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[Straight Shooter]

As a lad,it was always drummed into me to prepare for bad weather, especially winter...the lead up was always busy....Roofs were first up, checking slates..loose crests and chimney stacks...chimneys swept.....outside loo the oil lamp was filled ready to stop the pipes from freezing up....any suspect shaft on the shovels were changed....chopped stick and plenty of it ( my job ) coal buckets filled and set by the back door (my job)....curtains hung by the front and back doors......any fallen limbs were searched out ...cut with a bow saw and barrow d home.....me and my brothers....preserves ,pickled onions,root veg were stored ....tools were cleaned and oiled up....any and all.....the cold water header tank was given a winter coat....straw tied with twine ...all around and on top....the dedicated pantry was always full , but now you could hardly get in there...four huge sacks of potatoes were put into stock.....spare batteries were charged up......the oil stove was filled in the garage so the car could be started in the dead of winter, first aid kit (if you could call them that ) were stocked up ....even splints ...the iodine bottle was filled....socks .....lots of socks....pullovers....thick blankets, and ground mulched and dressed with muck ...some veg left was protected and kept for Christmas, meat was cured and hung on hooks .....so nothing has changed NIX ....i still carry out the routine and always have and always will....we were all preppers then.....even before it became popular.....by sheer necessity of survival.