I picked up Daisy Red Ryders for my grandsons. For the granddaughters, they wanted something in pink, so .... the mulit-pump pink camo models it was .... A lot more power and they'll also handle .17 pellets. But, the multiple pumps necessary to power them up, seems to bore them.

However, the Red Ryers seem unchanged since I was four, when I got mine. Lots and lots of fun. If they weren't all located over a twelve hour's drive, I'd probably be buying B-Bs by the pallet load. What I found somewhat dismaying was they don't love to shoot them. They'd rather spend time on their tablets playing video games. The daughters had sons within weeks of each other and the cousins, although in separate municipalities are always gaming in competition. They have voice conversations while playing. I guess that's a lot more fun than shooting tin cans with a BB gun. At least they won't shoot their eyes out when playing video games.

The times they ain't "a changing", they have changed.

In these parts, neck-of-the-woods, so to say, I haven't noticed shortages of bread or milk.

I pick up between ten and twelve eggs, daily and have a two freezers filled with grouse, quail, and venison. My fears aren't supply chain issues, it's power. If the power went out now, I'd be fine, as it is currently 4F, just move everything outside. But, what about heat for, selfishly, me I have three cords of firewood, but without electricity, the inserts won't be blowing out the heat, no matter how much wood I feed it.

In a time when grocery stores run low on staples, wouldn't nasty gas and Reddy Kilowatt (dates me) be the next to fall?