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- Sun Apr 10, 2011 7:04 am
- Forum: Water
- Topic: Water Filters
- Replies: 35
- Views: 9705
Re: Water Filters
My own domestic back-up is a slow sand filter.I have a linked rainwater catchment.Of course in a shtf situation you can filter water through a cloth and just boil it.I think we have to think low tech in our preps-easy to use and mend.
- Fri Apr 01, 2011 5:52 pm
- Forum: Equipment
- Topic: Lidl - Fishing Gear
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7169
Re: Lidl - Fishing Gear
I think it`s different in Scotland unless they`ve changed the law, in that if you live in a town or village or city where a river runs through, you can fish there free of charge. Here, nobody bats an eyelid if a local fishes, freshwater lochs aplenty and of course, the sea, without a license, it`s ...
- Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:49 am
- Forum: Equipment
- Topic: Lidl - Fishing Gear
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7169
Re: Lidl - Fishing Gear
How long has that been in effect? Do they have spy satellites watching rivers and stuff? Do I need to hide my stuff? :tinfoil They have regular patrols,both on the bank and on the water.Bear in mind that licence money isobe of the few levies that goes back into conservation and protection of uk wat...
- Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:45 am
- Forum: Equipment
- Topic: Lidl - Fishing Gear
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7169
Re: Lidl - Fishing Gear
You have ALWAYS had to have a rod licence. Get caught without you WILL get fined-a lot.Meyou wrote:Waaaaait....you need a liscence to go fishing now?
- Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:39 pm
- Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
- Topic: Food in the Freezer in Powercuts ...?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3028
Re: Food in the Freezer in Powercuts ...?
We love the freezer,but we tend now to keep it for mere convenience,our main food storage being tinned dried and preserved.Also the garden supplies a lot of our fresh food.we do have a big gennie to power the freezer in a power cut so the food is not wasted. In fact I would sooner give it away than ...
- Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:27 pm
- Forum: How are you preparing
- Topic: What Skills Can You Offer ?
- Replies: 58
- Views: 6762
Re: What Skills Can You Offer ?
I am a butcher by trade-thirty years.also I shoot fish garden woodwork keep livestock blah blah.My Wife is the most practical woman on the planet.Once saw her take an old leather coat and turn it into a shotgun case in half an hour!cWhat a woman!
- Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:19 pm
- Forum: How are you preparing
- Topic: What Preps are you doing this week
- Replies: 5086
- Views: 628803
Re: What Preps are you doing this week
Just finished a housing for my 5kva Honda generator -what a beast!)
- Wed Mar 23, 2011 7:49 pm
- Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
- Topic: Tinned meat at Tesco
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2360
Re: Tinned meat at Tesco
Tinned meat is good storable protein.I love corned beef(just cos it's Prince Brand don't make it good)spam,luncheon meat,tin stew,mince and so on. Some may turn their noses up at it but it's there when you need it.What I will say is Tesco is expensive.Co op for luncheon meat,Aldi or Lidl for corned ...
- Tue Mar 15, 2011 9:15 pm
- Forum: How are you preparing
- Topic: A brilliant head start in prepping - The TA
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4682
Re: A brilliant head start in prepping - The TA
You could say so Lil!I ran a team of terriers and lurchers.I worked 'freelance'you might say.I have done mole jobs,but to be honest moles are not an earner!My attitude is "minimum effort,maximum return"diamond lil wrote:Were you in predator & pest control then Jansman ? Did you take moles ?
- Tue Mar 15, 2011 8:15 pm
- Forum: How are you preparing
- Topic: A brilliant head start in prepping - The TA
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4682
Re: A brilliant head start in prepping - The TA
do partially agree, as the saying goes "those who can't think, fight." Although, Humans are not nice people, and when starving and thirsty, something tells me they wont be polite. On the hunting level, i spent aweekend in cornwall with friend of Ray Mears, who showed us how to catch small...