Comments by "Debbie Curtis" (@debbiecurtis4021) on "Survival Lilly" channel.

  1. It's cold here in the UK, but most people can't afford to heat our homes. We need to abandon Greta's toxic green agenda, and go back to fossil fuel.
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  2. I've never been so broke in my life. I'm having to sell an art print I bought as an investment, just to pay off my mortgage. Thank God I don't have much left to pay now. It's desperate in the UK.
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  3. Lilly. I would wrap devices in bubble wrap first, then thin cardboard, then foil. An EMP might short devices if the foil is in direct contact. The bubble wrap can be used to collect rainwater, or to sit on, in cold weather. The cardboard would be good for dry tinder, but could also be worn next to the body for trapping body heat. The foil can be used in firebuilding, rainwater collection and cooking. I know that YOU know this Lilly, I'm just stating it for any newbies who may not have considered this.
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  4. I bought my house 20 years ago, and it has tripled in value. My mortgage was £218 per month until last year, but it's still cheap. If I wanted to rent the same house, it would be £800 per month. I don't know how people can afford to rent, heat their homes, and buy food.
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  5. We all need to withdraw OUR MONEY from the banks. I'm ready for blackouts in the UK. I've got emergency candles, a camping stove, and hotwater bottles.
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  6. Hi Lilly. Today I did 3 hours foraging: red clover, mallow, elderflower, nettle leaves and nettle seeds, wild fennel and wild mint, plantain, dandelions, and roses. I spent 2 hours processing these foraged plants. Then I spent an hour emptying a million mason jars into 15 litre food-grade buckets. So that's 10 hours today I've been doing or thinking about prepping. Just a normal day for me.
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  7. I bought a glass pint bottle of milk on Saturday, I hadn't seen one for 20 years+. It was from a veg stall at a garden centre.
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  8. I'm already freezing to death. It averages 2C in the UK December to mid March. I can't afford to have my central heating on. I survive with hotwater bottles, electric blankets, and one small fan heater just in my bedroom, which I use no more than 5 hours per day. I wear up to 5 layers of clothes when I go outside, and when I sit in my lounge. Without 5 layers of clothes I would die from hypothermia.
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  9. I've been collecting wood for 6 years. I gave my neighbour 2 years' worth of wood for free.
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  10. That's been happening in South Africa for at least 10 years, and your government did nothing to improve the situation. They don't want to improve the situation. They want you to suffer.
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  11. I'm ready for the grid down SHTF. I've got camping stoves, dozens of cans of gas, mess tins, powerbanks, candles, lighters, fairy lights, and AA batteries. I'm ready for anything. 🔦💡🕯🩹💊🧷🧻🪣🌻🌺🥀
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  12. Good evening Lilly and prepping family.
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  13. First I've heard of it. Very concerning.
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  14. That's crazy. My mortgage for 3 bedroom house is £218 month
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  15. I spoke to a lady last night who said she lives alone in a one bedroom flat. Scottish Power (gas and electric) charged her £1,800 for a month, and she's away half the week on business. I told her my bill with the same company was £29.
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  16. Lilly, here in Birmingham we are really low on eggs and all canned good.
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  17. Pick nettles, dry the leaves. Make nettle tea.
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  18. Sawdust is already in our food. Grated cheese uses "cellulose".
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  19. @Steven yes I planted more potatoes today.
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  20. They nearly got me in Japan when I was 26. I was start enough to escape. These monsters are evil.
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  21. My gas and electric has gone from £73 to £218. I've told Scottish Power to cut off my supply and let me freeze to death.
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  22. The UK are going to introduce 100% inheritance tax.
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  23.  @paladinsmith7050  fortunately I've got a decent sized garden with 14 raised beds, but I can guerilla plant some spuds. I forage at several locations within walking distance from my home.
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  24. MacDs is vile, and way too expensive. My son used to like 20 nuggets, medium fries and a Fruit Shoot. I'd have just a hamburger. It would be about £10. I can buy a whole fresh chicken for £4, bag potatoes £1, loose carrots, leek and parsnip £1. Then rice, dried beans, lentils and a pumpkin for the same price as a McDs.
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  25. I planted a herb garden in a house I just helped to renovate. I planted a small bay tree, rosemary, lavender and thyme. When SHTF I'll know where to forage these herbs. I also have several raises beds with herbs, fruit bushes, and more Jerusalem artichokes.
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  26. I just got 2 bin bags of new sawn off pine timber. I'll use that in an outdoor hobo stove to cook with when shtf. I'll put the ash on my compost heap.
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  27. Lily, I have very similar raised beds. I think I have 14 now. I've got 10 waterbutts, and 5 compost bins.
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  28. But where do we go?
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  29. We all need Potassium Iodine incase there's a nuclear event.
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  30.  @paladinsmith7050  I've seen this in a wood near me.
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  31. Here in the UK I've not been able to adequately heat my home in 27 years. It's just too expensive
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  32. Evening Lilly. Happy New Year. I've been making calcium acetate and emergency candles all week.
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  33.  @RamblesBrambles  TROLL. Go play in the traffic.
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  34. I went to a pharmacy to collect a prescription for my ex, as he broke his leg. The shop was locked up with staff inside REFUSING to answer the door. There was a note on the door telling customers to call a number. I called, and was told to call the doctor and have the prescription sent to another pharmacy. They are still closed today, despite having power, they say they lost the Internet and can't process prescriptions without the Internet. They don't know when the shop will reopen. There's only one other pharmacy on that high street. No other shops on that High Street had a power outage at this time. I'm concerned about special needs people and the elderly not get prescriptions and dying as a result. But I think that's the plan.
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  35. January in the UK this year was bitterly cold. February has been vile also. When I'm at home, it's so cold that I just go to bed and put on 2 electric blankets. I don't even sit in my lounge. I barely leave my bedroom when I'm home.
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  36.  @zarahensley4907  both. You can eat the leaves in salad, and you can make a healing salve from it.
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  37. I couldn't afford gas central heating this winter, but Satanic Scottish Power still wanted £300 per month.
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  38. Evening Lilly and Prep Family.
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  39. Squirrel stew
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  40. Lilly, read the novel Make Room Make Room by Harry Harrison. You'll see where we are heading with smaller and smaller living spaces.
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  41. Lilly. Listen to the lyrics of WAR PIGS by Black Sabbath.
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  42. 90% gone in the first year.
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  43. I volunteer in a charity shop. We sell everything for £1. Donations often come from wealthy donors, and the clothes are high quality. Many customers buy our clothes instead of having to go to a laundrette.
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  44. I make my own tea from plants I forage. Nettle and mint is very nutritious, and foraging is free.
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  45. Top idea. I love it. Fortunately I only use my freezer for pulses and grains to freeze them for 5 days to kill any weevil eggs. But I'll be throwing out my fridge freezer soon, and getting just a countertop fridge. Electricity is too expensive. I'll switch fridge off when it's empty. Currently I've only got veg, rosewater, kimchi plantain salve and elderflower cordial in my fridge.
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  46. My soil in my front garden is crammed full of earthworms. I put all my kitchen waste on the plant border, and used diluted urine 1:10 from February to September. I've seen about 5 bees this year, and as many butterflies.
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  47. This sounds very worrying Lilly. I hope you don't need insulin. Gluten and lactose can cause many problems. I'm surprised you are allegic to eggs.
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  48. That's great. My house was built in 1932, but my ex has 4 houses built in late Victorian times. I prefer some original features in older homes, such as stained glass, and ceiling roses.
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  49. To make the small tin EMP proof, please line with cardboard. I know Lilly knows this, but newbies might not know.
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  50. Keep prepping, foraging, stockpiling, fishing, growing etc. Last week I foraged wild mint, wild fennel, horsetail, rose petals, and elderflowers. I've been processing these plants for 3 days. I made rose tea, dried elderflowers for cordial, mint tea, horsetail tea, and dried fennel. Today I cut a huge bunch of lemon balm, I've washed it, drained it, and now I'm drying it for tea. Tomorrow I'll cut comfrey to use in herbal remedies. I'll forage again at the weekend. I'll get nettles, dandelion leaves and roots, more elderflowers, liden tree/limetree flowers, watermint, yarrow, and self heal soon too.
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