Eric Ziegler - Member - The Prepared

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Reply to: Vehicle Emergency Kit Posted January 19, 2024

You’re awesome for stopping at all so many other people wouldn’t. Just couple observations, you might want to replace your lug nut wrench with a Gorilla Power Wrench or similar. The Gorilla batons out to 21″ to get more leverage. Also if your car jack has a tiny base like is in most vehicles it would be nice to upgrade it to a Torin Big Red 1.5 Ton Scissor Jack or similar. The safety of a larger base can prevent the car from tipping or the ground from sliding under.

Reply to: Netflix movie “Leave the World Behind” Posted January 19, 2024

I watched it. While it had negative reviews and also has some interesting conspiracies surrounding it, but it was generally just an average movie. It does present a new type of collapse concern though that I hadn’t thought about. Being in an Airbnb (or other rented home) when an emergency occurs. I never thought of that before so that’s a fun new angle. All the main characters were clueless for an emergency so it depicts what “average” people would respond like. There’s no learnings from the movie outside of learning from other’s mistakes. Some of those learnings would be things like: 1. Bring some supplies on vacations – They had no cash, local maps, self defense items 2. Not following rules during an emergency – They stayed on the road dodging cars during that Tesla scene when they easily could’ve just strolled by in the grass just off the road 3. Issues with normalcy bias – they barely thought it was strange when the tanker beached “Oh look a Starbucks!” immediately afterwards. Along with trying to act like everything was normal after the deer, sirens, and many other issues barely phasing them at first. And then of course that yearning for normal that the daughter had with Friends which closed the movie out. Not a terrible movie, but not great either.

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Reply to: Vehicle Emergency Kit Posted January 19, 2024

You’re awesome for stopping at all so many other people wouldn’t. Just couple observations, you might want to replace your lug nut wrench with a Gorilla Power Wrench or similar. The Gorilla batons out to 21″ to get more leverage. Also if your car jack has a tiny base like is in most vehicles it would be nice to upgrade it to a Torin Big Red 1.5 Ton Scissor Jack or similar. The safety of a larger base can prevent the car from tipping or the ground from sliding under.

Reply to: Netflix movie “Leave the World Behind” Posted January 19, 2024

I watched it. While it had negative reviews and also has some interesting conspiracies surrounding it, but it was generally just an average movie. It does present a new type of collapse concern though that I hadn’t thought about. Being in an Airbnb (or other rented home) when an emergency occurs. I never thought of that before so that’s a fun new angle. All the main characters were clueless for an emergency so it depicts what “average” people would respond like. There’s no learnings from the movie outside of learning from other’s mistakes. Some of those learnings would be things like: 1. Bring some supplies on vacations – They had no cash, local maps, self defense items 2. Not following rules during an emergency – They stayed on the road dodging cars during that Tesla scene when they easily could’ve just strolled by in the grass just off the road 3. Issues with normalcy bias – they barely thought it was strange when the tanker beached “Oh look a Starbucks!” immediately afterwards. Along with trying to act like everything was normal after the deer, sirens, and many other issues barely phasing them at first. And then of course that yearning for normal that the daughter had with Friends which closed the movie out. Not a terrible movie, but not great either.