Cool and probably raining.\u00a0 High humidity if not rain.<\/p>\n
Yesterday was mostly overcast with occasional sun, but got misty drizzle in the late afternoon.<\/p>\n
I did some more cleanup.\u00a0\u00a0 Stacked some of the cut pecan tree.\u00a0\u00a0 Washed some stuff.\u00a0\u00a0 Raked.\u00a0\u00a0 I am going to be sore today.\u00a0 Very glad the pressure washer survived being frozen.\u00a0 It’s common for the pumps to split if they freeze with water in them.\u00a0\u00a0 I guess mine sat long enough before the freeze that it was dried out.<\/p>\n
Headed over to the rent house later today to look at the A\/C and see if I can diagnose what the problem is, or at least decide if a pro needs to be involved.\u00a0 I hope I don’t need the same part that everyone else needs.<\/p>\n
Supply lines continue to be disrupted in Houston, and there are shortages of plumbing stuff you might not even think of.\u00a0\u00a0 People are offering crazy money for outdoor on demand hot water heaters.\u00a0\u00a0 And I have one new in the box… but.\u00a0\u00a0 It would set our own plan back 3-6 months, and any profit selling it would be eaten up when we needed to replace it with new for our install.\u00a0\u00a0 It’s going to continue sitting in storage, because we can’t (in good conscience) get a plumber to do the work now anyway.\u00a0 We had one scheduled to give us a bid the day everything froze.\u00a0\u00a0 Seems like a waste to let it sit though while people don’t have hot water at home, so I might do some more thinking on the subject.<\/p>\n
It occurs to me\u00a0 that it is a bit difficult to tell if the high prices are organic supply vs demand driven or if it is inflation starting to take off.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SOME of it is organic, but I’m getting worried that we’re about to see inflation really take off, and that the rapid increase is masked by genuine real demand driven increases.\u00a0 Historically the strategies for dealing with rapid inflation are simple.\u00a0 Borrow money that you will pay back with devalued money and spend it on durable goods that you know you will need later, or that you can sell.\u00a0 And spend every dime as soon as you get it on the same things.\u00a0 Savers get destroyed by high inflation.\u00a0 People who own real stuff have a buffer.\u00a0 Those on fixed incomes get destroyed.\u00a0 Make some plans.\u00a0 Start moving on them.<\/p>\n
I’m no financial genius, but gold isn’t crazy high at the moment (compared to some other things), if you can find some, and that makes me wonder what’s going on.\u00a0 I mention it only in passing, and not as advice.\u00a0\u00a0 And I point out that Ferfal talks about the value of broken gold necklaces and bracelets in his book.\u00a0 With a bracelet or necklace, you can just cut off an inch at a time… and Selco points out the value of wedding rings, you can feign a great deal of reluctance with a ring, and no one wonders if you have more stashed away.\u00a0 Give some serious thought to a world where your savings are gone.\u00a0 It happens all the time in other places.\u00a0\u00a0 It can happen here.\u00a0\u00a0 Our ‘reserve currency’ status won’t save us forever, foreign powers are working as hard as they can to obviate that advantage.\u00a0 At some point they will succeed.\u00a0\u00a0 Think hard about this.<\/p>\n
Stacking can help.\u00a0\u00a0 Stacking will help.\u00a0\u00a0 Keep stacking.<\/p>\n
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Cool and probably raining.\u00a0 High humidity if not rain.<\/p>\n
Yesterday was mostly overcast with occasional sun, but got misty drizzle in the late afternoon.<\/p>\n
I did some more cleanup.\u00a0\u00a0 Stacked some of the cut pecan tree.\u00a0\u00a0 Washed some stuff.\u00a0\u00a0 Raked.\u00a0\u00a0 I am going to be sore today.\u00a0 Very glad the pressure washer survived being frozen.\u00a0 It’s common for the pumps to split if they freeze with water in them.\u00a0\u00a0 I guess mine sat long enough before the freeze that it was dried out.<\/p>\n