Hail - Southampton

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Barney
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Hail - Southampton

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Hello! I thought I'd join up and see who is about. Like many of us I am interested in getting informed and as prepared as I can for whatever comes along, limited by where I live and finances of course!
Arzosah
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Welcome to the forum! Not sure if you're looking for someone in particular :mrgreen: but we're all here sooner or later :mrgreen: And it's so true that we all need to prep according to where we live, and within our finances. There's all sorts of levels of prepping on this board, so keep looking at what's been investigated already, and put your own spin on stuff.
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Barney wrote: ↑Sat Oct 11, 2025 2:46 pm Hello! I thought I'd join up and see who is about. Like many of us I am interested in getting informed and as prepared as I can for whatever comes along, limited by where I live and finances of course!
Hi and welcome from the North West. We all have our own prepping style and priorities. Have a mooch around and think ahead to what your prepping style will be and for which scenarios, rather that jumping in and blowing your budget on what might be useless.
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Hello and welcome to the Forum.:)
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Frnc
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Greetings from Manchester. Prepping needn't cost much, and saving up some money is one of the top preps. You need to have some water stored. Food-wise, just buy a bit extra of stuff you eat, eg a bag of pasta or tin of tuna, and rotate it. It can actually save you money, as you can wait til things are on offer, if you have plenty in. There's not much I buy that I wouldn't normally eat. A big tin of Nido is one such exception. I might donate that to a food bank eventually.
GillyBee
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Hi and Welcome.

There are more uses for NIDO than just faking fresh milk.

1) Pancake instant mix with flour and dried egg. (Rotates the dried egg too). Equal volumes of flour and NIDO plus half that volume of egg.
2) Use instead of fresh milk for making white sauce, cheese sauce or custard.
3) Make yoghurt.
4) Make simple cheese using milk and lemon juice.
5) Practice making more complex cheeses like paneer or mozarella.
6) Make Gulab Jaman sweets.

All the above help to rotate the NIDO supply gently and keep it up to date.
DanielQB03
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Barney wrote: ↑Sat Oct 11, 2025 2:46 pm Hello! I thought I'd join up and see who is about. Like many of us I am interested in getting informed and as prepared as I can for whatever comes along, limited by where I live and finances of course!
Hi Barney, I hope all is well. My name is Dan and I am a reporter for the Daily Echo. I am getting in touch to ask if you would like to share your survivalist story especially in light of the government advising the public to stockpile.

Let me know if this is of interest. I can be reached on dan.quinabrito@*redacted*

Many thanks
Dan
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DanielQB03 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2026 11:16 am
Barney wrote: ↑Sat Oct 11, 2025 2:46 pm Hello! I thought I'd join up and see who is about. Like many of us I am interested in getting informed and as prepared as I can for whatever comes along, limited by where I live and finances of course!
Hi Barney, I hope all is well. My name is Dan and I am a reporter for the Daily Echo. I am getting in touch to ask if you would like to share your survivalist story especially in light of the government advising the public to stockpile.

Let me know if this is of interest. I can be reached on dan.quinabrito@*redacted*

Many thanks
Dan
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Members are welcome to message you but many of us have a deep distrust of the media hoarders and greedy were 2 of the red rags to a bull that the media portrayed us as during the COVID pandemic and the usual nutters with weapons and a bag of rice that bubbles up from time to time
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Also, survivalism isn’t the same as prepping. This is the problem, journalists can’t even be bothered to get their facts straight.
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scoobie wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2026 1:47 pm Also, survivalism isn’t the same as prepping. This is the problem, journalists can’t even be bothered to get their facts straight.
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