Limping to the finish line, 2025 comes to a close.
Let’s see, didnt have to use my AK this year, so I’ve got that going for me…which is nice. Still have a truck, a house, a job, and reasonable health. I have a lot less money in the bank than I did at this time last year, but I also now have a lot more land holding than I did last year, so that seems a reasonable trade.
The big news, of course, is that I finally bought some property to work on Commander Zero’s Post-Nuclear Bunker O’ Love and Lingerie Proving Ground….something I’ve been wanting for as along as I’ve been writing this blog. In fact, here’s the receipts:
And I’m pretty sure thats not the earliest mention of it, so this is something I’ve been wanting for over twenty years and only really developed the ability to make it real in the last five or so. Like a dog that caught the car and now has no idea what to do with the dang thing, I’ve been so focused on getting the land for the last twenty years that I never put a terrible amount of brainwork in what to do after I got it. No better time than the present to learn, I suppose.
My forecasts for 2025 were as follows:
Forecast for ’25: Ukraine winds up having to come to the table as war fatigue sets in. Inflation is above 2% but nothing like what it was under Biden. Bidenistas become the Japanese hold outs of the political world, staying behind in government to crap in Trumps punch bowl every chance they get. At least one more assassination attempt is made/thwarted. Gas prices drop to lowest prices in four years. Markets are shaky, but ultimately trend upward. Wall does not get built. China continues to be the biggest threat to…everything. Alec Baldwin does not move to France. Cubs don’t win Series.
Other than the additional assassination attempt (although perhaps they didnt tell us about any more) and the Ukes having to roll over, everything else was right…but, to be fair, that was low hanging fruit.
Forecast for 2026? I spend a metric buttload of money getting the Beta Site developed. Silver crosses $100. Putin challenges NATO harder and harder until someone loses a jet fighter…then both sides hurriedly retreat from each other. Ukraine-Russia resolves itself one way or another by the end of the year. China keeps doing what its been doing. Gavin Newsom becomes heir apparent as the Democrats start to rally around him as the only viable candidate. No new assault weapons ban in 2026. Political Balkanization continues. Cubs do not win Series.
Thats about it. 2025 sails into history with all sorts of historical footnotes attached to it.
The year closes, the year opens. It closes with my favorite version of my seasonal favorite:
Happy New Year CZ & guys! I hope for a prosperous and safe New Year for all!
Happy New Year, gentlemen!
Let’s hope it’s a good one…
I think you’re soot on with everything, except Newsome My money is on Pritzker getting the dem nod.
Wouldn’t the murder of Charlie Kirk quality for the assassination?
I was referring to another attempt on Trump.
CZ,
Wishing you the best for the new year.
Going back to your other posts…..
Regarding the Beta site.
1) Tractor Supply, “tent in a box” or a shelter in a box, or some such……..might work for awhile. But I have found after 70+ years of trying……to pay once and cry once…
2) Therefore, buy a tandem axle flat bed trailer at the very least, to haul your stuff around….. If you can’t navigate your “goat trail” to your spot…….use your pick em up truck to get there, in the interim…..
3). You might be able to place your “tent in a box” in your pick up box. You are up off the ground at least. Then, add some “walls” ie. pallets to your camp site and you have the makings of a “shed with a ‘floor” with your “tent in a box”.
4). After your flatbed hauling trailer, you can graduate to an enclosed tandem axle trailer to “live in” for the next step. You could make a few modifications to the enclosed trailer to “live in”. A Porta Potty, or a 5 gallon bucket with a “toilet seat lid” and a black plastic bag will work. Of course a “cat hole” will suffice for awhile if you want to venture outside in the weather.
5.) To continue on your “never ending” land owners list……Buy a small 30 ish horsepower tractor (like a Yanmar) or some such. (Does not need to be a 4WD). but does need a bucket, a back blade AND forks to move stuff around, pop out rocks and move logs with, etc. Yeah. I know it seems “costly” until you try to do this with a shovel and a pick……… Your small ish tractor can be housed in your “enclosed” utility trailer that is triple locked, etc when you are not on site. Take at least take two wheels off of one side, and throw them in your pickup truck bed, if nothing else. Just sayin’
BTW, start looking for a ‘bush hog’ for your tractor, not a ‘lawnmower’ attachment, a BUSH HOG that can take a hit from a rock etc. TNT, keep looking and don’t “cheap out”
6). You could also sleep in the enclosed tandem axle trailer until you are ‘set-up’. if you need to. Otherwise, it is a portable storage container.
7) Now is not the time to keep your “cash in the FDIC” bank. You own what you own and can put your hands on. Not what the sticker says you are “federally insured” for.
Isn’t that music from TOYS the movie?
It was used in the Toys movie, but I don’t believe it was written specifically for it.
Get a high-clearance van, with good rubber on it. You can eat, sleep, poop, and stay warm and dry in it. Also, it will carry a surprising amount of tools, etc. Also great for avoiding stinky rest stops on the freeway. Not cool, but very practical.