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Right now, the wind here in the Detroit area is around 30 mph, with gusts 70+ mph!  In northern Michigan there's going to be a bunch of snow / ice from Sunday into Monday.  I've seen some maps showing 2 ft or more in the upper peninsula!

Quote from: Uomo Senza Nome on March 12, 2026, 05:13:56 PMOk, as it turns out the shooting at ODU was instead ISIS inspired terrorism. The shooter targeted an ROTC classroom and killed the instructor. Two students who stopped him were also wounded.

https://nypost.com/2026/03/12/us-news/hero-rotc-cadet-fatally-stabbed-crazed-old-dominion-gunman-to-prevent-more-carnage/

Hang on tight, we are just getting started.

Anyone else find it weird hearing the FBI say that students "rendered the attacker no longer alive?" 

C'mon lady. I know this is YouTube, but do you really think you're going to get censored?

White House mouth piece says that the drone story was without foundation and based upon an unverified tip that local CA LE leaked to the news. This is why the FBI is so skittish about information sharing. Some local police have no idea about how OPSEC works and information vetting works and have an inability to keep their mouths shut when not stuffing pie into it. It's always the dimmest bulb on the tree that makes the whole Christmas Tree look bad. 

https://www.foxnews.com/media/karoline-leavitt-demands-retraction-abc-news-story-claiming-fbi-warned-iran-could-attack-california

Quote from: Moab on March 12, 2026, 09:46:41 PMI lost 8 people in 14 months about 15 years ago or so. My grandparents that largely raised me. My wife at the time and I lost twin boys. My two very best friends of 20+ years. My uncle died. And my cousin - suicide by cop.

It will change you.

I'm sorry for your loss. Sincerely.

It's good you have probate to get through. Take your time. I know your very organized and very well researched. You think a lot about your needs and priorities. And put the important stuff first. And that you will identify all your choices and make the best ones.

This is also an excellent time to invest. You could not have picked a better lifetime period to do so. Most professional investors are talking about this time period being a once in a lifetime event. None can tell you exactly when or what to invest in. But you couldn't be in a better time period in general to come into a windfall and be able to invest it.

It's great to watch you build your homestead, family and life. You've made some great choices. It's inspiring to see.

You're doing alright man. You're building the dream. I'm very happy for you.

Thank you, that's really nice to hear. I'm sorry about all your loss. It really isn't easy, ever.

I found some extra money from my grandparents and working to get that so that will be the "play money" the mom money is invest and insure we and our son is set for life.

Our business is really taking off, we are buying out our partner and reinvesting everything back in to buy the mini ex and buying a massive stump grinder.

Trying to think how to set this property up for long term success so with rising costs of energy. Property tax on the other hand.... Sheesh! Going crazy. We'll have 4 investment properties we don't charge much but it costed the cost and we make money. I just don't feel good charging the kind of money things are going for. That's always made us have amazing renters. The last ones stayed for 16 years. We only raised rent 200$ for the new renters.

We are also converting my mom's house into a flight attendant crash pad. That'll be cash cow. I don't feel bad for that because we are still charging less than others, but man... that'll pay for the property taxes for every property with thousands left over.

Anyways lots of stuff to think about.

Quote from: 12_Gauge_Chimp on March 12, 2026, 09:08:37 PMI had a similar experience back around 1995 to about 1998 or so. I think I lost like six or seven relatives in that time frame.

Ouch. Yeah I think we've lost 12 people in the close family in the last 2 1/2 years. Aunts, uncles, husbands wife's, cousins, my grandparents, and mom.

It's never easy, but I'm alright. Gotta be there for everyone else because no one else can handle it.

I lost 8 people in 14 months about 15 years ago or so. My grandparents that largely raised me. My wife at the time and I lost twin boys. My two very best friends of 20+ years. My uncle died. And my cousin - suicide by cop. 

It will change you. 

I'm sorry for your loss. Sincerely. 

It's good you have probate to get through. Take your time. I know your very organized and very well researched. You think a lot about your needs and priorities. And put the important stuff first. And that you will identify all your choices and make the best ones. 

This is also an excellent time to invest. You could not have picked a better lifetime period to do so. Most professional investors are talking about this time period being a once in a lifetime event. None can tell you exactly when or what to invest in. But you couldn't be in a better time period in general to come into a windfall and be able to invest it. 

It's great to watch you build your homestead, family and life. You've made some great choices. It's inspiring to see. 

You're doing alright man. You're building the dream. I'm very happy for you. 

This all reminds me of the ZS member ODA. He had numbers after the ODA. But he was former Green Beret maybe? I miss that guy. He was on the far spectrum of weapon loadout. He carried like a short barreled AR with a drum and hundreds of rounds of ammo. His bug out location wasn't a far trek in. I wonder where he is now? 

Not related sorry. Just thought of him. 

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Quote from: 12_Gauge_Chimp on March 12, 2026, 01:38:13 PMSorry to hear about your mother, Halfapint.

My condolences to you and your family.

Thanks, been a lot of death the last 2 1/2 years

I had a similar experience back around 1995 to about 1998 or so. I think I lost like six or seven relatives in that time frame.

Quote from: 12_Gauge_Chimp on March 12, 2026, 01:38:13 PMSorry to hear about your mother, Halfapint.

My condolences to you and your family.

Thanks, been a lot of death the last 2 1/2 years

Ok, as it turns out the shooting at ODU was instead ISIS inspired terrorism. The shooter targeted an ROTC classroom and killed the instructor. Two students who stopped him were also wounded. 

https://nypost.com/2026/03/12/us-news/hero-rotc-cadet-fatally-stabbed-crazed-old-dominion-gunman-to-prevent-more-carnage/

Hang on tight, we are just getting started.