Prepping for a pandemic...12

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Thread 12!

I can't seem to carry over the clicky links in the OP of the last thread. Can anyone else?

Can anyone share a good Bombay potatoes type recipe? I have some tinned potatoes from my Brexit stash but not sure I want to eat them.as is. Someone said thy are good roasted?

I saw Costco had tins of Spam in but if it was between licking a pole on the tube or Spam, I taking to Marmite to London to make the handrails tasty 🤣

To lighten the mood if I may, my mum's become an accidental prepper.

She normally shops on a Sunday and buys four loo rolls. Yesterday she was in the Co-op for milk and they had packs of 12 on offer so she bought one in case there were none in the supermarket.

When she got to the supermarket, they only had packs of 12, so she bought another one. Then she went back and got one for my sister in case she'd not been able to get any (but she had, so didn't need any more). So mum now has 36 loo rolls instead of four.

And she's just said she doesn't understand why everyone's selling out!

Fitbit heart rate is quite accurate. Take your pulse over 30 seconds and times by two to check your pulse

We bought an o2 monitor about a month ago.
We had chest infections last week and I asked the doctor when to react.
Her advice to us (based on our medical histories etc) was from 95% you would need to see GP, 90% and below is hospitalisation territory.

Not sure if this is a standard?

But I found it useful.

On our worsts days this week we were short of breath and at 91-93% so shows how quickly it can go down.

If you buy one try to tear everyone in the house several times when will to see what your baselines are.

Blinking typos

Test your family don’t tear them

Egg related.

Prefer to use fresh whole eggs as we live rurally and can obtain daily at the moment. As for getting them out the plastic tray we tried hot water and a knife with no joy. Hoping for more success with silicone 😂.

Turning in now. Thanks again for the calm and constructive conversation.

Very early on in the threads (2 or 3 maybe) both San pro & nappies were mentioned. The raw materials are used in masks, & so it was going to be diverted there. Various reusable brands were mentioned.

I hope you can all get what you need! Don’t forget to get sizes up for nappies either disposable or reusable !

I’ll enjoy watching all the piss takers of preppers fashioning make do nappies out of handtowels and sellotape because it’s ‘only a cold’ 🙄🤣

I shouldn’t let them get to me, but FFS they’re just so bloody goady. I’m trying to stay away from them so I don’t get banned!,

@Legoandloldolls have tried a curry with tinned potatoes, lentils and mushrooms which was good. Much quicker than normal too

Just seen some very tasty looking deep fried tinned potatoes on rate my plate fb group...... I'm seeing a possible lockdown as a way to try out new foods we wouldn't normally eat

I will add tinned lentils and mushrooms to this weeks shop and give that a bash. I might go full savage and buy some chip shop Surrey sause ( pretend to my teen its home made Katsu curry)

I found a nice recipe for Biriani with the instructions pot. It uses hardly any spice, I was shocked its lovely

Curry sauce not Surrey sauce!

Useful advice on oxygen sat s thankyiu.

I am still looking for reusable Sanpro ultra thin panty liners . I find the ones I have tried bulky and I one to use one every day.

Hiya been lurking for a few threads now. No ones mentioned a moon up or similar for periods. I got one recently, was life changing! Twenty quid or so in boots but am sure you could get them cheaper. I'll have saved that with three months use x

I've been googling survival kits etc,
Have come across Gatorade for rehydration from what I've read it's for rehydration but mainly a sports drink, which made me think about getting some dioralyte to rebalance electrolytes, for children and adults if needed.

@WrapTrap I've been thinking about getting one it's a great idea, I have come across loads of different brands and types but not sure where to start, will defo add that to my list thank you.

@Puppycorn the website was rebelofficesupplies. Hope they still have some

Got some seeds in the greenhouse today...two tomato varieties, some peppers, a couple of peas and a pumpkin for each child for Halloween.

May well be a bit early but I have plenty if they don't take. We are planning on a big shift around at the growing end of the garden, another couple of beds, a few fruit trees and some productive hedging as well as moving the greenhouse or swapping it for a potting shed. Still felt the need to do something though, felt spring-like for a bit today!

Puppy I used ordered these:

hodson-office.co.uk/catalogue/facilities-management/janitorial/sanitary-refills/2W22906/

But I cannot be trusted with this sort of thing so check everything about it before you do anything i suggest

It seems to be 80%, 6 bottles of 300ml but I have already been scammed once tonight 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Just checking in. Keep getting my "final" prep shop and then my hungry hordes eat the lot and the fridge is empty... Happy to report that my Ocado shop this evening had Ecover hand soap refill albeit 1L instead of 5L bottle. All other hand soap out of stock...

Several cases now in my local authority according to the PHE website. Very very worrying, especially seeing how things are developing in Italy.

I have a doctor prescribed oxygen saturator. The proper medical ones cost at least 2000 dollars. Im not sure I would trust one that cost 300 pounds. If you do use one without medical supervision (which I wouldnt recommend) you absolutely MUST also use a pulse oximeter so that you can tell when your saturation gets back up to 99% and can adjust the flow of the concentrator to a lower setting. It would be dangerous to over oxygenate iyswim.

If you definitely want one, look for one that has a pulse setting, they only push the oxygen when you take a breath. Also try and find one that has lots of levels, so you can turn up or down the flow.
I have tried a Phillips Simply Go Mini and an Inogen G4. Both are very good and very portable.

But again, this is serious stuff to use without the help of an experienced doctor.

For pulse oximeters, a 20 pound one on Amazon will be fine (look for one that takes standard batteries as some need the annoying to find button ones), just always try a couple of different fingers if you are getting a low reading, sometimes you can have muck on your finger and not realise it and it gives you an artificially low reading. I agree that anything in the 97% plus area is completely fine, below 97 and above 94 is cause to watch carefully and talk to a GP (they will want to know if you can get the % to increase if you do deep breathing - as that is a good sign). Below 94% is very worrying and 90% or below is get yourself to good medical care sharpish.

Hope this is helpful, if anyone wants to chat more, then feel free to pm me

I bought a mooncup and got terrified by it. I hope everyone is braver than I

Moonlight, get the own brand rehydration, many places do them. I got boots I think this time, so so much cheaper

Bankittenheels - I missed it too, but my bat eared 8 year old alerted me with a pained wail

@SeaToSki That is incredibly useful information, thank you. Think I'll get a pulse oximeter as DH is asthmatic and it would be handy to have anyway.

@MoonlightMistletoe I always have a stock of Dioralyte in just in case - it has a long shelf life. Good suggestion.

@nato it certainly took a few goes to get used to. Bathroom like quentin tarantino film to begin with.

@NatoPMT - really hope you haven’t been conned and your sanitiser turns up. I’m twitchy enough to have seriously considered ordering some even seeing the bad reviews beforehand