Some Sunday Light PAW Fiction Reading For You

Just read Cowboy, it's a little "spaghetti western" with the strong silent hero that never loses, but an OK read. Love the fact that he has 45 colt guns

Another really good read. This one is realistic as the world slowly slides into an economic mess. The main character has an economic background and can see the writing on the wall and prepares his family and friends for the collapse. It was like visiting Greece, but there were no-one to bailout each nation - including the mention of Australia because China stops buying our commodities - out. Some of the older characters remembered what their parents/grandparents went thru during the Great Depression and stocked up on things like washing machines with wringers; butter churns; and very small fridges (kerosene) etc. as fuel became scarce or too expensive. One chapter explains how a farmer whose cows produced 500 gallons of milk per day realised that the tanker would not be arriving to collect the milk due to the fuel shortage. But the cows still needed to be milked. Much of the milk had to be tipped out in the paddocks until he came up with a solution. He realised that he would have to let his herd go dry. This meant that until they produced a calf - in 1 years time - there would be no milking and hence no milk. This is just one decision our farmers will have to make. Insurance. Most insurance companies went broke, but the law still required you to buy insurance for your vehicle. After limited fund withdrawals from banks - they eventually closed. Money was worthless but hyperinflation was well under way, but a barter system was slowly developing. Hospitals closed as no-one got paid. The doctor (s) dedicated to their work had little medicine and could perform just basic surgery. Once again, it has been a learning curve on what to stock up on for me. Ladies - you can never have enough canning jars!!  Well worth a read just for a snapshot into the past and how things were done 2 generations ago. 

TRANSITIONS

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Ha, you mean a mangle, like the one we've been using for the last 15 years?



I guess SHTF won't affect our washing process all that much then

he he, I found it BRAND NEW for $60 in 1999, still in the original box with wax paper wrapping. Was made in the 50s IIRC.

When looking I expected to have to buy a washing machine with the built-in mangle and cut it off, but this is the style that was designed to clamp onto the divider in those dual concrete sinks so I didn't have to modify it at all.

I have to say that these are fantastic devices, and if you put the clothes through correctly folded they are crease free.

BTW, in the motorhoming fraternity these are reasonably common, but most people make their own.

I'm up to around chpt 82 and there are links to the Federal Reserve and IMF that the author have weaved into the story. It's 21 videos long! But its how the central banks have manipulated the system and where we are at today - and where we WILL end up tomorrow, even though we are in Australia. It will affect the whole world. Greed. Obscene greed. It is slow to start with but I think what I've enjoyed is the way the economic crash is unfolding - bit by bit in a realistic scenario rather than being plunged back into the 1800s overnight. Makes you think.

Some weekend PAW Fiction

I found the font too small on these stories and switched to 'READER'. You will find that in the address tool bar but on the far right hand side. Click 'Reader' and its much easier on the eyes. Sometimes it will click off when you are reading, but when re-clicked its in the same place where you were reading from.

The Lottery:
Silly young thing. He should of ditched the dolly (only been dating for a couple of months) and connected up with his Prepper mates instead. (my opinion )

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Cold Camp

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From The Bottom Up

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This story is how the coming severe economic depression will probably pan out. From having work to no work. From eating to being unable to eat even the basics. From driving to not being able to afford fuel. Once there is no power, or rationed power, the whole dynamic changes. Imagine having your loved one in a nursing home? They have to cut costs across the board - including food for the elderly. Then with no power, they need to come back home to live. Imagine if you are elderly yourself, how do you look after someone that needs to be bathed or lifted or helped to walk? And if you live in a cold area and they die at home, they need to be buried. What if the ground is frozen? These are a smidgen of what people faced in the Great Depression. The main family I'm reading about needed to go to town, not just for supplies, but for news. Things were so expensive that the Chemist was even selling bandaids individually!

This is a must read for any Prepper that wants a snapshot into a worldwide Depression. Having preps is not enough. There is the mental side of dealing with the unknown and the author certainly gives you that glimpse.  Communities pulling together and looking out for each other. The farming communities at this point are fairing better, but for how long as the cities and even smaller towns loose control and crime takes over. Safety in numbers.   It's sometimes hard reading as the author is bringing in new characters and different scenarios, but they keep the characters in the same chapters so unless I see my characters, I skip over them. But it makes you stop and think - am I prepared enough to feed my family for 6 months? 1 year? 5 years? and at this point I would have to say no. Once the banks close, panic sets in and prices skyrocket. You are literally on your own. 

Mrs Pete and I went to the ridiculous extreme of well over 100 people, full ceremony in a church, then a full sit down meal with dancing etc. The thing that annoyed me was that it was stupidly expensive per head, including people known only to one of us, including people we hadn't seen in many years.

A pie & a beer would've suited me much better.

That's good reason to discover these stories late in the day, it's all finished and you can just read it, rather than calling for "moar!!" every week

Read the prologue, thought "I've read this before" but the first few pages aren't familiar so I'll continue.


EDIT:
Later...now I see why I though the story line was familiar, there's actually a reference to the other book I read (Lights Out)