Partial #1 - We don't use credit except for car loans and I'm working toward breaking that habit as well.
#3 whenever possible. If there's a local alternative offering remotely the same service/product/value I go there in a heartbeat. Doesn't have to be as good a deal as the big-box - but it has to be in the ballpark because I'm not a charity either.
#4 - See #3 above. If I don't have to, I don't.
#5 yes. And starting down the trail to being at least a little bit meat/egg independent too :)
If you pay your credit card off every month, it benefits you. You get to float your money for 30 days, you get certain protections also. Never pay interest on a credit card, but I see no problem in using it to your advantage.
I like shopping at Walmart. Low cost chinese is better than high cost chinese.
Working on #1. Not much cash, but a lot of iou's from the feral reserve. The problem with credit and debit cards is that the government has instant access to your spending history.
#4 is a problem for me. As I live in the boondocks, COSTCO, (80 miles away)is a good place for stocking up on certain items. I have not done Wall Mart of K Mart for years.
As for #9, heh, gotta go 75 miles just to see one.
Almost all done with number 1. Already do number 3, 6, 8, 9. Number 4 is hard to do since they have the stuff I need Food, material, equipment, ammo rather cheaply, still. Thanks God the Fast foods have bent over to the green nazis food fascists so much that their food taste terrible, even to our children. But we still go to Wendy's once a month. As for number 10, it is done. The few neighbors that we have are all of the same mindset. Mostly grow their food and share, well armed Veterans, hunters and 2nd amendment enthusiasts And look after one another's home, family and children. As for starting a business, in this great socialist state it would take over 2 years to do so, and even then after all the paper work and money spent, you can easily be rejected by some bureaucrat... So that will have to wait till this State falls on its face economically...
Walmart is like a car wreck, I know I shouldn't look but I can't look away.
ReplyDelete3, 5, 6, 8 & 9.
ReplyDeleteWorking on 2.
Good on ya, wirecutter. The more people we can get on board, the more we starve the beast.
ReplyDelete1,3,4,8,9
ReplyDeleteI don't buy much other than food, beer, and whiskey. Any of that used is not so pleasant ;o)
fitty
fitty, you should look into brewing/distilling. Personal use and will be great for barter.
ReplyDeletePartial #1 - We don't use credit except for car loans and I'm working toward breaking that habit as well.
ReplyDelete#3 whenever possible. If there's a local alternative offering remotely the same service/product/value I go there in a heartbeat. Doesn't have to be as good a deal as the big-box - but it has to be in the ballpark because I'm not a charity either.
#4 - See #3 above. If I don't have to, I don't.
#5 yes. And starting down the trail to being at least a little bit meat/egg independent too :)
6, 8, 9 - yes, yes, yes.
#10 is going to be a stretch - I hate my neighbors and people in general.
ReplyDeleteMake your "neighborhood" your tribe. Let Miss Lisa handle that. Just keep CGD out of your melon patch.
ReplyDeleteIf you pay your credit card off every month, it benefits you. You get to float your money for 30 days, you get certain protections also. Never pay interest on a credit card, but I see no problem in using it to your advantage.
ReplyDeleteI like shopping at Walmart. Low cost chinese is better than high cost chinese.
all of the above whenever possible. I got a way too many squash plants coming up from seed. Want one?
ReplyDeleteI'm with you Mike on the credit cards. I pay my cabellas off every month and my XD 45 was free from Cabelas.
ReplyDeleteRiley
Working on #1. Not much cash, but a lot of iou's from the feral reserve.
ReplyDeleteThe problem with credit and debit cards is that the government has instant access to your spending history.
#4 is a problem for me. As I live in the boondocks, COSTCO, (80 miles away)is a good place for stocking up on certain items. I have not done Wall Mart of K Mart for years.
ReplyDeleteAs for #9, heh, gotta go 75 miles just to see one.
The rest, hell, piece of cake.
Bob
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Almost all done with number 1.
ReplyDeleteAlready do number 3, 6, 8, 9.
Number 4 is hard to do since they have the stuff I need Food, material, equipment, ammo rather cheaply, still.
Thanks God the Fast foods have bent over to the green nazis food fascists so much that their food taste terrible, even to our children. But we still go to Wendy's once a month.
As for number 10, it is done. The few neighbors that we have are all of the same mindset. Mostly grow their food and share, well armed Veterans, hunters and 2nd amendment enthusiasts And look after one another's home, family and children.
As for starting a business, in this great socialist state it would take over 2 years to do so, and even then after all the paper work and money spent, you can easily be rejected by some bureaucrat... So that will have to wait till this State falls on its face economically...