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Originally Posted by Wulf202
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Good point.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wulf202
I think I should rephrase "you're likely to have your stuff taken from you".... I wasn't referring to us here, we're armed and have had training. I meant folks that have done nothing other than buying a hand gun and one box of ammo, and have no idea how to use it. Those folks are hosed for sure.
It's also fair to say that I don't have the most ideal set up on the planet, but I do have enough of most stuff if used sparingly, to probably last two years. Gasoline excluded, I did have a plan for that at one time....never followed through on it though. Wife knows how to can, her Mom was full of little tricks for different foods and taught her all that....but she never got all the supplies to get moving on it, and proper storage at optimal temperatures can be an issue for anything if you're restricted in usable space dedicated for that.
YMMV. Adjust for the size and layout of your property. We've determined our minimum is twice that.Quote:
Originally Posted by FoxtArt
Filling my 36 gal tank is a challenge ... because the local stations cut-off the flow at $75 to $125. So it's prudent to NOT get below half a tank.Quote:
Also (not applicable to SHTF) we will be experiencing more and more gas shortages as time goes on. Don't run to empty - and it's bad on fuel pumps to do that anyway. Possibly consider getting bigger tanks as well, a nice hedge against the retardation we are and will be dealing with.
Regarding inventory shortages: I checked ...
... Augason Farms
... Valley Food Storage
... Mountain House
... Legacy Food Storage
... ReadyWise Food Storage
ReadyWise seems to be the sole one with substantial inventory right now. But if the trend I've been seeing with the others continues ... you'd better hurry.
Carl's Jr today...
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Two drive-thru's I went to over the last week to grab lunch we're out of various sizes of cups.
Walmart by me hasn't had a propane delivery for a couple of weeks. Went in to get an exchange nada !!!
My brother owns a coffee shop. Cup shortage is real.Quote:
Originally Posted by hollohas
Hell, I was in TX a while back and Bucee's didn't have paper soda cups. If Bucee's can't get 'em, there is a problem.
Fortunately Chick-fil-A is not dealing with the same shortage as Carls Jr.
They actually have a great new deal going.
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You just have to wait in line until Monday...Quote:
Originally Posted by Delfuego
They aren't open Sundays...
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Originally Posted by Delfuego
you're pretty good at the sarcasm, aren't you?Quote:
Originally Posted by D_F
That?s the best day to go because the drive through line is really short.Quote:
Originally Posted by D_F
Chick Fil-a is open on Sunday, in one location
I live under a rock, always seems like I'm in the "big town" on a Sunday and can't get the goods. So it's more bitterness. :P
Airport?Quote:
Originally Posted by 00tec
Pigskin arena. I believe AtlantaQuote:
Originally Posted by hollohas
Nope. When they announced that location in the football stadium I assumed it was going to be open on game day. Turns out that one is still closed on Sunday.Quote:
Originally Posted by 00tec
I guess they put it in for the occasional Monday night game or whatever.
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HmmmQuote:
Originally Posted by ray1970
I could've sworn I read something at some point about them being open there. Oh well.
I don't know if anyone follows the ag markets but things are getting rough there too. While commodity prices are high right now, all the inputs are way up. Fuel as you all know is up alot (this time of year we burn roughly 600-1000 gallons a day.
Seed costs are way up. Fertilizer has doubled and in some cases tripled. There is rumblings from fert reps of nitrogen hitting $1 a pound in our near future. (To put in perspective it was $0.15 -$0.20 a pound a little over a year ago. Chemicals such as glyphosate is up as well.
Supply on everything is short. Seed, fertilizer and chemicals. Definitely will be shortages this coming year.
Parts like every other industry are hard to find. With several JD plants on strike still. Simple oem parts are getting scarce for certain things.
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Originally Posted by banks74
Glyphosate doubled and distributors claiming orders put in last Jan still not filled. Now hearing pyrethroids will be very short.
Water will likely be a huge issue next season as well with La Nina forecast and storage depleted this year. This even with -+ 20% of ground held out locally this year. Interesting times...
I worked this week at a subsidiary company distribution facility for the world's largest electrolytic capacitor manufacturer.
The struggle is real. Contact there said they have to pay out the ass to fly product and raw materials in. They're running 2 light crew shifts as opposed to 24x7 previsouly.
I closed my business bank account last month.
:(
My son congratulated me on being retired. I told him,
"This is weird. I didn't choose to retire. I WAS retired by the government."
[Dunno]
Fuel shortage has started. Nothing in the supply chains for some states.
Fish filets and onion rings. The brand we normally use hasn't been available for a couple weeks.
Went to get some otc meds today from wally world and the medicine shelves were looking pretty picked over with lots of stuff out of stock. Also the stuff that I usually pay 5$ for was 6.30$ today and the other one is usually 1.20$ and was 2.60$.
Cheetos still in stock. Its all good.
China is worried about major shortages too, I think because of some of the same ag supply issues. If China can't feed it's people, they will start some shit. They're telling their people to prepare for shortages.
Meanwhile in the US, we're told there aren't any shortages and even if there were, we should get used to it and consume less.
Pretty damn sad when China is more honest with it's people than the US is.
China threw a hissy fit with the Aussies and banned their coal imports. Chine burns coal for electricity in most places since their dams are built stupidly and with Chinese quality. For various political purposes china has shut down multiple domestic coal mines. Other countries coal is of lesser quality and they were all shut down with covid too. So it's less available and less efficient. No electricity, no factories producing parts.Quote:
Originally Posted by hollohas
As of this point they have brown outs and black outs in most regions and power plants are hand to mouth with their inventories
At this point it's a race to see which country gets fucked the least globally.
Unfortunately, I don't think the US is going to be on the least f'ed list...
We're busy making sure women in the Army can paint their nails, have long hair and gay battleships get christened by trannies.
China is doing this....
https://twitter.com/disclosetv/statu...08877188812800
"Ruh-roh!!!"Quote:
Originally Posted by hollohas
My normal gas station by my house has been completely out of diesel for a few days.
King Soopers, yesterday. I was surprised to see even more Out Of Stock sections on the shelves. The Deli was short on a number of its regular items.
The woman behind the counter said they were short on supply ... and staff.
I heard two women chatting in the grocery store this morning.
"They raise the prices this time of year?! Yes they do!"
They were standing by the russet potatoes.
I would blame Baily Guns but he moves to Okrahoma. [Peep]Quote:
Originally Posted by arbol
Let's go Brandon!
We finished our Christmas shopping for the kids this past week as I have nothing better to do since I have been recovering from a work related injury. I noticed all the toy sections at multiple stores were really thin. I worked at target right out of high school and our shelves then used to be full leading up to the week before Thanksgiving.
Michael Brown, whom I listen to on talk radio every now and again, says "what is the biggest hallmark of communism?"
I said to myself, "Papers, please."
He said, "empty shelves."
Communism always equals empty shelves.
Yeah, "Papers, please." reminds me more of fascism.
When there's no incentive to put in the effort to produce, there is likely no product. That includes all of the dependencies on suppliers.
We're being asked to produce vaccination papers, to go grocery shopping.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gman