{"id":10664,"date":"2024-02-13T05:16:11","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T10:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/?p=10664"},"modified":"2024-02-13T02:49:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T07:49:28","slug":"tues-feb-13-2024-only-been-4-years-since-wuflu-started-but-it-feels-like-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/2024\/02\/13\/tues-feb-13-2024-only-been-4-years-since-wuflu-started-but-it-feels-like-forever\/","title":{"rendered":"Tues. Feb. 13, 2024 &#8211; only been 4 years since wuflu started, but it feels like forever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cool bordering on cold, with clear sky- hopefully.  It warmed up and turned into a nice day yesterday, with a cool but pleasant afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>I was out of the house most of the day, and then did kid chauffeur duties.  Didn&#8217;t get much else done but that&#8217;s ok, because I was out in meatspace with people.<\/p>\n<p>Today should be pickups, and maybe getting together with my local buddy.  He&#8217;s moving out of town and has need of a table saw.  I have several tablesaws, of varying size and quality, and states of repair.   Perhaps a deal can be struck.  His moving away kinda sucks as he is the best friend I have locally.  His wife is great too, and his kids are about my kids ages, and we could get together and have a good time.  He&#8217;s not much for prepping but shares my politics and worldview.  He&#8217;s one of very few people that I have been putting aside extra preps to cover him and his family.  It&#8217;s a good move for him, so I&#8217;m happy for him, but on a purely selfish level I lose a friend and co-conspirator AND access to his shop space where I currently have a very large powder sintering laser based 3D printer sitting idle.  And a mid sized lathe.  I&#8217;ll be finding space for those soon, or something&#8230; <\/p>\n<p>Change is the only constant.   Plans need re-evaluating and periodic adjustment.  Supplies and capabilities need to be inventoried and re-distributed sometimes.<\/p>\n<p>This preparedness thing is a journey, not a destination.<\/p>\n<p>Keep walking the path, and stacking&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>nick<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cool bordering on cold, with clear sky- hopefully.  It warmed up and turned into a nice day yesterday, with a cool but pleasant afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>I was out of the house most of the day, and then did kid chauffeur duties.  Didn&#8217;t get much else done but that&#8217;s ok, because I was out in meatspace with people.<\/p>\n<p>Today should be pickups, and maybe getting together with my local buddy.  He&#8217;s moving out of town and has need of a table saw.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/2024\/02\/13\/tues-feb-13-2024-only-been-4-years-since-wuflu-started-but-it-feels-like-forever\/\">&nbsp;&raquo;&nbsp;Read more about: Tues. Feb. 13, 2024 &#8211; only been 4 years since wuflu started, but it feels like forever &nbsp;&raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,83,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-decline-and-fall","category-personal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10664"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10665,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10664\/revisions\/10665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}