Remember those Bibles with leather covers and gold edged pages that were so popular? We could gather up a bunch of them, burn the pages to extract the gold, fashion it into tokens and use the covers to make attractive little carrying cases. Of course, we would first need to perfect a method of removing all the dust from the covers.
I'm on the reservation list for a new Aptera solar powered vehicle... hoping my turn comes up in 2023.
Which distance model are you purchasing? The price varies considerably with the battery pack required to drive further distances. The price is quite reasonable and no $5.00/gal gas charges, and more and more electric charging stations are coming on line. The charts I have seen show it is considerably cheaper to “fill up” your electric car than your gasoline automobile.
Which distance model are you purchasing? The price varies considerably with the battery pack required to drive further distances. The price is quite reasonable and no $5.00/gal gas charges, and more and more electric charging stations are coming on line. The charts I have seen show it is considerably cheaper to “fill up” your electric car than your gasoline automobile.
400 miles/charge. It wouldn't be worth it to me if I could only use it for in town commuting. But I could go across the country while only charging a few times with the 400 mile battery pack.
To answer the question about "extra cash" - right now, people are buying food. Or electricity. Or maybe "gas" for their cars. Nothing stretches to buying all of these.
Rapidly increasing prices for everything here is leading to "heat or eat" for some people. I could talk about budgeting ability, debt management, etc, but the fact is that prices for everything have risen hugely and rapidly. A full tank of fuel in my car now costs at least twice as much as it did at the beginning of the year. Electricity and gas also have doubled. This has knock-on effects on all needful things delivered to shops and supermarkets, etc. State benefits (unemployment, sickness, etc, and old age state pensions haven't increased and were already very tight for managing on. Just about enough, until something goes wrong. Like the car needing repairs, the children needing new school uniforms, the fridge packing up.
So what I'm doing with some of my spare cash is buying extra tinned and dry food to put into Foodbanks, for distribution to needy people.
I should have labeled this thread "prepping" because I think all of the statements here are valuable. I plan to get to Aldi most every day and buy some canned goods to store for the future, and I own a couple of those long-term food bins. Here's a website that reviews of few of those:
I should have labeled this thread "prepping" because I think all of the statements here are valuable. I plan to get to Aldi most every day and buy some canned goods to store for the future, and I own a couple of those long-term food bins. Here's a website that reviews of few of those:
I tried a 10 year old MRE chicken dinner recently. Because why not. Not bad. Even have these chemical heaters that cook the meal.
Just add water.
Oh yeah . . . water.
MRE stands for Meals Ready To Eat…no water required or anthing else, as they are enclosed in a plastic pouch. You didn’t eat a 10 year old MRE if you were required to add water. Having spent 24 years in the militery I have eaten a few of them.
MRE stands for Meals Ready To Eat…no water required or anthing else. You didn’t eat a 10 year old MRE if you were required to add water. Having spent 24 years in the militery I have eaten a few of them.
MRE stands for Meals Ready To Eat…no water required or anthing else, as they are enclosed in a plastic pouch. You didn’t eat a 10 year old MRE if you were required to add water. Having spent 24 years in the militery I have eaten a few of them.
I got these about 2011. That's why I say they are about 10 years old.
And thank you for your service. I hear the U.S. is poised for another golden age in the future.
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Good lord. Is your "gas" only $5/gallon? To answer the question about "extra cash" - right now, people are buying food. Or electricity. Or maybe "gas" for their cars. Nothing stretches to buy
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I just bought six new windows for my house with my spare cash. They look very nice.
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lol . . not sure this is how they do it I analyze wells from many states. In each case the state decides where to drill, I think, if not the EPA. Sometimes industrial waste gets into the ground
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Remember those Bibles with leather covers and gold edged pages that were so popular? We could gather up a bunch of them, burn the pages to extract the gold, fashion it into tokens and use the covers to make attractive little carrying cases. Of course, we would first need to perfect a method of removing all the dust from the covers.
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Think I got $18 from pawning my holy spirit pin.
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Eighteen bucks? Well, that settles it, I'm Pawnshop Bound.
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https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/reit.asp
Prolly cheaper than gold.
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I just bought six new windows for my house with my spare cash. They look very nice.
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I'm on the reservation list for a new Aptera solar powered vehicle... hoping my turn comes up in 2023.
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A fixed low interest loan taken out a couple years ago look pretty good now with inflation. Practically making money.
Asking Wayfers who's servant to whom in that scenario pays dividends.
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Lately I have been buying lead.
I have a new .50 rifle and ammo is very difficult to find. One box of twenty 350grain slugs cost me $42 [these twenty bullets weigh one-pound].
Then I found that I can buy soft lead at Lowes for $2 a pound. So when I cast my own bullets their value goes from $2 a pound to $40+ a pound.
The only Lee mold I have been able to get only makes 550grain bullets [thirteen bullets make a pound].
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I would imagine that reloading equipment is very valuable now...
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Bolshevik
So is dinner. Lunch. And breakfast.
Can you hunt with lead? Does it ruin the meat?
Asking for a friend.
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good question!
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Which distance model are you purchasing? The price varies considerably with the battery pack required to drive further distances. The price is quite reasonable and no $5.00/gal gas charges, and more and more electric charging stations are coming on line. The charts I have seen show it is considerably cheaper to “fill up” your electric car than your gasoline automobile.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/19/cost-of-charging-ev-vs-gas-prices.html
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400 miles/charge. It wouldn't be worth it to me if I could only use it for in town commuting. But I could go across the country while only charging a few times with the 400 mile battery pack.
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Good lord. Is your "gas" only $5/gallon?
To answer the question about "extra cash" - right now, people are buying food. Or electricity. Or maybe "gas" for their cars. Nothing stretches to buying all of these.
Rapidly increasing prices for everything here is leading to "heat or eat" for some people. I could talk about budgeting ability, debt management, etc, but the fact is that prices for everything have risen hugely and rapidly. A full tank of fuel in my car now costs at least twice as much as it did at the beginning of the year. Electricity and gas also have doubled. This has knock-on effects on all needful things delivered to shops and supermarkets, etc. State benefits (unemployment, sickness, etc, and old age state pensions haven't increased and were already very tight for managing on. Just about enough, until something goes wrong. Like the car needing repairs, the children needing new school uniforms, the fridge packing up.
So what I'm doing with some of my spare cash is buying extra tinned and dry food to put into Foodbanks, for distribution to needy people.
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Covid has accellerated boomer retirement, and not enough kids were born years ago. There's just not enough hands to do the work.
Fortunately, in North America, a food surplus will remain the norm.
Edited by BolshevikExcel at misspell
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I should have labeled this thread "prepping" because I think all of the statements here are valuable. I plan to get to Aldi most every day and buy some canned goods to store for the future, and I own a couple of those long-term food bins. Here's a website that reviews of few of those:
The 9 Best Survival Food Kits of 2022, According to a Nutritionist (thespruceeats.com)
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I tried a 10 year old MRE chicken dinner recently. Because why not. Not bad. Even have these chemical heaters that cook the meal.
Just add water.
Oh yeah . . . water.
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Stayed Too Long
MRE stands for Meals Ready To Eat…no water required or anthing else, as they are enclosed in a plastic pouch. You didn’t eat a 10 year old MRE if you were required to add water. Having spent 24 years in the militery I have eaten a few of them.
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I have more. . .
I have a pile of them
I don't see a date
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I got these about 2011. That's why I say they are about 10 years old.
And thank you for your service. I hear the U.S. is poised for another golden age in the future.
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Does anyone use a gravity water filter? Here is one : Doulton/British Berkefeld 2.24 Gallon Stainless Steel Gravity-Fed Countertop System with ATC Purification Candle Filters (discountfilterstore.com)
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Does it remove tds? (total dissolved solids)
Is there data that shows specific values?
Edited by waysiderasking for a friend who happens to be a formerly WQA Certified Water Specialist
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Bolshevik
If you have an inline system you are probably using gravity to make water pressure anyway.
Edited by BolshevikJust inserting just a Tyson reference just because
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