Originally published at Notes from the bunker…. You can comment here or there.
Trip to CostCo today. Above the meat counter they have a board that shows the price for case lots of meat. Didja know that? Buy enough meat and you get a discount. Being the lazy type, I pulled out my Blackberry and took a picture of the price board rather than scribble down all the info. And that when I found out, from a slightly embarassed meat-department employee, that CostCo really doesnt want you taking pictures in there. Why? Who knows. Not sure if it was storewide or just a meat department thing. Maybe they didnt want someone sending pictures of the cutting area to the local health department. Maybe they didnt want corporate spies from Walmart having things made easier. Who knows? I apologized and said that I wouldnt take any more pics. I also asked him if they had a bulk price on the individually packaged boneless skinless chicken breasts. Turns out they did. Buy ‘em in the 65# case and its about $2.33 a pound. He asked if we were running a restaurant. “No, no…paranoid survivalists”, I replied. He nodded politely. So, Im gonna have to put together some coin and head up there and pick up a case (or two) of the stuff. Its easily the most versatile meat that I can get up there. And, parenthetically, me likes da chicken.
Top Secret info gotten at great personal risk
We also picked up another case of paper towels and toilet paper. By my casual math I’d say that, barring some sort of global intestinal flu or a sudden diet rich in Mexican food, we’ve got enough TP on hand for all of 2010 and perhaps a little beyond. Its relatively cheap, stores well if you keep the mice out of it, and substitutes are few and far between. Oh, sure…they’ll work but it just isnt the same, you know?
Of course, there were the usual massive uber-size packages of batteries, underwear, potato chips and other goodies at CostCo but the trick to shopping at a place like that is knowing when to say “Yeah, a five gallon drum of mayo is cheap but since it’ll go bad before I finish it, Im really paying this much money for only one gallon”. in short, just say whoa. Of course, for the non-perishables thats a whole other story.
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Gun show in Hamilton this weekend. Saw only a couple things I really wanted. One was a nice pair of 8×30 Steiner military binoculars. Used, $100. Really came close to getting them but I just can’t spend that kinda coin wight now. Also saw a Ruger Mk II Competition slabside stainless that I really want but that was well over $300…so, again, no.
AR’s were prevalent as were AK’s, and magazines for both. Ammo, however, continues to be thin and expensive.
