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  • White Shadow
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2026
    • 46

    #31
    I'm still going back and forth between the solar installation company and Anker trying to get everything smoothed over for my solar install. Hopefully someday soon I will actually get a date for installation (and finally get the big stack of panels out of my garage). It feels like I have been battling this forever. I will feel a lot better once those are installed. Then my biggest weak spot would be a loss of natural gas during cold weather.

    I have been checking inventories and increasing the depth of items stocked figuring I would rather pay today's prices on the stuff we use regularly. No push back on that from the wife as long as it's the stuff we use on a regular basis.

    I have been adding some ammo, but we have been depleting a good bit too the last several months. I was actually pretty impressed that both my wife and daughter agreed to get WI CCW permits, take a significant pistol training course, and a lite version of the police AR-15 class. They are even game for the follow up advanced pistol class later this year. Where they fall way short is they both have serious normalcy bias and don't think they will ever actually carry.

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    • Bucket-Back
      Senior Member
      • Mar 2026
      • 21

      #32
      I have Mexicans next door. They ride their wheelers all over and keep a close eye out.😎

      eta- They are way better than the freeloading local white meth heads . The blacks and mexicans work way better than most that were born local here.

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      • Chiefster23
        Senior Member
        • Mar 2026
        • 26

        #33
        I received my second lithium battery yesterday, doubling my solar power storage capacity to 600 amphrs total. 480 amphr is usable without damaging the batteries. I’m feeling pretty comfortable now in my ability to deal with power disruptions. Now I need to gather up all my disgarded lead acid batteries and get rid of them.

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        • White Shadow
          Senior Member
          • Mar 2026
          • 46

          #34
          I came across an article that said the Lake City ammunition complex has been shut down for a few weeks now and there is no indication when it will come back online due to a worker strike against Winchester. This is not going to help availability / cost of 5.56 and 9mm ammo.

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          • StratBastard
            Senior Member
            • Mar 2026
            • 95

            #35
            Yesterday a traded a worthless pile of dirty green fiat paper for a one-ounce American Gold Eagle. I'm hoping to manage doing that that every other month.

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