Preparedness and you - How prepared are you for a 30 day shutdown

[Bushmoose]

I wouldn’t have anything to do with either one of them. Just another middleman trying to get his sticky fingers in somebody else’s pie.

I couldn't agree more! It's a sign of how our society is becoming so lazy and dependant on others, that they can't seem to even grocery shop for themselves?

[mosquito]

I couldn't agree more! It's a sign of how our society is becoming so lazy and dependant on others, that they can't seem to even grocery shop for themselves?

Often it is a matter of time, often the deliveries are a matter of quality and choice and with the Wuhan Pneumonia shut downs and social paranoia that comes into play too. My wife and daughter would bug me about COVID and going grocery shopping for example, with Metro there is the farmer, distributor, store and then shopper, if you buy the right items you can get delivery free. With something like truLocal they buy, directly package it up and ship... grass fed beef, water buffalo, good selection, here are the Ontario suppliers. https://trulocal.ca/our-suppliers

People used to have to get take out from restaurants, then came deliveries and then to reduce costs for restaurants out came Ubereats and Skip the dishes. They cost more than just picking it up but when you may be getting up at 7, catching the 8am train, working then catching the 6pm trail home and getting home at 7pm having a delivery of fresh cooked or a microwaved dinner are your choices unless you want to eat about 8 or 8:30 at night. In this world you exchange time for money, time at work earns you money, paying a bit extra for delivery gains you back the hour or two you would spend driving, shopping and driving back... all while wearing a mask and social distancing and causing some stress with yourself and/or family about you being in crowds during COVID.

Companies like Ubereats, Skip the Dishes and a dozen others focus on restaurants, truLocal, Butcherbox and a bunch others mostly meats and local produce which would likely have a hard time getting into markets. Convenience, selection and opportunity for local business seem good to me. With LCBO I can pick items that aren't in local stores like the Sake made in Ontario and the Dragon Gold cider from Barrie, but if you like driving to the store, wandering around looking for items, waiting in lines (socially distanced of course) and then driving home... enjoy. Unless it is Cabelas/BassPro or Canadian Tire or Sail I never liked shopping and good riddance to as much of it as I can.

[line052]

I choose from this point forward to not play with FC trolls anymore..I will give him nothing to do..lol.

I am looking for a full size freezer now, for the spring. Have a few more electrical circuits installed and tied to Gen panel before that..lots to do.

[line052]

Maybe we could get Jeff, some torches, have a campfire, take a vote, snuff his torch and kick him off the island.....HaHa..

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[MikePal]

I choose from this point forward to not play with FC trolls anymore..I will give him nothing to do..lol.

I am looking for a full size freezer now, for the spring. Have a few more electrical circuits installed and tied to Gen panel before that..lots to do.

I put a 20a twist lock connector (male) on the wall below the 30amp main connector. Take advantage of the 120v outlets on the generator.

I then put in 2 receptacle box with 8 GFI grounded females below my panel for the express purpose of plugging in the freezers in the back room.

[line052]

The genset I have is 50R-14 (I think), 50 amp rating and it produces 67 amps surge and 57 amps constant. There is 2 X 30R twist locks on the genset, but not feeding the house (currently under deck in back, in geny box I built for it). Eventually once steel building is built, it will move to it inside and exhausting out wall. That 50 amp connection is perfect for welder and high amp tools I have. Final set up Quonset hut bldg will have separate genset plugs wiring...just have to start building the pad in the spring. All part of the 5 year plan for farm. Worst case is I have 2 other genys that are backup for exactly what you write about or the main one breaks down.Time, I ran out time this year......lol

I put a 20a twist lock connector (male) on the wall below the 30amp main connector. Take advantage of the 120v outlets on the generator.

I then put in 2 receptacle box with 8 GFI grounded females below my panel for the express purpose of plugging in the freezers in the back room.

[Snowwalker]

Just a topic which has not been covered..
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