What preps are you doing this week? part 2.

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Briggs 2.0 wrote:
Plymtom wrote:
Briggs 2.0 wrote:Mixing with germ-ridden kids, that was my downfall. I was lured in by the train set....I should have known better!
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Stick to the big boys toys ;)
I have been very good boy all year and Santa did visit. I was very careful to spell Beretta correctly on my list ;-)
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@FC

Thankfully Santa's elves got me a Beretta with an E not a Biretta with an I and definitely no pompom!
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Briggs 2.0 wrote:@FC

Thankfully Santa's elves got me a Beretta with an E not a Biretta with an I and definitely no pompom!
Opps :oops:
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.
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In the last 7 days we have created something of a monster prep-wise.
It started a couple of months ago when I saw a youtube video about solar charging the baofeng UV-5R raios using an extended life battery.
Then came my 10 watt mobile 2 meter-70 cm which combined with a leisure battery will fit nicely into a gas mask bag.

Now this is where I have to stand aside and let my lad take the credit.
In just over a couple of days we made quite a few trips to maplins and bought god knows how much solar charging stuff.
We started off with a cheap 1.5 watt panel but quite blown away over their 4 watt solar panels in a case and bought one to try.
Next my lad bought a hub which takes 8 solar chargers so we can get power into a 12 v lighting system (mobile and emergency home lighting) and also charge my had helds and my 10 watt mobile rig battery.
I dread to think what we have spent this week but my son's contribution was much more than mine.

I think the lad is going to buy a £30 case solar panel with each fortnightly pay day :D

Other than that it's been great to spend quality time with my son.

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Had a proper sort out and realised I have kit that I will never use or need in the future, too numerous to bore you with here, But things for storage, carriage etc if anybody wants to see what I've got and make an offer - send me a message.

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I've been reading about and buying the extra bits of equipment I didn't inherit from my parents for winemaking! :D My parents used to make wine and I used to help them and I thought the time has come to revive this art - come TEOTWAWKI a spot of parsnip wine will be a luxury! As of yesterday I have one demijohn of elderberry (this one is from a Wilko's kit) and one demijohn of pomegranate and blueberry (made from supermarket UHT fruit juices) with airlocks bubbling away. As I get more confident I'm planning on progressing to the kosher country wines. Now we've had a frost I believe that the parsnips will be full of sugar, so I think the time might soon be coming to dig out the 25 litre fermenter and swing into full production! :D
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Trying to plan income and expenditure for the coming year and working out how I am going to get the money in that I want to achieve the things that i would like and also to plan for savings and the future in general. Should it be silver? investing in insurance? Should I just sit on it and wait to see how things go when the bankruptcy is written off my record in 15 months? And how the heck am I going to get the money in? And then if a personal tragedy happens will I end up losing it all as I look after myself in the process?
The credit management has been ok during the past two years and so that will eventually translate itself into the building of a credit rating once the bankruptcy is history (after 6 years) although using credit i still find emotionally draining as there is an aspect of financial insecurity about it, but I have been able to successfully borrow when I was short and then pay it back when the anticipated money was going to come in and that worked out ok.... this time.... but then there is the anxiety of will i still be as successful if things change.
The last load of borrowing I did I did on the strength of receiving a cheque in a relatively mid term future timeframe, but if I hadn't received the cleared funds I would still have had an issue to deal with, but in practice it worked out ok.
about 75% of those expenditures were dental and medical so that couldn't have been avoided, but there was one "toy" expenditure there too, namely a high speed blender to make it easier to make smoothies from weeds (dandelion and chickweed) if I needed to gain my micro nutrition from free plants or cultivated weeds in the garden at some point when funds are low or I needed to save on the cost of vegetables.
So far I am Ok.
My own online business is still going ok, but the money is still sub standard, so that is a worry especially as I do intend on having a stable family and relationship life in the future. I have even been checking out a few jobs to see if they would be doable by me still having chronic fatigue syndrome. I dont know.

One step at a time :)
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Interesting post there nickdutch. It goes to show that not all SHTF scenarios are zombie attack and asteroid strikes. Financial 'security ', if there is such a thing, has always been my reason for prepping. This year I have to make some decisions about the next 15 years or so (If I live that long of course), with regard to full retirement. Part time will certainly be possible, but who wants to work forever?
On a positive note nickdutch, my brother was declared bankrupt. He lost his home and family, and for a time his mental health too. He lived with us for a year, and a lot of our lifestyle rubbed off on him. He was amazed at the time that we could live on an income that was half his. Soon he started to live within his means, rebuild his business and stockpile and save for those inevitable rainy days.
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Putting together a more moveable chicken coop,to try to outwit the rats,and up the number of eggs we get to before the critters do.
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I feel your pain, rats are awful creatures. Good sport for shooting but that's about it, and they love poultry houses.

This week I am trying to convince the misses to let me pay the gunsmith to sort out the scope on my .22, bought a new scope in the summer and no matter what I do I can't hit a barn door with it. The .177 has held me in good stead but as rat's are soft skinned the smaller slugs tend to go straight through ratty and he dies under my sheds creating an awful stench