Preppers Paradise: Pickled Turnips and Sovereignty Spam

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Despite all the accusations of hysteria for those saying they intend to prep, today Theresa May said households were going to be given guidelines in August and September on how to prepare in the event of No Deal.

Robert Peston@Peston
@theresa_may says 70 "technical notices" for businesses and households will be published in Aug and Sept setting out how we can all prepare for a no-deal Brexit (should that be what happens). Yikes

Arla are already warning that milk product may be scare and baby formula will be 'an occasional luxury' even if we do get a deal
Dairy products 'may become luxuries' after UK leaves EU

Whilst we wait for the government to advise us on what action we all need to consider taking, this is a thread dedicated for those people who wish to share tips, advice and what they plan to do rather than clogging up other threads.

The Guardian has an article today on people stockpiling for Brexit. Doesn't Thomas from Shrewsbury realise that the first rule of prepping is you don't tell people you're doing it? Much less take a photo for a national newspaper!

All men commenting too @MotherWol

Oops. My mistake. Women too.

Water purification tablets are pretty cheap on Amazon. Worth looking at collecting rainwater.

If we're facing a total disaster breakdown, the sewers most likely won't work either, so there won't be any loo flushing going on. In fact, block up your toilet, as there could be backflow

In a short term situation, you can use caravan chemical toilets, or cat litter in a bucket lined with a binbag. Then dispose of in the regular manner when things are back to normal.

In a prolonged outage of services, look into dry/composting toilets. You need a supply of sawdust, and to keep urine and faeces separate. A separate urinal/straw bale is a good idea for the fellas. For the women-folk, good designed composting loos have a urine separator which catches the flow. After a número-dos, chuck down a handful of sawdust and keep the lid closed. All used toilet paper goes into the main chamber. A computer type fan run with a small solar panel is a good idea in the collection chamber for ventilation.

Either way, remember that urine is sterile and can easily go on the compost heap as an activator. You can also use it around plants (as long as they're not sold)... just dilute with water.

If it comes to composting toilets, I’m leaving the country with my family. I have the cash so will try our best to get out, if we possibly can. We are lucky to have a home overseas.

I understand that in Christchurch NZ after the earthquake, people were shown how to set up a composting toilet. Very naice Christchurch.

FWIW, I think it highly unlikely the repercussions of Brexshit (pardon pun) will extend to a collapse of our sewage infrastructure.

But, if you are interested, composting toilets are not terrifying harbingers of doom.

It isn’t correct that tap water used to refill a bottle won’t be drinkable after a few days. Shop bought bottled water doesn’t contain some magical ingredient. The only thing you need to do to water is reoxygenate it. The easiest way is to shake it up. Perfectly fine to refill bottles from the tap. I swap mine out after about nine months.

Something to keep in mind.

I just noticed that the flea & worm treatment I use (Stronghold) on my cats is from Belgium.

It's pretty pricey to buy from the vet anyway, but the date is always very long on them.

I will probably stock up on those too. It's something we're going to use anyway, so might as well get it while it's a little cheaper.

I normally get a 3 month supply at any one time (2 cats), so it would just be an extra box or two.

Has anyone else found themselves reading the label on everything to see where it's made?

Just bought a 6 month supply of stronghold for each of the critters, which will take us up to the beginning of Feb. Our vet will only prescribe 6 months at a time, so can't stock up. But at least we'll be early in the next cycle before Brexit. I also found myself looking at the manufacturing country... I also check out BBE dates when selecting long life food in the supermarket

@KimCheesePickle Was that 6 months per pet?

I normally get one pack of 6 treatments every 3 months (for our two cats). The latest box was dated 2020.

I also need to stock up on dry food and pouches, the shelf life is really long on both so no worries of anything going to waste.

I'm prepping for mostly inflation, but also ill health, loss of an income and bad weather. Plus it seems sensible to have a good supply of everything we use.

I'm a little obsessed with labels. I noticed our bubble bath is made in the UK, but my heat defence spray is "made in the EU"

Yes, 6 months per pet

Hello, I know this is so 2 months ago but how long are people prepping for if we crash out? Would 4 weeks supply be enough, or should we be thinking 12?

I'm also semi seriously thinking of buying a car, having lived without one for the whole of my adult life, to get my family out of London if the shit really hits fan and riots properly break out. Tell me that that is a bit mad isn't it?

In terms of supplies maybe some extra staples that are long lasting but which you would use anyway.
The car idea seems a bit odd in that if you have one and rioting were a real issue, it might get trashed. Getting a 'car that goes' rather than anything special would be easy enough to sort out if you wanted to at the time.

Damn, there's my excuse for a car gone. I'm just thinking that if there were serious civil unrest then perhaps it would be better off to head to my mother's in the countryside - although of course villages are hardly immune to violence.

Does no one have a figure in mind for how long disruption may ladt for, it would help my sanity if I could know I had 2/3 meals a day sorted for so many weeks - but space is at a bit of a premium. I have got friends who have moved out of the UK entirely because of Brexit but that seems extreme. But then again who knows.

The only advice can be to watch the news, at least several sources.
By the end of November there should be a better idea of where things might go, which still leaves some time to finalise prepping.

Thank you, that's reassuring-ish. I shall save my purchase of an inflatable 5 man dinghy until then.

Top tips here too.
theulsterfry.com/politics/no-deal-brexit-advice-issued-by-government/

Ha! (weeps into coffee).

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