Adding this in case it’s helpful:

Defending against LRAD:
https://youtu.be/CXKTBQBugIA

Defending against microwave: https://youtu.be/Lg_aUOSLuRo

They aren’t canadian but could you use kilners or pearl jars? They are UK and DE made respectively. Nice quality as well

Weekly for essentials: fresh fruit, fresh veg, any specific food i need for cooking that week or anything that’s run out. Good bread. In summer we have a garden so it’s mostly the fresh stuff we aren’t growing.

Costco monthly for sandwich bread, milk, eggs, any bulk stuff we need.

I get animal protein in bulk from our local farmer about 1x every two years which drops the price. We eat animal protein about 3 times a week, vegetarian rest of the time.

Always with a list, always with a weekly meal plan.

Well, now there’s one more atheist here.

Denialist christians are the worst kind of toxic positivity christians. You can’t be complicit in something horrible for decades and then turn around and say “not us” now.

I just got her message this morning! 😂

If you take the eastern and western blur parts of Pa and give jesusland the pennsultucky center we can call it even

There’s an atheist group?

I would say Tech with a capital T includes not just physical or cloud tech, but the whole process, down to shitty Product Owners and business teams, delivery crap features to customers.

I saw the writing on the wall when we started getting itunes updates that no one wanted.

Some good that’s done us. Country taken over by an unelected foreigner and nothing done. No shots fired, no defense of the constitution, no military honor, all those years of patriot bullshit and fugly flag and camo clothing for nothing.

It’s not so much lack of courage as it is I don’t want to talk to you. I certainly don’t want to hear all of you. Hell I avoid spoken social media now as it is.

I give them 2-3 months tops

True. My MiL was just like “well, I guess we’ll just use oil lamps and live like the 1800’s” if everything collapses ignoring completely they are 100% reliant on medicare, social security, and the VA to live, as is her whole damn extended family. Fucking idiots.

You guys are buying stuff?

Ah been there

Good luck! We’re on my second month. The first month was a mess as I panic bought some supplies for our home repairs before the talks about tariffs started, but this month we’re doing pretty well. (Our reasons are similar to yours plus maybe boycotting a few companies we used to shop with.)

I’m doing cash envelop budgeting along with and so far we’re under budget and have only had 3 days unplanned spending this month and none of it is out of budget. Pretty easy to do the two together with the goal of saving, boosting giving, or debt-paydown.

Happy to be an accountability buddy

Well that saves me a bit of work for now then. I’ve got all my old phones/ipads though so perhaps it’s time to try tinkering with things there

Oh wow I love that!

M1 not old enough? I can already feel Apple trying to kill it.

Let me get through the welcome newcomers stuff first! :)