Russia to invade Ukraine

Number 1 mission for both of us would probably be convincing our kids to relocate to the BOL (your youngest especially).  That would be a major force multiplier for you, not because your youngest is there, but because I reckon Mrs Norseman would become a major league throat slitter to protect the grandies. 

I'd stock up on meds but my prescription has a refill date. Maybe I should doctor shop.

I'll admit that my stress levels are going up a bit. We're only a couple of months off moving to the new place, which means using up the long term pantry because it's 50/50 on whether or not the removal company will move the stuff that's in it.
We're emptying the chest freezer before the move, and clearing out our regular pantry too. It's... uncomfortable... to know that we don't have the stock that we usually have on hand because we're actively using it up. That being said, other large items that are more costly and require more effort are being delivered to relatives close by are being purchased now so that we have them ready to go.

But it's definitely difficult on the psyche to know that we're going to have to restock again when we get there. I'm hoping that if things DO kick off, we'll have at least a month or so before the real problems trickle down through the normal places we buy from.

Seems the Ukrainians want to go out with a "Bang"

www.thesun.co.uk/news/20014751/ukrainians-organise-orgy-event-nuclear-bomb/
nypost.com/2022/10/06/ukrainians-plan-orgy-in-event-of-putin-launching-nuke/


RAUNCHY Ukrainians have organised a mass orgy to take place on a hill outside Kyiv in the event of Vladimir Putin launching a nuclear bomb.
More than 15,000 have subscribed to the sex party on Telegram in the event that Vlad reaches for the red button.

Stealth, when we were moving, the same thoughts re collapse were in our minds. Below is a summary of how we went about it.

We moved to a vacant possession farm and small house with a shed. Before we relocated the nearly 1,000 km north, we had already put in a new DA for a second house, sheds etc and it was approved by the council.

We got a removalist to do the furniture, bedding, crockery etc, in fact, almost the whole house.

We had converted a school bus into a mobile home, with 2.5 kw solar, toilet, shower, washing machine etc all fitted out to be self contained. Then we took 2 days to drive to the new farm and had the bus to live in whilst we built the second house. (The original house is for my Mother in Law).

The rest of the farm, machinery, preps, my electronics workshop and so on, was fitted into a 20 foot shipping container in the order it would be needed to be unpacked when it was delivered. In fact, some electronics spares are still in the container, nearly 20 years later ! This also gave the container for use as a shed on the farm. (And being all metal, should be reasonably EMP proof).

The only hiccup was that the truck they sent to transport the container couldn't pick it up as it was so heavy ! So a bigger one was dispatched.

Hope that helps.




Work out your spirit. Revive your spirit. Put a fire in it that no one can affect. You've got to develop self love that is independent from the world. Get rid of the excuses. Get after life. This is all you get, then you turn back into dust.

Not sure of the exact pronunciation, but it rhymes with "place the explosives a little closer this time."

Looks like the bridge is being paid for. I mean we knew it was coming.

'KYIV, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Several explosions rocked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and the cities of Lviv, Ternopil and Dnipro on Monday, after Russia accused Ukraine of orchestrating a powerful blast that damaged a key bridge linking Russia and Crimea.

Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne quoted emergency services as saying there were dead and wounded in Kyiv but gave no further details of casualties.

"Several explosions in the Shevchenskivskyi district - in the centre of the capital," Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko Klitschko said on the Telegram messaging app. "Details later."

Reuters witness saw a huge carter at one of the city centre's intersections and nearby cars completely wrecked, blackened and pitted with shrapnel.

Explosions were also reported in Lviv, Ternopil and Zhytomyr in Ukraine's west, and in Dnipro in central Ukraine.

Russia abandoned an early advance on Kyiv in the face of fierce resistance bolstered by Western arms.

Since then Moscow and its proxies have focused on the south and Donbas, an eastern territory made up of Luhansk and its neighbour Donetsk, deploying overwhelming artillery in some of the heaviest ground fighting in Europe since World War Two."

This is getting a lot more serious now!