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Post by armedandsafe on Oct 26, 2015 13:21:00 GMT -6
Kitchen, workshop, back bathroom, front bathroom, car trunk (boot), pickup tool box, machine shop, craft shop, sewing room and computer room. (There might be a couple more I've forgotten. ) Pops
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Post by shooteruk on Oct 26, 2015 15:41:43 GMT -6
We have a rat draw, though I never called it that. I try to tidy, sort it regularly. Every ten years whether it needs it or not. Its full of those bits and bobs you just may need, and some I have forgotten what they were for, but keep in case. Much to the annoyance of Mrs T. To be honest, there is so much in it, it no longer closes all the way! Fuses, screws, tubes of glue, plastic metal, a couple of plastic knives (Yes, those, great paint stirrers).
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Post by armedandsafe on Oct 26, 2015 18:48:58 GMT -6
Hmmmmm,I keep plastic chopsticks for paint stirrers. Pops
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Post by red14 on Oct 27, 2015 4:55:35 GMT -6
I have many 'treasures'. I have two 'slop jars', one being fancy (has a lid). I have a rotary phone, actually hard wired to the wall. It still works.
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Post by Luckyn'nooga on Oct 27, 2015 7:52:33 GMT -6
When crawling in the crawlspaces down here, I push a leaf rake before me. So far this has disturbed mr snake and prevented unpleasant encounters.
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Post by red14 on Oct 27, 2015 22:32:03 GMT -6
When crawling in the crawlspaces down here, I push a leaf rake before me. So far this has disturbed mr snake and prevented unpleasant encounters. In deep woods in the South, carrying a little sick vertically in front of you, keeps MR. Spider off your neck too.
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Post by jwrauch on Oct 28, 2015 8:38:46 GMT -6
I do that here in Ky also. JR
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Post by shooteruk on Oct 28, 2015 11:38:08 GMT -6
Funny thing, we dont have crawl spaces. We build mainly in brick, sometimes stone, on top of a concrete foundation. There are damp proof courses built in. Wood houses are rare here.
Being a shooting forum its worth mentioning I noticed when in the US your houses are far less secure and defendable. Most of our walls, even most internal ones are brick and will resist most shotgun and small arms fire. Outer walls are mostly double with a gap, so again, fairly resistant.
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Post by armedandsafe on Oct 28, 2015 12:25:52 GMT -6
Structural integrity is based mostly on what material is most readily available. You don't have the massive forests over there that we had when we settled this country. It is much cheaper and more practical to cut up a tree than to cut up a rock. Also, our need for defense against anything but small arms fire has not been an historical factor in designing private housing.
Pops
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Post by luckyjack on Oct 28, 2015 14:34:08 GMT -6
And not all houses are on the inside, as they appear on the outside.
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Post by armedandsafe on Oct 29, 2015 20:17:33 GMT -6
BBQ season is over for us in the Northern climes. Therefore many shops have their leftover charcoal on sale. It is a good time to stock up cheaply for your storage. Emergency heat, water filtering, intestinal poison meds, general back up, ready for NEXT YEAR! prepforshtf.com/6-survival-uses-for-charcoal/Pops
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Post by red14 on Oct 29, 2015 21:53:23 GMT -6
We called them junk drawers.
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Post by shooteruk on Oct 30, 2015 4:45:11 GMT -6
We called them junk drawers. Mrs T does that. I call it the emergency go to draw for things you may never need but just might, maybe, one day. Possibly. Draw.
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Post by Alpo on Oct 30, 2015 12:35:42 GMT -6
Shouldn't she be Mrs. S. now?
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Post by shooteruk on Oct 30, 2015 14:02:36 GMT -6
Shouldn't she be Mrs. S. now? Go on then....Why?
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