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Getting prepared just in case

549 replies

Olympeagal · 28/02/2026 15:24

Is anyone else preparing or making plans, in case the situation in the Middle East escalates?
Ive filled my car up with fuel. Should i be doing more?

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HappyFace2025 · 28/02/2026 18:21

NewGoldFox · 28/02/2026 18:18

Hands off, it’s all mine!
🧻🧻🧻🧻🧻🧻🧻🧻🧻

😂😂😂

FloofBunny · 28/02/2026 18:22

ManukaMoneyMaker · 28/02/2026 18:20

Ooh I started during this in lockdown, it was a lovely hobby to while away the days and a great STEM activity for the DC

Forget about uranium - plutonium is what you want! That's what I'm getting.

And a flux capacitor. 🤭

Blahblahulala · 28/02/2026 18:22

Strangerthanfictions · 28/02/2026 18:18

I've accelerated my uranium enrichment efforts

Dick Wolf Reaction GIF by Wolf Entertainment

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dapsnotplimsolls · 28/02/2026 18:25

Confession - I've just been to the petrol station to fill up. But! I needed to get some this weekend anyway and I was worried about massive queues tomorrow 😁

Dappy777 · 28/02/2026 18:25

Well I certainly won’t be fighting to defend this island, if that’s what you mean. In 1940, after the fall of Dunkirk, my grandfather cycled into town to join the RAF and defend his country. I wouldn’t lift a toenail to defend modern Britain. I don’t even feel British anymore. As two tier Keir put it, this is now “an island of strangers.”

The Left have got what they wanted. They’ve created a new Britain with a new identity, and THEY can go and fight for it.

KeepPumping · 28/02/2026 18:26

double0seven · 28/02/2026 18:18

I'm not wishing you luck because it's selfish people like you who cleared supermarket shelves during covid leaving them empty for the rest of us. Don't forget the extra loo roll because you'll need it after eating all that extra food you've bought. Sleep well.

If this persists it will have a knock on effect with bond markets, the cost of mortgages will go up for example, so people should have less to spend on stockpiling? Covid was the opposite, they were giving away free money then so people could just spend like drunken sailors.

dapsnotplimsolls · 28/02/2026 18:26

Dappy777 · 28/02/2026 18:25

Well I certainly won’t be fighting to defend this island, if that’s what you mean. In 1940, after the fall of Dunkirk, my grandfather cycled into town to join the RAF and defend his country. I wouldn’t lift a toenail to defend modern Britain. I don’t even feel British anymore. As two tier Keir put it, this is now “an island of strangers.”

The Left have got what they wanted. They’ve created a new Britain with a new identity, and THEY can go and fight for it.

Okey dokey.

KeepPumping · 28/02/2026 18:28

Dappy777 · 28/02/2026 18:25

Well I certainly won’t be fighting to defend this island, if that’s what you mean. In 1940, after the fall of Dunkirk, my grandfather cycled into town to join the RAF and defend his country. I wouldn’t lift a toenail to defend modern Britain. I don’t even feel British anymore. As two tier Keir put it, this is now “an island of strangers.”

The Left have got what they wanted. They’ve created a new Britain with a new identity, and THEY can go and fight for it.

This Island is a Ponzi Island, the biggest threat is the bond market, you can"t fight the bond market.

Boomer55 · 28/02/2026 18:31

Fuel and energy costs are estimated to increase, but nothing I can do about that.

I’ll probably get out some cash to leave in my home safe, but other that, life will do as it does.

Overtheatlantic · 28/02/2026 18:32

Dappy777 · 28/02/2026 18:25

Well I certainly won’t be fighting to defend this island, if that’s what you mean. In 1940, after the fall of Dunkirk, my grandfather cycled into town to join the RAF and defend his country. I wouldn’t lift a toenail to defend modern Britain. I don’t even feel British anymore. As two tier Keir put it, this is now “an island of strangers.”

The Left have got what they wanted. They’ve created a new Britain with a new identity, and THEY can go and fight for it.

Is it not white enough for you?

TheignT · 28/02/2026 18:34

damsela · 28/02/2026 18:27

Get one of these. Not only for fear of escalation of war, but for power cuts etc.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B08JCFCX5J/?encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_plhdr=t&aaxitk=065051689e3502a8fb55dbae27137ddb&hsa_cr_id=7823387830902&sr=1-1-e0fa1fdd-d857-4087-adda-5bd576b25987&aref=QrhqTAKHr7&ref=sbx_s_sparkle_sbtcd_asin_0_title

Dock leaves and moss can be used for wiping your arse. My DH told me that's what they did in the outdoor (behind the hedge) privy from his childhood days on a remote farm back in the 50s. Nothing phases us old codgers.

It was usually the news of the world cut into squares and threaded onto some string and hung in our outside loo. Very annoying when reading something interesting but you couldn't find the end of it and as children we weren't allowed to read it before it was cut up.

What to do now with no news of the world. You can't get much help from BBC news online.

TheignT · 28/02/2026 18:35

dapsnotplimsolls · 28/02/2026 18:25

Confession - I've just been to the petrol station to fill up. But! I needed to get some this weekend anyway and I was worried about massive queues tomorrow 😁

Was it busy?

dapsnotplimsolls · 28/02/2026 18:39

TheignT · 28/02/2026 18:35

Was it busy?

Not particularly, the staff were re-stocking. I swear the price was up 1p on this morning though!

OlympicWomen · 28/02/2026 18:39

Dappy777 · 28/02/2026 18:25

Well I certainly won’t be fighting to defend this island, if that’s what you mean. In 1940, after the fall of Dunkirk, my grandfather cycled into town to join the RAF and defend his country. I wouldn’t lift a toenail to defend modern Britain. I don’t even feel British anymore. As two tier Keir put it, this is now “an island of strangers.”

The Left have got what they wanted. They’ve created a new Britain with a new identity, and THEY can go and fight for it.

Right.

OlympicWomen · 28/02/2026 18:41

Overtheatlantic · 28/02/2026 18:32

Is it not white enough for you?

I'm not sure. He seems to have a problem with his toenail.

Vinvertebrate · 28/02/2026 18:41

TheignT · 28/02/2026 17:05

You show him, what about Trump? Isn't he getting a stare.

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Don’t worry, I’ve been practising a formidable tut and sigh for orangey bollocks. DH is quaking.

keepswimming38 · 28/02/2026 18:43

I’m going to buy more toilet rolls.

only joking!

TheignT · 28/02/2026 18:43

Vinvertebrate · 28/02/2026 18:41

Don’t worry, I’ve been practising a formidable tut and sigh for orangey bollocks. DH is quaking.

💪He should be afraid, very afraid.

Vinvertebrate · 28/02/2026 18:43

TheignT · 28/02/2026 18:34

It was usually the news of the world cut into squares and threaded onto some string and hung in our outside loo. Very annoying when reading something interesting but you couldn't find the end of it and as children we weren't allowed to read it before it was cut up.

What to do now with no news of the world. You can't get much help from BBC news online.

Anyone remember school bog roll from the 70’s/80s? It was actual tracing paper. I can still recall the feeling of a cheese grater on one’s tender arsehole if a daytime poo could not be avoided.

TheignT · 28/02/2026 18:44

dapsnotplimsolls · 28/02/2026 18:39

Not particularly, the staff were re-stocking. I swear the price was up 1p on this morning though!

It will get more expensive, can't see any way round that.

OlympicWomen · 28/02/2026 18:45

Vinvertebrate · 28/02/2026 18:43

Anyone remember school bog roll from the 70’s/80s? It was actual tracing paper. I can still recall the feeling of a cheese grater on one’s tender arsehole if a daytime poo could not be avoided.

Yes, in fact we used it as tracing paper. Izal, medicated.

Isitreallyworthitnow · 28/02/2026 18:48

I’m tidying up my spare room in case my dear friend who is living in Saudi Arabia comes back in a hurry. Apart from that? No.

Isitreallyworthitnow · 28/02/2026 18:49

Vinvertebrate · 28/02/2026 18:43

Anyone remember school bog roll from the 70’s/80s? It was actual tracing paper. I can still recall the feeling of a cheese grater on one’s tender arsehole if a daytime poo could not be avoided.

And the wee used to run off it onto your fingers!

Vinvertebrate · 28/02/2026 18:50

OlympicWomen · 28/02/2026 18:45

Yes, in fact we used it as tracing paper. Izal, medicated.

That’s the bugger. I can still picture the packaging. <shudder>

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