roommates

ROOMMATES
Sorry about yesterday. Our government commodities truck showed up at lunch. Usually no big deal, fifteen minutes to roll the pallets in. This time his semi got stuck in the ice and snow. A half hour getting it out, an hour unloading by hand, and all the while a screaming hoard of needy pukes wanting handouts. I normally feel all noble and such doing this job, but yesterday was in effect the Mother Of All Mondays. I was spewing. I didn't even get to eat lunch until 3:30, which did not help my disposition at all. So, that's the story, I'm sticking to it.
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Today, let's talk again about roommates. You either believe one of three things. One, the banks don't think three trillion in bailouts will hurt the economy and thus it is all a ploy to steal more money from us and things will get back to normal soon and you won't be upside down in your house anymore. Two, Obammy is our new black knight in white, coming to rescue us and he is your hero and he can do no wrong and he will magically fix the crisis the entire world is in because he looks so charming and is capable of turning out coherent speech, something not seen from the White House in eight years. Or, three, we are all friggin doomed and this is the beginning of the end. Now, if in fact you do believe number three is the correct answer in the multiple choice You Bet Your Life test, you need to immediately raise a bunch of money and prep like crazy before you have any chance at all of making it through the coming die off.
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You can sell all your crap, since soon their won't be a functioning grid to run all of your electronic doo dads. Or any gas to run your off road recreational vehicles. You might want to do that immediately before everyone else is forced to sell for pennies on the dollar to make grocery money. Once that is done, or instead of doing that, the next least painful way of raising cash is to get a roommate. Let us not mince words. Roommates suck. They are an imposition and all are thieving bastards. However, they are quick and tax free cash. I would not recommend getting one if you own much of value. If you can't lock it up, don't consider it secure. Unless you are married and leave the spouse at home. See, here I am being accused of being sexist and talking trash about women ( sorry, I can't remember the two bit word for that right now ), and all along I'm telling you to not force the poor dear to slave away for crap wages and stay at home and get pudgy watching soap operas all day. I care, as you can plainly see. I'm trying to liberate women from the work force, which was an oversold benefit from day one. Instead of being dependant on a spouse they became dependant on Corporate America. Good choice, suckers.
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Okay, so if you can guard your new in house thief, or if you can lock away all your valuables, you now have a good source of cash coming in every month. For the price of a used refrigerator and a lock on it and a few cupboards and your room, you have hundreds of dollars coming in each month. I've had roommates when single. I've had them while married ( at one low point we slept in the living room and rented out both rooms ). Nine times out of ten it is a pain in the ass. But, nothing is free. Stress a little and earn enough in just a few months to get all your preps. Then another few months to buy your junk land, etc. Even if you have kids, you can rent out a room. Or the converted garage. Or a enclosed porch. You think it is impossible, but just wait until the economy really gets bad. Whole families will be cramming in together to make ends meet.
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Get cracking with the extra income. You'll need it.
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