SmoothSlavperator

SmoothSlavperator t1_ixmidlk wrote

Reply to Off duty Vermont police officer shot by police for refusing to drop gun by VermontArmyBrat

The "Rutland County" cop is a Glenn's Falls resident. He commutes for work.

My bet is he was getting mugged.

I'm guessing he was relying too much on his LE status and forgot an important part of defensive firearm use is reholstering since other CCWs and responding LE don't know who's who when the leadswapping contest ends.

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SmoothSlavperator t1_ixmg66c wrote

Reply to Best heating oil company to use? We need kerosene but can't afford $7/ gallon at the company we called. New to this type of heating and kinda struggling to figure this out. Company says minimum of 100 gallon order. Our tank is 275g . 275x7= omg in gonna freeze to death. by [deleted]

The problem with heating assistance is you have to be flat ass broke before you qualify. We get the privilege of paying into it and ot being allowed to get anything out of it.

That being said you can run off road diesel or even regular diesel. Diesel doesn't gel until like 15 degrees...plus mixed with any residual kerosene should lower that temp even more. You can add anti gel if you want an added layer of safety. You also get more heat per gal out of densely than you do kerosene so not only is it cheaper, a gallon goes farther.

Another alternative is to score any kind of fat and transester it into biodeisel. It's not hard but you'll need a source of methanol and lye. Any kind of fat will work. SOYLENT GREEN!

Thirdly, depending on your home, you can score cheap wood stoves on Facebook marketplace for cheap/free. You'll just need to figure out a chimney. A wood stove for supplemental heat goes a loooong way. It's Vermont. Wood is free. Even if you spent a few hundred to get set up the thing will pay for itself in a month.

Edit: a word

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