What Preps are you doing this week? Part 10

[Yorkshire Andy]

And the government wonders why 50+ year olds don’t want to graft! I was thinking,no my wife was, of me going part time before my illness . Bad back,bad knees, bad elbows. All because of a lifetime of work. My mates are all the same - the ones that have done physical work anyway.

Must admit my dad's always said this I won't struggle at work if it's not comfortable to lift I'll jump on the forklift (I'm licenced) or use a barrow / pump truck where possible

[Frnc]

25 kg is a lot. I used to lift 20 kg bags on my shoulder, but my 25 litre water container is very hard to lift.

[DustyDog]

This is one of the big arguments about putting the state pension age up as we are supposed to be living longer, yes you can work longer if you have an office type based job, can a building site laborer still do that kind of work when they reach 68? I’m supposed to get my state pension at 67 but running around a busy kitchen, do I think I can keep doing my job until I’m 67-68, I doubt it so what do people in that situation do?

Back to preps, in a week or so we gonna sort out cupboard under the stairs and use some of the space to make into a dry store for storing bulk dry foods and get ready for this years growing season.

[jansman]

And the government wonders why 50+ year olds don’t want to graft! I was thinking,no my wife was, of me going part time before my illness . Bad back,bad knees, bad elbows. All because of a lifetime of work. My mates are all the same - the ones that have done physical work anyway.

Must admit my dad's always said this I won't struggle at work if it's not comfortable to lift I'll jump on the forklift (I'm licenced) or use a barrow / pump truck where possible

Could not agree more with your dad. In my yard ,everything is barrow or sack truck now. Clever,not brutal!

[jansman]

This is one of the big arguments about putting the state pension age up as we are supposed to be living longer, yes you can work longer if you have an office type based job, can a building site laborer still do that kind of work when they reach 68? I’m supposed to get my state pension at 67 but running around a busy kitchen, do I think I can keep doing my job until I’m 67-68, I doubt it so what do people in that situation do?

Back to preps, in a week or so we gonna sort out cupboard under the stairs and use some of the space to make into a dry store for storing bulk dry foods and get ready for this years growing season.

Agreed! I think that there is an idea out there that everyone sits at a desk. They don’t.

[Frnc]

This is one of the big arguments about putting the state pension age up as we are supposed to be living longer, yes you can work longer if you have an office type based job, can a building site laborer still do that kind of work when they reach 68? I’m supposed to get my state pension at 67 but running around a busy kitchen, do I think I can keep doing my job until I’m 67-68, I doubt it so what do people in that situation do?

Back to preps, in a week or so we gonna sort out cupboard under the stairs and use some of the space to make into a dry store for storing bulk dry foods and get ready for this years growing season.

I had a physical job and I lasted to about 55. Apart from wrecked knees, bad back and a frozen shoulder, I had severe anxiety, so I couldn't even get an office job. The ESA of course said I was perfectly fit, my doctor's and consultant's opinions didn't count, and I didn't deserve any benefits after paying tax for about 30 years. Also I had an eye disease that can cause blindness, had already damaged my eyes, and the one thing they knew could make it worse was stress. It was the leading cause of preventable blindness in America. That alone should have exempted my from ESA tests, let alone not getting a single point.

Plus I had someone at HMRC trying to impose a big penalty for a mistake, even though I'd paid all my tax. I eventually got that squashed after I got my MP to write to them. I said if I went blind it would be on them!

This was before I was a prepper. I had an overdraft, credit card debt, and no savings.

[ForgeCorvus]

I'm fitting a new (to us) kitchen.... And I've discovered that not only are the corners of the room not square, my walls, floor and ceiling aren't plumb or square to each other either

I've just sacrificed my Skin account, 90 days and I get £200

[jennyjj01]

I've just sacrificed my Skin account, 90 days and I get £200

??? explain, please.

[Frnc]

Time Machined my Mac to a second Samsung T7. These are 1TB, but only about the size a credit card.
I have another one with just files. You can plug them into an iPhone apparently, if they only have one partition and are APFS. I'm going to get a USB-C to lightning lead and try it.

Edit: looks like you have to buy an adaptor and have it plugged into a powerbank at the same time. In for a penny, in for a pound, ordered an Apple iphone to USB camera adaptor, the type with two slots. The male goes into the phone and then you plug the power bank and SSD into the two slots in the adaptor.

I exported a lot of my Notes from the Notes app as PDFs to this. Takes seconds once you set a custom shortcut. I did loads in no time. You do lose attached files, but you can see pics, just not as separate images. If you have yellow text or pale blue you can use Adobe Reader in night mode.
As well as a backup, it means I can shift notes out of the cloud if I ever start to get low on storage. Storage is a sore issue because I have no photos (other than those in Notes, which shouldn't show up as Photos), yet the phone thinks I have 1.4 GB. Actually currently 650 MB as I reset, but I think it will creep back up.
Notes is 2.48 GB. This is 840 notes, many with lots of photos, so I can't complain. They take up more as PDFs but obviously I have 1 TB so neither here nor there.

[jansman]

Got about a 1/4 tonne of logs to split and an old aviary full of general firewood to cut. That’ll mean everything’s processed prior to me being laid up. That’s good. All the rammel has been moved to the tip or to mates ,so the yard is clear! It’s looked like a builders yard for years to be honest. I cleared it for my wife to find it easy to look after the gaff,and to sell it if she wanted to. Her choice ultimately. Pruned - No slashed- the fruit trees. Good job there. End of the week I will sweep the chimneys. Already found a sweep to cover us when I am not here. He called in when Mrs J was at work and I gave him the low- down on the big chimney. He got it . Bunged him a score for his trouble,and he messaged The Boss to say I’d sorted that job! She’s not concerned now.

Sorted the greenhouse. I only need to sow tomatoes,squashes and runner beans. Flowers will come from my dear friend who owns the local nursery. They’ll cost nothing,as he took a trailer full of breeze blocks! That’ll do for this week…