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by ForgeCorvus
Wed Mar 19, 2025 7:53 pm
Forum: DIY and Handicrafts
Topic: Knitters
Replies: 45
Views: 5633

Re: Knitters

Herself used to be a Carer so we keep our spare keys in a keysafe bolted to the wall in the porch.
We held keys for four different older neighbours..... But due to time only one now
by ForgeCorvus
Wed Mar 19, 2025 7:38 pm
Forum: New Members Start Here
Topic: I combed my hair,
Replies: 4
Views: 118

Re: I combed my hair,

Hiya Eyeball. Combing my hair doesn't take nearly as long as it used to because my forehead goes back behind my ears.

Stick around and we'll talk, theres bound to be something interesting here
by ForgeCorvus
Fri Mar 14, 2025 7:04 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 12
Replies: 343
Views: 25170

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 12

Car taxed and insured.
Found a reasonably cheap 12m fix for the gas and 'lectric (20ish quids less per month)
Now thanks to the lergy, I'm rotating my stocks of paracetamol, cough mixture and 'rolla tissue'
by ForgeCorvus
Wed Mar 12, 2025 7:47 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Prepper Size Case of Beer :)
Replies: 10
Views: 424

Re: Prepper Size Case of Beer :)

mcprepper wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 2:29 pm Brilliant - now this is definitely a way I could get Mr Mcprepper on board with prepping! :lol:
Birthday prezzie?

You'd need to get to keep the box though, never have enough storage ;)
by ForgeCorvus
Wed Mar 12, 2025 7:40 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: Advice on how to get organised
Replies: 13
Views: 450

Re: Advice on how to get organised

All good advice so far. I'll just add my two pearls. Don't forget the sundries. Food and teabags are great, but can you heat water if you're grid-down? or open tins when the opener in the kitchen craps out on you (that last one happened when I was a teen, it was a weekend and we ended up cutting tin...
by ForgeCorvus
Wed Mar 05, 2025 7:26 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 12
Replies: 343
Views: 25170

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 12

Solar, earth fridges, Midnight invasions of the furry kind, Squirrel/Rat turd ID...... Gods I love it here ;)
by ForgeCorvus
Tue Mar 04, 2025 9:52 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 12
Replies: 343
Views: 25170

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 12

It's more a saving prep from full I can make 20 ish kettles full of boiling water without any input this time of year onwards I'm currently making 1.5kw + a day from solar so can fully charge the power station every day .. No one wants to be faffing about to make a brew at home at 7am I need my caf...
by ForgeCorvus
Mon Mar 03, 2025 7:03 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 12
Replies: 343
Views: 25170

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 12

I like the idea of that little travel kettle on solar although if we manage to run through our gas cooking stock the country will be in the stone age. It's more a saving prep from full I can make 20 ish kettles full of boiling water without any input this time of year onwards I'm currently making 1...
by ForgeCorvus
Sun Mar 02, 2025 6:52 pm
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: Kiln dried firewood
Replies: 5
Views: 276

Re: Kiln dried firewood

On the other end of the scale in re-enactment there is or was a running joke about English Heritage safety wood , wood that seems to have been cut down the week before and stored in the canal in between. Smoulders away more than anything else. We took to taking as,much as we could , taking it home ...
by ForgeCorvus
Sun Mar 02, 2025 6:48 pm
Forum: Equipment
Topic: Candles
Replies: 15
Views: 1013

Re: Candles

I'll also mention that if you're melting wax use a Bain Marie, double pan or a jam jar in a pot of boiling water..... The flash point of wax is higher then 100C.
I've seen wax flash fire and its worse then a chip pan.