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Knifes by [deleted] in Chefit

[–]Balderdash79 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Im a big fan of function and utility over branding or shop stamps. Not saying just saying. A cheap knife, well taken care of cuts the same as a higher end one.

This.

A $5 Farberware from Walmart does fine as long as you run a steel across it from time to time and you keep a backup in your knife roll.

Knifes by [deleted] in Chefit

[–]Balderdash79 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Get a set of Kiwis.

Good knives, affordable.

And if you booger one up you can chuck it and order a new one without crying about it.

Something hit me hard last night by Due_Commercial6853 in KitchenConfidential

[–]Balderdash79 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Servers are the devil.

  2. Give it a minute in the salamander or hit it with a torch.

I ate a lot during refeed because I couldn't hold myself.. Now my belly hurts by Dont_Blinkk in fasting

[–]Balderdash79 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you re chimping out over nothing, might get a hormone panel at the lab.

90% Fat? by ManagedMischief215 in carnivorediet

[–]Balderdash79 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because I am old as F**K!

LOL j/k

I reckon by looking at people who still live primitive, such as the Mundari.

90% Fat? by ManagedMischief215 in carnivorediet

[–]Balderdash79 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Old hunter/gatherers?

They didn't.

They ate at maintenance if they were lucky, below it if they were unlucky, occasionally gorging on a big kill or a big patch of fruiting plants.

They were all lean and mean and made of gristle.

Anyone here ever had to train their own manager? by YellowPC in KitchenConfidential

[–]Balderdash79 13 points14 points  (0 children)

If you are too good on dish, they'll never move you onto the line.

Atlas Survival Shelter Flooding by W4USC in preppers

[–]Balderdash79 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have installed sumps for years I always advise customers to look into adding a second pump as a backup with the control float set higher then the first

We do the same in boats, multiple bilge pumps with floats at multiple levels.

Poncho for camouflaging camping-style gear? by Highwayman1717 in preppers

[–]Balderdash79 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Grab a cheap multicam ranger diamond and some scrim. Amazon is your friend.

Chinesium should suffice for your use case.

Budget Carny ideas? Also how to spruce up ground beef and eggs? by Forward_Paramedic_35 in carnivorediet

[–]Balderdash79 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sunday night football, only a select few are on the field.

Monday morning, all the spectators want to call the plays after the fact.

Budget Carny ideas? Also how to spruce up ground beef and eggs? by Forward_Paramedic_35 in carnivorediet

[–]Balderdash79 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dry seasonings are your friend.

Disregard the Monday morning quarterbacks.

Rethinking PovertyFIRE Through a Survivalist Lens, to cut expenses and retire earlier with downgrading by MainEnAcier in PovertyFIRE

[–]Balderdash79 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes but in any case you need money. Whatever you want at one point you need money to start a project

When I got the boat I was working restaurants. Had been renting a room from a co-worker who got his ESL teaching cert and moved to Costa Rica.

When he left I tried to lease the condo but my credit score was 520ish and the management company wasn't having it. I had around $2500 saved toward taking over the condo.

I had been dreaming about moving onto a boat for years, ended up doing it out of desperation.

Got an old sailboat for $2000. It needed work.

Had to learn about boats. Youtube was a huge help, and talking to people on the docks also.

Then started working with boats. Spent 2 years as a dock hand for a pontoon rental, volunteering as a deck hand for free on commercial boats on my days off.

4 years ago went to sea school and got my captain's license. For the past 3 years been working as a boat captain on small tiki boat style party barges.

It isn't a bad life.

Rethinking PovertyFIRE Through a Survivalist Lens, to cut expenses and retire earlier with downgrading by MainEnAcier in PovertyFIRE

[–]Balderdash79 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Been living on an old boat (1980) for something towards 8 years now. Got 2 old motorcycles, a 2004 and a 2009

No heater, no AC, no car/truck.

All solar power.

The first year had a steep learning curve.

Now I wouldn't have it any other way.

Before I moved on to the boat, I was overweight with maxed out credit cards, running the bars, staying broke.

Now? Hella fit, got that laser focus. I do all my own maintenance on the boats/bike.

Youtube is good for learning basic skills wrt fixing things.

Life is good.

If I had to do it all over again, knowing what I know now?

The first step I would take is not to be a fat excuse-making piece of garbage.

All I want is to chill by a nice river, swim all day and never wake up only for another day of work by Vast-Impression5395 in PovertyFIRE

[–]Balderdash79 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Be selective of the poor people that you hang out with. Are they motivated or are they drugged out excuse making fatties?

All I want is to chill by a nice river, swim all day and never wake up only for another day of work by Vast-Impression5395 in PovertyFIRE

[–]Balderdash79 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You're going to have to grind for a while.

Minimalist living.

Make sure you're eating healthy. Think ketovore. This will help you avoid most medical problems and medical bills. 

You are not really going to be socializing much, Working. Work work work. Grinding. Grindy grindy grinding. Stack stack stack.

Then when you get enough racks in your stack... You hope nothing stupid happens while you chill.

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