In my block I have a caveman living next door, thinks a woman's place is at the sink or the cooker! I don't get on with him
Under me is the "knows everyone's business" woman, who is fine if you can keep her under control, always on the ask for a tin of something or other, her neighbour is a lovely old couple who keep to themselves mostly but friendly. Ground floor is lady with 2 girls who are delightful, very sweet and she's chatty and easy to get on with and her neighbours are an older couple who are lovely, he's great at looking after us girlies, will happily scrape the snow from our cars and salt the paths.. He's our neighbourhood watch man, unofficially
Not a bad bunch though and know they would rally round in a crisis to help each other out.
Behind every great man is an even greater woman. She carried you, raised you and made you who you are.
Great you looked after your elderly neighbor, best thing is to keep smiling at the miserable ones, then you know you have done the right thing, everyone is friendly around here, even the ones you do not speak to much, they will always help, great being in the rural countryside, but everything has a price, more frequent loss of power being one of them, it really does make you think about your preps and what you take for granted.
Don't think I posted this before, but happened to arrive home a wee while ago just as ambulance delivered very elderly neighbour back after, I discovered, three days in hospital. Cut a long story short, two paramedics lovely but didn't know if lady even had any food in the house. Took over a pint of milk, a Toastie loaf and some Viennese Whirls. She was delighted. I learned my lesson a long time ago not to go healthy - elderly gentleman I cooked a meal for years ago (voluntary befriending) thought the peas were "hard" - they were freshly podded peas and not mushy peas from a tin . Anyway, she had milk, probably from before she went into hospital, but no bread. She was delighted with such a small offering and invited me in. I left with her name and 'phone number and left her mine "just in case". The point is the NHS doesn't do checks anymore to make sure people being discharged are going to be alright. She lives down a pitch black rough drive in a very spooky house, too far from any local shop for a lady of her advanced years to make on her own. She'll be the first one we'll look after if the power goes down. Fortunately, one of our other neighbours also keeps an eye on her, but neither he nor his family were around when she came home.
FEISTY wrote:Don't think I posted this before, but happened to arrive home a wee while ago just as ambulance delivered very elderly neighbour back after, I discovered, three days in hospital. Cut a long story short, two paramedics lovely but didn't know if lady even had any food in the house. Took over a pint of milk, a Toastie loaf and some Viennese Whirls. She was delighted. I learned my lesson a long time ago not to go healthy - elderly gentleman I cooked a meal for years ago (voluntary befriending) thought the peas were "hard" - they were freshly podded peas and not mushy peas from a tin . Anyway, she had milk, probably from before she went into hospital, but no bread. She was delighted with such a small offering and invited me in. I left with her name and 'phone number and left her mine "just in case". The point is the NHS doesn't do checks anymore to make sure people being discharged are going to be alright. She lives down a pitch black rough drive in a very spooky house, too far from any local shop for a lady of her advanced years to make on her own. She'll be the first one we'll look after if the power goes down. Fortunately, one of our other neighbours also keeps an eye on her, but neither he nor his family were around when she came home.
Nice
remember a good few years ago before we started prepping like we are now we had a power cut.... me and dad went to check on the old chap next door (his wife had died a few months prior) went knocked on his door he was sat quiet happily reading by candle light and ended up offering us candles (not that we needed any) he was well prepared been about 15 at the time he had a chat with me with dad backing him up that power was always on and off when he was younger and they were lucky enough to be one of the first to have have mains electric etc
If your roughing it, Your doing it wrong
Lack of planning on your part doesn't make it an emergency on mine
Seriously going to have to think about getting a wee generator. I can manage the dark with a candle or two, but how will I manage without my hairdryer?
FEISTY wrote:Seriously going to have to think about getting a wee generator. I can manage the dark with a candle or two, but how will I manage without my hairdryer?
In terms of Watts or KVA in generator terms hair dyers can be greedy little buggers, if you're serious make sure your wee one is big enough
I have a strategy, it's not written in stone, nor can it be, this scenario has too many variables, everything about it depends on those variables, being specific is not possible.
FEISTY wrote:Seriously going to have to think about getting a wee generator. I can manage the dark with a candle or two, but how will I manage without my hairdryer?
In terms of Watts or KVA in generator terms hair dyers can be greedy little buggers, if you're serious make sure your wee one is big enough
Or get a 12volt one like Herself uses when camping
jennyjj01 wrote:"I'm not in the least bit worried because I'm prepared: Are you?"
Londonpreppy wrote: At its core all prepping is, is making sure you're not down to your last sheet of loo roll when you really need a poo.
very good.
. Anyway, she had milk, probably from before she went into hospital, but no bread. She was delighted with such a small offering and invited me in. I left with her name and 'phone number and left her mine "just in case". The point is the NHS doesn't do checks anymore to make sure people being discharged are going to be alright. She lives down a pitch black rough drive in a very spooky house, too far from any local shop for a lady of her advanced years to make on her own. She'll be the first one we'll look after if the power goes down. Fortunately, one of our other neighbours also keeps an eye on her, but neither he nor his family were around when she came home.
