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by MancLife
Mon Feb 08, 2021 12:05 am
Forum: Equipment
Topic: Portable (small) jump starter pack
Replies: 11
Views: 2030

Re: Portable (small) jump starter pack

What's wrong with a cheap car battery and some jump leads?
by MancLife
Sun Nov 01, 2020 9:46 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What have we become?
Replies: 11
Views: 4172

Re: What have we become?

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by MancLife
Tue Sep 08, 2020 6:24 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: No cost or low cost preps
Replies: 51
Views: 23220

Re: No cost or low cost preps

Alloneword wrote: Tue Mar 14, 2017 9:03 pm he explained about bin raiding....most supermarkets don't say anything

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Please don't do this. Regardless of the morality of of it (I've no issue with it) it is theft and you could be prosecuted for it.
by MancLife
Sun Mar 15, 2020 8:07 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: Lockdown?
Replies: 149
Views: 35749

Re: Lockdown?

one figure I would like confirming is the death rate as a percentage of population for common flu etc, those figures we should know, "The death rate from seasonal flu is typically around 0.1% in the U.S., according to The New York Times. The death rate for COVID-19 appears to be higher than th...
by MancLife
Sun Mar 15, 2020 7:12 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: Lockdown?
Replies: 149
Views: 35749

Re: Lockdown?

Influenza may not always be thought of by most people as a serious illness – the symptoms of headaches, runny nose, cough and muscle pain can make people confuse it with a heavy cold. Yet seasonal influenza kills up to 650 000 people every year. The death rate for seasonal flu is around 0.1% of tho...
by MancLife
Sat Oct 13, 2018 9:05 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 5.
Replies: 796
Views: 221350

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 5.

Well my stores are starting to get back up to a more realistic level now. I’ve 2 weeks worth of food for 4 people and a dog. Though I think Aldi, Lidl, home bargains and the like mist think I’m mad with my buying habits! Also, tested my Sawyer water filter out on the stream next to my house and it’s...
by MancLife
Mon Oct 08, 2018 10:14 am
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Glassing Eggs
Replies: 6
Views: 2322

Re: Glassing Eggs

Thanks for the link. Looks like it’s okay in a pinch but not much more. I’ll keep looking for powdered eggs then!
by MancLife
Sun Oct 07, 2018 9:35 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Glassing Eggs
Replies: 6
Views: 2322

Glassing Eggs

Stumbled across it whilst looking for powdered eggs (which is silly expensive) and wondered if anyone had tried it. It was in common use up until 50 years ago but died out with the advent of cheap eggs and refrigeration. It’s basiclly hidrated lime mixed with water which you sink the eggs in. It the...
by MancLife
Thu Oct 04, 2018 6:52 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 5.
Replies: 796
Views: 221350

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 5.

Took years for me to convince the wife we needed one :lol: In the end we sold a load of camping gear on ebay which got a lot more money then we expected so bought a bell tent and the stove. Having used them both we wish we’d have done it sooner!
by MancLife
Wed Oct 03, 2018 9:36 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 5.
Replies: 796
Views: 221350

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 5.

Just getting back into the swing of things but have tried my frontier stove which is working just great and re-stocking up on long term food supplies often depleating them. Have had a clear out so now have somewhere to store it all