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by GeraldTheBonzai
Tue Nov 19, 2024 8:35 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 11
Replies: 596
Views: 52470

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 11

Found out the unpleasant way this morning that my wax cotton jacket needs reproofing. Guess I know what preps I'm doing this weekend...
by GeraldTheBonzai
Sun Nov 03, 2024 11:58 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: Straw Poll. How much food do you have in reserve? How well do you stock rotate?
Replies: 26
Views: 927

Re: Straw Poll. How much food do you have in reserve? How well do you stock rotate?

At a pinch we could go 3+ months based on reserves.
What we don't have, and I need to fix, is drinkable fluids reserves.
by GeraldTheBonzai
Tue Oct 08, 2024 7:42 pm
Forum: Equipment
Topic: Cash Storage Options
Replies: 12
Views: 626

Re: Cash Storage Options

On the general subject of safes, anyone got any experience / recommendations? There are several on Amazon, but I have my doubts about cheap electronic safes that are probably Chinese imports. As someone whose hobby is lock picking (purely for entertainment, honestly) I know how easy it is for some o...
by GeraldTheBonzai
Sun Sep 22, 2024 8:11 pm
Forum: Equipment
Topic: Mains Inverter.
Replies: 20
Views: 739

Re: Mains Inverter.

What is your definition of a prolonged power outage? And just your house or the area? I have an EcoFlow which will run the router and recharge my laptop. However, last time we had a local power outage, it took out Virgin Media and the local cell tower. So having a power supply was academic - couldn'...
by GeraldTheBonzai
Sat Sep 14, 2024 9:27 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: Thinking about winter 24-25....
Replies: 60
Views: 2892

Re: Thinking about winter 24-25....

We eventually bit the bullet and got a new gas boiler. The old one was on its last legs. Logs for the wood burner now delivered and stashed. That's our primary heat source over the winter - easier than trying to heat the whole house, just have a couple of warm rooms. Definite nip in the air this mor...
by GeraldTheBonzai
Mon Jul 15, 2024 5:43 pm
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: Limits of domestic electricity distribution
Replies: 2
Views: 415

Limits of domestic electricity distribution

Hi, Does anyone know the specs of how electricity is distributed to domestic residences. Assume you have a terrace of houses on a road. Each house has a meter, and there is a service cable that connects from the house to the "mains". It's that "mains" cable I am interested in. Ho...
by GeraldTheBonzai
Sun Apr 21, 2024 4:46 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: Prepper -'lite' or full on survivalist
Replies: 45
Views: 6478

Re: Prepper -'lite' or full on survivalist

I would suggest that for most people in the UK, the best you could achieve is Prepper-lite. The option to bug out is not really an option. Certainly down here on South Coast, there is nowhere to bug out too - 10 miles outside of anywhere is pretty much 5 miles into somewhere else, if you get what I ...
by GeraldTheBonzai
Sun Apr 07, 2024 12:57 pm
Forum: Equipment
Topic: Geiger Counters & Dosimeters
Replies: 17
Views: 2996

Re: Geiger Counters & Dosimeters

I have a GQ GMC500+. Have also used higher end, more professional kit in the past. It's ok as something to have in the house but I wouldn't rely on it for anything serious. Mine can connect to the internet and publish data to www.gmcmap.com. Lets me compare my background CPM to other devices in the ...
by GeraldTheBonzai
Sat Feb 17, 2024 10:56 am
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Getting rid of bamboo
Replies: 3
Views: 323

Getting rid of bamboo

Anyone got any experience of getting rid of bamboo? Made the mistake of putting some in a flower bed a few years back. Was told it was the clumping variety- they lied. Damned stuff is now popping up all over the place. Currently trying to cut it down to ground level then dig it out, but it's hard wo...
by GeraldTheBonzai
Fri Feb 16, 2024 10:18 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Powdered egg ?
Replies: 8
Views: 765

Re: Powdered egg ?

Powdered eggs can last for years, provided you can remove all moisture and store in an anaerobic state. You can make your own, but it's messy and time consuming, so only worthwhile if you do it in bulk. Basically, you need to make an egg slurry, then dry it out slowly so you end up with a brittle ca...