03-15-2022, 08:43 PM
FWIW, I proceed from the standpoint that everyone is my age or older (my line of work is mostly with an elderly population all older than me) - mid-50's, and that your parents all went through the Great Depression & WWII like mine, & that you have also lived through gas lines & inflation & malaise of the Jimmah Catah years like I did. I remember my dad socking away Mercury dimes, and storing cans of Quaker State motor oil in the rafters of our garage in those years. He also had a magnetic reversible 6/9 for our license plates so he could gas up on any day, as rationing limited odd even plates to certain days when you could gas up.
Which means I'm gonna presume You've been stockpiling your ammo & weaponry since 1992 as well, when we first saw Klin-ton I on the horizon, buying cheap & stacking deep during the fat years to tide you through these lean ones. You will also have worked on valuable skillsets like wild edible plant identification, knot tying, camping, offroading & vehivle repair skills amongst others, and prepped some bugout bags accordingly - especially with first aid gear. You'll have your water reclamation plans in place & enough beany weenies socked away for more rainy days than Noah endured. And being thus prepared, you've learned real economics since 2006, & are likwise buying your silver (first) & gold on the dips, as I've advocated here. If you're a youngster seek out some old guys who have been there & done this & learn accordingly, while there's still time. It CAN be done on a tight budget, btw. I spent most of the Klin-ton I years as a poor grad student, and working for non-profits since then. While raising 4 special needs kids since 2000 with a stay-at home wife, so don't complain to me about poverty, I've been living it. Prioritize, ESPECIALLY if you have kids. You will be the difference as to whether they survive the Coming Storm, or their dying word is "WHUHHH?!?!" If it means no cable TV or no vacations or fewer meals out, so be it! Always keep the big picture in mind.
And take care of yourself, too. I'm still trying to overcome my stroke last fall & now diabetes on top of it. It's gotta be done, so I do it. No one else is volunteering to do it for me, so that's my burden to bear at present & it's a sucky time to be doing so. At least I covered most of these bases above starting years ago. Start today, because there are no days left to be sitting behind the 8-ball wishing you'd started earlier.
Which means I'm gonna presume You've been stockpiling your ammo & weaponry since 1992 as well, when we first saw Klin-ton I on the horizon, buying cheap & stacking deep during the fat years to tide you through these lean ones. You will also have worked on valuable skillsets like wild edible plant identification, knot tying, camping, offroading & vehivle repair skills amongst others, and prepped some bugout bags accordingly - especially with first aid gear. You'll have your water reclamation plans in place & enough beany weenies socked away for more rainy days than Noah endured. And being thus prepared, you've learned real economics since 2006, & are likwise buying your silver (first) & gold on the dips, as I've advocated here. If you're a youngster seek out some old guys who have been there & done this & learn accordingly, while there's still time. It CAN be done on a tight budget, btw. I spent most of the Klin-ton I years as a poor grad student, and working for non-profits since then. While raising 4 special needs kids since 2000 with a stay-at home wife, so don't complain to me about poverty, I've been living it. Prioritize, ESPECIALLY if you have kids. You will be the difference as to whether they survive the Coming Storm, or their dying word is "WHUHHH?!?!" If it means no cable TV or no vacations or fewer meals out, so be it! Always keep the big picture in mind.
And take care of yourself, too. I'm still trying to overcome my stroke last fall & now diabetes on top of it. It's gotta be done, so I do it. No one else is volunteering to do it for me, so that's my burden to bear at present & it's a sucky time to be doing so. At least I covered most of these bases above starting years ago. Start today, because there are no days left to be sitting behind the 8-ball wishing you'd started earlier.
Meet ya' at the bridge.