What Preps are you doing this week? Part 8.

[Le Mouse]

Went and got more compost and trug type things and I've just spent a happy hour sewing seeds. I'll be happy if I get a couple of carrots and a beetroot
Also picked up 5l of malt vinegar so I have something to pickle the future beetroot with - I love malt vinegar and if it doesn't get used for pickling, it'll soon get used on chips!

[Ara]

Ooh, ooh, I love the idea of a pouch for my mask. I already had some hand sanitiser bottles with attached carabiners that hang on my shoulder bag (my sister bought them for me for Christmas pre-pandemic - how sad is that?) but have been using an old baby wipes box for my mask. The "baby" is in his mid 20s now but I knew it would come in useful some day. Does that make me a prepper? The sewing machine is already out on the dining room table so I will just take a trip upstairs and examine my textiles stash.
Re beetroot: I was in trouble the other day for planting so much, particularly as I don't like it. OH does but told me he hates preparing it. He told me I didn't have to plant the seed just because it was there. A neighbour gave us it as he had too much and it seemed a shame not to use it. Maybe I should try making beetroot crisps as I like the commercial ones.

[jansman]

Ooh, ooh, I love the idea of a pouch for my mask. I already had some hand sanitiser bottles with attached carabiners that hang on my shoulder bag (my sister bought them for me for Christmas pre-pandemic - how sad is that?) but have been using an old baby wipes box for my mask. The "baby" is in his mid 20s now but I knew it would come in useful some day. Does that make me a prepper? The sewing machine is already out on the dining room table so I will just take a trip upstairs and examine my textiles stash.
Re beetroot: I was in trouble the other day for planting so much, particularly as I don't like it. OH does but told me he hates preparing it. He told me I didn't have to plant the seed just because it was there. A neighbour gave us it as he had too much and it seemed a shame not to use it. Maybe I should try making beetroot crisps as I like the commercial ones.

Use the leaves as spinach?

[Le Mouse]

Use the leaves as spinach?

Ooh! Good to know! Thanks!

[Yorkshire Andy]

Well golden nuts here has just saved the day

Thunderstorm approaching I pulled all the plugs out including TV antenna and phone line plugs....

Getting looks like I'm a nutter and 18 yo looking peed off that he has no internet and wife saying I should have warned them I was pulling the plug . .. said they have 2 options no internet till the storm goes passed or no internet for a week whilst bt come out decide that the router is bust then wait 3 days for postman pat to deliver a new one.


Well .....


Big flash and instant bang later most of the area now without power and or internet due to a house being struck about 5 streets over ... We lost power for a few seconds... Guessing the substation reset for us...

But In that time be it a surge or emp most of their area has no internet / fried routers....and some found their sky box / stuff that was plugged in no longer works....

Storms passed I plugged everything back in ... Everything still works.....

Just remembered I've unplugged the freezers .... Brb


Freezer is now back on

[Arzosah]

Well done you! I hope everyone bowed down before you

[Yorkshire Andy]

Well done you! I hope everyone bowed down before you

They will do once the bush telegraph kicks off tomorrow that they still have no interweb in the area

0.2 miles from the strike going on local Facebook chatter 4 th house from the local shop so 320 ISH meters bit close for comfort if I'm honest

[GillyBee]

Sounds like you learned from our experience last year. The internet was the thing that broke when everything else was OK and took a week to fix.

[Yorkshire Andy]

Sounds like you learned from our experience last year. The internet was the thing that broke when everything else was OK and took a week to fix.

About 20 years ago our neighbors house was hit by the first bolt from a storm (the first strike is very often the most powerful)

It hit the chimney stack blowing it to bits (it's a big old house so has sizable stacks). The waterfall of bricks took half the roof tiles with them which ended up on mum and dad's driveway.. bits of chimney pot were scattered 50+m in all directions ..

The lightning went straight down the metal flu liner blowing the gas fire and back boiler out the chimney breast resulting in a gas leak... From there it got into the electrics. Blew plaster off the walls where any wiring was as it burnt the insulation off.. anything plugged in was killed cooker fridge TV etc

They had the old green bt master junction box it blew the cover off and that ended up at the far end of their best room from the hallway which was the size of our living room

Took all the phones out in the street they all just rung a constant tone until they had been unplugged and Mr BT had replaced everyone's master socket and told us to go buy a new phone as it was fried

[pseudonym]

Congrats Golden Nuts lol.