Budgeting continued

There are many resources you can get very cheap, or even free most of the time, that are very close to you. A lot of people publish their "for sale" items even on facebook! There have been plenty of groups that have fomed for this reason, 'items wanted', "For sale', and many others, some have even formed in your own neighborhood! If you look and nothing has popped up in your area, The cost of forming a group local is the best price,.. FREE! Anyone can do it and you can not only find, and score some great deals but, you can also get the chance and ability to socialize with otherwise unsocial neighbors and form trust and a strong neighborhood social bond... Wouldn't you rather have "The Jones' " keeping an eye on your place when you are gone shopping, than "Those Quiet people" next door?  Sounds a little more comforting doesn't it?

 Plus, Think of the money you can save, and at the same time helping each other by keeping desperately needed money local in these financially troublesome times, form trusting bonds with neighbors, by helping each other out. In these times, things like this are getting to be more of a rarity or even forgotten. With things happening today that weren't so common yesterday, wouldn't it be better to have, or be part of a tight knit group of "neighbors-helping-neighbors"? 

After getting groups like this set up, you want to advertise and bring in traffic to your page, make your own signs and print out little slips from your computer with the web address, brirf summary of what you are doing, and sret up a date for a community garage sale! John at the end of the block may have just what you are looking for, and you don't even know it! i.e. an old running lawn mower engine collecting dust in his garage, an older working alternator, spare car batteries. Thats a home built DC generator right there! Who knows what you can find if you actually look! You can go to the local auto parts store and get a "remanufactured" alternator for $150 and who knows if they built it right and it actually will work right when you hook it up, or "John has an older non-computerized one in his garage sale that still works for $10 or $20! Where's the better opportunity? Even if it doesn't work anymore you can get a rebuild kit online for a fraction of the cost of just going and getting an unknown off the shelf for retail at some million dollar company. 

 With the constant possibility of economical catastrophe, even EMP (Electro-Magnetic Pulse) threats looming overhead.. Computerized equipment will be the first to go in an EMP, with everything controlled by them. This includes Grid-power, City water being pumped to your home, your new car.. ANYTHINGH being ran or controlled by computer, and the G'ment wants you to be dependent on them for everything.... Remember "Cash For Clunkers"? What were the first things to go? Still running and driving older non-computerized cars and trucks. when they got them to the junkyards, they were forbidden to sell any parts from them and by contract HAD to trash the engines if they still ran..

Seems a little suspicious doesn't it? No Perfectly good parts going to fix or rehab the ones that were still on the road, just hoping they would fail, and go to junk.. It's only a matter of time before older parts will be banned
from being rebuilt, repaired, or sold. Ammo shortages caused by Big Brother buying billions of rounds to dry up the supply for stocking. They are slowly getting all their fish in one small barrel to make fishing easier! .. And nobody has paid any attention! It's time to take off the blinders and see the big picture!

What can you do to go against the grain, and fall into the trap door hole the g'ment is digging? 
There are still SO MANY ways to become self-sufficient and self-sustaining that are still out there but are being depleted right under our noses! Get what you can before its gone and you become but a small mouse begging for a piece of welfare cheese! Become INDEPENDENT!











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Budgeting

 After some of the disasters in the last decade or so, many people are starting to think ahead and begin to store emergency food, water, basic survival supplies and etc..  With shows like "Doomsday Preppers", "Doomsday Bunkers" and others of a similar flavor, Someone just starting out can feel overwhelmed when they see what others are doing, and have already done.

I'm going to start off by assuming that no one reading this has a winning million dollar lottery ticket in their pocket, and like myself, are trying to live on a suffocatingly tight budget. :

 Don't by any means expect to have something as large, or extreme as you see on TV overnight. The people you see on those shows didn't do it all overnight, and nor should you expect to accomplish a "miniature warehouse" per-se, overnight. Start small, think small, and remember Rome wasn't built in a day either. Start off by examining your budget, We all have bills, rent or a mortgage, car payments, or some other type of financial obligation.

 Start off by separating your 'needs' from your 'wants', what financial obligations do you have that there is absolutely no way around like the forementioned home, auto payments or insurance.? Make a list of those items and their regular bite out of your funds, and place those to the side as a 'no deals' compliation. Now lets move on to luxuries.. Do you have cable, satellite, or a weekend splurge you can cut back on?  I myself at one point, had my cable TV with HBO, Science, History, and other channels that were nice to have but, weren't worth the additional snowball costs. I kept my internet  at the basic speed and eliminated my tv altogether. There really isn't much on TV anymore that you can't find and watch on the internet.

By cutting out TV I was able to drop a monthly $150 expense down to $50! That's just the beginning..  Do you like to grill, or BBQ? Do you cook over charcoal or propane? Both of these cost money and you can eliminate that cost without eliminating the cookout! How does FREE sound? Believe it or not, when you burn charcoal or propane when cooking out you are literally burning money you don't need to! It's spring and there are many people out cutting down, or trimming their trees and are just throwing away the most PERFECT BBQ fuel! Think of the money you could save if you didn't have to buy fuel for your cookouts anymore, and not having to kick on your money devouring appliances every day!

 If you have a charcoal grill you have a good start, If you have a propane, look into a cheap charcoal grill  at yard sales, in classifieds, your neighbor down the street might even be throwing a perfectly good one just because he wanted to get the new " Super Grillinator 2000' ! Wheel it home and start your freebie gathering with that one piece. Now you go a few more houses down and Mr Jones is finally having that oversized Oak tree tamed, Score one for you! Grab all the pieces of wood you can find that will fit into, or can easily be cut down to fit that grill you just brought home and you can now cook a dinner for pennies on the $ that wil rival the big BBQ houses that charge you $10 a plate!

Now that you have dinner taken care of, Let's go back to your budgeting,.. can you scrape out $10 or $20 a week or month yet? If you can put it away until grocery day, and take it with you on your shopping trip. A 24 pack of bottled water costs around $4  canned goods, ramen noodles and many other things are very cheap. get what you can on that $20, and put it away for emergencies, not to be raided. Congratulations! You are now prepping and on your way to being prepared and self sustaining! Do the same thing each visit to the store and before you know it you will be scrambling trying to find room for all of your preps/food stocks!