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Whetstone – Chapter 1[/B] [b]Whetstone – Chapter 1[/b] "That's the last of it, we're done." "I still can't believe you took the 26 certain payments instead of the single payment." "It had been so long since I bought Lottery Ticket, I didn't understand how they worked. This might be better considering our age. We won't have to worry about income for our lifetime." "I understand that, Gary, but why did you put everything you bought into a storage locker?" "I have no intention of staying in Kalifornia, Sharon. We're going to clear a million a year, after taxes. We have enough left over this year to pay off the house and sign it over to Amy, and still move. I had everything palletized so we can rent a forklift and put it into a truck. The only things in the house I'd like to take are my guns and ammo, medicines, and our computers. I wouldn't mind taking the Hewlett-Packard printer, but it's too heavy to move." "Fine but move where?" "Where would you like to move to? Only Kalifornia, Hawaii and Alaska are out." "You know those places in the Tonto National Forrest we saw? What about one of those?" "I don't think so, there could be a fire. What did you think of Sedona?" "Tucson wasn't too bad." "I don't want to live in city, would outside of Tucson be ok?" "As long as it isn't too long of a drive into town." "Shall we go look?" "I'll check the airline schedules." "I am not going to fly!" "I'm not going to drive that Daewoo all the way to Tucson!" "We need a new vehicle and once we move, I can get a Driver's License. What would you say to buying a new Dodge RAM 3500 with a crew cab and diesel engine?" "I don't want to drive a truck full time." "After we move, you can get yourself a diesel fueled car, any make and model you want." "Any make & model?" "What do you want, a Beemer?" "It wouldn't cost that much more than the RAM once you get it fully equipped, would it?" "Probably not. I'd want to get a wheelchair lift for the back, winches front and back, extra generator or alternator, spare battery, bed liner and auxiliary fuel tanks. I don't really want seats in the back, just storage room. Might be smart for me to get a roll bar with sports lights for the top." "Do you want a lot or an acreage?" "An acreage might be nice, room to grow a beef or two and for you to have a couple of horses." "I haven't been riding since we got married." "But you do like to ride, don't you?" "I used to." "Funny, that describes my whole life, I used to… blah… blah… blah…" "I thought your first stop after you got the money would be High Desert Storm." "I want to wait. I should be able to get what I want in Arizona and probably far cheaper." "What do you want?" "With a million a year for the next 25 years? Two of everything. If you're going to dream, dream big." And, that's how it started out. We paid off any debts we had and any the kids had. It wasn't as bad as I thought. We decided to let Amy live in our house, rent free. We got it repainted, new flooring and had the lawn re-sodded. We also got a decent sprinkler system put in so the lawn wouldn't die, again. The only thing she had to pay was her car insurance, renter's insurance and living expenses. All other bills: home owner's insurance, lights, gas, garbage and water would come to Sharon. Sharon insisted we move the HP printer, it cost ~$10,000. +++++ I wasn't sure what we wanted for a house, but I took a hint from my last two fiction stories and decided to build an underground shelter that we could set a house on. Sharon shopped around the various realtors in the Tucson area and got a parcel of land about halfway between Tucson and Tombstone. It was in Cochise County, just a little outside of Whetstone on Whetstone Road, not that far from the Coronado National Forrest. Whetstone is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Cochise County, Arizona north of Sierra Vista. The population was 2,354 at the 2000 census. Whetstone is located at 31°42'14"N, 110°20'53"W (31.703917, -110.347996). According to the US Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 30.6 km² (11.8 mi²), all land. As of the census of 2000, there were 2,354 people, 904 households, and 664 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 77.0/km² (199.5/mi²). There were 1,056 housing units at an average density of 34.6/km² (89.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 84.03% White, 2.93% Black or African American, 1.23% Native American, 0.85% Asian, 6.50% from other races, and 4.46% from two or more races. 13.76% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 904 households out of which 32.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.2% were married couples living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.5% were non-families. 20.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.02. In the CDP the population was spread out with 27.4% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 28.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 97.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.0 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $34,507, and the median income for a family was $37,656. Males had a median income of $32,083 versus $25,424 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $16,370. About 13.4% of families and 20.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 32.3% of those under age 18 and 1.3% of those age 65 or over. +++++ "What do you think of that floor plan?" "What is it?" "That's the house I used in several of my stories. It's a Fleetwood, Beacon Hill series, floor plan D. The reason I like it is that we could use that big room on the left as your sewing room and put in 2 fireplaces. I can convert the one bedroom into an optional study and we'll still have 2 bedrooms." "I don't want a sliding door in the activity room." "Then don't get it, there is an option for a regular door and window. You can also put in that optional window for more light. What I'd like to do is build a basement/shelter deep under ground and put 8' risers on it to set the home on. We can anchor the house to the rises and add those wind straps." "We're going to have to use bottled gas that far out in the country." "I know, but that raises a real question. Our vehicles are diesel. That means we can either have a diesel generator or a propane generator." "Which one lasts the longest?" "Probably the diesel, but it costs more." "Don't worry about that, which one makes more sense?" "If TSTHF, diesel fuel could be produced out of vegetable oils whereas I don't know where a person would get propane." "You‘ve answered your own question, haven't you?" "I still want a large propane tank, just in case TSHTF. We could go for years on a large tank of gas." "New tank?" "We could probably get a good used, re-certified tank and have it buried. Writing my stories, I've looked around and seen all kinds of 30,000-gallon tanks." "That sounds like a lot." "It's probably a lifetime supply." "How much diesel would you get?" "Probably the same amount, 30,000 gallons and treat it. We'd also need a small tank of gasoline for things like a chainsaw, lawn mower, portable generator or what not." "It sounds like you have it all figured out." "I'll be honest, I have some ideas, but we've never had the money to implement them before. Things like getting the doctor to write prescriptions for a one year supply of drugs in 30 day increments we could rotate them out and keep them fresh. A few other things in the medical department too, like a 10 liter oxygen concentrator, a defibrillator and so forth." "Bottled oxygen?" "Maybe a couple of bottles, yes. Big bottles and a couple of small, portable bottles that could be refilled from the large bottles. I'd want to buy 2 of the ANDAIR AV-150s and one PT2 vertical blast door. We should buy several replacement filters while we're at it, bad things happen in 3s." "Is that one of your old wives tales?" "I guess maybe it is." +++++ I had no idea how hard it actually was to spend a million dollars.
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