Contingency Plans

[Chaff 3,622]

I don't burn any coal myself just wood in open fire, trick with wood is a solid base no air only from front 

[mushroom 13,253]

31 minutes ago, scothunter said:

I do burn wood but i buy those oval smokeless coals they are great my whole heating system works from multi fuel fire.  

Ordinary bag of coal up here is 18.50 those ovals are a score. Lucky b*****d if you can get coal for a tenner. 

Phurnacite! Its called phurnacite ya bam ???

[forest of dean redneck 11,722]

When I lived in the forest ,coal delivered got to £21 a bag an it was fortnightly deliveries,

coal bought from the mine weekly on a first come /served basis which meant queuing for couple hours was £10 a bag or about £5 for peas which could be burnt when fire was bedded in,

wood licence from forestry commission was £10 a year.

as for the other stuff always kept plenty tins in an few candles etc

few years ago I went full prepper an had tins under kitchen kickboards,bulk toilet roll from lidls in loft ,toothpaste sacks of rice etc but in end changed my mind and used it all up.

[mackem 27,505]

2 minutes ago, forest of dean redneck said:

but in end changed my mind and used it all up.

You didn't want to survive?

[forest of dean redneck 11,722]

1 hour ago, mackem said:

You didn't want to survive?

Wife kept dipping into toilet roll stash

and I realised with the 2 autistic stepsons here I'm wasting my time as the younger one has no comprehension of rationing an the eldest one just ignores me ,

We rent this property,the kitchen needed new flooring as it broke so was replaced an kickboards got screwed on so not constantly taking them off/on it's also going to be completely refitted in march .

i had thought about starting again but I think it makes me a bit paranoid ? TBH 

[mackem 27,505]

I think your perfectly rational mate  I however have just had the new door fitted to the front of my bunker.

 

[scothunter 12,609]

Can i rent it. Looks gas tight lol

[kanny 20,748]

8 hours ago, scothunter said:

I do burn wood but i buy those oval smokeless coals they are great my whole heating system works from multi fuel fire.  

Ordinary bag of coal up here is 18.50 those ovals are a score. Lucky b*****d if you can get coal for a tenner. 

Just got 10 x 20kg bags house coal £70

[Greyman 28,944]

7 minutes ago, kanny said:

Just got 10 x 20kg bags house coal £70

Hard to keep house coal in all night burns a bit quick, as it's his main source of heat and hot water he does need the ovals that are a bit more expensive but I still get taybright for £9 a 20kbag that stays in all night when it's really cold and just throw the scaffold planks in all day surprising how prices vary over the country 

[dogmandont 9,907]

I get good quality doubles for £5.25 a 25kg bag. 

[Greyman 28,944]

Worth taking a wagon load to Scotland by the sound of things 

[ChrisJones 7,975]

On 12/18/2017 at 06:45, Greyman said:

I have an aptitude for it and would love to live long enough to see civilisation  collapse, in that situation it is said that 90 percent of the civilised population would kill each other within a fortnight, I have a tendency to fall over quite a lot due to a neurological issue and a bit of Arthur in my spine, so I take a survival bag with me almost everywhere as I do a lot of walking on my own and need to be able to survive a night or two if I go down and am out of range, I have a space blanket, tarp, fire striker, several hundred meters of power cord, several torch,s and knives and a couple of dried ration packs, the bag is hanging up in my van and goes everywhere with me, so bring it on  

I'm the same although I wouldn't necessarily call it a survival bag more of a bag of many things! Like this time of year, I keep MRE's a stove and water in the truck, along with warm clothes a shovel and 40lb bag of salt. Prepper? No common f*ck*ng sense when you live in the mountains and you're 30 miles from the nearest WiFi Starbucks! I've just checked it's still there and put an extra fuel can in for the JetBoil as it's supposed to dip to -23º tonight as the first snow storm of the season is due to roll in. Summer is the opposite as the temp hits triple digits you carry as much water as you can. A couple of years ago I hit a deer in my truck a blew out both front tires. I was fine and walked it out when the snow stopped and the sun came up. Where I work is very high crime area so it's body armour and extra mags along with food and water. Paranoid prepper? Walk around North Vegas for a couple of hours and tell me what you think then!

Personally, I don't see a collapse in civilisation the way Hollywood portrays it. I'm sure there will be regular thinning of the herd but we're social creatures and if we were intent on eating each other the population wouldn't have doubled in the last 40 years. We're being conditioned to believe that we need a system to rely on 24/7 when the reality is that humankind has done just fine without it. Again we're back to those that can and those that have an app for it. Paranoia sells gear to the worried the same way Apple sells phones to the gullible.

[mackem 27,505]

3 minutes ago, ChrisJones said:

Personally, I don't see a collapse in civilisation the way Hollywood portrays it. I'm sure there will be regular thinning of the herd but we're social creatures and if we were intent on eating each other the population wouldn't have doubled in the last 40 years.

4 more years..................