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#GoodMorningWorlds
Up early to meet today's builders and see what job they are doing today in the wetroom.

Later, a friend will be taking us across to Yorkshire to see, and hopefully buy, a car.

Last day at caretaking work for 2 1/2 weeks now, while the roof is being done.
We'll still go and take the bins out as it is less stressful to do that than to worry about the state of them after three missed collection days.

#Fungi #Mosstodon
A tiny yellow mushroom growing from a bit of wood next to some moss and pebbles.
#fungi #Mosstodon #goodmorningworlds
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Alfred Chow - Maker of Things
We have plumbers!
They have been shown the stop valve for the house, and are getting on with the pipework.
Alfred Chow - Maker of Things
I knew the plumbers were due to turn off the water, so I did a bit of admin and then decided to fill the kettle. The plumbers beat me to it!

Fortunately we, and Mum, have some bottled water from the last time the water board had to fix a leak in the road.
MiniMia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇵🇸
I probably went overboard in my planning for a potential incident - I've got 150ltrs in the garden, water purification tablets, and 30ltrs of mineral water for drinking etc.
I may also be planning for the apocalypse 🤭
Sue Archer
We used to have 3000 ltrs of stored rainwater in the garden, but we drained it all down and dismantled the tanks, as they would be in the way of the scaffolders...

We do also have some purification tabs but we should probably get some more bottled water in to top up the stores.

We're still maintaining our Brexit pantry, so we're fine for tinned goods, rice and pasta....
MiniMia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇵🇸
When I first cleared the 15ft deep ferns at the bottom of the garden there was a large green garden waste bin hiding in there, which has been turned into rainwater storage, in addition to the water butt.
I've maintained the Brexit pantry too! I operate a "one in, one out" rotation system on canned and dried goods, cleaning products and batteries etc. It's been invaluable in getting me through the worst of the cost of living crisis.
Sue Archer
It's also very handy if, for example, your car gets written off, and you can only get as much as your bruised ribs allow to to haul back from the shops in a trolley....

Don't ask me how I know this.
MiniMia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇵🇸
I remember Sue 🫂
No harm ever comes of having a stash of things in case of emergency. That's why I've got 48 lighters to light the hundreds of candles in case of a power cut 🤣
Alfred Chow - Maker of Things
We're a bit short on lighters, but do have a Mapp gas blow torch.
It might be a bit extreme for lighting a tealight!
🤣
MiniMia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇵🇸
😂 😬
I've got about 12 boxes of matches and half a dozen torches too, as well as one of those lighters for lighting the stove, although I don't have a gas stove.
Sue Archer
There's a box of matches in the kitchen drawer, and if all else fails I think I have a fire steel in my camping gear.
MiniMia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇵🇸
When I was tidying the drawers in the pantry (a grandiose term for the small area between the kitchen and back doors where I shoved an old chest of drawers and bookshelf), I found one of those little survival firelighting tins with a flint etc in - I guess I thought the plethora of lighters and matches would be insufficient at some point 😂
Stoneface Vimes
you can never be too prepared.
Sue Archer
Oh yes we have loads of tealights!

One day I really must have a go at the "how to open a tin of food without a tinopener" thing.

(you can file away the very top of the rim and that releases the lid. It can be done by scraping the top of a can on a concrete paving slab)

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MiniMia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇵🇸
I take it you've got an electric can opener then? I've stuck to the old school version - and I've got four of those. Y'know, just in case 😆
Sue Archer
Oh no, we have a manual tin opener. I think I'm thinking more apocalypse-foraging from abandoned supermarkets. Although, the sensible looter remembers to loot a tin opener too...
MiniMia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇵🇸
"Apocalypse foraging" 😂
Look what happened in the Great Loo Roll Panic of 2020. I'll be investing in some steel shutters for my windows and razor wire for the garden gate. Might consider an escape hatch to the mountain in the back fence too.
Sue Archer
Ah yes. We were immune to the Great Loo Roll Panic, due to my mother in law's pre-covid habit of bulk buying bargains. Anytime a pack of toilet rolls had extra free in it, she bought a pack every day when she went out. Some for her, some for us. We had about 200 rolls in stock!

It wasn't just toilet rolls, we had to tell her to stop buying the little wooden crates of clementines, as I don't eat them and Alfred couldn't eat enough!
Louane CooIey
Last night the bags of dried beans spouse panic bought in March 2020 became an exhibit at the Scout meeting. Need to stock up again. We’ve got the camping gear though (at least five different water filters + tablets), seven camp stoves, etc. After the power’s been off for a few days (had 3 five day + outages since 2011) we found mutual support works well. Know your neighbors, work together. Get everyone fed, warm, dry.
Sue Archer
Absolutely. Despite my frequent thoughts that I wish we didn't have to deal with Other People, with the right community, working together, humans can do amazing things.
Alfred Chow - Maker of Things
I've heard it said that the idea community is about 150 people, each bringing a useful skill for maintaining the community's needs.
MiniMia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇵🇸
That's Dunbar's number for the perfect number of people with whom you can maintain stable social relationships.
Alfred Chow - Maker of Things
That's the one. I've seen it mentiond in a range of friendship, relationship, and community terms.
Alfred Chow - Maker of Things
We went overboard with our garden rainwater storage a few years ago, and ended up with well over 4000 litres! We worked out that we could have flooded our little front garden to about 150mm deep!
We drained it all so recently to make space for the scaffolding.

We have purifying tablets somewhere, and did have a lot of stored drinking water but have since reduced that down for sensibleness, too.
MiniMia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇵🇸
I've got a strip of grass between the garden path and my neighbour's fence which serves as a wood/water/compost/grit/green bin storage area, because there's only about 2.5ft headroom thanks to my neighbour's box hedge. I've still managed to fill up the shed I only bought last winter with other stuff though 🤷‍♀️ 😂
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