tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post7759726773929906932..comments2023-08-15T06:33:53.114-07:00Comments on Bison Prepper: half and half 3 of 3James M Dakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-46978800370239562862016-09-08T15:26:28.028-07:002016-09-08T15:26:28.028-07:00With everything so reliant on petroleum and trade,...With everything so reliant on petroleum and trade, I'd be leery of investing in ANYTHING outside your personal use/household.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-64696333887483236722016-09-08T15:20:52.051-07:002016-09-08T15:20:52.051-07:00Diversify into things that are good (or suck less,...Diversify into things that are good (or suck less, like long-term food, training/skills/knowledge, ammo, pm's, non-electric/fueled machines, mortgage-free non-bubble-priced productive property, Dental work/health, limited amount of personally-held paper currency) and away from things that are bad/corrupt and priced as a bubble (bonds & urban property, desire-not-need-based businesses, luxury vehicles with 0% interest and 125% financing). <br />pdxr13Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-75380235440915419832016-09-08T15:05:50.099-07:002016-09-08T15:05:50.099-07:00Ice tea is not the same foul pretend beverage that...Ice tea is not the same foul pretend beverage that hot tea is. Strange-in OK it was unsweetened tea but in FL it was sweetened. Does this mean OK isn't really part of The South?James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-62433156255970060762016-09-08T07:17:37.305-07:002016-09-08T07:17:37.305-07:00I am in Alabama we know how to make sweet tea. I d...I am in Alabama we know how to make sweet tea. I don't drink it but it has value. If you hate tea stock cocoa powder instead or chocolate Bark. Both high value with women . :)Gary in Bamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00095999376990912465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-7364686551918876192016-09-08T05:26:27.727-07:002016-09-08T05:26:27.727-07:00They won't get a chance to eat the seats. Whe...They won't get a chance to eat the seats. When gas runs out they will use the last of what is in the tank to run over pedestrians or bikers in a fit of rage, then be arrested and die in jail or pulled out by a vengeful mob and hung. I'm thinking on upcoming article of the unholy lust for cars and how they are used to avoid humanity as an escape mechanism. And how that will VERY soon end.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-87942957209991004492016-09-08T05:11:17.200-07:002016-09-08T05:11:17.200-07:00Well, my main point was we lose money prior to the...Well, my main point was we lose money prior to the collapse and still need some. I don't disagree with you otherwise ( except with tea. Tea sucks. Tea is dirty mop water. Tea is for effeminate posh Brits or East Coast Blue Bloods. Or dirty hippies )James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-58250144466977753592016-09-08T05:08:20.599-07:002016-09-08T05:08:20.599-07:00So, no matter the miles it is the same depreciatio...So, no matter the miles it is the same depreciation? That encourages more driving prior to trade-in. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-70214651663599108122016-09-08T04:33:37.521-07:002016-09-08T04:33:37.521-07:00What burns my weinie is the 'car math' use...What burns my weinie is the 'car math' used for depreciation. As in losing 20% of MSRP regardless of the miles driven - WTF !! My pickup is a 2000 GMC with 169,000k miles on it. I bought it in 2003 with 72,000k on it. I have no reason (yet) to get rid of it. Why a truck - I have some rural land that would be tough on a car to drive thru, some terrain features demanding the truck. Truck tire cost is crazy - I always cringe when I have to buy them.<br /><br />Road tax - the same cost as my wife's Chevy Tracker for some damn reason.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-2954598627609926972016-09-07T20:34:24.176-07:002016-09-07T20:34:24.176-07:00Jim while having eggs in many baskets make sense. ...Jim while having eggs in many baskets make sense. I am a firm believer that coffee, sugar, tea and spice's. Are same as cash. When the dollar tanks Imports appreciate at a higher rate than other items. You need to look up the shipping company Hanjin and its bankruptcy affects. The buy price of metals vs. what a pawn or gold buyer pays makes it a loss in a fast sell . I stock sugar because it holds value and I use it in my hobbies.Gary in Bamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00095999376990912465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-70405869794699412072016-09-07T16:28:49.602-07:002016-09-07T16:28:49.602-07:00The word "frugal" to many is a bad word,...The word "frugal" to many is a bad word, laced with shame and cheapness, but nothing could be further from the truth. As my ol' Granny used to say, "Watch your pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves."<br /><br />In the world we find ourselves today it is only intelligent to spend time equating how money will be spent because with everything that is going on money will be wasted on things that should never have been on the market in the first place.<br /><br />Because I am below the radar sweep and cash flow is less than 10% of what it used to be (because of the maneuvers I have taken to be below that sweep) my purchases are heavily scrutinized before the coin is dropped. Simply, I don't have money to waste any more. And, after having lived this way for the last 10 years I have come to reason that my spending practices in the past were nothing short of wasteful. I have my regrets. Plenty.<br /><br />I have learned my lesson.<br />And changed my life accordingly.<br />Nothing short of a major lottery win could drag me back to my former life. Ever.<br /><br />It used to bother me, the smug arrogance of those people driving around in their $40k rides with their $600/mth payments. Now, those rides are great big billboards exclaiming the possessors ignorance. Maybe soon they'll get the opportunity to see if those leather car seats taste good between bread.ghostsniperhttp://www.deadcenter.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-1959665162348556722016-09-07T08:38:36.949-07:002016-09-07T08:38:36.949-07:00Just because parasite bloodsucking douche's em...Just because parasite bloodsucking douche's employ the strategy doesn't mean it lacks value, right?James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-64647458897119668692016-09-07T08:19:59.143-07:002016-09-07T08:19:59.143-07:00diversify. You should have been a stock broker....diversify. You should have been a stock broker.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com