What are you doing today?
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@LuFins-Dad said in What are you doing today?:
Even a 1.2 Megaton bomb has a radius of 7 miles.
I believe we are all now experts on nuclear weapon yield.
This one has been making the rounds:
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@LuFins-Dad said in What are you doing today?:
You guys are acting like it will either be all or nothing… There are countless levels of bad that fall between sanctions and mutually assured destruction…
Yes because one thing war definitely does, it makes people come to their senses. Especially thugs.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in What are you doing today?:
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@Mik said in What are you doing today?:
It takes nothing to do it daily and would be a godsend if things get dicey. The possibilities of cyber warfare worry me much more than a pandemic.
Fair enough. I'll probably stick to stocking up on potable water because quite frankly we have an assload of water nearby if needed.
Then again, I'm also within a D.C. blast radius so we're kinda fucked anyway.
Nah, you’re well outside the radius of a Hiroshima type blast… https://www.businessinsider.com/how-nuclear-attack-would-destroy-us-cities-2019-12
They have much, much, much bigger bombs.
Even a 1.2 Megaton bomb has a radius of 7 miles. Yes, there are larger bombs, but they aren’t really practical.
When I lived in Northern Virginia I did a quick check (a few years ago) of what I would do. I found the (relatively) best place in the basement to go, but also felt better that the wind would take the fallout north and east... oops, sorry Aqua if that sends it your way.
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@LuFins-Dad said in What are you doing today?:
I’m sitting in line for 40 minutes to get gas at $4.19 per gallon.
I invested in VDE (energy ETF) when it was at $41/share in mid 2020, now it's at $108, so that helps offset any gas costs. When gas goes up, so does this investment lolz.
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@Jolly said in What are you doing today?:
People, you worry too much. Consider the words of Jesus in Matthew 6...
24¶ No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. 25Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? 26Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? 27Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? 28And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: 29And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? 31Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 34Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
I don't worry at all. I just get myself into the best position I can. Worry robs you of your life.
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@89th said in What are you doing today?:
@LuFins-Dad said in What are you doing today?:
@Aqua-Letifer said in What are you doing today?:
@LuFins-Dad said in What are you doing today?:
@Aqua-Letifer said in What are you doing today?:
@Mik said in What are you doing today?:
It takes nothing to do it daily and would be a godsend if things get dicey. The possibilities of cyber warfare worry me much more than a pandemic.
Fair enough. I'll probably stick to stocking up on potable water because quite frankly we have an assload of water nearby if needed.
Then again, I'm also within a D.C. blast radius so we're kinda fucked anyway.
Nah, you’re well outside the radius of a Hiroshima type blast… https://www.businessinsider.com/how-nuclear-attack-would-destroy-us-cities-2019-12
They have much, much, much bigger bombs.
Even a 1.2 Megaton bomb has a radius of 7 miles. Yes, there are larger bombs, but they aren’t really practical.
When I lived in Northern Virginia I did a quick check (a few years ago) of what I would do. I found the (relatively) best place in the basement to go, but also felt better that the wind would take the fallout north and east... oops, sorry Aqua if that sends it your way.
Nope, different area now.
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@Mik said in What are you doing today?:
Today I am setting up a fundraiser for my nephew. Lost everything he had in a fire last night. No insurance.
FFS... Sorry to hear that.
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@Mik said in What are you doing today?:
Today I am setting up a fundraiser for my nephew. Lost everything he had in a fire last night. No insurance.
Oh God, that's awful.
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@Mik said in What are you doing today?:
Today I am setting up a fundraiser for my nephew. Lost everything he had in a fire last night. No insurance.
SHIT.
My wife had a similar catastrophe growing up. Fires are terrible. -
Very much so.
Want to know what you consider important in life? If your home caught fire tonight, and you had time to get only three things out of the building, what would they be?
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Filled up again this morning.
$75...
The Brad
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@LuFins-Dad said in What are you doing today?:
Filled up again this morning.
$75...
Depends how big the gas tank is, really. What was the cost per gallon?
The cheapest (Costco/Sam's) is $3.74 but most normal stations are starting to go above 4 bucks. Also, I have found the Sam's gas line to be a little shorter than Costco.
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Seriously though, I hate GoFundMe as it makes too high a percentage and I've seen it misused badly. MFR asked me to set it up as she was in Indy moving her mom to memory care when the fire happened. I'd rather have sharp pencils stuck in my ears than go on the internet begging for money.
Despite my reservations and animosity, it has turned out well in ways I did not foresee. The kid was really down on himself for not having renters' insurance. By the end of the first night all the outpouring of concern and donations, he said he felt like he was living It's a Wonderful Life. I guess something good can come out of it greater than the money.
