Can’t say I’ve ever tried it but sounds good!
This weeks preps check-in
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It has filtered water, elderberries, honey, cloves and fresh ginger in it.
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I went by Walmart this evening and topped off all my supplies. I read somewhere on here that P&G was concerned about getting the chemicals they needed to make common products. If Proctor and Gamble feels it maybe difficult to get supplies, I am sure that goes for Unilever, Kimberly Clarke and all the others.
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Our goal re: COVID-19 is to spend less time shopping (we do that twice a week, dammit) and spend more time at home. We bought more basic foods for our years' supply, including stuff we eat everyday: another #10 can of peanut butter, two of dried whole milk, fixin's for pasta and even a case of Spam.
As far as meds, we have most of the stuff we need for symptomatic issues, including analgesics, anti diarrheals, NSAIDS, etc. We still have lots of up-to-date antibiotics and even some narcotics, although they're getting out of date. Vitamins, too, of course.
For other fun-and-games, I just got six Cornish Cross chicks right out of the egg, and ten more layers. I'd never raised meat chickens before, and, based on what I read, within 6-7 weeks they will be big youuuugly chickens. Believe it or not, they will be ready for butchering by then and should dress out at about 3 to 3-1/2 pounds each. I plan on using a chicken-tractor, which, by eliminating any crowding, should provide for healthier birds and more humane treatment.
I also have been getting a delivery area for my Nigerian doe, who will be kidding next month. This is another first-time thing for us.
As far as meds, we have most of the stuff we need for symptomatic issues, including analgesics, anti diarrheals, NSAIDS, etc. We still have lots of up-to-date antibiotics and even some narcotics, although they're getting out of date. Vitamins, too, of course.
For other fun-and-games, I just got six Cornish Cross chicks right out of the egg, and ten more layers. I'd never raised meat chickens before, and, based on what I read, within 6-7 weeks they will be big youuuugly chickens. Believe it or not, they will be ready for butchering by then and should dress out at about 3 to 3-1/2 pounds each. I plan on using a chicken-tractor, which, by eliminating any crowding, should provide for healthier birds and more humane treatment.
I also have been getting a delivery area for my Nigerian doe, who will be kidding next month. This is another first-time thing for us.
My beard is now completely gone...asked thru 6 Pharmacies, no masks, gloves or disinfection. Only what I already have. Met a friend in the store yesterday looking for some disinfection spray. Sold out. I gave him the 100 ml bottle I carried in my pocket...got enough at home I think. Flour, salt, sugar, milk, meat, canned stuff, Ibuflam 600mg. 30 rolls of TP, 10 rolls of kitchen towels, 2 boxes of 20 lb.each of detergent, and other stuff in the pantry. € 140.00.
We have Germans, Danes, Norwegians etc coming over to the UKs northern sea ports on Ferries who are going around buying food, cleaning materials, medical supplies, disinfectant where ever they can find it and taking it home. I think they should be turned away, let their beloved EU look after them and the 3 million Syrian refugees heading their way
I've had a full beard since 1985 and there is no way I am cutting it much less shaving it off.
if the virus takes off here i'll just stay indoors.
Decided to do a restock of some of the basic foods today, so I did bulk buys of flour, oats, rice, salt, sugar, that type of stuff. I am not overly concerned with the coronavirus but the problem is that most people will start to panic buy soon so better beat the rush. What with this trip today and all the food stored from last years harvest I have enough.
she has already said, if I were to shave my beard off(i'm not), she wouldn't recognise me as she has never seen me without it.c'mon bigpaul,give your missus a surprise
I restocked my canned/non perishables and grabbed some more pasta and rice. Looked all over town for more face masks but didn't see any. I did get some more safety goggles though. I was thinking that we can protect our faces with masks all we want but your eyes are still exposed. Droplets in the air from someone sneezing etc. could infect you this way. Safety goggles could help protect from this.
I did have an idea though but I don't know if it's a good one. A lot of air filters sold for air conditioning systems claim to filter viruses. I was thinking that maybe those could be utilized to create some type of mask if regular face masks are not available.
I did have an idea though but I don't know if it's a good one. A lot of air filters sold for air conditioning systems claim to filter viruses. I was thinking that maybe those could be utilized to create some type of mask if regular face masks are not available.
i had a lil extra spending money from driving someone somewhere. so i bought a 3 pack of lysol hand wipes when i took someone else to dollar general.someone across the street from me.ended up with strip throat. I've had sinus and congestion issue for a few day's now.so i walked over to brookshire bro's and bought cold & head Capsules. their doing their job.
Glad I'm not a German,Dane or Norwegian....Bill would not let me come and INVEST SOME MONEY IN HIS LAND::::::::Gary
Gotta Love you bigpaul, DIE LIKE A REAL MAN!!!WITH YOUR GUN IN HAND AND A BEARD!! GP
I've got plenty of what I need indoors, no need to go out, maybe for several months, why go out and put myself at risk?
having said that, the virus is no where near here, several hundreds of miles away, i'm not going to panic and shave my beard for something that may never come here.
having said that, the virus is no where near here, several hundreds of miles away, i'm not going to panic and shave my beard for something that may never come here.
You are right Kate. Anything with a few layers of asborbing material is good. Diapers, sanitary napkins, just folded towels or fleece. Lightly moistenend is better. We learned in the military to even pee on a diaper to use the chemical reaction of urine to try to help make certain things less of a problem for your lungs...GP
Yuk, there’s a mental image, pee on a towel and then wrap it around your face....
I guess it was better than being killed by chlorine gas? WWI trench warfare was terrible for so many reasons.
No doubt, to survive I would go to great lengths. BTW, if you ever get stung by a jellyfish, pee on it. The ammonia in urine helps to neutralize the sting.
Pee should be sterile too, so in a last resort you could wash out a wound. Definitely not my first choice as wound care, but worth noting in case you’re a long ways away from proper medical care...
Here is a pic just before I sold it. Then one where they were trying to sell it a year or so ago.Doreena, I think I am in love, again!
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Ok, the photos got turned around. The nice one is when I had it. Sigh. All that work finding NOS parts and trim all down the toilet!Here is a pic just before I sold it. Then one where they were trying to sell it a year or so ago.
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Yeah, I am going to have to be REALLY desperate to go to that scenario.
Busy week with the preps in my house. Cleaned out the freezer and cooked down beef soup bones and made and canned some of the venison with the beef broth. 14 quarts to add to the pantry. Just throw in dried mushrooms and rice or noodles for almost instant meals. Cooked down all the chicken bones I have been collecting and made chicken broth. Cooked down that turkey on sale after Thanksgiving and added bones to the chicken bones for broth. 21 quart jars turkey in broth for soup/ noodles. Chicken pot pies with this are one of my husbands favorites. Cooked down that sale ham from Christmas and made 3 cookings 21 quarts bean and ham soup. White beans, ham chunks, carrots, onions and celery with chicken broth as liquid. Cooked down the figs from late summer that I had not got around to and just froze, made Louisiana fig preserves. 14 pints for use in oatmeal or on morning toast or biscuits. Makes great fig cookies too. 4 pints plum preserves from frozen plums in freezer. Then I stopped by Walmart and bought 40 pounds of frozen vegetables in 5 pound bags. Vacuum sealed them in smaller portions and filled up all that empty space. That made space also for crappie season which is right around the corner. Hard to get a virus sitting in the middle of a lake! So that is 70 jars of food added to the pantry and 40 pounds of veggies. If we lose power hoping the veggies could go into the solar dehydrator if the sun would cooperate. Also found tuna for 49 cents a can at the local IGA grocery. Bought 40 cans. Also dried noodles for .79 cents a pound. Sale is still running if you have an IGA around.
I do too! Such a sense of satisfaction at the end of the day!
It would be a waste of time to try and wash your face if you are no longer breathing, Brent. Your pee may not be sterile, but it could save your life so you can save your family...if you cannot take the possibilities of living, then you have no right to live. Even if you are just joking a little, get your **** ready in your head. If your family is in danger, you do not have a second to waste as to how to defend them. I can draw and shoot within 1.14 seconds. That is how long it takes for your family to no longer have your intelligence, skills, protection, strength and decision-making capabilities. If they do somehow survive, then another man will raise your children and maybe even your wife will finally get over the loss of her husband and need the strong arms of another who feeds and homes her (and your) children....(terribly formulated, but how it works in my head for my family. I have a beautiful wife and cannot see another man sharing a bed with her because I was too slow to save myself AND them...Gary)
Nothing is ever near you Big Paul... I am convinced you live on the moon
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