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by cpslashm
Tue Apr 11, 2017 11:22 pm
Forum: Medical and Healthcare
Topic: False widow
Replies: 20
Views: 10172

Re: False widow

This guy (a vet and herbalist) appears interesting: https://homegrownherbalist.net There is a blog (containing seemingly incredible examples) and a forum. A couple of free lecture notes are downloadable here: https://homegrownherbalist.net/collections/free-pdf-downloads/products/free-lecture-notes-f...
by cpslashm
Sun Feb 26, 2017 9:56 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Growing food that don't look like food
Replies: 16
Views: 8518

Re: Growing food that don't look like food

I'm planting trees at the moment - alders (inedible) to provide nitrogen and climbing frames for vines then sweet chestnuts, hazels and various fruit. Linden (lime) trees for salad leaves. A 4m x 25m sheet of plastic is hopefully covering bare ground now, into which will go perennial vegetables and ...
by cpslashm
Fri Mar 18, 2016 11:04 am
Forum: Logistics and Transport
Topic: Pastwords
Replies: 12
Views: 8207

Re: Pastwords

You should write some apoca-fic, cpslashm! Thats a good one :) Thanks for the encouragement, Arzosah. I lack social skills so couldn't write about people interacting. Maybe a loan survivor, but based on my brain who is going to understand that? I believe we are living in a dark age. When things go ...
by cpslashm
Fri Mar 11, 2016 5:51 pm
Forum: Logistics and Transport
Topic: Pastwords
Replies: 12
Views: 8207

Re: Pastwords

If civilization collapses, no solicitors..... (not sure which emoticon to add)
by cpslashm
Fri Mar 11, 2016 1:45 pm
Forum: Logistics and Transport
Topic: Pastwords
Replies: 12
Views: 8207

Re: Pastwords

Good point. However, you need to let your nearest and dearest know where it is. How many of your extended family/community can you trust? There is still the problem of accessing non-personal computer controlled plant. Perhaps we need geeky individuals to come up with ways to replace a solar farm's c...
by cpslashm
Fri Mar 11, 2016 10:12 am
Forum: Logistics and Transport
Topic: Pastwords
Replies: 12
Views: 8207

Pastwords

Something which bugs me as a computer programmer is the way most things are controlled by computers and most computers are locked down. Something bad happens. Lots of people die, leaving lots of stuff for the survivors. Which is junk. For example. There are apps to build a mesh network using smartph...
by cpslashm
Sun Jan 04, 2015 10:08 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Growing fruit trees from seed... How??
Replies: 9
Views: 2477

Re: Growing fruit trees from seed... How??

Getting tree seeds to germinate can take years, or speeded up with hot water for a couple of days followed by months in the fridge.

Still trying.

Haven't succeeded yet.
by cpslashm
Tue Dec 02, 2014 10:02 pm
Forum: Equipment
Topic: poop / toilet paper
Replies: 33
Views: 8780

Re: poop / toilet paper

The Romans used a sponge on a stick .... They also used vinegar. So the "drink" Jesus got on the cross was probably used toilet cleaner... :? Maintaining the religious note, the toilet cleaner at work used the Muslim method of taking a bottle of water to the toilet, presumably drying his ...
by cpslashm
Thu Sep 25, 2014 8:45 pm
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: unusual buildings like bunkers for sale
Replies: 11
Views: 10417

Re: unusual buildings like bunkers for sale

problem is most of the bigger bunkers are bought by data storage companies I cannot think why data storage companies will want them unless they are going to fill them with boxes of tapes. Using them for server farms won't work - the biggest problem is removing the heat and with thick concrete walls...
by cpslashm
Thu Sep 25, 2014 4:17 pm
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: unusual buildings like bunkers for sale
Replies: 11
Views: 10417

Re: unusual buildings like bunkers for sale

Google:
uk bunker for sale