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Just under 7 years ago we moved from San Diego to Central California and bought a 10 acre ranch. I was 53. We have a small herd of 7 black angus. We currently, we do 2 batches a year, of Red Ranger chickens, 70 birds we are going to put it in the freezer in a week and a half. We have a well. Solar and batteries. I have killed hundreds of chickens. About 100 hogs and 10 cattle by now. While I hope and pray the world does not collapse I am ready
Daniel wow this piece had me thinking especially the whole not using Cash anymore which is rare for me these days. I was just thinking I must also keep cash on hand for emergencies from each paycheck. Case in point I would say about six months ago my partner Carlos and I went out to eat and I went to use my Debit card and it wouldn't work. I work for Discover which is also where I bank. However, the system was down I would say about an hour maybe more. Luckily I was able to Zelle the restaurant owner the money for the bill which was not affected by the outage. My partner was embarrassed for both of us and said I should keep cash on him and of course, I listened to that the whole night. But you all are both right and these things happen I have seen it since I do work here. I mean we have really good stuff in place here but inevitable things do happen. Thanks for sharing this awesome piece. Great stuff and well-written friend. Blessings. :) :)
Just under 7 years ago we moved from San Diego to Central California and bought a 10 acre ranch. I was 53. We have a small herd of 7 black angus. We currently, we do 2 batches a year, of Red Ranger chickens, 70 birds we are going to put it in the freezer in a week and a half. We have a well. Solar and batteries. I have killed hundreds of chickens. About 100 hogs and 10 cattle by now. While I hope and pray the world does not collapse I am ready
Daniel wow this piece had me thinking especially the whole not using Cash anymore which is rare for me these days. I was just thinking I must also keep cash on hand for emergencies from each paycheck. Case in point I would say about six months ago my partner Carlos and I went out to eat and I went to use my Debit card and it wouldn't work. I work for Discover which is also where I bank. However, the system was down I would say about an hour maybe more. Luckily I was able to Zelle the restaurant owner the money for the bill which was not affected by the outage. My partner was embarrassed for both of us and said I should keep cash on him and of course, I listened to that the whole night. But you all are both right and these things happen I have seen it since I do work here. I mean we have really good stuff in place here but inevitable things do happen. Thanks for sharing this awesome piece. Great stuff and well-written friend. Blessings. :) :)