Forty Grand? For a Stove?

[5030]

OK, I'll admit I'm frugal but also handy.

Just repaired my 22 cu ft freezer that is 23 years old and it still keeps my food good.
Keep vehicles for usually 10 years and maintain as required.
Tractor is an 80 something and has paid for itself many times over just in snow duties alone.

One secret is I usually buy basic appliances (anything for that matter) without digital controls if I can.

Wife just warned me that our washer & dryer is starting to age.
OK, both are basic, no electronics so a wire, switch or gasket might be required plus some labor so I should coax a few more years out of them. Just hoping.

Hope you can. A new one will set you way back if and I say if you can get one. Appliances are like toilet paper was...lol

 

[Industrial Toys]

I know people that swear by physical GOLD (BTW, it's not something I would consider wise telling people you have "in spades" on the Internet),
Aside from the Government confiscating it, maybe more than buy you a loaf of bread (and how might that work) , it might just get you killed, tortured or both.

 

[JethroB]

I went shopping for a sofa yesterday. First two I saw near the door were over $5k. I quickly realized I was in the wrong store.

 

[5030]

I went shopping for a sofa yesterday. First two I saw near the door were over $5k. I quickly realized I was in the wrong store.

Must have been Value City...lol I see Menards quit advertising lumber in their Sunday circular. Guess they don't want to scare potential customers off...

 

[Steppenwolfe]

Until the inevitible CRASH (of the FAKE unsustainable economy) comes.

Yeah, well... what else is new?

 

[5030]

I know people that swear by physical GOLD (BTW, it's not something I would consider wise telling people you have "in spades) on the Internet),
Aside from the Government confiscating it, maybe more than buy you a loaf of bread (and how might that work) , it might just get you killed, tortured or both.

Non issue with me for 2 reasons, one, no one on here knows my actual location, well, maybe a couple do but more importantly, I'm well protected here and being in flyover country, no one lives close by. Unlike where you live, I'm well armed and a good shot and so is my wife. There are more guns here than nick knacks in my wife's curio cabinet and most of them are in battery too. Gotta be careful how I roll over in bed, that 45 kimber makes quite a lump...

I can say with certainty, you might visit with ill intent but you won't leave standing up.

 

[Steppenwolfe]

Be careful guys or the thread will get locked. Our 'fearless leader' and his minions (and you all know who that is) don't like anything political. Politics have no place on this forum unless it's approved politics.

I would rephrase that statement to "politics that work"...

 

[Steppenwolfe]

Non issue with me for 2 reasons, one, no one on here knows my actual location, well, maybe a couple do but more importantly, I'm well protected here and being in flyover country, no one lives close by. Unlike where you live, I'm well armed and a good shot and so is my wife. There are more guns here than nick knacks in my wife's curio cabinet and most of them are in battery too. Gotta be careful how I roll over in bed, that 45 kimber makes quite a lump...

I can say with certainty, you might visit with ill intent but you won't leave standing up.

Blah...blah...blah... Who would want to come to your place anyway... For any reason? We all seem to be focused on ridiculous "what ifs" anymore. What if nothing ever happens???

 

[grsthegreat]

Well, I have a few guns here myself, but glad I live in an area where I don’t need to sleep with one.
don’t need to carry daily either, though I do have a carry permit. Only a few areas where I used to work would I go armed. Mostly I live in an area with very few crimes. And thankful for it.

 

[Industrial Toys]

NOW. Look at what happened to many places in the States over night, in the last year or so. EVERYTHING suddenly changes when there is no more LAW. Or crimes against middle class citizens aren't even noticed.

People with guns, food, gold, and fuel just haven't thought any of this through.

If I was in a gang, I wouldn't engage you in a firefight. I would just set fire to your house. There won't be any law enforcement coming, or any rules of good sportsmanship followed, lol

EDIT: But of course (Goes without saying) that it would all have to be done peacefully.

 

[Steppenwolfe]

NOW. Look at what happened to many places in the States over night, in the last year or so. EVERYTHING suddenly changes when there is no more LAW. Or crimes against middle class citizens aren't even noticed.

People with guns, food, gold, and fuel just haven't thought any of this through.

If I was in a gang, I wouldn't engage you in a firefight. I would just set fire to your house. There won't be any law enforcement coming, or any rules of good sportsmanship followed, lol

And exactly where in the states do you live?

 

[Steppenwolfe]

Well, I have a few guns here myself, but glad I live in an area where I don’t need to sleep with one.
don’t need to carry daily either, though I do have a carry permit. Only a few areas where I used to work would I go armed. Mostly I live in an area with very few crimes. And thankful for it.

It isn't hard to do the math on this one; we all know where we shouldn't live... I sure know where I would never live. Me personally, I live in the most beautiful part of America, crime is very low, but present; people are really nice, but not all; we have amazing rural countryside, but zero "city" perks. Life is always a trade off.

 

[PuffyC]

It isn't hard to do the math on this one; we all know where we shouldn't live... I sure know where I would never live. Me personally, I live in the most beautiful part of America, crime is very low, but present; people are really nice, but not all; we have amazing rural countryside, but zero "city" perks. Life is always a trade off.

If the past year has taught us anything it's that living in an urban center is hazardous to your health. Disease, crime, riots, etc. Brick and mortar is dying, theaters are dying, and pro sports are getting eaten by the woke, so there's no longer a lot of the perks that urban life used to have outside of maybe schools. Now that so many have figured out that they can work from home (and companies want this too to save $$$) you're going to see many major cities death spiral ala Detroit, where the only people still there are the ones unable to leave.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

If the past

If the past year has taught us anything it's that living in an urban center is hazardous to your health. Disease, crime, riots, etc. Brick and mortar is dying, theaters are dying, and pro sports are getting eaten by the woke, so there's no longer a lot of the perks that urban life used to have outside of maybe schools. Now that so many have figured out that they can work from home (and companies want this too to save $$$) you're going to see many major cities death spiral ala Detroit, where the only people still there are the ones unable to leave.

As I'm so fond of saying, 90% of this country's problems are big city problems, and they think country folks should be part of the solution to their problems. The area where I live was rural when we moved in, 50 years ago, and it is still rural/suburban, but the country side for miles in every direction is full of "rural" developments.

We also have our share of the low-income apartments built...and being built...here; consequently we recently had our first instance of someone burglarizing one of the cars in the neighborhood. Lots of low hanging fruit for the druggies and thuggies.

 

[Snobdds]

Gotta be careful how I roll over in bed, that 45 kimber makes quite a lump...

Guys that sleep with guns in rural america are some real bad asses. Have you shot your shadow yet?

 

[Diggin It]

This here thread's about cookin' irons y'all.

 

[Ford850]

Cookin' irons, shootin' irons... close enough. As long as we don't start talking about steam irons, we're good.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Or HEAVY IRON and whether or not we should buy some.

 

[jjp8182]

Cookin' irons, shootin' irons... close enough. As long as we don't start talking about steam irons, we're good.

I dunno about that last part .... the way I hear it a steam iron can be used to make a pretty good grilled cheese sandwiches (and quesadillas ) if the food is wrapped in aluminum foil to prevent creating a mess ...

...and apparently a grilled PB&J sandwich is also quite good.....

Guess the simple fact is that iron and heat tend to be pretty good for cooking period. ...add a bit of (high speed) lead to that equation and you can drop some pretty good eats dead in their tracks too


oh ...and regarding the rest of the conversation: not so sure location alone is necessarily a safe thing any more .....or at least not for people working in certain occupations (even the entirely legal ones). Law enforcement being one obvious example, but some other government and private industry occupations may also carry some increased risks as well.

 

[Steppenwolfe]

Onto the original thread topic. Wifey and I went and looked at a house today, $20,000 Thermador range and a $10,000 Sub Zero fridge....