 am
- Forum: Homes and Retreats
- Topic: Shed with a hidden agenda
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7131
Re: Shed with a hidden agenda
Small cess pit tank or large plastic water tank the type with bolt on lid may be what you need.
- Fri Apr 03, 2020 10:26 am
- Forum: Homes and Retreats
- Topic: First failure (dammit)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3371
First failure (dammit)
Among my preps I keep some 12Vdc bits n bobs so i can keep things going if we lost mains 220AC power, Because we stocked up we had the 12VDC 30 litre coolbox in operation to help keep the fresh foods cool. This morning the cool box packed up, its cooling fan got noisy very quickly then a smell of bu...
- Thu Apr 02, 2020 12:43 pm
- Forum: How are you preparing
- Topic: So what have we learnt?
- Replies: 71
- Views: 16282
Re: So what have we learnt?
Mrs J just ate some crisps and bust a tooth.Thankfully there is no pain,but there is also no bloody dentist!!!! What else have I learnt? You are on your own. If you are near a Boots, they do sell temporary dental repair kits. Think I saw similar on sale in Sainsbury's a week or so ago. Not sure if ...
- Thu Apr 02, 2020 11:51 am
- Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
- Topic: Are you using less?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4641
Re: Are you using less?
Dunno about using less food but we are certainly wasting less, almost no food waste to be binned or composted, Even potatoe skins are being made into a fried snack after we learned that Potato skins were sold as a starter at some eateries in east Anglia. And we are very lucky economically at the mom...
- Sat Mar 28, 2020 10:06 pm
- Forum: Equipment
- Topic: EDC phone setup
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1968
Re: EDC phone setup
At the moment we use our mobiles in the home instead of the landline primarily because if we plug the land line in we get pestered multiple times daily by scammers, marketing calls, former aquantences etc. But we turn them off until we need them when we go out, and every time an app asks for permis...
- Sat Mar 28, 2020 10:05 pm
- Forum: How are you preparing
- Topic: Does anyone have any particular routine when they go shopping at the moment?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1963
Re: Does anyone have any particular routine when they go shopping at the moment?
Lucky here, local Coronavirus community groups on Facebook atre recruiting shops and traders to deliver Fruit, Veg, Bread, Milk, Spuds etc to the doorstep even the local icecream vans are now bringing bread and milk to each street. And our local COOP is also delivering to homes in our village.
- Sat Mar 28, 2020 4:57 pm
- Forum: Equipment
- Topic: EDC phone setup
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1968
Re: EDC phone setup
At the moment we use our mobiles in the home instead of the landline primarily because if we plug the land line in we get pestered multiple times daily by scammers, marketing calls, former aquantences etc. But we turn them off until we need them when we go out, and every time an app asks for permiss...
- Sat Mar 28, 2020 12:45 pm
- Forum: Homes and Retreats
- Topic: Home Security Upgrades
- Replies: 197
- Views: 52457
Re: Home Security Upgrades
Not sure if you have all seen this..... Time to gaurd the stocks! https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-thieves-steal-essex-schools-food-meant-for-key-workers-children-11962320 This are the slashing on tyres on 6 ambulances in one town, the theft of medical supplies from ambulances in 5 other town...