The Old Folks Home

[ronott1]

I got......my neighbor arrested!

Our neighbor across the street died on Christmas day. The fire truck and ambulance showed up at about 8.

I did not did not cause it though.

It was expected. He had been in failing health for quite some time. There is a neighbor next to us in the same situation.

 

[perchie.girl]

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Probably not his first dance with the police. Glad you are alll ok.

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

wow peep... Fascinating!


(Neither I, nor my parents, nor my grandparents when they were alive had or have a hidden key. just how common is that?)

I don't. But then I dont lock the doors unless I am going for quite a while.

 

[Peep_Show]

re: Hidden keys

Used to be the doors could remain unlocked... I grew up in a town like that. But in areas with sticky fingers it's vital to lock your home and -- unfortunately, oops -- sometimes you can get locked out, either the door locks behind you and you've forgotten your keys or... Well, you don't have a key on you. At those times if you don't have a family member handy that might have a copy of your key (and they're home when you call..and hopefully you don't have to hike to a local store in your PJ's to make a collect call [yeah, been there, done that]) it's a good idea to have a hidden key. Don't place it in a typical location, like on a door sill or under a mat or flower pot, but some other creative place (like wired to the bottom of a bird feeder, hidden in the chicken coop, buried in a container) You may never have to use it. But if you do you'll be ecstatic you had some foresight.

 

[Peep_Show]

Ron --

Sorry to hear about your neighbor. Certain religions think it's auspicious to pass on a holiday. May his soul be blessed.

 

[ronott1]

Ron --

Sorry to hear about your neighbor. Certain religions think it's auspicious to pass on a holiday. May his soul be blessed.

Thanks!

They are Catholic.

 

[Alaskan]

re:  Hidden keys

Used to be the doors could remain unlocked...  I grew up in a town like that.  But in areas with sticky fingers it's vital to lock your home and -- unfortunately, oops -- sometimes you can get locked out, either the door locks behind you and you've forgotten your keys or...  Well, you don't have a key on you.  At those times if you don't have a family member handy that might have a copy of your key (and they're home when you call..and hopefully you don't have to hike to a local store in your PJ's to make a collect call [yeah, been there, done that]) it's a good idea to have a hidden key.  Don't place it in a typical location, like on a door sill or under a mat or flower pot, but some other creative place (like wired to the bottom of a bird feeder, hidden in the chicken coop, buried in a container)   You may never have to use it.  But if you do you'll be ecstatic you had some foresight.

I grew up in the city, where we always locked doors... And we never had a hidden key... Hummmmm

I am trying to remember if I ever got locked out... I think that maybe I did.. But I can't really remember. i know I always locked doors when I was in college...

Whatever, I guess my memory simply doesn't work any more.


Ron, wow! Good that it was expected, but always hard.

As to passing away on holidays/ religions.... Catholics would believe that if he had gone to confession, then mass and had communion, and then come home and died, that would be ideal. Since it was Christmas, there is a good chance that he had done all of those things. That will be a comfort to his family.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Spruce is much better than anything else for traction. It bites into the snow and helps the tires grab hold and move the vehichle. Just stick a bunch of branches under all of the tires.

I'll remember that little tidbit next time I'm stuck somewhere. I do have studded snow tires but they're not always effective, especially in my driveway.

(Neither I, nor my parents, nor my grandparents when they were alive had or have a hidden key. just how common is that?)

I've got one. Got locked out once of my previous home, in very inappropriate attire with wet hair in the middle of winter. Luckily the way the house was set up I still had access to the breezeway and garage. And the garage had a ladder in it. I managed to break into the bathroom. BF has locked me out here before, again in winter (why do I never get locked out in other seasons??) and then he went to use the restroom and shower... it was so cold I ended up going in the chicken coop and snuggling with the birds until he was finished and wondering where I was.

Therefore I now have a spare key hidden outside.



So far so good on the squirrel proof suet feeder. It has slowed the wild birds down slightly but not significantly. We are having freezing rain right now so no one is out (except my dumb birds).

 

[Bunnylady]

Brrr. Freezing rain has to be my least favorite type of precipitation. The ice that it creates accumulates rapidly on the long needles of the native pines, and the trees just can't stand it for long. That means a lot of mess and power outages, even if people have enough sense to stay off the skating rinks roads. The aftermath can be gorgeous to look at, but all in all, I'd just rather not.

I've only locked myself out of this house once that I can recall, and that would have been when my son was very small. Fortunately, I knew that one of the windows wasn't locked, so I opened it and climbed through.

I got locked in the laundry room once when BB2K was a preschooler. I had closed the door, and when I went to open it, the handle came apart. I called BB2K, and got her to fetch a hammer and screwdriver from a drawer in the kitchen (good to have a small kid with a large vocabulary!) and slide them under the door. I then used them to take the pins out of the door hinges and free myself.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

BF had to go into work overnight to fill an order and then back out at 0600 for his regular shift. Hopefully once he gets home tonight he won't have to go back again. I get nervous with him on the road, especially in this crap, and late at night when he's tired.

I will be staying inside today and sewing. If we lose power I'll be able to keep sewing using my 1894 treadle.