Things We Did and Do to Get Trough a Challenging Issue and Times

Memories of a young boy in the late 1940s.

It's easy to wax lyrical about the magic of the past, but the years immediately after WW2 in the towns and cities of the UK were no picnic.
Whole streets of houses flattened by the bombs, and people who's houses were gone having to shack up in friends or relatives houses, usually in two up, two down terraced houses, and 20 to 30 people crammed in like sardines in a tin. No bathrooms or indoor toilets, just a row of buckets of water in a tiny back yard and one outside toilet. Folks sitting in the street eating because there was no room inside the house, OK when the weather was fine, but awful in the winter months. Then the government and local councils began to 'throw up' prefabricated houses. We got one and we felt like millionaires because it had a small bathroom and there were no bedbugs.
There were very few 'green' places to go to, so for us kids our playgrounds were the areas (bomb sites) were there was once houses.

The camaraderie from that time is what is missing today, but the comforts I now enjoy I wouldn't swap. :)

A typical playground.

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We don't watch tv or the news to keep tension and anxiety low. We stream movies and tv shows commercial free on smart tv. Cable tv shows have too many annoying commercials for my taste and as far as watching the news, eventually I will know what I need to know..
 
Mr. Ed said:
We don't watch tv or the news to keep tension and anxiety low. We stream movies and tv shows commercial free on smart tv. Cable tv shows have too many annoying commercials for my taste and as far as watching the news, eventually I will know what I need to know..
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If/when I watch TV it is usually Tango Charlie Mike.
 
I'm not a prepper , but I am always prepared as best as I can for the unseen or unexpected...it comes from growing up poor, and having nothing... ..
I have several freezers which are stocked with food... I have a stock of dried & canned good , as well as soap, TP, and everything else needed for a time of shortages.... in the Barn..

I have tools which will take care of all household or outdoor jobs...

I have 2 forms of energy in this house, gas and electric, so if we lose one we have the other. ( for heating or cooking) . and if we were to lose both have a butane gas stove in the shed.. solar lights, and solar torches.. as well as candles..

ETA : One thing I don't have is a generator, I might look at getting one of those ..I'd need it for the elctricity required for all the re-chargeables, like Ipad, phone, Kindle... my desktop... and the humidifiers in the barn keeping the food from getting damp
 
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oldpop said:
P38 and P51 military can openers. Small and functional.

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Still have mine from basic....
 
Thing that helps me the most is to remember that nothing (including me) lasts forever and that dead is dead; so once I'm dead, I won't be suffering anymore, no more loneliness, no more regrets, no more sadness, no more worry or fear, because no more me. I've tried a lot of other things (religion, meditation, alcohol, trying to make friends, etc.) and this works the best of anything I've tried.
 
officerripley said:
Thing that helps me the most is to remember that nothing (including me) lasts forever and that dead is dead; so once I'm dead, I won't be suffering anymore, no more loneliness, no more regrets, no more sadness, no more worry or fear, because no more me. I've tried a lot of other things (religion, meditation, alcohol, trying to make friends, etc.) and this works the best of anything I've tried.
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It really does, also I keep two option in mind,

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Or my favorite Let's Roll from flight 93
 
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This is a sales pitch for their survival kits and prepper stuff. Not sure if that's what you intended to link.

Like @hollydolly in post #34, I maintain good stocks of frozen, canned and dried foods that we typically eat, have many gallons of bottled water, plus a full pool for bathing and non-ingesting uses, hygiene supplies, fireplace wood, gas and electric into the house plus a propane camping stove and BBQ, plus a fully stocked RV.

DH and I could easily survive for many months with just what's in our canned and dried food pantry. Sure, after a while we'd be down to mostly rice, beans, pasta, peanut butter, and whatever I'd create with flour and other dry goods, but we'd manage just fine.

Like a lot of people in our age group, my emergency stores are also intended as a backup safety net for my children. One never fully stops parenting...
 
StarSong said:
This is a sales pitch for their survival kits and prepper stuff. Not sure if that's what you intended to link.

Like @hollydolly in post #34, I maintain good stocks of frozen, canned, and dried foods that we typically eat, have many gallons of bottled water, plus a full pool for bathing and non-ingesting uses, hygiene supplies, fireplace wood, gas and electric into the house plus a propane camping stove and BBQ, plus a fully stocked RV.

DH and I could easily survive for many months with just what's in our canned and dried food pantry. Sure, after a while we'd be down to mostly rice, beans, pasta, peanut butter, and whatever I'd create with flour and other dry goods, but we'd manage just fine.

Like a lot of people in our age group, my emergency stores are also intended as a backup safety net for my children. One never fully stops parenting...
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I did not buy a thing from them, I got what was needed from HSN and agree, can goods, dried fruit works as well. Besides, they are overpriced. I put together what works for my situation.
 
StarSong said:
Di not but fim themThis is a sales pitch for their survival kits and prepper stuff. Not sure if that's what you intended to link.

Like @hollydolly in post #34, I maintain good stocks of frozen, canned and dried foods that we typically eat, have many gallons of bottled water, plus a full pool for bathing and non-ingesting uses, hygiene supplies, fireplace wood, gas and electric into the house plus a propane camping stove and BBQ, plus a fully stocked RV.

DH and I could easily survive for many months with just what's in our canned and dried food pantry. Sure, after a while we'd be down to mostly rice, beans, pasta, peanut butter, and whatever I'd create with flour and other dry goods, but we'd manage just fine.

Like a lot of people in our age group, my emergency stores are also intended as a backup safety net for my children. One never fully stops parenting...
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Just notice the information, no need to but I did not. Sorry...
 

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