Tracking the next pandemic: Avian Flu Talk |
March Prepping 2020 |
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Penham
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Tabitha, how did your bread turn out. |
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WitchMisspelled
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I received my antibiotics yesterday! I'm stunned! I thought India had stopped shipping out meds, but mine must have made it out just before the ban! |
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FluMom
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KIWi, I just re-posted this post to Shrare Your Recipes Thread. Hope you don't mind. |
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KiwiMum
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My top tip on baking bread is to oil your bread tin (I use olive oil and a brush) and then tip a handful of flour into the tin and shake it around so that it coats the oil. Tip out the excess flour. This makes a foolproof non stick coating to your tin. Then when the bread's cooked, loosen it from the tin by sliding a knife around the sides and tip out, and then put the bread back in the oven without it's tin, and place it upside down on the wire oven shelf. Bake for another 10 minutes. This causes the sides and the bottom of the loaf to crisp up a bit making the loaf much nicer. Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack. |
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KiwiMum
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This is the loaf I make. Originally made up by Doris Grant a real health guru. I make mine slightly differently as I don't measure my ingredients, I just guess. It's a very tasty loaf. You can use honey instead of the sugar if you want. I make mine with 100% wholemeal flour. https://myfavouritepastime.com/2014/03/12/the-grant-loaf/ You don't have to knead this loaf. You just mix up the ingredients and put in a bread tin and leave to rise, then bake. Super easy. |
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FluMom
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Hey share the recipe I love to try new breads! Just put it up here or maybe I will start a new sticky with recipes! Yes I will do that! |
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Tabitha111
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I am going to make a loaf of bread today....lol...I bought a Pullman Pan to make a sandwich loaf in and have all the ingredients and my Kitchen Aid mixer with dough hook. A lady on my personal group that I run has "taught" me how to make a foolproof loaf ...so here goes. I am excited |
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'A man who does not think and plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.'
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hachiban08
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Got another bag of pet food and some more pet products. I live equal distance from two Targets. One is almost never adequately stocked on a good day (even before this) and the other said they re-stock daily. There were very noticable differences in what each of them had as my friend and I went to opposite locations. Aside from the items that are universally gone everywhere (sanitizer, paper products, wipes), the Target I went to still had essentially everything else with intentions to restock food products. |
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Be prepared! It may be time....^_^v
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Penham
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We went and bought more tomato cages today, went to Tractor Supply because there was hardly anyone there. First time I had been in a store in a week. I'm still going to work, but I am not going to the store on my lunch hour anymore, I try not to leave the building unless I absolutely have to. I'm glad we have everything we need, because I have been watching on my Facebook feed all the people posting pictures of the empty store shelves and complaining they can't find toilet paper, hand sanitizer, baby wipes, formula, etc. |
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FluMom
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Well tonight I put all of my prepping three ring binders in a plastic case with a handle so if I or my son have to get out of our house we can take that with us. It has all my info in prepping and how to survive making water, fire, food, medical, garden and survival skills. I really made all of that for my son hope he keeps it after I am gone. I am just getting things done in my office like cleaning it up...it is always a disaster. Will get to more of it next week so it is really clean and organized. |
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Tabitha111
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Just put my Neighborhood Harvest order in to be delivered next week....this is a farm to table delivery service we have in our area. I usually do a small order maybe once every few months....but this time my order is the biggest its ever been. Lots of fresh lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers and fresh baked bread coming my way next week. |
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'A man who does not think and plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.'
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RodTahoe
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A garden will be wonderful. I will be suplementing my food stock with sprouts. They are easy to grow, grow quickly and can be used in a variety of ways. I have a couple of easy sprout containers so can have several stages of them going. I purchased a couple #10 cans of sprout seeds which will give me a lot of nutritious healthy greens. As soon as the store bought lettuce supply begins to dwindle will start the sprouts and in 4 growing days I will have my first harvest. |
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FluMom
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Well I am planning a bigger garden than I have done in years. I will have lots of time to tend to it. I am doing something I have never done before...starting my own plants early. Got a little greenhouse to help. Will not start until end of March early April...we still get snow. |
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Penham
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Last night we planted squash, more spinach, moved 3 tomato plants outside from the indoor grow tent. This weekend we should be able to have fresh salad from the lettuce and spinach we have already grown, it looks really good. |
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WitchMisspelled
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You're smarter than I am to have figured it out! I have been hacking, sneezing and rubbing my eyes since early February. I thought I had some low level virus! IT's never started this early here before. But we've also had a ridiculously mild winter in Southeastern NY. |
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quietprepr
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Here in California, we have had almost no rain this winter and allergy season started in February for me! Ugh...allergy pills for me too! QP |
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"Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival." - W. Edwards Deming
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WitchMisspelled
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I don't know where people are, but allergy season started here ridiculously early. I didn't realize it until I finally took an allergy pill yesterday. Persistent cough gone! |
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CindyLou
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I just added another bottle of TUMS to my OTC meds. This info MIGHT be of some help if you have persistant coughing from the coronavirus. Try nibbling on a very small piece of a TUMS. (antacid). I discovered last year that I could stop my persisant cough from a common cold for about 20 minutes if I dissolved a very tiny piece of tums in my mouth. The coughing stopped almost instantly, but the effect wore off after about 20 minutes...So then I dissolved another very tiny piece on my tongue. I kept it up all day long. I did get relief all day using this method. Every day I went through about 2 or 3 tums. It was irritation in the back of my throat that caused the cough. |
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socalmom
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I ordered this one https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07SKMDFV2 I hope it's decent. I also got this https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QRW7FHB to charge cell phones too. For my apap I got this https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074N8G8C7 which will run it for several nights without the humidifier going (I don't use the humidifier anyway). I just wish I could find a way to charge the maxoak battery other than the house, but I haven't solved that issue yet. I thought about getting solar panels but the battery manufacturer recommended against using solar panels to charge it. |
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hachiban08
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I also have a Forester. I wonder if mine has that. 🤔 I've had a hand crank/solar powered radio for years though - still works thankfully. Finally got fitted for custom knee braces and should have them in a couple weeks. If anything, I'll be able to move around easier. |
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Be prepared! It may be time....^_^v
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FluMom
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Purchased all my cow and compost my mulch for my garden in two months. Have all my seeds a small green house 7’x3’x30” to start plants at the end of the month. Have my final lists made, freezers cleaned out and final needed items coming in. Planning to SIP until August if I need or longer. |
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WitchMisspelled
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I can recommend this one. I've had it for better than 10 years. I did have to change the solar battery but it was my own fault for forgetting about it for over a year. |
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KiminNM
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Thanks for the reminder CRS - I need to make sure my hand crank radio that has been in my emergency kit for 28 years still works. (Huh, it's got a solar option too. And batteries. And still works! ) I have NOAA weather available in my car (a 2003 Subaru Forester), and also in a battery powered bathroom radio. And a separate solar charger. |
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CRS, DrPH
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Everyone should have a NOAA emergency radio. This one has hand crank & PV solar cell for charging, a REALLY bright LED light, cell-phone charger etc. Amazon has lots to choose from, this one sold out after I bought it!! Yikes! |
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Tabitha111
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Adding to the Fire extinguishers...if you have two or more floors...put one on each floor. I have one in the kitchen and one in my bedroom. They also say sleeping with your bedroom door closed will give you more time if there is a fire...more time to live, more time to get out, or to grab the extinguisher. |
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'A man who does not think and plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.'
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socalmom
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FIRE EXTINGUISHERS! |
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EdwinSm,
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Put some tomato seeds in the planter boxes. These are now "heirloom" seeds from a previous crop. |
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socalmom
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I bought a sewing machine today and some accessories for it. I haven't sewed in ages, but I'm concerned that our global economy is going to suffer consequences which will impact our lives. Goods shipped from other countries are already being delayed. Of course we are all stocking up on meds. I've seen electronics impacted already (the $399 oculus rift vr I purchased a few weeks ago is now going for about $699 last I checked). A lot of our clothes here in the US are shipped from other countries. We might need to fix the ones we have rather than replacing them, at least for a short while. And if we get into a deep recession (or even a depression) then we might not even be able to to afford new clothes. I really hope this is just a hiccup, and a short term issue. Besides I have been losing a lot of weight lately (66 lbs since Nov) and I don't want to replace my wardrobe because I'd like to lose more first. So I will sew. |
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FluMom
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OH, my lettuce is growing in my grow tower...I am so excited! |
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FluMom
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Well today I made a holder for my plywood. It is all organized nicely now. I have to get 3 more boards but I think they will fit fine with my son helping me to shift things. I had to get the wood off of the garage floor which gets wet from snow melting off my car. Organized one messy shed the others are great so that is all done. I will have lots of time 2 weeks from now to organized and clean when I am off work. The rest of my garage need a huge overhaul will do this spring! |
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KiwiMum
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i'm still busy putting in winter veg in the garden. I'd like as much fresh food as possible to be available to us over the next 6 months. I've also done another order for microgreen seeds. We grow these on a window sill that doesn't get direct sun. |
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KiminNM
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I finally got the rest of my prescriptions yesterday. I have two controlled prescriptions that I fill every month, but I have a couple of extra months so I can skip going out then if appropriate. Waiting for a few more shipments to arrive. Have two or three things left to get at the store but I have to do a lot of shuffling to make room first. (Prepping in a tiny apartment is a huge challenge!) Went through all my opened expired hand sanitizer and added 91% alcohol to it to make it usable. dropped one of the old containers on the floor and it shattered so my entire apartment smells like gross hand sanitizer. I won't do that again... Be easier to just use alcohol straight from the bottle. I do need to get more alcohol to drink, and medical cannabis! |
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Penham
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I ordered a large bag of cat food off Amazon. Then went to our local store early this morning to pick up a few extras, only about 3-4 people in the store. |
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KiminNM
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I spent most of today organizing and doing a better job of taking an inventory, and in the process discovered I was almost out of one of the main ingredients for cat food that I make. Lesson learned: look through every single cabinet, closet, drawer and shelf! |
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KiwiMum
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We're lucky with the timing of this. It's early morning here and a balmy 22 degs, end of summer. Autumn is just starting so we can still plant. It used to snow here but we haven't had good snow in 8 years now. I'm also planting up my greenhouse this week just in case. And this weekend we'll shoot a pig and process that. |
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Newbie1A
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KiwiMum, I envy you. Here the day was spent plowing the snow from yard/drive, had a good old fashioned snowstorm on Sat...guess it will be awhile before planting outside here! LOL |
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Newbie1A
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That may very well be the safest point to be at. Everyone has an agenda - create/don't create panic, save face, never admit mistakes, make $$ etc Numbers don't lie (at least not on their own) - so maybe try to focus on the numbers/stats we have - the charts are good and the exponential rates seems to be consistent whether you start at 1 or 100. Follow your gut, God gave us instincts for a reason. |
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Pixie
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Went out at 8:00am, grocery store empty,yeah! Till I checked out and the cashier sneezed without even covering her face. I've been so careful,now I'll sit and worry if she was infected. |
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Well Said! |
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quietprepr
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Tabitha, There are so many mixed messages that the truth is hard to find. In times like this, I retreat into facts. Like Babycat’s charts. No opinion, just facts. What are the numbers and how are they growing or shrinking? I tell everyone I know not to panic and to keep prepping. Hope this helps. QP |
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Penham
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Your father made a smart decision. There's a second death in Washington, and several more states reporting infections this morning. This is spreading quickly. |
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Tabitha111
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Talked to a few of my family members last night....my father (who has battled and overcome stomach cancer and is 89!) has forbidden one of my sister's and her husband to come over to the house for 14 days after they have just returned from a cruise! I am glad...lol...that shows me that he is taking this seriously although I suppose we could say that is over the top.. |
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Penham
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We also have the advantage of seeing a preview, watching what it's doing in other countries. So far none have lost utilities that we know of. Of course that doesn't mean it won't happen later. |
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quietprepr
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I agree...about my debatable sanity and the unlikely nature of big disruptions! QP |
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Technophobe
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KM, most of us here are extreme-to-the-point-of-debatable-sanity preppers. I can't predict with any certanty what will happen. Having said that, collapse of such services is massively unlikely. I can see shortages of supplies - in the short term, shortages of medical facilities - long to medium term , a small risk from the virus itself - growing larger the older you are and some potentially draconian quarrantine "experiments". Power cuts and similar are quite likely, big disruption not so much. |
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