I usually just load up on supplies all at one time so I don't have to order as frequently but with my cash position as close to 0 as it is, I've realized I don't really have the luxury of making large purchases. If there wasn't an 8 day delay between the time customers make payment and the funds hitting my account, it'd be a lot easier, but in the mean time, I have to pay upfront for supplies/shipping/manufacture before I receive the funds for it, so I potentially risk running into "cashflow" problems. (Where, even though my net profit for the month might be pretty positive, my cash position can never operate below negative and it ever gets close to 0, operations might just halt immediately, thereby risking completely stopping all cashflow as the operation gets shutdown, either through refunds and/or the platform shutting me down.). Oh well, it's a good-skill/habit to have, I guess. That is, "running a lean supply chain". If my cash position was a bit higher, I could order larger quantities of supplies at will, but the sheer cost of Christmas (Shipping wasn't a negligible cost like it usually is when 100 shipments need to be made in a week) and the moving costs (Especially the large unexpected expenses) wiped me out.
Eh-heh, just complaining about not being comfortably above 0 like I'm used to, lol. (I'm at a relatively 'high position' now, but I see that being quickly wiped out with the impending expenses. I was recently nearing 90 with this last week's expenses, so I realize now I shouldn't get too comfortable when I see the peak cash positions right after being paid. In the meantime, minimize all expenses where possible.)
I'm just saying that in light of getting $100 in orders today. It's great seeing my new efforts paying off, but the upfronting of supply&shipping costs is straining my cashflow and affecting my purchasing habits at my current not-far-enough-away-from-0 cash position. Well, that, and the fact I need to make a durable goods purchase of $70 for the wheelbarrow and tamper. Getting a dump truck load of chert might be further down the road, like, probably not in a week. Maybe 2 or 3. Oh well, I guess this experience is making me /hungry/, which is good to have. It's good to have hunger. Hunger leads to action. And action leads to results.
Anyway, I think it'd be nice if I could "argue the facts" before I get a citation, possibly leading to charges and jailtime after the court case happens. The fact you have to "argue the facts" after the citation, which leads to risking charges/jailtime tends to compel one to act based on fear rather than /the facts/. Which sucks. It shouldn't be setup like that. Like, ideally, you'd have cops that knew "The facts" to begin with, and not pretending/thinking they do (Or at least, acting like they do. Perhaps they're lying...). The fact cops get off scotch free when it turns out their assumptions/beliefs are false, whereas you're risking everything when they cite you, is utter BS. There needs to be some kind of counterbalance or otherwise they will tend to act impulsively/liberally (I.e., abusing of their authority.). Maybe that's why the justice system in America is so bad compared to the western nations, cops have no skin in the game, like their hapless victims do. That is, there should be some kind of built-in deterrent to reckless citations.
Anyway, a gallon of gas produces 5600wh of electricity in this honda generator of mine, at least at 40% load. It might be more at a higher load, due to probable higher engine temperatures. Anyway, that's 1 gallon/5.6kwh, and a gallon of gas is about $2.10 here, so it's 2.1/5.6 = $.375/kwh. Power line costs are typically 10cents/kwh in this area, so I'm paying 4x the local rate. So, I'm paying about $.18-$.25 per product in energy costs. Meh, that's relatively negligible. It'd be nicer if it was FREE like it was before, but lol, can't have everything. It definitely shows up in my account, though, when I have to fill the 15 gallon of gas tanks I have - About $25-30 per fillup. At the current rate, a fillup every 1.5 weeks. About $60-70/month. Just buy enough solar panels and watch that cost go down to $20/month during the non-winter months. If I had enough battery capacity, I could make it go down even further. But, at the current rate of savings (And assuming little to no expenses in the meantime, which I know is lol'able.), it'd take roughly 5 months to buy enough solar power to reach that figure.
Eh-heh, just complaining about not being comfortably above 0 like I'm used to, lol. (I'm at a relatively 'high position' now, but I see that being quickly wiped out with the impending expenses. I was recently nearing 90 with this last week's expenses, so I realize now I shouldn't get too comfortable when I see the peak cash positions right after being paid. In the meantime, minimize all expenses where possible.)
I'm just saying that in light of getting $100 in orders today. It's great seeing my new efforts paying off, but the upfronting of supply&shipping costs is straining my cashflow and affecting my purchasing habits at my current not-far-enough-away-from-0 cash position. Well, that, and the fact I need to make a durable goods purchase of $70 for the wheelbarrow and tamper. Getting a dump truck load of chert might be further down the road, like, probably not in a week. Maybe 2 or 3. Oh well, I guess this experience is making me /hungry/, which is good to have. It's good to have hunger. Hunger leads to action. And action leads to results.
Anyway, I think it'd be nice if I could "argue the facts" before I get a citation, possibly leading to charges and jailtime after the court case happens. The fact you have to "argue the facts" after the citation, which leads to risking charges/jailtime tends to compel one to act based on fear rather than /the facts/. Which sucks. It shouldn't be setup like that. Like, ideally, you'd have cops that knew "The facts" to begin with, and not pretending/thinking they do (Or at least, acting like they do. Perhaps they're lying...). The fact cops get off scotch free when it turns out their assumptions/beliefs are false, whereas you're risking everything when they cite you, is utter BS. There needs to be some kind of counterbalance or otherwise they will tend to act impulsively/liberally (I.e., abusing of their authority.). Maybe that's why the justice system in America is so bad compared to the western nations, cops have no skin in the game, like their hapless victims do. That is, there should be some kind of built-in deterrent to reckless citations.
Anyway, a gallon of gas produces 5600wh of electricity in this honda generator of mine, at least at 40% load. It might be more at a higher load, due to probable higher engine temperatures. Anyway, that's 1 gallon/5.6kwh, and a gallon of gas is about $2.10 here, so it's 2.1/5.6 = $.375/kwh. Power line costs are typically 10cents/kwh in this area, so I'm paying 4x the local rate. So, I'm paying about $.18-$.25 per product in energy costs. Meh, that's relatively negligible. It'd be nicer if it was FREE like it was before, but lol, can't have everything. It definitely shows up in my account, though, when I have to fill the 15 gallon of gas tanks I have - About $25-30 per fillup. At the current rate, a fillup every 1.5 weeks. About $60-70/month. Just buy enough solar panels and watch that cost go down to $20/month during the non-winter months. If I had enough battery capacity, I could make it go down even further. But, at the current rate of savings (And assuming little to no expenses in the meantime, which I know is lol'able.), it'd take roughly 5 months to buy enough solar power to reach that figure.