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27-09-2019, 06:05 PM | #1 | |||
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So, with Halloween around the corner, and Boris maybecrashing us out, has anybody actually began any stockpiling?
Emergency rations etc |
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27-09-2019, 07:06 PM | #2 | ||
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As with the "beast from the east", my main concern is other people panic buying... Resulting in me panic buying... So yeah, nothing survivalist or anything but we'll make sure we have enough food in to last a while and also keep topping off on fuel rather than letting the car run dry like we usually do... So if worst comes to worst we can flee... Somewhere... Without having to worry about fuel shortages . I can get a good 600 miles on a tank.
And hey if it comes right down to it, we live near a clean fresh water source and deer and I have a bow . |
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27-09-2019, 07:24 PM | #3 | |||
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My hubby calls me his warbride, because I have always bought extras, especially when on offer. We will just have to go with the flow. See how it pans out. |
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27-09-2019, 08:18 PM | #4 | ||
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Got meds for extra 2 months
Stock up on a few essentials that wont go to waste regardless |
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27-09-2019, 08:35 PM | #5 | ||
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3 of my medications are on 'the list' of stuff that will apparently possibly be problematic. 1 of my meds is hard enough to get at the best of times, nevermind if theres a shortage. However, my lovely GPs refuse to give me more than a 2 week supply of my most needed medication at a time. Which is fantastic as even now, the chemist never has it (despite knowing I will need it every fortnight as I have used them for years...) and theres a ridiculous **** about where they keep telling me its ordered, its ordered which often ends up in me missing whole days worth of it which is pure torture as its my main pain med and am on a very high dose too (tapentadol - 500mgs per day). When its over a day, I sometimes go into opiate withdrawal ontop of the pain, which is also fantastic of course So not hopeful at all for that one, if the shortages do happen. But of course, listening to those who really don;t give a crap about anything besides some fantasy of Brexit they are holding onto in their heads..its just people trying to panic us and scare us into delaying, or not leaving! Go brexit!!! No problems to be seen here, not at all. Same as how the possibility of no deal was just scaremongering too, no way would that ever ever happen in a million years! Despite sarcasm about it though, it really is freaking me out Not that concerned about food tbh. If prices rise, I will deal. We have a cupboard full of tins and stuff and have a spare freezer for backup for random skint times so will manage. But the meds thing is stressing me so much..am actually half seriously considering ordering some from silkroad (or whatever it is these days) but then stressing incase it gets intercepted by customs and am done for buying drugs!
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27-09-2019, 08:37 PM | #6 | |||
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i'm 30 mins drive from France so I know what I will do
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27-09-2019, 10:38 PM | #7 | ||
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I get 2 months at the time and basically lied I lost my bag of meds bc my rucksack got stolen. I read stories of people getting refused extra scripts so went with a lie and got a new script issued |
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28-09-2019, 06:01 AM | #8 | |||
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I have a few months meds in hand.
Diabetic insulin, needles, testing strips and lancets, along with the Metformin. I have 19 items on my script, plus sharps box. You are allowed to order your script up to 10 days early now, our surgery suggests 7-10 days so that you have plenty of time to get your meds. Needless to say mine go in early every month, used to be a couple of days but the week is better. My concern is my none repeat antibiotics. I can go months without them, then I can go a long spell on them, changing type every 7-14 days depending on course. I take a minimum of 540 tablets a month plus anywhere up to another 112 antibiotics a month. |
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28-09-2019, 06:16 AM | #9 | |||
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What..what will you do? They'll be no nipping in an out of France like you do now, they'll be a hard border, taxes and controls on what comes in and out.
Your I'm alright jack might be a bit premature.
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28-09-2019, 06:21 AM | #10 | |||
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With regard to stock piling I don’t see the point, like how much can you actually stock pile anyway and it’s things like fruit and veg that might be in short supply and you can’t stockpile that, fuel, again you cant really do too much other than fill the car up, feel sorry for anyone on meds as we don’t really know how that will pan out or anything for that matter...
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28-09-2019, 06:24 AM | #11 | |||
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28-09-2019, 06:51 AM | #12 | |||
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Slightly concerned perhaps. Hopefully if we do crash out, supplies can come direct from manufacturers outside of the EU direct. Last edited by smudgie; 28-09-2019 at 06:52 AM. |
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28-09-2019, 07:21 AM | #13 | |||
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No! I don't suffer from paranoia.
The only way we'll become Venezuela is if Corbyn, McDonnell, Abbott and Thornberry ever get into office. As they worship the Venezuelan socialism. Last edited by Alf; 28-09-2019 at 07:26 AM. |
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28-09-2019, 09:18 AM | #14 | ||
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That will almost certainly happen again if we have a no-deal Brexit. |
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28-09-2019, 09:50 AM | #15 | |||
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28-09-2019, 09:56 AM | #16 | ||
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We won't have freedom of movement so there's no guarantee we'll even be able to go to France . Our EU passports will be invalid.
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28-09-2019, 11:15 AM | #17 | ||
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But that will change with no deal won't it |
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28-09-2019, 11:21 AM | #18 | |||
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do i understand it correctly with a hard border, you need to state details of the reasons of your visit into a EU country because in some countries for example australia's border/customs system you have either ''tourist visa'' or a ''work visa''
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28-09-2019, 11:29 AM | #19 | |||
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I meant as we paddle there in a dingy!
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28-09-2019, 11:32 AM | #20 | |||
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Aw shouldn't mock he's English, thinks he can go where he wants when he wants for as long as he wants :/
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28-09-2019, 11:48 AM | #21 | ||
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28-09-2019, 12:56 PM | #22 | |||
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The economy of Calais relies on British day trips, they would never stop that. Last edited by bitontheslide; 28-09-2019 at 12:59 PM. |
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28-09-2019, 12:56 PM | #23 | |||
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Mmmm David walliams drooooollll
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28-09-2019, 01:41 PM | #24 | ||
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I'm sure there will indeed come to be easy Visa-free travel between the UK and EU countries... unfortunately there is absolutely NOTHING in place for us crashing out with no deal, and you may find that popping to France for the day isn't as easy as you'd hoped. |
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28-09-2019, 02:10 PM | #25 | |||
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