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by Ara
Wed Apr 05, 2023 11:04 am
Forum: Medical and Healthcare
Topic: Mental Health for prepping.
Replies: 31
Views: 2313

Re: Mental Health for prepping.

It is good that people are talking more about mental health nowadays as until recently you just Did. Not. Do. It. Having had some minor episodes in the past, I was worried about the question on job applications that asked about them but realised I was more likely to be in trouble if the bosses found...
by Ara
Thu Mar 16, 2023 4:11 pm
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: Being hounded to get a smart meter
Replies: 24
Views: 2651

Re: Being hounded to get a smart meter

We changed electricity suppliers at our last house and the new one insisted that they needed a smart meter installing. Okay, we said. Meter man came and changed it. Oh, he said, it's not connecting to the internet, oh yes it is, oh no it's not. After 2 hours he gave up and said he'd be back in 3 mon...
by Ara
Wed Mar 08, 2023 3:53 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Potential Turnip Winter.
Replies: 27
Views: 932

Re: Potential Turnip Winter.

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If you really can't stand tinned fish there is no point in even looking at it. You will still hate it if it's the only thing left to eat!
by Ara
Wed Mar 08, 2023 3:42 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 10
Replies: 1426
Views: 99387

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 10

Oh yes, Lil. Until recently I took my health for granted, having been ridiculously healthy all my life until the last few years. Now I aim to keep as healthy as possible within my limitations. Today's prepping was to put a book and small craft kit in my grab bag. This then reminded me that I also ne...
by Ara
Mon Feb 27, 2023 12:09 pm
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: Heat Pumps are Pants! Second Thread
Replies: 29
Views: 2545

Re: Heat Pumps are Pants!

At our last house, a Victorian stone built farmhouse, we had the energy saving expert round to tell us what we could do to improve its performance. He said in no circumstances should we install a heat pump as our house was far too leaky for it to have any effect. We went for wood fired heating. Our ...
by Ara
Mon Feb 20, 2023 3:25 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Advice for a hopeless gardener
Replies: 662
Views: 39121

Re: Advice for a hopeless gardener

Remember Jenny, the easiest way to get rid of temptation is to give in to it. I think that was Oscar Wilde.
by Ara
Fri Feb 17, 2023 3:43 pm
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: Storm Otto
Replies: 9
Views: 528

Re: Storm Otto

Is your power back on yet? The only "problem" we had was the recycling bin blowing over just before I got up (according to Mr A). The dog had a short walk along the road as I did not fancy dodging falling tree branches. Coming home was a bit more difficult. I will inspect the damage tomorr...
by Ara
Sat Feb 11, 2023 4:26 pm
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: Dog bark
Replies: 16
Views: 1973

Re: Dog bark

When my mum moved into her current house, my brother put a camera in the front window so she could tell who was at the door before answering. When she answered the door to two men one day, when one started speaking to her the other said, "Is that a camera?" When she replied in the affirmat...
by Ara
Sun Jan 22, 2023 5:04 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 10
Replies: 1426
Views: 99387

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 10

Ordered a greenhouse today despite there still being snow on the ground. It will be delivered in a few weeks to give us time to prepare the base. I bet the base isn't ready in time as we take a loooooong time to do anything. Nothing changes there, it took us ages to do things when we were both in th...
by Ara
Sun Jan 15, 2023 4:09 pm
Forum: Finance
Topic: Cash or card?
Replies: 42
Views: 4765

Re: Cash or card?

For small amounts I use cash but for larger amounts I usually use a card. There's a greengrocer near my sons' house which still prefers cash and the woman in front of me ran into trouble because she wanted to pay by card. They had to go to the shop next door to use their card reader.