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by PreppingPingu
Fri May 18, 2012 9:30 pm
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: If you live in the south/south East
Replies: 44
Views: 7449

Re: If you live in the south/south East

Get your puds on an English heritage/Cadw etc members book that lists all their porperties - these include those massive Iron age forts such as Maiden Castle not just stone keeps and castles. They are huge ,high and can be fortified, with a lot of their original earthworks still intact. Also the nat...
by PreppingPingu
Wed May 16, 2012 5:36 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: One good reason to prep
Replies: 44
Views: 5797

Re: One good reason to prep

Well from a first hand experience but only just started amasing supplies, reducndancey. My OH has just been made redundant so I am glad for that 5kg bag of rice and the 3k bag of pasta in the cupboard. I know I have enough sugar and coffee for the next month and week or two's worth of tinned food no...
by PreppingPingu
Sat May 12, 2012 9:31 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: From weaner to freezer.
Replies: 46
Views: 9103

Re: From weaner to freezer.

How exciting! Good luck and thanks for sharing this venture - look forward to following it through the year :)
by PreppingPingu
Thu May 10, 2012 7:21 pm
Forum: Medical and Healthcare
Topic: Commnity First Response
Replies: 11
Views: 2605

Re: Commnity First Response

Something the Bristish Heart foundation are starting to roll out into schools, and which the school I work at has been involved with is the "heart start" programme. It teaches the 10 and 11 years olds and a selection of staff the basic hands only CPR and what to do if somene is having a he...
by PreppingPingu
Thu May 10, 2012 7:01 pm
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: Survivalist?
Replies: 30
Views: 6466

Re: Survivalist?

It rang true to me,as I always carry a whistle and space blanket when fishing now. I always have one in the car (for accident or breakdown) and one in my hand bag. Going into shock can be a killer. You never know when you will need it. I wish I'd had one when I banged my head in a cave on holiday, ...
by PreppingPingu
Sat May 05, 2012 11:04 am
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: Survivalist?
Replies: 30
Views: 6466

Re: Survivalist?

most of the traffic is around the coasts, go into the countryside and its empty, i think a lot of the problem is people have to be entertained these days, especially on holiday! very true and couple that this human mentality: But many homeless people don't, they sleep in groups under bridges or in ...
by PreppingPingu
Sat May 05, 2012 10:45 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: Money, money money
Replies: 128
Views: 20563

Re: Money, money money

In an ecconomic emergency, having some cash hidden away will be very useful but in a different senario - gobal pandemic for example which is decimating the world population, then cash won't be useful to you until order is re-estblished and then you may find localised coinage springing up. If preppin...
by PreppingPingu
Sat May 05, 2012 10:35 am
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Planting 2012
Replies: 86
Views: 8231

Re: Planting 2012

I got a new allotment patch end of last year so most of the time I have been prepping the soil and weeding as it was just a grassy waste patch to start. How ever now I have got planted lots of spuds and a few row of beetroots and parsnips. Popped in 5 blueberry bushes of diff viarieties and a loneso...
by PreppingPingu
Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:07 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: One good reason to prep
Replies: 44
Views: 5797

Re: One good reason to prep

Good post - useful angle too when trying to convincve the OHs about the wisdom of prepping, with reference to the fuel strikes and general ecconomic gloom. Thankies :)
by PreppingPingu
Tue Apr 03, 2012 7:34 pm
Forum: New Members Start Here
Topic: Hello from Florida
Replies: 11
Views: 1312

Re: Hello from Florida

Hello and welcome:)