I had the joy of spending time with family member X. Three cars, 5 bedroom home, nice TV's , electronic toys and very high dollar furniture. He went all out on outfitting his new home. He lives in a nice area of Hamilton County, IN.
Two incomes and they have four vacations a year to warm and wet beaches.
I was talking about some things I did around my place. He stated that is what contractors and service centers are for....Why fix it yourself, when it,s cheaper and faster to have a "pro" do it. Everything he needs is minutes away.
He is 47 and has never changed the oil on any of his cars. fixed a toilet, repaired drywall or painted a room. He has never split wood or gone camping. He asked for some help in the garage but had no real tools to do the job. I had better tools in the trunk of my car and I corrected the problem with the garage door.
If fixed some of his car problems over the years.
There was not a spare part or bottle of oil for the cars in the place. He did have half a gallon of window washer fluid!
He is completely unprepared for any event that would keep him home for more than a few days? Other than a case of water and a few cases of beer in the basement fridge, he had no stockpiles of food. They have lived for decades going by the stores to get what they needed for the next few days.
If a crisis lasted for 8 days or more, they would be in serious trouble.
Two of his three cars had less than a third of a tank of gas each. None of them had any tools or simple repair items to help if a vehicle broke down.
He had a nice flashlight, but the batteries were dead.
I left shaking my head. Wonder how unprepared his neighbors are?
Two incomes and they have four vacations a year to warm and wet beaches.
I was talking about some things I did around my place. He stated that is what contractors and service centers are for....Why fix it yourself, when it,s cheaper and faster to have a "pro" do it. Everything he needs is minutes away.
He is 47 and has never changed the oil on any of his cars. fixed a toilet, repaired drywall or painted a room. He has never split wood or gone camping. He asked for some help in the garage but had no real tools to do the job. I had better tools in the trunk of my car and I corrected the problem with the garage door.
If fixed some of his car problems over the years.
There was not a spare part or bottle of oil for the cars in the place. He did have half a gallon of window washer fluid!
He is completely unprepared for any event that would keep him home for more than a few days? Other than a case of water and a few cases of beer in the basement fridge, he had no stockpiles of food. They have lived for decades going by the stores to get what they needed for the next few days.
If a crisis lasted for 8 days or more, they would be in serious trouble.
Two of his three cars had less than a third of a tank of gas each. None of them had any tools or simple repair items to help if a vehicle broke down.
He had a nice flashlight, but the batteries were dead.
I left shaking my head. Wonder how unprepared his neighbors are?