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by jansman
Mon Dec 03, 2018 10:12 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 5.
Replies: 796
Views: 196060

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 5.

diamond lil wrote: Mon Dec 03, 2018 7:14 pm Youngest son is a falconer and shooter, I've got him to get me some wabbits and game birds for the freezer.
Nice!
I am shooting in the morning.Looking for bunnies and pheasants.Enough to tide us over Christmas.
by jansman
Mon Dec 03, 2018 9:33 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: How are you preparing for Brexit?
Replies: 217
Views: 38531

Re: How are you preparing for Brexit?

Stonecarver wrote: Mon Dec 03, 2018 4:26 pm I hope you have enough sugar and milk too ;)
Dont take sugar,and milk is very optional.
by jansman
Mon Dec 03, 2018 7:11 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: How are you preparing for Brexit?
Replies: 217
Views: 38531

Re: How are you preparing for Brexit?

PG for me too! Talking to our Managing Director today about 'B'. :lol: I asked point blank what his views were.Succinctly,he said: " It's a f##### slow motion car crash.My financial man is moving most of my investments out of UK stocks. " He also confirmed that there may be redundancies in...
by jansman
Mon Dec 03, 2018 3:38 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: How are you preparing for Brexit?
Replies: 217
Views: 38531

Re: How are you preparing for Brexit?

One thing I do concentrate on is tea. I like a drop of ale, but I can live without that. Tea though, that is important. During the the Civil Defence years of the Cold War, central government factored in a tea ration for the population ( in theory) as they recognised it’s importance for morale. We ar...
by jansman
Mon Dec 03, 2018 7:09 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: How are you preparing for Brexit?
Replies: 217
Views: 38531

Re: How are you preparing for Brexit?

I am with Deeps.I am no investor either.Also diamond lil,cash in hand,bang on! *IF* there is panic buying,there *MAY* be a bank run too.It happened at Northern Rock.It will only take a tv or newspaper article to sow the seeds of doubt in Joe Public. So we keep a drop of cash around.Sterling.Because ...
by jansman
Sun Dec 02, 2018 5:34 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: How are you preparing for Brexit?
Replies: 217
Views: 38531

Re: How are you preparing for Brexit?

Jan Smits wrote:On reading those it occurred to me that the week before Br*x!t is critical - stock up then on fresh stuff that'll keep a few weeks. *IF* the economy goes Pete Tong,then the above situation will be the flash point for civil disturbance.It would play out like the supermarket scene in A...
by jansman
Sun Dec 02, 2018 10:04 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: How are you preparing for Brexit?
Replies: 217
Views: 38531

Re: How are you preparing for Brexit?

After my rather late breakfast,I am going to link a new rain barrel to the others up at the Summerhouse,as it a big roof.Combined with the others attached to various outbuildings ,we have 500 gallons of storage...water storage done! Along with water filter and suchlike,any potential supply problems ...
by jansman
Sun Dec 02, 2018 7:49 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: How are you preparing for Brexit?
Replies: 217
Views: 38531

Re: How are you preparing for Brexit?

Couple of interesting links.Sorry its the Daily Mail! https://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/markets/article-6437803/Brexit-plan-B-supermarkets-preparing-no-deal-Brexit-ensure-shelves-dont-run-dry.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6450445/The-mums-hoarded-months-food-medicine-preparation-Brex...
by jansman
Sun Dec 02, 2018 7:17 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 5.
Replies: 796
Views: 196060

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 5.

Good luck with the van conversion.It is very do-able.There's a chap on the site where my brother lives who has a converted Sprinter.He even has a small woodburner too.Any ideas where you will site your van?
by jansman
Sun Dec 02, 2018 7:12 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: How are you preparing for Brexit?
Replies: 217
Views: 38531

Re: How are you preparing for Brexit?

It is an interesting idea.Even if the information is relatively local.For instance,I live near Loughborough,pseudonym lives in Melton,and I know we have other members in Leicestershire.How would you go about it though? Would you ring round and ask, " do you have any Thyroxin? "