What Preps are you doing this week

[nickdutch]

Hi nick

Sounds good. Just wondering how you measure the alcohol level?

And what kind of heater/burner you use it in

Cheers

Matt

Two different types of hydrometers. Hydrometers are floating sticks with a weight on one end and a scale on their length. They measure the density of liquids.

As the density (weight or mass per volume of liquid) of the liquid goes down with the increased alcohol by volume they float lower in the liquid giving a reading on the scale.

I make an estimate of the alcohol content of the fermented "mash" or "wash" using a beer and wine hydrometer.

The starting specific gravity (density of liquid before fermentation) gives you an estimate of how much alcohol is potentially create-able, and then end specific gravity (density of liquid after fermentation) in relation to the starting specific gravity tells you how much is actually made.

Once the distillation is complete, I use an alcohol spirit hydrometer designed to measure percentage of alcohol in distillate and it gives a reading in terms of percentage.

The burners are tins, just tins, but designed for use in bioethanol fireplaces.

[papa]

ordered up a pressure canner from the u.s...........kilo of dried egg and picked op a couple of dozen kilner jars.

[Attack Warning Red]

I've been a lazy prepper the last couple of weeks, taking only my little laptop bag into London for work...

Got my act together last night and packed up my large computer rucksack, with enough room for my full EDC (which lives in an easily transferrable drawstring netting sack).

As the weather gets colder/worse, I'm expecting travel shutdown and problems, so need my kit with me...

[Le Mouse]

I've been a lazy prepper the last couple of weeks, taking only my little laptop bag into London for work...

Got my act together last night and packed up my large computer rucksack, with enough room for my full EDC (which lives in an easily transferrable drawstring netting sack).

As the weather gets colder/worse, I'm expecting travel shutdown and problems, so need my kit with me...

Ha ha! I'm off out tonight to some poncy bar for someone's birthday so I've had to reduce my EDC down to what can fit into a stupid handbag. I've got everything crossed that today will not be the day of transport hell / winter meltdown / the zombie apocalypse because I wouldn't get far with some plasters, some alcohol gel and a small torch...

[jansman]

Today I split and stacked more free firewood. Comes from a builder friend. Then went to Tesco/Aldi and did a tin stock-up. I am fortunate to have an old fashioned walk-in pantry(with a stone thrall too) and I don't like to see gaps on the shelves. I am also ramping up the stores as it is now obvious that work will cease at the end of January. The overtime now is being used for stores-and we are not doing bad,I have to say.
As a reward, Jan and I are off out for a curry(our favourite).

[nickdutch]

Getting back to doing some exercise which I haven't done for a long long time. Only the Wii fit, but at least its something and if I burn up an extra 1000 Kcal a week that cant be bad anyway.

Feeling a little better mentally and physically as a result of it. Marginally more toned.

[TorNicho]

I've been a lazy prepper the last couple of weeks, taking only my little laptop bag into London for work...

Got my act together last night and packed up my large computer rucksack, with enough room for my full EDC (which lives in an easily transferrable drawstring netting sack).

As the weather gets colder/worse, I'm expecting travel shutdown and problems, so need my kit with me...

Ha ha! I'm off out tonight to some poncy bar for someone's birthday so I've had to reduce my EDC down to what can fit into a stupid handbag. I've got everything crossed that today will not be the day of transport hell / winter meltdown / the zombie apocalypse because I wouldn't get far with some plasters, some alcohol gel and a small torch...

I've been a little lazy these past few weeks too. Have been thinking about additional 'self-sufficent' setups I can have on my house, just not aquiring stores.
The 'self-sufficent' setups include:-
Rain water Reclaimation,
Solar powerd Lighting, Heating & Hot Water,
Ground Source Heating (and potentially cooking).

Le Mouse: "....I wouldn't get far with some plasters, some alcohol gel and a small torch...."

One thing I have started doing recently, is mentally scouting the immediate area for items, that if S were to HTF when I'm out, I would be able to utilise these if I needed them.

Example:- Say you go out to a resturant or "poncy bar for someone's birthday", on the walk from the car to the venue, did you pass a Hardware store? A clothing store? Camping store? etc. etc.
These places would have items you may need if you don't have your own, or enough for the people you are with.

Maybe have a think about the areas you spend most of your time (work, home, pub, gym, gay bar), maybe there is a store (as in storage, not the yank for shop), of prepping gear within a few hundred meters (yards) that you hadn't concidered.

We are Preppers, Just because we are Without our Kit, doesn't mean we should be Unprepared.

[nickdutch]

Got 6 tubes of "repair and protect" sensodyne toothpaste so I wont be in pain if I cant get to the shops if it snows. Superdrug were doing a buy one get the second half price kind of deal which was useful as anything that you buy for your health has a premium which I think is unfair.

[junmist]

Fold up snow shovel arrived ordered it last week before we got the massive(all of 1inch) amount of snow down here that supprise supprise caught the council out and coursed havoc on the roads

[Reservior]

Another small amount of silver arrived in the post this week. Things changed a bit at work so I've been doing a lot of overtime in last few weeks and this will continue up until Christmas. I've spent much of this spare cash on share purchases but I'm hoping to add more gold in the New Year.