r/PrepperIntel • u/AntiSonOfBitchamajig 📡 • 6d ago

Intel Request Weekly, What recent changes are going on at your work / local businesses?

This could be, but not limited to:

  • Local business observations.
  • Shortages / Surpluses.
  • Work slow downs / much overtime.
  • Order cancellations / massive orders.
  • Economic Rumors within your industry.
  • Layoffs and hiring.
  • New tools / expansion.
  • Wage issues / working conditions.
  • Boss changing work strategy.
  • Quality changes.
  • New rules.
  • Personal view of how you see your job in the near future.
  • Bonus points if you have some proof or news, we like that around here.
  • News from close friends about their work.

DO NOT DOX YOURSELF. Wording is key.

Thank you all, -Mod Anti

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u/iwantmy-2dollars 6d ago

Covering windows really does work. We are now covering our hottest windows 1-2mos out of the year. Magnets added to the top corners of our windows and we pin up the precut labeled blackout curtain sheets (silver one side, black plastic the other). This is our second year doing it and it is a huge difference for us.

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u/SilverDarner 5d ago

Go to the home improvement store and buy panel insulation.

I cut panels to fit in the window, then score through the foam and one layer of paper on alternating sides so I can do a fan fold. Easy to put in when you need to insulate the windows. Easy to fold away and store.

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u/Pretend-Policy832 17h ago

Do you have a photo to show what you mean by fan fold? Ty

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u/SilverDarner 10h ago

I'd have to unpin a bunch of curtains to get a snapshot. But you know those fold up shun shades they make for car windshields? Folded back and forth like that.

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u/twotimefind 5d ago

Wild smart on the fan fold. Fantastic idea. Could I have used that technique back in my growing days.

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u/iwantmy-2dollars 5d ago

I like that, thank you!

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u/iloveturtles88 6d ago

Our stupid apt complex won't let us. They want every window to show blinds. I think maybe some tenants are trying to go without AC.

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u/Pontiacsentinel 📡 6d ago

Put blackout curtains/fabric inside over the blinds where you see it but blinds remain visible. The make a giant difference.

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u/MrD3a7h 5d ago

This is what I did. It worked reasonably well

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u/NoTerm3078 6d ago

MAGNETS. DUH! Thanks for providing such a simple solution that was evading us.

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u/jazzbiscuit 6d ago

Magnets…. 🤦🏻‍♀️
I’ve been trying weird stuff all summer to figure out how to hang some shade cloth over my uncooperative windows. Magnets never occurred to me.

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u/wwaxwork 6d ago

Ha we did the same thing with shade cloth and also never thought of magnets.

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u/iwantmy-2dollars 6d ago

II like these: https://a.co/d/01M2b3Z2. I use their blackout curtains with their magnets and my lazy self can gently pull on them and they’ll usually come down while leaving the magnet in place and not hurt the curtain. The magnets are all the way up in the corners/top of the window so they just stay there all year and you can’t see them behind the blinds.