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- Mon Aug 24, 2015 1:18 pm
- Forum: How are you preparing
- Topic: Get out of debt...?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 10228
Re: Get out of debt...?
The rent on my second house doesn't even cover my maintenance costs, let alone the mortgage. . My mortgage is already higher than the rental income, but I justify it because I just have to hand on to the house like this for another fifteen years before it should generate me a small income. Christ o...
- Fri Aug 21, 2015 5:34 pm
- Forum: How are you preparing
- Topic: Get out of debt...?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 10228
Re: Get out of debt...?
Not sure whether it's possible with UK mortgages, but it's quite normal here to take a house loan over the maximum period (say 25 years), fix your payments and then overpay the balance as and when you have something spare. The benefits are twofold: 1) if things get tough, you haven't already committ...
- Thu Aug 20, 2015 11:17 am
- Forum: Equipment
- Topic: Toilet paper substitute
- Replies: 34
- Views: 6262
Re: Toilet paper substitute
And of of the biggest killers of Romans in Rome was Gastroenteritis (caused by bad food and toilet hygiene). Tens of thousands died every year.filsgreen wrote: To be honest I'd forgotten that you could use a cloth, and of course if it was good enough for the Romans.....
- Wed Aug 19, 2015 2:55 pm
- Forum: Equipment
- Topic: Toilet paper substitute
- Replies: 34
- Views: 6262
Re: Toilet paper substitute
Not keen on the idea. It's too tempting for people to rinse them in streams, contaminating drinking water for others.
- Wed Aug 19, 2015 2:51 pm
- Forum: EDCs, BOBs, GHBs
- Topic: My Go Bag/BOB/GHB
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2448
Re: My Go Bag/BOB/GHB
Excellent exercise - wise to try out your kit. Maybe two too many knives? Nice to see a sitting mat - they pack flat, weight nothing and keep your bottom dry and apparently can help prevent piles. Add a lightweight pair of pliers (I find them invaluable on multi-day hikes) You can alleviate the swea...
- Fri Aug 14, 2015 3:56 pm
- Forum: Recipes
- Topic: Easiest alcohol to make?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 24736
- Fri Aug 14, 2015 12:04 pm
- Forum: EDCs, BOBs, GHBs
- Topic: Car kit
- Replies: 69
- Views: 31978
Re: Car kit
An umbrella and some rubbery/neoprene work gloves. Perfect if you need to change a tyre or fit snow chains in a wind/rain/cold/blizzard.
- Sun Aug 02, 2015 10:45 am
- Forum: EDCs, BOBs, GHBs
- Topic: Car kit
- Replies: 69
- Views: 31978
Re: Car kit
How small is small? I read something by the aa a minimum of 1kg powder for a small car they can be very effective I like Germany's idea of every car having them in the event of a crash on a main road 6 cars gives the same amount of extinguishing power as a commercial extinguisher that you would fin...
- Sun Aug 02, 2015 6:15 am
- Forum: EDCs, BOBs, GHBs
- Topic: Car kit
- Replies: 69
- Views: 31978
Re: Car kit
On the subject of fire extinguishers in cars... I used to have one but then read an article (written by a fireman I think), which changed my mind and I took the fire extinguisher out... The gist of the article was, 1) The small extinguishers people might have in a car are not that great, they have l...
- Sat Aug 01, 2015 10:22 am
- Forum: Homes and Retreats
- Topic: Barricading / Home fortification.
- Replies: 51
- Views: 19798
Re: Barricading / Home fortification.
Great idea!grenfell wrote: Consider hiding as much away as possible. I use recycled plastic tubs for storage , hoping it's never put to the test , on the theory that looters are far less likely to want to pinch 10L of magnolia emulsion or tile adhesive.