What Preps are you doing this week? Part 11

[Yorkshire Andy]

Cant fit them on
But reading my books I know how to tunnel underground and hide in trees so the preps are coming on well

You'll end up becoming the Vietcong

One thing that lets those light switches down is the magnets on the back get some sticky velcro. One of ours died when it jumped off the microwave and hit the tiled floor

[Arzosah]

Hadrians Wall is fabulous!

It really is and at the museums, a lot of leather goods are preserved from Roman times, because the soil is anaerobic, so you can see shoe designs, what they made letters from before they had paper, how armour was held together, all sorts of things. Though I will *never* recommend Roman toilets, or their version of toilet paper

Been and got extra keys cut for the estate agent cleared out all the clutter .. New boiler put the epc in the c bracket so was worth it .
Taken stock of what preps I have and adding discretely to the ones I'll need for winter ..Still hidden from anyone viewing
Have one of those birthday thingies today where people send cards and remind you you're a bit old now the pressies ace tho
How to apocalypse book
Ang one called no grid survival projects.. its a beauty
( off separate people )
2 torches a portable light switch ..ace ..love it takes batteries looks like a light switch and is bright ...and some para cord ...
Think that the ones that know me ..know me

Hope you had a great birthday, GeeGee - I'd really like my house to look like I was expecting an estate agent. Tidy and clean ... too much to ask from me, as I'm so slovenly

[GillyBee]

Though I will *never* recommend Roman toilets, or their version of toilet paper

I don't know. I think a few people in the great lockdown toilet paper shortage might have been glad of a sponge on a stick soaked in vinegar

[diamond lil]

I was very impressed by the drains. And the way they managed water - from uphill for cooking, then washing dishes, then toilets. Same water, diverted for different things. Brilliant.

[GillyBee]

You mean like this Japanese toilet that recycles the hand wash water?

[Arzosah]

Ooh yes! To be fair, I agree with you Lil, their water management was second to none - fresh water distributed throughout the forts and settlements, and as you say, used over and over, for applications that gradually got greyer. And yes, GeeGee, I've heard of that Japanese toilet recently: wonderful stuff

[GeeGee]

Ooh yes! To be fair, I agree with you Lil, their water management was second to none - fresh water distributed throughout the forts and settlements, and as you say, used over and over, for applications that gradually got greyer. And yes, GeeGee, I've heard of that Japanese toilet recently: wonderful stuff

All my stuff is in cupboards if anyone opens one they'll be buried and killed house looks like a show house I darent move
It had been on rightmove 2 hours today and estate agent rang with a block booking for next tues
Fingers crossed
And hope the neighbours are out !
Yes thank you had a good birthday with the postman delivering letters from direct funerals and saga holidays
On a prepping note clearing out all the sheds now and off to the last car boot of season to get rid of stuff we wont be taking ...
Got grandchild number 6 a couple months ago so also starting on the Christmas list ...

[Arzosah]

hey, a block booking sounds great - maybe you'll even get into a situation where people are putting in closed bids and fighting one another to get your place! Here's hoping it goes really well, whatever happens. And Direct Funerals and Saga can toddle off you can see all these firms sell their addresses list to one another, it really is iffy.

The only prepping I'm doing right now is getting back into going on my council-run walk, even nodding acquaintanceship is better than nothing. And sorting stuff from the little holiday - it has to be clean, and to get stuff back in place it has to be dry. Washing the last of the clothes tomorrow, and then the fabric bags, so to make sure, I won't be repacking everything till next week.

This month's projects are:
- getting the driving going again, I have a hobby meeting at the end of next week that I'd really like to drive to myself.
- weeding the whole garden. This is difficult, I didn't go out at all today because there was a fox asleep opposite my kitchen window the whole time
- reset the hospital bag, the bugout bag, and the EDC.
- for research: solar energy. I have a single 100W panel, with two powerbanks that could be charged with it, and that's that. Must do better.

[Yorkshire Andy]

hey, a block booking sounds great - maybe you'll even get into a situation where people are putting in closed bids and fighting one another to get your place! Here's hoping it goes really well, whatever happens. And Direct Funerals and Saga can toddle off you can see all these firms sell their addresses list to one another, it really is iffy.

The only prepping I'm doing right now is getting back into going on my council-run walk, even nodding acquaintanceship is better than nothing. And sorting stuff from the little holiday - it has to be clean, and to get stuff back in place it has to be dry. Washing the last of the clothes tomorrow, and then the fabric bags, so to make sure, I won't be repacking everything till next week.

This month's projects are:
- getting the driving going again, I have a hobby meeting at the end of next week that I'd really like to drive to myself.
- weeding the whole garden. This is difficult, I didn't go out at all today because there was a fox asleep opposite my kitchen window the whole time
- reset the hospital bag, the bugout bag, and the EDC.
- for research: solar energy. I have a single 100W panel, with two powerbanks that could be charged with it, and that's that. Must do better.

On the power bank front...

These make any power bank (unless the socket has a silly deep recess) a little area light

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266561843561 ... media=COPY

And they are cheap as chips... Also useable in any usb charger to provide a night light..


Likewise

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/355562375436 ... media=COPY


Battery charging as in aa or AAA. Bit more money but not really cheap crap that doesn't do much

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303822001481 ... media=COPY

[Arzosah]

On the power bank front...

These make any power bank (unless the socket has a silly deep recess) a little area light

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266561843561 ... media=COPY

And they are cheap as chips... Also useable in any usb charger to provide a night light..


Likewise

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/355562375436 ... media=COPY


Battery charging as in aa or AAA. Bit more money but not really cheap crap that doesn't do much

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303822001481 ... media=COPY

Andy, those little usb powered lights, both models, are really good, I like those. And as you say, cheap as chips.

The charger, I have three one is quite old with no electronic display, but it still works, so I won't get another one but I seriously love those lights. I just have to find my ebay account details