Scare mongering , always negative and saying , this might happen , be prepared , prepare for the worst . Be afraid , making us anxious .
What a bloody awful situation this country is in
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I agree, Susan. But the thing is, we can’t avoid it really because the situation always seems to be changing. I swore I was only checking the news in the evening for an hour, but gosh…so many things happen on a daily basis, its impossible to keep track of.
I dislike the TV news , I don’t read newspapers , I do listen to the headlines , they are always awful , disheartening, upsetting , frightenening , so I have to switch off . It distresses me so much , it makes people fearful and scared. Our government is a disgrace our world is unjust and life feels insecure .
What happens happens , if I have to sit in the dark ill go to bed , if there are food shortages ill cope , but the media foretells things that may not happen to scare us .
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I don’t think anything I read in the media will “normalise” power cuts for me but they won’t scare me either.
I’d rather know if it was a possibility - forewarned is forearmed.
A bit of forward planning can prove useful without going over the top or worrying unduly.
I grew up in the days when the gas and electricity would cut off if you didn’t have any money to feed the meter. We were very poor so we got used to going without power for long periods of time.
When the power cuts of the 1970s happened, we took it in our stride as it was more or less “normal life” for us to be without power most weeks for a day or two before pay day.
The difference then was that we had fewer gadgets powered by electricity, so the impact was less - no central heating, no fridge or freezer and no home communication systems to miss.
The bonus now is that my home is better insulated and it’s easier to keep warm.
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Already decided if the power goes then it’s early nights for us. We do have an open fire in the den, but apart from sitting talking there’s nothing else to do, no telly, no radio or audio books. The battery on the tablets run down pretty quick as the tablets are getting old and don’t hold a charge the way they used to.
Or, more sensibly, you could think of those electric cars as a mobile, massive battery to power your house during a power cut.
Presumably the cuts will not be country wide (then you are in REAL trouble) so you can charge them anywhere then power your house for hours. (it does require some planning)
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WE still have our camping stove and gas bottles in my workshop and I know exactly where. I am very reluctant to throw out anything that may be useful in the future
I am more worried about war than power cuts.There are already supply shortages. Time to stock up on anything and everything while you can. A year ago I would have sounded nuts.
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Perhaps two or three years ago? I think the pandemic showed how fragile the supply chain is.
I am well stocked up with toilet paper! 
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I like the trickle down effect. © .gov.co.uk
Romance is not dead.
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I think everyone at the moment is a bit too keen to embrace the hardships of no power/ expensive power and the media are egging us on, it’s a good story
So we’re planning candles, flower pot heaters, Oodies, wind up radios, woolly jumpers heated airers etc air fryers etc etc, as if it’s all easy and a bit of a laugh
But the real misery of it hasn’t begun to bite yet, none of those things will make a significant difference and Pixie is right, we should be angry, not just accepting and trying to adapt
This lady told what it’s really like to no heat and that
“I’m sick of hearing people who’ve never gone without heating in winter telling people how they’re going to cope with it this winter”
It’s a healthy dose of reality, I think
If there are nighttime power cuts I shall go to bed .
I won’t be sitting there in the dark with just a candle no heating or tv .
Yes I will download a few plays in anticipation on my iPad and listen all cosy in bed .
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I lived with the three day week and power cuts.
It will be more difficult now I older but I will do it…
I don’t see the point of getting angry and stressed out, there is nothing I can do about it.,Both main political parties are complicit in this mess and it is the legacy of years of neglect
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I don’t know whether we will see power cuts this winter. The last time we had significant power cuts was the miner’s strike in the seventies. I don’t of any reason to replicate that.
I have several of the jar candles, given to me as gifts over the years. I might even have some tea lights somewhere. But as reading would be impossible, I will keep my large torch handy (that I take on dog walks), and make sure I have spare batteries. Can’t see what else I can do, so yes agree, might be early to bed for me and dog.
I don’t like to read too much news because of the scaremongering. As Swim says, we can’t do anything about it, just accept what happens.
And I think I see where you’re coming from Maree, flower pots, very silly indeed!
And dangerous, there’s going to be house fires. 
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No candles here, we have a couple of big torches should we need them. Coal fire in the den gives a nice soft light as well.
I did notice condensation on the bedroom windows today. Time for the old victorian night caps too? Not sure what is the point of the long bit with the bobble though - was it for very long hair perhaps?
