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  • #992
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    theemigrant wrote: »
    Could u not just wrap a handful of tea bags in kitchen foil??..

    Totally, but I like the Lyons coffee bags which are foil wrapped and I've had the the foil packed Tetley Tea bags before and found them handy. About 9 cents each for tea bags is a bit expensive but I know they'll still be good if I don't use them for another 12-18 months.


  • #993
    obsidianclock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 158 ✭✭obsidianclock


    Since we're on the subject have loaded up on 12 boxes of Earl Grey, my fave tea... now if I can only find a way to preserve milk to weather the apocalypse! :)


  • #994
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    obsidianclock wrote: »
    now if I can only find a way to preserve milk to weather the apocalypse! :)

    whole-milk-uht.jpg

    Works fine as long as you never drink it neat.


  • #995
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    obsidianclock wrote: »
    Since we're on the subject have loaded up on 12 boxes of Earl Grey, my fave tea... now if I can only find a way to preserve milk to weather the apocalypse! :)

    Always used to use Marvel, but I don't like the paper "cans" it comes in now. If you take a lot of sugar in tea then tins of Condensed Milk are perfect.


  • #996
    wolfeye
    Registered Users Posts: 428 ✭✭wolfeye


    Picked up 3 pairs of chunky wool blend socks in a pack (38% wool) in Aldi this evening.
    Just 1.99 euro,cant go wrong with that.
    Suitable boot socks for hiking.


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  • #997
    ShadowFox
    Registered Users Posts: 4,111 ✭✭✭ShadowFox


    Tabnabs wrote: »
    whole-milk-uht.jpg

    Works fine as long as you never drink it neat.
    I keep 6 liters of uht milk if you can keep it cold it's fine for cereal also


  • #998
    mawk
    Registered Users Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭mawk


    I don't have much milk but my girlfriend can't have tea without. So I habitually have no milk when I'm on my own for a few days.

    To get around this I recently bought both uht and powdered milk. Using the powdered first as an experiment. Looks weird going in but tastes just fine according to her. I've had uht in coffee plenty before moving to black coffee, its ok. Not great straight but not too noticeable in coffee


  • #999
    mawk
    Registered Users Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭mawk


    Oh and on general topic, this week I rebuilt my fireplace, lined the chimney and installed a stove.
    It was a testicle load of work but should hopefully pay off


  • #1000
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    Nothing as strenuous as mawk and something I was doing anyway and then realised it had an S&SS application.

    Bought a second hand net-book for use in the car and on trips to see relatives in the UK, I just wanted something cheap and small I could show the rest of the family photos on. Once I had it all set up leaving space for photos I still have 200GB of space spare for survival manuals and technical info. To make it even more useful I bought a car charger and will get a couple of spare batteries. The net-book is hardly used with a good battery that does over 4 hours on a charge (reading at low screen illumination) but still think at least one extra battery would be handy.

    Nothing fancy in the the Net-book its an Acer Aspire D255 €100 S/H, I know everyone else is buying touch screen devices but this does exactly what I want.


  • #1001
    obsidianclock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 158 ✭✭obsidianclock


    New First Aid KIt c/o the good people of St. John's Ambulance and am going to look into First Aid courses in my area.

    Researched methods to keep your home warm without use of central heating or fireplace... Watching lots of "stove porn" - have my eye on a RangeMaster, oh yeah... :-D


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  • #1002
    aaakev
    Registered Users Posts: 3,088 ✭✭✭aaakev


    put up sensor security lights on the side and back of the house today. Very happy with them!


  • #1003
    obsidianclock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 158 ✭✭obsidianclock


    aaakev wrote: »
    put up sensor security lights on the side and back of the house today. Very happy with them!

    Nice one aaakkev,

    One of my neighbours used to have these. I saw people skulking around who froze like a rabbi when the security light went on and scuttled off. Come the Apocalypse they may not work but in the meantime... :)


  • #1004
    aaakev
    Registered Users Posts: 3,088 ✭✭✭aaakev


    obsidianclock wrote: »
    Nice one aaakkev,

    One of my neighbours used to have these. I saw people skulking around who froze like a rabbi when the security light went on and scuttled off. Come the Apocalypse they may not work but in the meantime... :)

    €11 each in b&q and a couple of hours fitting, definitely worth doing!


  • #1005
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    obsidianclock wrote: »
    Nice one aaakkev,

    One of my neighbours used to have these. I saw people skulking around who froze like a rabbi when the security light went on and scuttled off. Come the Apocalypse they may not work but in the meantime... :)

    That conjurers up an image :D


  • #1006
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    aaakev wrote: »
    €11 each in b&q and a couple of hours fitting, definitely worth doing!

    A good tip I picked up is to run a silicone bead around the inside of the lens to seal the opening there and also around the inside of the box containing the chipboard and wiring. Just weather proof the whole thing to give it a longer life.


  • #1007
    aaakev
    Registered Users Posts: 3,088 ✭✭✭aaakev


    Tabnabs wrote: »
    A good tip I picked up is to run a silicone bead around the inside of the lens to seal the opening there and also around the inside of the box containing the chipboard and wiring. Just weather proof the whole thing to give it a longer life.

    They are rated at ip55 so well sealed as is!


  • #1008
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    aaakev wrote: »
    They are rated at ip55 so well sealed as is!

    It might say that, but they also cost you €11 in B&Q ;)

    (Tip was given to me by an electrician who has put up thousands of these at this stage)

    The other tip was to put a dab of silicon in the screw head for the lens opening. They often rust and when you need to change the bulb, the screwdriver just gouges out the groves in the screw head leaving you cursing and a bigger job than necessary.


  • #1009
    aaakev
    Registered Users Posts: 3,088 ✭✭✭aaakev


    Tabnabs wrote: »
    It might say that, but they also cost you €11 in B&Q ;)

    (Tip was given to me by an electrician who has put up thousands of these at this stage)

    The other tip was to put a dab of silicon in the screw head for the lens opening. They often rust and when you need to change the bulb, the screwdriver just gouges out the groves in the screw head leaving you cursing and a bigger job than necessary.

    Haha point taken man!


  • #1010
    ShadowFox
    Registered Users Posts: 4,111 ✭✭✭ShadowFox


    obsidianclock wrote: »
    Nice one aaakkev,

    One of my neighbours used to have these. I saw people skulking around who froze like a rabbi when the security light went on and scuttled off. Come the Apocalypse they may not work but in the meantime... :)

    Check out the solar powered ones just as bright but 4 times the price I've 2 mains ones set up and 1 solar


  • #1011
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    Bought a 35m length of jute string in Tiger for €1. It's enough to last me a long time and I might try to encase some in candle wax to see if it will prolong the flame. I need to use all those candle stubs I hoarded over christmas!


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  • #1012
    ShadowFox
    Registered Users Posts: 4,111 ✭✭✭ShadowFox


    Took the drum out of an old clothes dryer to make it into a fire pit. Made some pallet seats for the garden and the brother in law "borrowed " them so waiting on resupply to make more


  • #1013
    GY A1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,246 ✭✭✭GY A1


    ShadowFox wrote: »
    Took the drum out of an old clothes dryer to make it into a fire pit. Made some pallet seats for the garden and the brother in law "borrowed " them so waiting on resupply to make more

    Have drum out of washing machine here to with fire pit in mind. Any pics of garden seats


  • #1014
    tommy2bad
    Registered Users Posts: 4,255 ✭✭✭tommy2bad


    GY A1 wrote: »
    Have drum out of washing machine here to with fire pit in mind. Any pics of garden seats

    Heres two pics of seats I made from pallets, the second one is the nicest but depends on getting the right pallet.


  • #1015
    lostboy75
    Registered Users Posts: 483 ✭✭lostboy75


    Doing a course in the national biodiversity data centre in Waterford Today.
    "mammal tracking - in conjunction with mammals in a sustainable environment".
    they run quite a few courses through out the year And is worth keeping an eye on.
    very interesting so far, enjoyable


  • #1016
    davycc
    Registered Users Posts: 9,019 ✭✭✭davycc


    picked up some lidls mircrofleece towels and the giant glowsticks and the 100 tea candles last week and I found the 100% cotton cloths in my car valet kit! just need some tiny tins and i can try making some char cloth and hobo heater thingys.. got the knive delivered this morning from a boardsie..Andujar 440 steel kind of like a poor mans bowie


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  • #1017
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    Just started back this week getting firewood for next winter.

    My old trailer had just about rusted out so bought a new one when there was some sort of weird one day online sale at Halfords iirc saved me 19% off the price of this one which was the biggest I could afford.

    Old trailer was almost twice the size but the new one is really light and handles very well making it a lot easier to move by hand at the yard I get offcuts from. Also easier to get right up to the woodshed at home for unloading. One reason for getting this particular trailer is that it easily tips up on end for storage (rear lights are recessed) so I can store it undercover that way it shouldn't rust out like the last one. Annoyingly its just a centimeter too narrow to take a pallet flat on the bed.

    We burn a lot of wood and this week so far I've shifted 4 full loads and it looks like a full load is just short of a weeks heating and cooking if necessary in bad weather. I'm looking to get at least another 10 full loads in to cover next winter.


  • #1018
    Kevhog1988
    Registered Users Posts: 3,959 ✭✭✭Kevhog1988


    Im refurbing this trailer for the same purpose :) also attached a pic of some of our stockpile. Dad gets it in work


  • #1019
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    A lot of my timber is small bits (as small as 1 inch squares) stored in old coal sacks. Its a lot of work to get it but because of that no one else bothers with it because they want big lumps of timber. It can also be wet so needs collecting early so its can dry out. The small offcuts are great in a multifuel cooker where you can feed the fuel in from the top. One full coal sack full is enough to cook a meal on, heat water and keep the kitchen warm for 4-6 hours.


  • #1020
    Kevhog1988
    Registered Users Posts: 3,959 ✭✭✭Kevhog1988


    my3cents wrote: »
    A lot of my timber is small bits (as small as 1 inch squares) stored in old coal sacks. Its a lot of work to get it but because of that no one else bothers with it because they want big lumps of timber. It can also be wet so needs collecting early so its can dry out. The small offcuts are great in a multifuel cooker where you can feed the fuel in from the top. One full coal sack full is enough to cook a meal on, heat water and keep the kitchen warm for 4-6 hours.

    Where do you get it out of interest??


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  • #1021
    anvilfour
    Closed Accounts Posts: 720 ✭✭✭anvilfour


    tommy2bad wrote: »
    Heres two pics of seats I made from pallets, the second one is the nicest but depends on getting the right pallet.

    This is amazing Tommy, how did you do it? I've always admired people who are good with their hands.


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