{"id":11504,"date":"2025-01-02T04:12:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T09:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/?p=11504"},"modified":"2025-01-02T01:01:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T06:01:40","slug":"thur-jan-2-2025-sunny-in-florida-still-cold-though","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/2025\/01\/02\/thur-jan-2-2025-sunny-in-florida-still-cold-though\/","title":{"rendered":"Thur. Jan. 2, 2025 &#8211; Sunny in Florida, still cold though"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unseasonably cool here in the Sunshine State.  Dunno how that will play out over the next few days, but for now it&#8217;s long pants weather. <\/p>\n<p>Yesterday was a mostly slow and lazy day for me.   Took my time getting packed and ready.  Had to replace most of the spare batteries in my bags and replace the &#8220;get home&#8221; money that I &#8220;borrowed&#8221; when a fun toy became available at an irresistible price&#8230;   My back pack has 1 oz of gold coins and about $1K in USD tucked into it.   That is supposed to be untouchable and just for emergency use.  I&#8217;m good at lying to myself though, and I raided it for some cash.  <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve talked about the other stuff I carry before, but the high points are a tourniquet, blow out kit (first aid focused on bleeding control), change of clothes, windbreaker, towel, food, water, and some really thick zip ties&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got some other stuff in there too including my toughbook and kindle, batteries,  a bag of cables and chargers, my back up id and cards, blister first aid, some crayons and a little coloring book (for fussy kids), and general snivel gear.<\/p>\n<p>99% of the time I don&#8217;t need anything in the bag but something to read and a charging cable.   It&#8217;s there if I do need it though.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s pretty much the story of my life as a prepper and a husband and father too.   It&#8217;s there if needed.<\/p>\n<p>The vast stacks of stuff are there too.  Which comforts me and gives me choices.  They turn mountains into molehills, and let life continue without interruption.<\/p>\n<p>Get some of your own, and feel the satisfaction&#8230;  stack!<\/p>\n<p>nick<\/p>\n<p>And carry your TQ at least when you are out in crowds.  If not a TQ, then an Israeli bandage and a pack of quick clot.   It&#8217;s not big, and it might save a life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unseasonably cool here in the Sunshine State.  Dunno how that will play out over the next few days, but for now it&#8217;s long pants weather. <\/p>\n<p>Yesterday was a mostly slow and lazy day for me.   Took my time getting packed and ready.  Had to replace most of the spare batteries in my bags and replace the &#8220;get home&#8221; money that I &#8220;borrowed&#8221; when a fun toy became available at an irresistible price&#8230;   My back pack has 1 oz of gold coins and about $1K in USD tucked into it.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/2025\/01\/02\/thur-jan-2-2025-sunny-in-florida-still-cold-though\/\">&nbsp;&raquo;&nbsp;Read more about: Thur. Jan. 2, 2025 &#8211; Sunny in Florida, still cold though &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,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,83,43,85,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-decline-and-fall","category-emergency-kits","category-march-to-war","category-personal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11504","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=11504"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11505,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11504\/revisions\/11505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}