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I'm putting away about 2 grand a month in anticipation of 2 weddings in mid and late 2024.
They're already living together, buying homes in USA and Europe, so in effect already married so it's not like it's not going to happen if I don't help with expenses.
Tell me where to put this...
Just the amount of space necessary for the batteries to supply a small village with electricity is staggering. For lead-acid batteries you would need a small shed to house enough batteries for a mid-size single family house, and you still need a generator of some sort to keep the batteries from...
Peak electrical usage across the world is from 4pm to 9pm.
Maintaining enough electrical power generated by solar panels in batteries can be done for one family unit, but it doesn’t scale up well for towns and cities.
I’ve seen a few, not many, grown men walking around town shopping, and even in a bar, wearing full size, kind of fancy fixed blades knives with leather sheaths. These guys aren’t dressed like they are coming from the woods or doing manual labor. I don’t know what the law is, but I haven’t heard...
Wow! I can only imagine the cost and logistics of extraditing former President Trump from Florida to NY.
The extradition request has to be approved by a Florida judge; correct?
To prove that a gold or silver coin is in fact a real gold or silver coin, the design, the sculpting, the facia, of the coins have become increasingly more complicated and precise. It would be difficult to make a counterfeit American Liberty coin, maybe not so hard a Canadian Maple Leaf. It also...
20 some odd years ago I worked in an area with many Indian jewelers in Queens. My aide (driver) told me this was the place to buy gold jewelry because it was all 24kt.
I buy, and have been buying gold and silver coins as Christmas stocking stuffers or birthday presents for my children, their spouses, and my grandchildren. I know I pay a big mark-up, but I'm not laying it all on the line with my purchases. It doesn't hurt for me to buy them.I hope they never...
I think American and Canadian gold and silver coins are more recognisable and therefore more readily accepted for trade/barter exchange than bullion.
I think use of gold and silver in transactions would be very limited in any brave new world. If people find out you have gold and silver they...
Before I headed down to NYC on 9/11 I stopped at the school to say goodbye to my wife and children, and switch cars ( I was to bring the family van in for servicing so the wife had my ghetto commuter) {I figured I might have to abandon the car somewhere and wanted the bride to be able to...
Finally feeling better, but weak, after a month of being ill. Lung congestion, sore throat, conjunctivitis, big bloody green grasshoppers coming out of my sinus once a day, troublesome bowels. Haven't left the property in a month.
Stepped in a hole trying to clean the landmines left by the...
I fear what might be built are mid-rise multiple dwellings constructed of engineered wood products. I've seen them in NYC and Montreal. Some are 7-10 stories high, all wood product construction. I fear these are the making of a tragedy. The mixture of wood pieces bound together with a...
Everything is good until the Russians take out an aircraft carrier and we have 5,000 dead Americans.
There is no rule book that says battle can only occur on the land/sea areas of Eurasia.
I didn’t hear anything.
I came up to the doorway and quickly peeked down the hallway to my right. Saw the guy I was chasing turn and point. I ducked back through doorway but my left hand was still on doorframe. Small calibre hit me in first joint of ring finger. Dislocated it, one small dark...
Don't buy oddball stuff. you'll be chasing holsters and parts for as long as you own it.
Get a 442 and just shoot regular .38 special. This setup won't hurt your wallet or your hands.
At New Year's party with local people several years in a row, plans were always made for a early morning shoot with then legal firearms. My wife and children asked me why I never went. I told them I don't feel comfortable going to an unsupervised shooting party with a bunch of guys who are at...
Great time. Went up to my little sister's place in MA. My older sister is staying with her until she heals up from surgery. Saw my neice and nephews, introduced my girlfriend. Lots of Laughs, Great Stories and Love; Great food, Good whiskey and wine. Pups behaved and had everyone fawning over...
How long is Russia going to put up with US/NATO weapons being used to kill Russian soldiers before Putin decides to sink a US aircraft carrier or nuke a NATO airbase in Germany? Or what the heck, just start taking out the weapon transporters before they get to Ukraine and/or weapon and munition...
When I had a NYC license many moons ago the limit was 5.
When upstate went to plastic cards I was in line behind a guy who had 93 on his license. Had a running commentary on where each was hidden and what grandchild, nephew or niece each was going to.