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  • longbow

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    So far...

    Kept working
    Got caught up at work
    Boss has been cool
    Kept my wife sheltered and her meds were not interrupted ( but I built up at least a 4 month cushion for most of them)
    Nothing important that was broken was difficult to repair.
    Built up my savings since we didn't go out as much
    Got a few chores done
    Having a few items in reserve was nice when others couldn't get any-shared some stuff with family
    Restocking is going to be interesting on some of the critical items
    No one tried to steal my stuff
    Two of my kids got great jobs during the pandemic
    No one in my family got seriously sick
    We think we all were exposed to it from a family member that came back from Japan in December. We will get the tests to confirm it some time...
    I'm glad I moved to the country 20 years ago
    15 acres is not enough land
    I need a bigger tractor, woodmizer bandsaw, much larger chainsaw and wish I had a backhoe or excavator
    The rest of my siblings have learned a few things from what I have said in the past. Will it make a difference, I'm not sure.

    How about you?
     

    Sigblitz

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    I've been saving my money. When the new fiscal year rolls around (October), and the time expires on the forgiven loans, I think a lot of people will be caught off guard when they learn there's nothing in the pot to pay them.
     

    Nazgul

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    Near the big river.
    Spent a lot of time in the shop catching up, mostly for the grandkids.
    Saved money on not going out, spent some on Amazon.
    Never pshed back/neglected any bills.
    Took step one on building new house.
    Shot a lot.
    Had foot surgery been putting off.
    Ready to get back to normal.
     

    Aszerigan

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    Moved out of Indy 21 months ago to 25 secluded wooded acres in Brown County. Not a moment to soon as it seems.

    I'm thankful that I know how to reload and have enough materials to tide me over for some time. I can shoot whenever I want and not worry about running out of ammo.

    I'm also thankful that we filled our pantry in the fall in preparation for something like this, obviously not knowing this was coming. But it did and although we made a dent in our reserves, we're still good for some time to come.

    Ammo, food and medical supplies are good to have around. Think you'll need one of something? Buy three and put two away.
     

    gregkl

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    Life is mostly unchanged for me.

    I have been working on my home reno now for 5 years and it continues.

    I am working from home, but putting in the same hours.

    I'm not traveling for business which is the biggest change.

    I have not accomplished anything more than normal. Work during the week, reno on the weekends. And repeat.

    I am a boring person.
     

    three50seven

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    Life has changed quite a bit for me in the last 3 months. Got laid off from my factory job on 3/20. I was kinda pissed for the first few days, but started to realize how much I hated the place and decided I wasn't going to go back. They still haven't called me back, maybe they never will....whatever. My wife works in a dialysis clinic, so her income hasn't been affected. I'm spending a lot of time with my 3 y.o. and getting a lot of projects done around the house. Life is good!

    We have always been borderline preppers, and always keep a good supply of food and essentials on hand. I learned along time ago to keep extra of all household consumables. Don't buy when you run out, buy when you get to your "safety stock."

    Thanks to the extra unemployment payouts and lack of travel, shopping and eating expenses, we have actually been able to make some big purchases that we wouldn't have under normal circumstances.


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    Karl-just-Karl

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    Work schedule modified to 4-10 schedule with no indications that it will ever return to "normal"
    Management not making clear or decisive decisions
    Covid-BS (read mandatory face masks and twice weekly social-distancing "reminders") is bad enough
    Defund the police? WTF?
    Employer overtly jumping on the PC bandwagon that "now is not the time to stand on the side-lines" deluge of e-mails
    Walmart seems to still be having a hard time keeping paper towels in stock
    Ham and bacon are spotty on the supply side
    Covid Wave Two is coming around
    One can never stock pile enough reloading supplies
    Fudds have overrun the gun stores

    I'm trying to bring into common usage the term "boat people" as referring to people that wait until the boat is sinking to show any interest in learning how to swim.
    This is in reference to those that, until recently, had little interest or motivation for prepping, gun ownership, trips to the range or 2A concerns.

    Finally, I don't say this lightly or tongue-in-cheek, not that additional proof was needed, but people are just just F'n nuts.
     

    spencer rifle

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    I'm trying to bring into common usage the term "boat people" as referring to people that wait until the boat is sinking to show any interest in learning how to swim.
    This is in reference to those that, until recently, had little interest or motivation for prepping, gun ownership, trips to the range or 2A concerns.
    Historical perspective - for Civil War era sailors, it was considered bad luck to learn to swim. They were very superstitious (now get that song out of your head), and it made sense to them that if you learned to swim, you were expecting your ship to go down, and then it would.

    Still worked the whole time, and not from home.
    Much more time that expected keeping the rabbits out of the garden and the raccoons away from the chickens.
    No volleyball, no community band, no church until recently, all the good bike tours cancelled.
    Had more time to troll leftists on FB.
    Used some supplies (mostly PPE) but still have plenty, including reloading components.
    Some family members are having great difficulty with being unemployed, or having their jobs look way different than they expected.
    They are experiencing lots of anxiety.
     
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    Thor

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    Could be anywhere
    Worked full time from home but no travel.

    Bought a Shelby GT500 and take the girls for convertible rides to get out of the house. I get brutal acceleration and cornering while they get wind in the hair.

    Found out banks didn't really need to waste your time to come to the office to do business.
     

    bmbutch

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    Kept working, albeit remote for first several weeks, and remote again cause I gots the RONA. Symptom free now since Monday, allowed to be back to office Monday the 6th.
    Lots of reloading done, 9mm and now .300 supersonic (110gr varmageddon).
    Caught up on some reading.
    Working hard to convince wife it's time to move out of suburbs to country, our nation has largely went insane.
     

    longbow

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    Upgraded some things with my septic systems to keep them running smoothly and make pumping them out easier. Ordered several truckloads of stone and topsoil for projects. Have lots of maple to split, but it needs to dry more.
     

    shibumiseeker

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    near Bedford on a whole lot of land.
    It's been pretty stable at the Ranch. I got paid my regular salary but didn't have to work as much once the teaching semester ended (three part time jobs) and was working from home which suits me fine.

    We're not really social people so going out wasn't a big deal.

    15 acres is not much, and our 150 acres feels kinda small.

    I own two Woodmizers, an LT25g that I bought new in 1993 and upgraded the engine on, and an LT35HD I bought in 2017 because as I get older the idea of doing as much manual labor to process lumber becomes less appealing. I might be interested in selling the LT25 if you're interested.
     

    Lex Concord

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    • Still working through the triaxle of river rock creating a "moat of stone" (it won't wash away like mulch does); got it just before Memorial Day - mostly done - days "off" have been mostly physical labor, resulting in noticably lowered blood sugar
    • Have learned more about my home through DIY repairs of
      • Furnace
      • Sewage ejector (that was THE BEST!)
      • Sump pump
    • Lots of other little projects and repairs I can't even remember
    • Finally got my new speakers installed in my old truck
    • Got chicks, adding 7 hens to our flock (which had been diminished to 4 by predation) - looking forward to many omelettes
    • Doubled down on our attempts to grow veggies - so far so good
    • Made good family time memories with the kids due to weekly backyard fires (until it got too dang hot)
    • While there were some gaps, preps have proven mostly solid; always room for improvement
    • Really reinforced what we've been saying for five years (since six months after we moved in) - we didn't move far enough away from Indy
    • 15 acres sounds amazing (we're on just over 1), but 300 sounds better - still continuously looking for land to move to once we can shrink the house
    • Blessed to be working from home full time
    • Saving money by not having to commute and pay for parking... going toward filling gaps and burning down the mortgage
    • Life slowed down enough that excuses for not going to the range evaporated. Though ammo is now more spendy, it will be a regularly-scheduled event.
    • Speaking of ammo, I've been seriously contemplating reloading (probably me and everybody else). Still in research mode... the 10 year-old sticky in the Ammo forum is awesome
    • Reinforced just how much I hate socialists/communists/Marxists
     

    gregkl

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    It's been pretty stable at the Ranch. I got paid my regular salary but didn't have to work as much once the teaching semester ended (three part time jobs) and was working from home which suits me fine.

    We're not really social people so going out wasn't a big deal.

    15 acres is not much, and our 150 acres feels kinda small.

    I own two Woodmizers, an LT25g that I bought new in 1993 and upgraded the engine on, and an LT35HD I bought in 2017 because as I get older the idea of doing as much manual labor to process lumber becomes less appealing. I might be interested in selling the LT25 if you're interested.

    Do you or do you know anyone that is interested in a fairly good size section of a wild cherry trunk that was felled a couple months ago. It was two year dead standing. I got a tree guy thats coming next week to haul it off but it would produce some nice boards for furniture.

    Icould have him leave it if I had a commitment that someone would come get it. Or being a portable mill and cut it here.
     

    gregkl

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    I mentioned up thread that my usual life hasn't changed as far as the day to day, but with the current dynamics of this country/world, my mindset is changing.

    I used to look at firearms as a tool to plink with, then a tool to hunt with and finally a tool to have fun with. And I still have that same thinking but now a firearm as a tool for self defense is moving up the chart.

    I am having my main pistol milled for a red dot and after I get that back and get some time with it, if it works out well for me and I'm happy with the work the company did, I'll send them my Shield to do the same thing.

    And I have an AR that I am thinking of re-configuring. Swap out the A2 style fixed stock for a collapsible one and swap out the 1-4X scope for a red dot. This would make it more maneuverable in close quarters and having a red dot would put all my primary firearms on a similar platform.

    I'm also going to do a little bit of prepping which, being a minimalist, is outside of my thinking. But having plenty of TP, bottled water, medical supplies and some non-perishable food would be a good idea.

    This mindset change is due to the social unrest and not the pandemic which is what this thread is about so I hope you don't consider this a thread drift.:)
     

    bwframe

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    I am quite happy with what I have learned and put to practice in recent years. The lionshare of this learning has happened right here on INGO. I have been way ahead of the loop in most things encountered during this challenging time.

    Dave Canterbury said it best in a video at the beginning of the pandemic. "Folks aren't laughing at preppers now." ;)

    Many thanks all. :ingo:
     
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