prepared for the worst

[Ken L]

Woefull I'm afraid. Despite moving out of the city, I don't even have a barbie yet.

I did prety much decide that at some point I'll lay in a good suply of bottled water and dry food but I've not had chance to do it yet nor set up things like contingency lighting.

I really should because as the good people of Cumbria show all to well, you never can tell.

[chesters1]

perhaps sods law pops up and if you are prepared you will never use it ?

[Jim Roper]

I had a 3.3KVA diesel generator until somebody stole it a month ago.

[chesters1]

buggers ,well now someone else is prepared

[Jim Roper]

buggers ,well now someone else is prepared

 

Not half! They took a 2" petrol-driven water pump at the same time(still in the box!).

 

Perhaps they came from Cumbria and had a premonition.

[chesters1]

Not half! They took a 2" petrol-driven water pump at the same time(still in the box!).

 

Perhaps they came from Cumbria and had a premonition.

 

probably not i would be looking behind me in cumbria theres more upland bogs than lowland ones and with all this rain land slides are on the cards wink.gif

my old boss had a 5kv one ,he tried several but he wanted not only to have his lights but a kettle boiling at the same time ,boy did it drink fuel

it was kept in an outhouse so i rigged up a remote for it so it could be started from indoors .

He was pretty forward thinking on his boat as well i had fun fitting an american night scope (big thing then) on his .5" (metric inch?) machine gun so he could shoot at pirates they lived more in chinese waters then perhaps they now have set up a subsidiary in the indies

 

tip keep a torch in a specific place (we have several dotted about but the most handy is one that sits in the hall ) its a bit pointless having a torch in a powercut then not being able to find it.

you can get some that plug in the mains and come on automatically in a power cut, weve had a couple but the rechargeable batteries die after a year or so so now we just have ordinary ones .the 6D maglite in the hall is our baseball bat as well

now i'v given up smoking that source of light has gone ,well into a drawer just incase i start again

Edited November 26, 2009 by chesters1

[Jim Roper]

probably not

my old boss had a 5kv one ,he tried several but he wanted not only to have his lights but a kettle boiling at the same time ,boy did it drink fuel

 

Mine was supposed to use about a litre an hr, but I hadn't had chance to check. It had only done about 20 hrs, just ready for the first oil change.

I'm picking another one up tomorrow.

[chesters1]

blimey ,insurance? or deep pocket

thought about a small one just for charging but not worth it for the "just in case" scenario ,fitted a split charger to the car instead

heavily frowned apon on campsites so it would have limited use ,if one turned up cheap enough at a boot fair i would probably entertain the thought

Edited November 25, 2009 by chesters1

[Andy Macfarlane]

I mostlly exist in the dark anyway, since I cannot abide bright light anymore, so a bit of dark won't bother me. As long as I can find my cigs, the bread and a block of cheese, I'm laughing. Also, being a Scot, I'm wll used to rain, damp, cold and general misery anyway. No problem. It's bouts of sunshine we have to cope with.

 

[chesters1]

thats ok mushroom growing theory as well ,you wont starve

Edited November 26, 2009 by chesters1