The Old Folks Home

[Alaskan]

That is exactly what happened here! We were part of the county, we were pretty happy with that. Then the newcomers decided we should become a city. With that of course comes hiring police officers, forming a court, hiring judges etc…then of course the public works yada yada yada.

Our county has merciful property tax breaks for seniors which we couldn’t live here without! The property directly behind us just sold for 1.7 million. Same size property, but the people were architects/interior designers.

That is the issue here too.

They move out here... and then they want all of the stuff that they left.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Today was not too good of a day. My cat, Emma, died. She was an orange tabby. She was around 14 years old, as best as we can figure. She's had cancer for awhile now. Last month she began going downhill. She was not in pain, and passed peacefully in her sleep.

It's always hard to let them go. Hugs.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I bought one like that at Walmart about 15 years ago for a hundred dollars or so. Still works except the kill switch cable is pretty stiff. Need to take it off and soak it in diesel or something.

WD40?

 

[CapricornFarm]

Good morning, OF. Had one stress test - they kept telling me to slow down.

Don't listen to them.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Sally, with the current economic situation in our country, a LOT of people are seriously stressed. It's become a choice between which bills to pay, and how many groceries they can afford. In 2 states, they've gone in and exterminated all the poultry, meaning that those people can't even supplement their food supply by raising their own food sources. The weather this year for most of the country, has not been conducive of an abundant crop/harvest, to supplement peoples' produce supplies. Gas keeps going up. Electric prices keep going up. Insurance prices keep going up. On top of all that, there are major shortages in our supply chain, so there are quite a few things that are either unavailable, or in very short supply.

Housing costs are way up too. People are using up their savings, and any extra money they had tucked away for a rainy day. Yeah, the depression, doom & gloom attitude is understandably more commonplace, and getting worse.

Plus, we have to listen to the political BS.

 

[Sally PB]

Plus, we have to listen to the political BS.

My friend has no end of opinion on politics: local, state, and national. She can turn gardening into a political rant.

What's left? Dogs. We'll talk about our dogs.

 

[Sequel]

My friend has no end of opinion on politics: local, state, and national. She can turn gardening into a political rant.

What's left? Dogs. We'll talk about our dogs.

Can’t do that here either! Dogs are a hot button issue!

 

[CapricornFarm]

Fortunately for us... not everyone wants to live on a dead end in the middle of nowhere. It is not maintained by the county.

We have bugs out here. We have critters and mice out here. Sometimes the road doesn't get plowed for a few days, and we're on our own. Ditto with the power. Outages can last for days.

It takes a certain kind of person to live out here. I hope anyone who buys the neighbor's house is aware of all its shortcomings.

Because what we do have is quiet and privacy in great abundance.

Yeah, the road to our place is not maintained by the county either. We have to pay a share of gravel cost each time the road needs more. And pay to get it plowed if it needs it.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Did I show you guys my Seahorse wall hanging?

 

[Sally PB]

Nice! @CapricornFarm, I like that!