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by Arzosah
Mon Jul 20, 2026 5:11 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: Moving from Prepare to Implement.
Replies: 39
Views: 926

Re: Moving from Prepare to Implement.

Gerald, I had to "quote" your post, and delete everything extraneous (extraneous to me :oops: :oops: :oops: ) I could understand what you posted, but not in a way that was useful to me. Hope you don't mind that I've done this. I've just listed the risk and bolded the action recommended to ...
by Arzosah
Sat Jul 18, 2026 8:22 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: Moving from Prepare to Implement.
Replies: 39
Views: 926

Re: Moving from Prepare to Implement.

I see the National Risk Register now posts the threat to the supply of drinking water due to infrastructure failure or a cyber attack as CRITICAL. THREE DAYS WITHOUT WATER CAN BE FATAL. So make plans now to collect, store and purify rainwater. Waterbutts filled from downspouts, spread out tarpaulin...
by Arzosah
Sat Jul 18, 2026 8:08 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: Moving from Prepare to Implement.
Replies: 39
Views: 926

Re: Moving from Prepare to Implement.

I think there is a second route that some people might follow. Its' essentially the "pecked to death by ducks" scenario. One failure is an annoyance, 2 are a pain, but if enough come along at once, some people are going to think "thats it, I've had enough, I can no longer depend on <...
by Arzosah
Sat Jul 18, 2026 2:06 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: Moving from Prepare to Implement.
Replies: 39
Views: 926

Re: Moving from Prepare to Implement.

We had done things in isolation, but had never gone from the initial "something bad has happened" to the "now we need to live with it and recover" states. That's an interesting idea, about integrating all the separate plans. As we have seen in other threads, there is a hell of a...
by Arzosah
Wed Jul 15, 2026 4:03 pm
Forum: Equipment
Topic: Vintage Singer 201k sewing machine rebuild/rewire
Replies: 15
Views: 339

Re: Vintage Singer 201k sewing machine rebuild/rewire

Well done! Erm, I have two sewing machines inherited from my mother, one from the 1980s, which has basic computerized embroidery patterns available, and the other much later, much more lightweight, that she bought because after my dad died, she started going to sewing and patchwork classes again, an...
by Arzosah
Wed Jul 15, 2026 9:19 am
Forum: Equipment
Topic: Vintage Singer 201k sewing machine rebuild/rewire
Replies: 15
Views: 339

Re: Vintage Singer 201k sewing machine rebuild/rewire

Gerald, please keep posting, including the photos korolev has recommended you take, I'd love to see that.
by Arzosah
Sun Jul 12, 2026 6:11 pm
Forum: New Members Start Here
Topic: Any other lasses on here?
Replies: 12
Views: 335

Re: Any other lasses on here?

Brilliant, I put it into a new tab and it played fine. Very appropriate :mrgreen:
by Arzosah
Sun Jul 12, 2026 7:13 am
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Paulownia tree
Replies: 5
Views: 183

Re: Paulownia tree

Here's another one fascinated by what you're doing, Adjee, thanks for posting.
by Arzosah
Sun Jul 12, 2026 7:11 am
Forum: New Members Start Here
Topic: Any other lasses on here?
Replies: 12
Views: 335

Re: Any other lasses on here?

GillyBee wrote: Sun Jul 12, 2026 6:15 am Me too. I have always been a bit of a tomboy. I think we are about 50/50 among the active posters here so definitely not just a male activity on this forum.
Yay again :oops:

**waves at GillyBee** 🌟
by Arzosah
Sat Jul 11, 2026 6:19 pm
Forum: New Members Start Here
Topic: Any other lasses on here?
Replies: 12
Views: 335

Re: Any other lasses on here?

jennyjj01 wrote: Sat Jul 11, 2026 3:05 pm
Arzosah wrote: Sat Jul 11, 2026 2:56 pm Yep! There's Jenny (the name tells you, or I wouldn't), and a couple of the mods are women.
Hi Princess. Been a while since I was called a Lass :)
Yay 🌟