What Preps are you doing this week? Part 5.

[Stonecarver]

Totally agree with you Jansman. Equity rich cash poor

[ukpreppergrrl]

WOW! That is some collection of cooking and heating equipment. (Me thinks your addiction is greater than you admit)

Love the look of the EcoZoom Versa stove. Their web page says it has a 5 year life term, I assume that's for everyday use? Have you tried yours yet?

Moi? Addiction? Some mistake surely...? Ok..yes..My name is UKPrepperGrrl and I'm addicted to cooking sources (as opposed to cooking sauces! ) I know it's an addiction because no I haven't actually tried it out yet! However I did purchase about 50Kg of charcoal briquettes for it (and the dutch oven - did I mention the dutch oven?) from Lidl as they were half price at the end of August In fairness I have been playing with the gel burners to see what they can heat up and how long they take (ages, but they do get there and usefully they can be used safely indoors...say in your nuclear bunker... ), then my car broke and then I went down with the summer coughing lurgy. Yes I am aware that this is yet more classic denial...

[ukpreppergrrl]

Oh yes, I almost forgot! My elderly neighbour is moving next week to a smaller property. He has given me about a quarter ton of coal- I said I would move it today Doh!

I know he likes a drop of brandy, so I will see him right. Better get my lazy carcass out of bed!

How much is his house on for?

Why do you ask?

Lemme see...a house with a useful neighbour who we all know has a well-stocked larder, a large amount of kit, a working garden, knowledgable on "useful" matters, and whose bribery weak points we all know well I can think of worse places to move to!

[jansman]

Ha ha! It ain’t a bad place to live. Right on top of good shooting and fishing. Did I mention that another elderly neighbor offered me 1 whole year’s worth of seasoned logs? She is moving in with her daughter. My neighbours are people I have helped over the years, and being old school country folk, they always return favours- even though it’s not expected. It’s sad though, that the blow- ins don’t have the same values. Oh well...

[Deeps]

WOW! That is some collection of cooking and heating equipment. (Me thinks your addiction is greater than you admit)

Love the look of the EcoZoom Versa stove. Their web page says it has a 5 year life term, I assume that's for everyday use? Have you tried yours yet?

Moi? Addiction? Some mistake surely...? Ok..yes..My name is UKPrepperGrrl and I'm addicted to cooking sources (as opposed to cooking sauces! ) I know it's an addiction because no I haven't actually tried it out yet! However I did purchase about 50Kg of charcoal briquettes for it (and the dutch oven - did I mention the dutch oven?) from Lidl as they were half price at the end of August In fairness I have been playing with the gel burners to see what they can heat up and how long they take (ages, but they do get there and usefully they can be used safely indoors...say in your nuclear bunker... ), then my car broke and then I went down with the summer coughing lurgy. Yes I am aware that this is yet more classic denial...

About the only cooking system I don't have (yet....) is the burn gel. I do have compatible cook systems (even a hexy will work) but yeah. I can give them up any time..... honest.

Like yourself I've got an array of options. To my shame, I've not used my Dutch oven, I've seasoned it but I really should give it a go. I do make good use of my iron skillet when camping though, great for everything apart from fried eggs. It does come down to what you want to use your cooking system(s) for, there's a lot to be said for the briefcase stoves, cheap, simple and will give you the ability to cook in the house if the hob isn't working*.

*Do your own research or trials, the advice is DON'T use them indoors.

[jansman]

Just reading through,and I realise that I allowed predictive text to sneak in an Americanism! Neighbour,NOT Neighbor!.Sorry!

[grenfell]

I never grasped the idea of an economy based on house values and ‘ Notional Wealth’, it’s bonkers. A debt - based system that encourages borrowers to borrow more, based on the notion that their property can back up the debt every time. One day the Piper has to be paid...

Took me a while to even try to grasp the idea of a debt based economy where a debt is seen and classed as an asset and then combined with fractional reserve banking where that debt or rather loan is literally created out of fresh air but that invented loan is then seen as an additional asset allowing the lender to loan out even more. There are some videos on YouTube that try to explain it in simplistic terms but it's still something that doesn't seem quite right to me at least.

It needs to crash.My girls cannot afford to buy.I don't care if my value crashes:it is a home ,not the investment most folks seem to think it is.A shelter.

Not wanting to get into a brexit argument but there are "experts" who are predicting a drop in house prices once we leave . That's based on the belief the economy will suffer to a degree and less wealth in the system should drive prices down along with fewer people coming into the country lowering demand having a further downward trend. Of course less money in the economy could just as easily mean lower earnings so those "cheaper" house are still as much out of reach.

[jansman]

I do agree with your last paragraph.

[MancLife]

Have finally bought a frontier stove to go in my bell tent. I’ve also designed a piece of wood to replace a window in the living room that would allow the chimney to pass through. So worst case happens I can pop the beading off the window, replace it with the wood and have a wood stove indoors. Not told the wife the last bit though!

[Yorkshire Andy]

Have finally bought a frontier stove to go in my bell tent. I’ve also designed a piece of wood to replace a window in the living room that would allow the chimney to pass through. So worst case happens I can pop the beading off the window, replace it with the wood and have a wood stove indoors. Not told the wife the last bit though!

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