{"id":6582,"date":"2020-07-22T05:30:40","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T09:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/?p=6582"},"modified":"2020-07-22T02:06:53","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T06:06:53","slug":"wed-july-22-2020-some-days-im-my-own-worst-enemy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/2020\/07\/22\/wed-july-22-2020-some-days-im-my-own-worst-enemy\/","title":{"rendered":"Wed. July 22, 2020 &#8211; some days I&#8217;m my own worst enemy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Hot and wet.\u00a0 No, there is no joke about my likes or dislikes there, definitely not.\u00a0 Nope.\u00a0 Definitely not.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday was actually not so bad, on the roasted by the sun, steamed by the swamp scale.\u00a0 It was actually cool most of the morning and only slightly hot in the afternoon.\u00a0 So was I slaving away in my garage and driveway?\u00a0 No, I was not.\u00a0 SHOULD I have been?\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 Yes I should have been.<\/p>\n<p>Got stuff done, just not what I&#8217;d set for myself.\u00a0 I did finally deliver an ebay item sold back in February.\u00a0\u00a0 Nice guy.\u00a0 Moving from Oceanside in\u00a0 Cali to Lake Conroe.\u00a0 Plans to spend the rest of his days there.\u00a0\u00a0 Now I&#8217;ve got an open spot on a shelf, better fill it with something.\u00a0 OH, I just picked up another pair of vintage speakers?\u00a0 WTH is wrong with me?\u00a0 They are selling though, so there is that.\u00a0 Not much else is.<\/p>\n<p>And so, I set myself up for today&#8217;s tasks.\u00a0\u00a0 Work, freezer, work, pickups, freezer, garage, maybe put the half a squirrel in the trash, cook dinner&#8230; or I could <em>combine<\/em> some of those tasks.\u00a0 Hmm.\u00a0 Which ones?<\/p>\n<p>It is the zombie apocalypse and we all need to learn new skills, right?<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of selling, this is the time when you get out those cheap steel cased rounds, and the $324 PSA AR-15s and sell sell sell&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0 remember the ones you bought just so you could flip them when prices went up?\u00a0 But now you don&#8217;t WANT to sell them.\u00a0 You figure you might need them at some point.\u00a0 YOU were smart and got them cheap and stocked up, so now you&#8217;re covered, and why would you sell when there aren&#8217;t any replacements?\u00a0 What if things go pear shaped?\u00a0 Then you&#8217;ll wish you had the black rifles and not the worthless fiat bux&#8230;&#8230;.. Or is it just me?<\/p>\n<p>Ammo Depot had 762 in stock and shipping yesterday morning.\u00a0 They still had some late last night.\u00a0 It was roughly 27c\/rd.\u00a0\u00a0 They are showing some 223, at roughly $1\/rd unless you want steel jacket, and even that is 40c\/rd.\u00a0 Score one for the commie gun in the black rifle internet flame wars.\u00a0 Zombie apocalypse lite happens and your barbie gun goes hungry but your re-shaped shovel from krapistan is still affordable&#8230;\u00a0 Don&#8217;t delay, order some today&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>No idea why my brain is where it&#8217;s at, but there is still time to stock up on some things.\u00a0\u00a0 Body armor might be a smart choice, if you&#8217;ve got everything else taken care of&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>No matter what it is, you probably don&#8217;t have enough if things really go sideways.<\/p>\n<p>Keep stacking.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>nick<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(did I mention I tipped the AAA service guy with a few N95 masks?\u00a0 It felt&#8230;. very strange.\u00a0 The world is changing around us.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Hot and wet.\u00a0 No, there is no joke about my likes or dislikes there, definitely not.\u00a0 Nope.\u00a0 Definitely not.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday was actually not so bad, on the roasted by the sun, steamed by the swamp scale.\u00a0 It was actually cool most of the morning and only slightly hot in the afternoon.\u00a0 So was I slaving away in my garage and driveway?\u00a0 No, I was not.\u00a0 SHOULD I have been?\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 Yes I should have been.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/2020\/07\/22\/wed-july-22-2020-some-days-im-my-own-worst-enemy\/\">&nbsp;&raquo;&nbsp;Read more about: Wed. 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