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by Arwen Thebard
Mon Mar 16, 2020 6:31 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: Lockdown?
Replies: 149
Views: 30115

Re: Lockdown?

Meanwhile the over 70s are being put under house arrest this week. Preppers, send me sweetie parcels. :twisted: I know we haven't decided if they serve any actual purpose but won't that take out a good proportion of the house of lords? How will we cope... Edit Joking aside but aren't there a lot of...
by Arwen Thebard
Mon Mar 16, 2020 6:27 am
Forum: New Members Start Here
Topic: New pepper in Essex
Replies: 6
Views: 1679

Re: New pepper in Essex

I was thinking parakite or paratrike? 8-)

Mini Sub maybe?

Welcome anyway. :D
by Arwen Thebard
Sun Mar 15, 2020 1:11 pm
Forum: Finance
Topic: 2020 Potential Economic Collapse
Replies: 328
Views: 56967

Re: 2020 Potential Economic Collapse

We try our best Deeps. 8-)
by Arwen Thebard
Sun Mar 15, 2020 12:58 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 7.
Replies: 1083
Views: 171751

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 7.

Mrs A is sewing (edging?) old fashioned hankies from a spare cotton sheet. I guess we will run out of disposable ones at some stage.
by Arwen Thebard
Sun Mar 15, 2020 12:51 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Will there be food shortages in the UK?
Replies: 84
Views: 16301

Re: Will there be food shortages in the UK?

"If anything goes untoward, I’ll just go and shoot something!" :lol: :lol:

At the risk of getting banned......or some(thing)one? :lol: :lol: :lol:

We live abroad for many years and got used to drinking coffee without milk, looks like we are going back to those days.
by Arwen Thebard
Sat Mar 14, 2020 6:16 am
Forum: Finance
Topic: 2020 Potential Economic Collapse
Replies: 328
Views: 56967

Re: 2020 Potential Economic Collapse

Lots of events are distracting people from focusing on the world economies at the moment and the current (engineered) dispute between some OPEC members is hitting the US deep in the pocket. Remember that oil = energy = makes the world go around so expect to see things heating up pretty quickly if th...
by Arwen Thebard
Sat Mar 14, 2020 5:05 am
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Will there be food shortages in the UK?
Replies: 84
Views: 16301

Will there be food shortages in the UK?

Will there be food shortages in the UK?

What can you see being in short supply?

When might we see it happening?

Is this an example of what is to come?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OGEM63b30A
by Arwen Thebard
Sat Mar 14, 2020 4:55 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: Lockdown?
Replies: 149
Views: 30115

Re: Lockdown?

From the original post question on the 26th Feb: "Do you think we will start seeing lockdowns in the UK as we are seeing in Italy?" 17 days ago I would have said not, this morning I would say definitively yes. Given the Uk's current delay strategy, I would guess by the end of March. (It's ...
by Arwen Thebard
Fri Mar 13, 2020 1:11 pm
Forum: New Members Start Here
Topic: are you planning to hunker down to avoid ppl contact due to covirus
Replies: 12
Views: 2964

Re: are you planning to hunker down to avoid ppl contact due to covirus

We've been tucked up for over a month already. Easier for us being retired.
by Arwen Thebard
Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:40 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: Lockdown?
Replies: 149
Views: 30115

Re: Lockdown?

This article has some easy to understand graphs and explanations which seem to check out (to my limited brain cells anyway) and they use the most recent official figures from both China(Wuhan) and Italy. https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca For me the ...