Posted on 04/24/2021 5:26:26 AM PDT by Kaslin
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Arizona construction is exploding, too. I can’t imagine who will voluntarily remain in the cold, dark, collectivist cities of the Northeast and Midwest unless they are getting government benefits to do so.
rural land
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Meat animals
Can we assume China makes the parts? And with Biden's full support they'll continue making 'essential' parts for our economy to function?
Yeah, but what is coming from the Communist Congress looks to be a looming disaster.
“Now, I am moving into long-term equity anticipation securities (LEAPS), with my research showing a potential recession or depression within the next 18 to 24 months.”
Moving into LEAPS doesn’t make sense given his economic outlook. He must mean he is selling LEAPS instead of buying them.
*** my husband runs a lumberyard near downtown Houston..it is crazy the shortages and pricing increases ***
Try inking a contract for a commercial building back in mid 2020. The price of the beams was $750,000. Now as lockdowns are lifted, the price has jumped since then to near 3 million. Market predictions were steel prices would drop 1st quarter of 2021. They instead, rose, and inventory is short.
Your husband is seeing the effects of this firsthand. Many are not.
Quotes and proposals are always time limited. When I built electric signs, my quotes were good for 30 days which is pretty standard. With lumber prices being so volatile, I would think there would be some sort of clause about the quote being contingent upon a rise in lumber costs.
When Lowes, Home Depot first got online, they didn’t put lumber prices on their websites due to the volatile prices. Eventually website software became more robust and tied into other systems. Now you can go on their websites and see that 7/16” OSB sheathing that was $9 a year ago is $39 today.
Cheaper to build a concrete block house than stick frame these days. The roof is still going to cost you 4 times the price in materials as a year ago.
None of this is because of “covid”. It is because of power mad Democrats who could not stand the fact that we were all doing just fine without them.
https://library.uniteddiversity.coop/Water_and_Sanitation/Hawai_Rain_Harvesting_Guide.pdf
Can’t drill a water well on an island. Hawaii relies heavily on rainwater harvesting.
Can’t harvest rainwater in one or two PNW states because the State says they own the rain that falls on your land.
Rainwater is like distilled water in that it has no minerals so you need to take mineral supplements or eat tree nuts if all you drink is rainwater. Peanuts and nuts from bushes or small trees like hazelnuts won’t do because their tap roots don’t go deep enough to pick up minerals.
I’m surrounded by springs which was considered when we bought this hunk of woods. We used a tank for the first few years and would fill it from the spring down the hill from us. We drive over two creeks to get here and they originate from two different springs.
People come down from St Louis on the weekends to go canoeing/kayaking/tubing in the Meramec River which is super clear and very cold water because it’s fed by dozens of springs including the huge Meramec Spring.
We have no water worries here aside from how to tote it.
Yes, this is planned to collapse our economy.
Do not forget that the elite wish to enact “The Great Reset” and consolidate western nations under a single socialist government.
The world will be four main groups:
Socialist nations (may merge into the communist nation group)
Communist nations
Islamist nations
Everyone else who are insignificant
*** Can we assume China makes the parts? ***
China, Hong Kong (no longer autonomous), Taiwan, and South Korea. We have tried to leverage South Korea on trade tariffs (Trump Admin), and I am not sure the US will benefit from cracks in that alliance.
In plain speak, Korea is saying to the US, “you’re not the boss of me.”
When/If China regains Taiwan, they will control most of the world’s chip making.
China also has the majority of global mining agreements for Rare Earth Minerals such as used in lithium batteries.
During this so called covid economic crisis, decent houses are being bought at outlandish prices, bulldozed left and right and mcmansions are being built in their place despite the increase in lumber prices. Covid hasn’t slowed tourists so they have money and that pumped money into housekeeping, maintenance crews, food services, sporting rentals and attractions. Cottage industries exploded this past year. Online shopping also exploded and new products/services evolved. Parking lots at brick and mortar businesses were full, at least they were here.
It’s against the law to dumpster dive. It’s also against the law for grocery stores to give away their excess inventory so they must now toss it in dumpsters and lock those dumpster in case anyone dare to pull out not so shelf pretty produce or a past sell by dated box of corn flakes.
*** Quotes and proposals are always time limited. ***
Not a quote, or proposal, A Contract.
Our first house mortgage was at 18.5, too. What we wouldn’t have given for it to be 3. People have it good today.
“We have no water worries here aside from how to tote it.”
Same here. Can’t swing a dead cat without hitting a water source. Just have to make it potable.
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Gas was over $4 when W was president.
“HR 1 would cement their power in place.”
I think voter fraud has already cemented their power in place.
And it was all worth it to rid the world of the bad orangman who is bad. The democrats cheered when Bill Mahar said they must crash the economy to get rid of Trump. They never thought they would have such great success.
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