Supply chain issues from an insider.

I've got a diesel generator that runs just fine on a decanted mixture of stale old lawnmower gas and used motor oil. It will run the house and tools. The battery bank made from recycled hybrid car NiMH battery cells will keep the run time down. You can't deep cycle NiMH but 25 KWH of battery power means I dont need too.

The stale gas/waste oil mix and a burner is also good for forge, furnace and a maple sap evaporator. I haven't tried any casting yet though.

thanks! was looking into how to grow food indoors (hydroponics) and how to fortify my home from attackers if needed back in like 2008, buy have been moving around since 2011 but about to buy a home so looking forward to having a garden and having home projects.

thanks to all who have posted all the great information herein.

I spent years in HVAC engineering. Its totally dependent on China. Until its all settled and the ships are sailing, its idle.

HEY REAL QUICK....OP DISAPPEARED AFTUH PAGE 2..RIGHT OR NOT?!...UH

no argument from me on that ... i have heard firsthand accounts of ppl who have been there .... like no value is placed on human life

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That is certainly the long-term problem without a doubt.

Short term, however, the biggest factor is not enough cash and credit to have extra stock on the top shelves.

Baltic Dry Index is tits up.

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No. It is because the SOCIOPATH-IN-CHIEF doesn't like China and is now about to force us to divorce from our providers that previous Presidents chose to take all of industry to.

Starve,fuckers!

decanted ... like a fine red wine, eh? lol .... excellent wording

impressive using a hybrid car battery like that and making your own fuel for the generator

Most home improvement places are getting hammered on stock because of the quarantines for covid.

Almost everyone in my neighborhood is doing projects because work is slow.

I bought and reno'd a 1200 sq ft mobile, and on my other house built an outdoor sauna, bought a hot tub and built a wrap-around deck for it with red cedar, new 6' chainlink fence, leveled backyard, 4 dump truck loads of new sod, seeded new lawn, put a roof on my other deck, painted side deck and front deck, new security system to install next week.

Perfect year for home improvement.

Good year for cheap cash labor too.

Home reno has exploded this year. I know I'm not the only one.

They have "Lowe's Follies" every Sunday night after closing. They were just setting up for the event.

You just can't win when you're dealing with morons!

one of my boarding school m8s dad was in the montreal mob and they would have a holiday party before xmas and set up pallet racks as a stage trimmed with blinky lights, bows and wrapping paper and would have 30 brasilian go-go bimbos flown up from amerika to party, i would fly over for it

a magic kingdom when you are still a teen

True, had a 1,200 sq ft composite deck, if there ever any shade on it, mold will grow quickly... it's slippery and looks like shit

Reporting from the mountains of Arizona:

Went to Safeway Market, COMPLETELY STOCKED.

Went to Walmart, COMPLETELY STOCKED.

Went to Home Depot, all isles COMPLETELY STOCKED.

People were friendly and nice...like usual.

I restocked food and even have a rack full of just water.
It's looking fine I guess. And I hardly eat so thank God
this should last for quite a while.

You know, it constantly feels like we are isolated from
everything that is happening.

I guess the closer we get to the end of September, things
will change.

This reminds me of your reply on a thread about studying a dogs ass for an hour to determine whether or not the image of Jesus on a dogs ass was real or photoshop... your response had me crying for an hour...been trying to find that to read it again... anyone have a link?

Warning!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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FDA no longer needs to inspect food

20 x 40? that was for a Biden rally.

My son planted a bunch of tomatos, but as they were just getting ready to produce, the goats got into the garden and ate the tops out of all the plants. That pretty much ruined the tomato crop.

I have an older house in Minnesota in the country that has electric baseboard heat in every room and central forced air on propane... I recently remodeled the downstairs and removed all of the wiring for the baseboard heaters from the electrical panel so when I re-do the upstairs floors to match I can remove all of the baseboard heaters... I'm going to wire them back just in case I can't get propane for whatever reason... can't be without heat in the winter up here... not when it' usually around zero in the winter and sometimes -25...

I’ve got 2 pair of underwear that don’t have a hole where my nuts hang through.
Don’t know how that happens, but I carry on

It’s all slave made shit you need to learn to live without

I checked my local Lowe's, for lumber availability, here in Mississippi.

They were out of a few treated items, but had good stock on most all lumber.

I found some receipts from Feb. 25th of this year, when I bought some lumber before I went into quarantine. When I compared prices, I was amazed.

Look at this, and tell me it is not the beginning of HYPERINFLATION.

There may be merchandise available, but WHO CAN AFFORD IT?

Feb 25 to Aug 2 2020 Price Changes

6-6-16 TREATED #2 GRADE TIMBERS
Item #: 465454 37.37 Now 60.98

2-6-8 TOP CHOICE KD WHITEWOOD
Item #: 30820 5.23 Now 6.35

2-6-8 TREATED TOP CHOICE #2 PRIME
Item #: 489045 5.11 Now 7.57

4-4-12 TREATED #2 GRADE TIMBERS
Item #: 464530 12.08 Now 24.98

2-6-10 TOP CHOICE KD WHITEWOOD
Item #: 31100 6.98 Now 8.42

2-4-10 TOP CHOICE KD WHITEWOOD
Item #: 27172 4.77 Now 5.57

2-8-16 TC TREATD #2 PRIME(201519)
Item #: 489191 14.65 Now 22.67

2-6-16 TC TREATED #2 PRIME(90297)
Item #: 489143 10.79 Now 16.27

4-4-16 TREATED #2 GRADE TIMBERS
Item #: 464538 16.62 Now 31.98

4-4-8 TREATED #2 GRADE SQ
Item #: 639138 6.65 Now 14.57

2-6-16 #2 PINE GM2
Item #: 5159 8.48 Now 11.11

2-4-8 KD WW SELECT STUD
Item #: 6005 3.01 Now 4.22

23/32 CAT RATED SHEATHING
Item #: 12244 21.78 Now 34.06

15/32 CAT BC PINE ULX EXTERIOR
Item #: 12227 20.00 Now 35.35

15/32 CAT 3-PLY SHTG 32/16
Item #: 12192 16.35 Now 24.19

2-8-8 TC TREATED #2 PRIME(91658)
Item #: 489148 8.47 Now 10.98

2-4-8 TREATED TOP CHOICE #2 PRIME
Item #: 489062 4.37 Now 6.27

sounds like you need new underwear or patching / sewing the holes

look at the life your living under Trump

you people are sick if you enjoy your new normal

I had to return a roll of Gorilla Tape back to Amazon yesterday. New batch smelled like horrible chemicals. Picked up the same roll at Home Depot today, no chemical smell. Either someone fucked up the adhesive batch mix, or they second-sourced some chemical and it's not right.

don't think anyone is enjoying this, but i have always liked homegrown vegetables, peas, beans, tomatoes, lettuces, veggies in general, and herbs and such, also enjoy making jellies and preserves, canning .... and it's nice when people share information that is handy to their hobbies, self-sufficiency, interests and which may be very useful during difficulties or just liking the feeling of doing it on your own

Yep...agreed brother....we make hardly anything of our own any longer...
I feel ya! It’s gonna get even harder...for a little while.
However after a time we will make our own canning lids and and forks and spoons and refrigerators once again.
It will happen...for sure.!

I was at Lowe’s 2 weeks ago to buy a fridge for one of my rentals. I wanted the cheap 18 cf that they had displayed on the floor. They said they were back ordered and they might have them in stock in 6-8 weeks. I said, no problem, I’ll just take the one on the floor. I’m sorry sir, we can’t sell our display models. Turned out their warehouse was empty, but the floor was full. Are we living in 1985 Russia?

I went to a huge Fred Meyer in Southern Idaho the other day and they were out of a lot of stuff. Had only two types of jarred salsa but had them lined up so they filled the shelf more but nothing behind them. Same with a lot of things and sill lots of empty shelf space. It was creepy.

Looks like the Soviet Empire end times are coming our way. I wonder if we will break up the same way. Every state is a country.