Boiling water to make it safe is overkill

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Re: Boiling water to make it safe is overkill

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Loperamide is a good idea in the EDC kit too. Trying to get home from work with the galloping trots is otherwise impossible/deeply unpleasant whether public transport or private especially if you work any distance from home
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GillyBee wrote: Mon Jul 04, 2022 7:57 pm Loperamide is a good idea in the EDC kit too. Trying to get home from work with the galloping trots is otherwise impossible/deeply unpleasant whether public transport or private especially if you work any distance from home
A sheet of heavy polythene in the car boot has several uses :oops:
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Yorkshire Andy wrote: Mon Jul 04, 2022 8:10 pm A sheet of heavy polythene in the car boot has several uses :oops:
As is Tp and a change of clothes and shoes. :shock:
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Ha ha! All useful multipurpose stuff but Loperamide was a lot easier to carry on a commuter train.
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pseudonym wrote: Mon Jul 04, 2022 8:41 pm
Yorkshire Andy wrote: Mon Jul 04, 2022 8:10 pm A sheet of heavy polythene in the car boot has several uses :oops:
As is Tp and a change of clothes and shoes. :shock:
And a vax wet vac :lol:
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I carry tissues/TP, compressed coin towels, individually wrapped sanitizer wipes, Imodium instants, hand sanitizer, sometimes baby wipes, sometimes some kind of cream. I might take oral rehydration if I'm away for a few days.
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I work in the community in the Highlands so just a shovel for me :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Altitude changes the boiling point of water, higher up you are the lower the temp of boiling point but don't worry, nowhere in the UK is it high enough to give you problems. Put your water on to heat and once over about 65c you should be safe to go but I always turn off the heat as it hits a rolling boil.

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