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(whispers...) what is prepping?

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ClaireSW32 · 07/11/2015 20:51

What are you prepping for?

I have a stash of food for emergencies, eg, snowed in, swine flu quarantines us etc.

What are you prepping for?

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cozietoesie · 07/11/2015 21:22

Tudor England had The Sweat and Edwardian Britain had Influenza. (For both of which, the contemporary reports lend new meaning to that little word 'ill' - for example just read what they had to look forward to in 1918 if they caught influenza.)

I don't understand how anyone could assume that the 21st century is exempt.

winchester1 · 07/11/2015 21:25

Go outside for how long? Get food from.where? Cook it how? Keep warm how? Get water from.where (,water pumps need electricity)?
Remember everyone is in the same boat including the police, Dr, ambulance crews etc.
Are shops open with no electric or staff?
Who stops people just taking stuff from shops, others homes etc?

headexplodesbodyfreezes · 07/11/2015 21:32

winchester1
You are now talking about some sort of apocalyptic event. Not the simple strike or power cut you mentioned in your previous post. Not the same things at all.

marmaladegranny · 07/11/2015 21:38

The Great Storm, or Hurricane, of 1987 isolated many areas of southern Britain. We were rural and had no electricity or phones for almost a week. By the time the power lines had been cleared from the roads and we could get out of our village there was little to be had in the shops by way of tinned food, charcoal or candles.

Being a bit prepared for the unexpected is no bad thing...

winchester1 · 07/11/2015 21:57

I'm really not we had a 3,day power cut (no water as no pumps) and fine for us but some.people had no water, no ability to cook or heat their homes etc. It was minus degrees gong outside wasn't such a great plan. We are a rural community no emergency services came to us

doceodocere · 07/11/2015 22:25

I wouldn't have labelled myself a prepper but it seems that I am.

Up here it's just about being ready for winter; getting snowed in is a regular occurrence so it makes obvious sense to have a few bottles of water, cans of easy food and cartons of uht milk on standby. And a healthy stock of logs and kindling.

ReadFox · 07/11/2015 22:29

I haven't watched the walking dead but I do have loads of toilet roll, cereals, beans, sparkling water and crackers and rich tea biscuits in my shed. No idea why. I live 100 metres from an aldi, and 500 metres from an open all hours tesco! If I ran out of toilet paper I could go and get some.

ReadFox · 07/11/2015 22:30

I might as well put some candles and matches in there too............

ReadFox · 07/11/2015 22:31

Oh, and tea bags! I have about 3 boxes of tea bags in the shed.

MargoReadbetter · 07/11/2015 22:52

We have everything we need for a Lego or Barbie emergency. That would keep the DCs entertained whilst I get on with more serious things.

lorelei9 · 08/11/2015 00:22

I don't even think of prepping as a thing, just common sense

I've had proper flu and I couldn't have crawled to the front door much less a supermarket. Then there's snow etc. Just seems sensible to have food and loo roll etc. We've had enough power cuts round here that I always know where the torches and batteries are. But I don't think of it as prepping.

NerrSnerr · 08/11/2015 00:36

I have so many sets of hats, scarves and gloves I will never be cold. We have a fish tank full of algae and water and no fish so I could drink that. We don't have enough cheese for an emergency though. I need more cheese.

Stratter5 · 08/11/2015 00:38

It's just common sense to me too. I've been snowed in on four or five occasions, so I'm prepared for that. I think it's sensible to have enough in case there's a power cut; having lived through a 3 day one in the relative civilisation of Essex, ime shops run out fast. And for all the scoffers, pretty much every expert thinks we are overdue a really major flu outbreak, so why is it daft to bear that in mind, and stash a bit away 'just in case'.

Zombie apocalypse is bollocks, but thinking ahead is just sensible.

NerrSnerr · 08/11/2015 00:38

In all seriousness I do have a single duvet cover in my baby's room in case there's a fire and we can't get downstairs so we can lower her down

elephantoverthehill · 08/11/2015 00:52

I thought it was called a larder.

wiltingfast · 08/11/2015 01:10

Hah my sister used keep all her teddies in a black bag so she could throw them out the window to safety, if there was a fire!

She gave no thought to how the two of us would get out I notice...

FuckTheseSixFishInParticular · 08/11/2015 01:14

Surely you could have just landed on the bag of teddies, wilting?

AndNowItsSeven · 08/11/2015 01:21

I reckon we could live off pasta and sauce for a while.

winchester1 · 08/11/2015 04:27

I didn't think I was a prepper either but we get snowed in,have power cut etc so of course I'm prepared. Plus I live to t.ry to.live ethically/sustainably so the two things tie together.

BaBaBaBoomBoom · 08/11/2015 05:12

How would you cook your pasta with no gas/ electricity nowitsseven?

I really should get more prepared..... We barely have enough food in the house to last us until our online shop comes on Tuesday evening :/

elephantoverthehill · 08/11/2015 09:39

I'm beginning to get it. I wonder if it is an 'age' thing. ie us oldies who were brought up by parents who experienced rationing and the 3 day week have all this stuff almost sub conscientiously. Where as others eg pp who does not have much in until next shop could perhaps be much younger? Or may be it is those who were Guides or Scouts

ReadFox · 08/11/2015 09:42

Reading this thread now, I realise, I might as well put some pasta and some sauces in the shed too.

elephant maybe, it is, my dad aged 75has about 100 rolls of toilet roll in his shed.. I got it from him. When I moved in here he gave me 18 rolls of toilet paper to put in my shed. That's where it all began.

winchester1 · 08/11/2015 09:47

Could be mil is way more prepped than us and I'd say were quite extreme on this board at least.

lorelei9 · 08/11/2015 10:57

elephant "I'm beginning to get it. I wonder if it is an 'age' thing. ie us oldies who were brought up by parents who experienced rationing and the 3 day week have all this stuff almost sub conscientiously"

I wish. I can't persuade my elderly parents to keep anything in the house, they seem to want to risk it when there are no gritters in their area etc and then ring me to complain about the Terrible Ordeal of Getting Milk in the snow or whatever. I've told them they are not allowed to complain any more.

I live alone which makes a difference I think. I've always been prepared because if you have flu, do you want people to risk themselves dropping off shopping...well, I don't. When the swine flu outbreak happened, I noticed other people realising they wouldn't be willing to help out a friend or neighbour.

so yes, keeping stocks is just good common sense. I live in a small flat though so if we have a 2 week power cut, it will be cold food for me.

AndNowItsSeven · 08/11/2015 11:32

Baba hmmm I never considered how I would cook the pasta. I am not prepping though. The picture is just part of my regular pantry. Although I would never not have enough food in the house not to be able to feed the family for 4-6 weeks. I have never shopped just for the week.

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