Susie's Practical Preps

[tutusue]

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ewww tutu!!!!

Bodymint pills means GREEN DOO DOO everywhere!!! during a pandemic...that's the last thing i like see....

There must be a post related to bodymint here in HT.... but however.... I tried them... makes the doo doo go bright green!

I can't believe this thread has gotten to this point!!!

What point? <tee hee!>

Think about it, Manoa. During a pandemic, with everyone throwing their plastic bags full of doo doo outta car and house windows (you did read those posts, right?!!!), wouldya rather have it smell or not smell? That is the question!

Jeez...green...brown...makes no difference to me. I remember all the post-carrot and squash orange diapers I usta change! And, the green spinach diapers!!!

And, while I have no affiliation with Body Mint, it does what it says it'll do. It's in my hurricane kits!

Ok, I've bottomed out with this thread! Time to get back to work!

[craigwatanabe]

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I use towels for a few days, too. But keep in mind you're not just drying off a clean body -- you're also rubbing off dead skin cells, which end up on the towel!

ewww!

That's why I use those Japanese scouring bath towels that pretty much take off those nasty dead cells during the shower.

When I hang up my towel I put it under a ceiling fan so it dries out sooner than later.

One never realizes how to conserve or save until they are the ones that have to buy it...repeatedly.

My kids leave the lights on, their computer on, virtually everything on and I pay the $350 per month electric bill. I simply turn it off despite their downloading the latest song or movie from whatever P2P software their using. When they get mad I simply tell them, "okay you pay for the electric bill next time when I sell your computer okay?"

[lurkah]

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Jeez...green...brown...makes no difference to me. I remember all the post-carrot and squash orange diapers I usta change! And, the green spinach diapers!!!

Egads, tutu, I'm glad I already had lunch.

In olden days Japan, the people who took care of such things could be heard scurrying around under the floorboards of whatever outhouses people frequented as they switched out the containers positioned beneath said outhouses to collect all of the "deposits" to be later used as fertilizer for their vegetable and flower gardens...something that might also work in today's world for those who could use it in similar ways. Just thought I'd toss in that pandemic scenario-ed possibility for taking care of excess effluent while the tossing was good.

[sinjin]

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SusieMisajon is the pandemic and I see many have been infected. You pottymouths.

[SusieMisajon]

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It goes on sale at Long's for under $10. And the directions indicate needing to take 2 tablets a day. One tablet a day truly is sufficient! So...under $10 for a 2 month supply...that's $90.

May I ask....does your skin smell 'minty'? Does it come in other flavors...lemon verbena, lavender, basil, or rose, maybe? Could you do a home-made version? Other than eating lots of garlic or curry, that is.

[SusieMisajon]

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Egads, tutu, I'm glad I already had lunch.

In olden days Japan, the people who took care of such things could be heard scurrying around under the floorboards of whatever outhouses people frequented as they switched out the containers positioned beneath said outhouses to collect all of the "deposits" to be later used as fertilizer for their vegetable and flower gardens...something that might also work in today's world for those who could use it in similar ways. Just thought I'd toss in that pandemic scenario-ed possibility for taking care of excess effluent while the tossing was good.

The 'garden bucket'. Line a sturdy bucket with newspaper (does anyone remember when we used to do rubbish cans, that way?), and put some dirt into the bottom. Keep the bucket in a corner of the kitchen. Throw in anything that's compostable, and do your business in there, too. Keep a bit of dirt handy, for covering up the stuff (just like your kitty does). When full, dump in in a trough, in the garden. Plant slow-growing brassicas (cabbage) first, instead of roots or salads.

[SusieMisajon]

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SusieMisajon is the pandemic and I see many have been infected. You pottymouths.

Am I the only one, speaking of such things, in the entire world? Sometimes, I feel that way.

[SusieMisajon]

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If you happen to be pregnant, during a period of chaos, you might have to give birth at home, with no medical personnel in attendance.

Would you know what to do? Would your partner?

It isn't as if this has never been done, before. Medical births are fairly new, but for most of us, they are the only ones that we know about. Many of us (me included) just assume that the hospital is gonna do everything, and all that we have to do is to show up for the event, clutching our valise, and counting on family and friends to come and 'ohhh' and 'ahhh', while we spend a week or ten days relaxing with bedside meals and clean sheets every day.

Even if you ignore the fact that you are pregnant, and don't 'help' in any way, at all, the birth is gonna happen, when the time comes. So get yourself as ready as you can be. Read up on it, ask your Granny how it used to be done, or befriend a midwife...but get yourself prepared, just in case.

If you have a partner, or someone that will be there, to help you, they need to read up, as well. Maybe even more than you do...I was of no use, to anyone, during my 'confinements', I even remember telling my husband to let me up, and that I was gonna go home, screw all of this. (that was after I had locked myself in the hospital room toilet, and they had to come and unpick the lock, and drag me to the labour room)(no joking)

And get yourself a good partner...mine fainted, and went away, to be fed white wine and cake, while I was refused even water.

In the old movies, there was always a yell, "Get hot water!", when a birth was imminent. This is a consideration...suppose that your electric water heater is not working? A gas hotplate and a butane bottle would solve this one. (remember the matches) A couple of big pots would help, too...that way, one could be heating, while you are 'serving' the other. And, no forget, if the electric is out, so might be the water supply, so you need to be thinking about a stock of water.

Babies don't always come during the daytime, either. I couldn't imagine giving birth by myself, in the dark. Prep list: CANDLES and matches. And a good candle holder, that won't let the fire tip out and become a big problem.

A stock of birthing supplies (can you believe it, I've had four, and have NO idea of what that stock might look like). Get some information, about this one...all that I can think to tell you, is to NOT cut the cord with anything that could give you, or the baby, tetanus. (of course, YOU'LL have gotten all of your immunizations up to date, right?)

And, after all is said and done, birth control, to space the agony out a bit.

[tutusue]

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May I ask....does your skin smell 'minty'? Does it come in other flavors...lemon verbena, lavender, basil, or rose, maybe? Could you do a home-made version? Other than eating lots of garlic or curry, that is.

You can check it out here. The point of the product is it eliminates odors. It doesn't substitute one for another. There's nothing minty about it. Eating lots of garlic is just substituting another odor...and a potent one at that. B.O. or garlic breath. Whatta choice! It's not about 'flavors'. My guess is it would taste pretty nasty if you chewed it. You can try a homemade version if you'd like.

[MadAzza]

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Keep the bucket in a corner of the kitchen. Throw in anything that's compostable, and do your business in there, too.

OMG. Susie, please tell me you don't s*** in your kitchen, and never would under any circumstances.

[SusieMisajon]

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OMG. Susie, please tell me you don't s*** in your kitchen, and never would under any circumstances.

No, not anymore. That was another lifetime ago. We moved. Anyways, it wasn't 'in the kitchen', it was 'in a bucket'.

(PS don't tell my Mom)

[sinjin]

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Am I the only one, speaking of such things, in the entire world? Sometimes, I feel that way.

No, of course you're not. But one wonders why the obsession with apocalypse? In my experience it is a perverse form of wishful thinking.

[Glen Miyashiro]

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But one wonders why the obsession with apocalypse? In my experience it is a perverse form of wishful thinking.

Since sinjin brought up religion... Susie, are you a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? Your concerns about self-sufficiency sound like things I have heard before from Mormons. As I understand it, they're supposed to try to keep a year's supply of food and water for their household. I'm not sure if it's because of their historical roots in 19th-century pioneer America, or if they just expect the Apocalypse any day now.

[SusieMisajon]

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No, of course you're not. But one wonders why the obsession with apocalypse? In my experience it is a perverse form of wishful thinking.

Are you kidding? I've got four little kids, that have me to count on. The only wishful thinking that I'm doing is hoping that I AM lolo, and this won't happen.

[SusieMisajon]

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Since sinjin brought up religion... Susie, are you a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? Your concerns about self-sufficiency sound like things I have heard before from Mormons. As I understand it, they're supposed to try to keep a year's supply of food and water for their household. I'm not sure if it's because of their historical roots in 19th-century pioneer America, or if they just expect the Apocalypse any day now.

No, I'm not Mormon. My Dad, like so many Filipinos, was Catholic, and my Mom, Protestant. If we'd lived in Ireland, that might've been a problem, but it never was, for us.

I think I've been baptised as a Protestant, but I'm not sure. My kids are not baptised, neither do they go to church, although I tell them about angels, and say that they'll be ones, when their body has died. They can choose for themselves, when they get bigger. We're believers in something, anyway....not just that dead is the end. When we took our pig to the slaughterhouse, the kids went into the church, here, and lit a candle for him. I thought that was a nice thing to do.

I think that the Mormons do what they do...prepardedness, I belive they call it...for several reasons, besides religion. Job loss and disaster relief come to mind. If you are prepared, then the government doesn't have to be your nanny, and can help those that really need it. Surely, there must be some Mormons, in here, that can answer this?