Wind up Radio

[Tim CooperParticipant @timcooper90034]

Any body understand why Government advice is to buy a wind up Radio and keep 3 days food supplies?

You would think they would tell us what might be likely to happen!

I looked at small wnd up radios on Amazon but they were going out of stock as I pondered.

As we only food shop once a week we generally have more than 3 days supplies.

Tim

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

You don’t want to get a wind up radio. When you turn the handle it just insults you….

Colin

[Tim CooperParticipant @timcooper90034]

Colin

I have 3 sons and 6 Grandkids to wind me up!

Tim

[Richard SimpsonModerator @richardsimpson88330]

It was just an ill thought out off the cuff remark by one MP, which has been blown out of proportion by the media and all sorts of others with personal agendas have jumped on the bandwagon.  I think the comment was in regards to some recent hacking but has since been manipulated to refer to wars, terrorist attacks, prolonged blackouts etc..etc..

I think most people could quite comfortably survive on what they have in their cupboards for three days as many shop for a week anyway.  I have always believed it is simply being responsible to have supplies of dry goods and non perishables in case of a prolonged power outage but I’ve never bothered with a wind up radio.  I did look at rechargeable power packs to maintain a TV or radio for a few days but at 800 quid decided I’d just have to bite the bullet and talk to the wife instead.

It did remind me of the power outages during the miners strike, when I was in my teens.  I sat in the evening and built plastic kits by candle light.

[Ray Wood 3Participant @raywood3]

Hi All,

This looks like a political topic probably best I don’t comment !! 🙂

Let’s stick to boats pls

Best Regards  Ray

[Tim CooperParticipant @timcooper90034]

<p style=”text-align: left;”>Thanks Richard</p>
That explains how it started.

Yes I remember the Miners Strike. I lived in Nottinghamshire then.

I worked for Boots the Chemist .on their 300 acre manufacturing site. This had its own Power Station so we worked normally through the 3 day week.

A lot of goods were moved by rail, so they had their own sidings and a link to the main line. One of the two shunters was steam powered but not coal fired. It would be pumped up with high pressure steam at the Power Station.

Tim

[Richard SimpsonModerator @richardsimpson88330]

There is always some interesting anomaly in engineering.  I have heard of those locomotives that do not have their own burners but never come across anyone who has seen them.  I think even one of the model railway manufacturers made a model of one fairly recently, which looks really odd because of course it doesn’t have a chimney.

[Tim CooperParticipant @timcooper90034]

<p style=”text-align: left;”>Richard</p>
Yes it seemed to work well, until it ran out of steam. They had to fire up the Diesel to tow it to the Power Station. This would have been in the mid 60’s .

Tim

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