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by nickdutch
Wed Sep 28, 2011 6:37 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: CRISIS!
Replies: 16
Views: 3221

Re: CRISIS!

He's well sorted now. My point here is that this is prepping at it's best,it's why we do it! I told the boyfriend he's one of our Tribe now,and we look after our own. Great story. It strikes me that it is easier to prepare for something that we know is going to happen (EG., camping holiday), but wh...
by nickdutch
Wed Sep 28, 2011 1:57 pm
Forum: DIY and Handicrafts
Topic: Make An Olive Oil Lamp
Replies: 4
Views: 1794

Re: Make An Olive Oil Lamp

I have now made myself one of those lamps. Worked a treat :)

Got plenty of proper wick from the hardware store and wire in store to make loads when required.
by nickdutch
Wed Sep 28, 2011 1:56 pm
Forum: Logistics and Transport
Topic: A way round rising fuel costs or a dead duck?
Replies: 14
Views: 4504

Re: A way round rising fuel costs or a dead duck?

How about a system where the pedalling bit recharges the battery? Just a thought. :) How about getting organized with your home constructed photovoltaic system and using that (with diode protection) to charge up the battery of your electric bike and thus to give yourself the closest thing to free p...
by nickdutch
Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:41 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week
Replies: 5086
Views: 617015

Re: What Preps are you doing this week

Just bought some lamp wick and some galvanized wire to make olive oil lamps with. Made my first one and it worked nicely. Dashit these things are quick and easy to make. Just a pair of pliers and a pen knife, five minutes and you are done! There was a bit of an oily smell in the air though and extin...
by nickdutch
Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:41 pm
Forum: DIY and Handicrafts
Topic: Make An Olive Oil Lamp
Replies: 4
Views: 1794

Re: Make An Olive Oil Lamp

Has anyone considered an olive oil stove before ? Any thoughts? I used the method for a wood gas stove before and soaked cotton wool balls with corn oil and threw that into the wood gas stove. The result was that the oil vaporized and then at the secondary air intake holes, the vapor ignited into ho...
by nickdutch
Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:20 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week
Replies: 5086
Views: 617015

Re: What Preps are you doing this week

Gonna start buying bags and bags of apples for the dehydrator and lentils or the pot and sprouting.
by nickdutch
Tue Sep 27, 2011 11:08 am
Forum: Equipment
Topic: Collapsible wood burning camp stove
Replies: 12
Views: 5739

Re: Collapsible wood burning camp stove

Wood gas stoves can be made from old tin cans dead easy

http://www.youtube.com/user/greenwetdream

The above youtube channel goes into subject in great depth.

I created it :)
by nickdutch
Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:40 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: Water Purification
Replies: 4
Views: 1201

Re: Water Purification

It isn't really something that I would recommend. The "small beer" they they had in those days was the same strength as the real ales of today. Can you really keep your wits about you when drunk as a skunk? Trust be, I have been an undergraduate before and I used to drink beer the way that...
by nickdutch
Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:17 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: Thinking Ahead To Winter
Replies: 30
Views: 5830

Re: Thinking Ahead To Winter

diamond lil wrote: And I never ever believe anything I hear on YouTube unless it has a credible backup source. Anybody can say anything on the net - it has more nutters per square inch than Glasgow :lol:

LOL. If I could give that a thumbs up, i would :)
by nickdutch
Mon Sep 26, 2011 10:24 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What do you mean by SHTF?
Replies: 25
Views: 5260

Re: What do you mean by SHTF?

SHTF is anything. i cant prep for everything. The Universe is not asking me to. In some ways I am already in SHTF as I am low income and life is getting harder. Who was expecting the England riots? That was SHTF. Who can expect a bad cold? Spraining an ankle? Most of my SHTF scenarios are about wate...