Cool and maybe wet.\u00a0\u00a0 The national forecast has us in a possible rainy zone, but the edge of the front is very close by.\u00a0\u00a0 It’s been my observation that when the forecast has us on the edge, we don’t get the weather.\u00a0 I guess we’ll see.<\/p>\n
Yesterday was very nice.\u00a0 Shirt sleeves and shorts weather with a gorgeous blue sky.\u00a0\u00a0 Which was nice for my walk home from the auto repair place.\u00a0\u00a0 It looks like my Expedition’s problems are deeper than a bad pressure sensor or worn out battery.\u00a0 My repair guy will call me later with pricing and options.\u00a0\u00a0 It’s always something, and while my gut tells me there is a lot of life left in the truck, and I don’t want the expense and risks of replacing it, I also don’t want to keep throwing good money after bad.\u00a0\u00a0 I already put $4k into the motor last time and was pretty sure that was the last I wanted to spend on it.\u00a0\u00a0 Clean low miles ’13 and ’14 Expeditions are $10k to $20K depending on miles and trim.\u00a0 New they are $60K to $80K… so that is VERY unlikely to happen.<\/p>\n
My day will also involve some errands, probably cleaning up at my secondary IF it doesn’t rain.\u00a0\u00a0 I’ve got a dozen bins worth of stuff for auction if I can get the auctioneer to take delivery… she said she’d take a bunch, and I’ve got a bunch.\u00a0 I’d love to get that started.<\/p>\n
Looking at my stuff in auctions that closed last night, well,\u00a0 it ain’t gonna pay for any gold coins.\u00a0\u00a0 I am starting to get concerned by the lower prices that stuff is bringing.\u00a0 Not just my stuff, but stuff I’d be buying if I wasn’t already full up.\u00a0 There seems to be a trend downward over the last few weeks.\u00a0\u00a0 I expect that as things in the economy get tighter and tighter, there will come a point where buyers just stop buying anything other than necessities.\u00a0\u00a0 They may continue buying daily living items, and shopping for bargains on ‘stuff’, but eventually there won’t be any\u00a0 more money for ‘extras’.\u00a0 I need to unload a bunch more stuff before that happens.<\/p>\n
Still slowly chipping\u00a0 away at about 10 different things at the same time.\u00a0\u00a0 It’s slow, but varied, and that helps is a couple of ways.\u00a0 Just showing progress on some of the projects helps with domestic bliss.\u00a0\u00a0 And I can shift focus when I\u00a0 find myself bumping into physical limits more often than I used to.<\/p>\n
Today I was walking on eggshells because of spasms and something in my back that was “right on the edge” of becoming something really bad.\u00a0 Simple bending movements were causing discomfort and apprehension all out of line with the actual exertion.\u00a0\u00a0 I’ve learned that I absolutely don’t want to aggravate that sort of thing.\u00a0 So instead of doing a bunch of physical stuff, I was very careful and limited my movements.\u00a0\u00a0 Hopefully that was enough to be back to normal today.<\/p>\n
There are several prominent bloggers in the ‘liberty sphere’ part of the web that have been hammering on physical fitness as a prep.\u00a0 I’m not going to do ruck marches or calisthenics, or even jog, but it’s clear that I need to do something additional and that my normal activity level is not enough to overcome the effects of aging.\u00a0 Anything effective takes time, and time is in short supply.\u00a0 But clearly I’m losing time in other places, and don’t feel good while doing so, so it would be better to spend the time upfront and get the benefit of being in better shape too.\u00a0 Knowing and doing are two different things however.<\/p>\n
It’s always something.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, I’m organizing stacks, and adding to them in specific areas, mainly food and medical supplies.\u00a0\u00a0 I need to rebalance my camp stove and lantern stockpile in light of lessons learned from the deep freeze, and I need to go through some other stuff too.\u00a0 Stored easily accessible drinking water is the next thing for me to tear into and rotate.<\/p>\n
Plumbing supplies and gasoline stocks can be put away, replenished, and rotated too.\u00a0 And I can’t forget the garden…<\/p>\n
Stacking is the easy part.\u00a0 Keep stacking, you can sort it out later.<\/p>\n
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Cool and maybe wet.\u00a0\u00a0 The national forecast has us in a possible rainy zone, but the edge of the front is very close by.\u00a0\u00a0 It’s been my observation that when the forecast has us on the edge, we don’t get the weather.\u00a0 I guess we’ll see.<\/p>\n
Yesterday was very nice.\u00a0 Shirt sleeves and shorts weather with a gorgeous blue sky.\u00a0\u00a0 Which was nice for my walk home from the auto repair place.\u00a0\u00a0 It looks like my Expedition’s problems are deeper than a bad pressure sensor or worn out battery.\u00a0<\/p>\n