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Msg. 42537 of 45651
(This msg. is a reply to 42502 by atomicbob) |
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re: "How is the clean up coming along? You are conspicuously busy with something." I'm away in New Hampshire... taking my usual July siesta. Each day, I wonder why I'm returning to Virginia. It's soooo beautiful here. Going back for the sake of a retirement that seems impossibly distant is like Chinese water torture. I erred in the Spring when I dug holes for trees on the new property but planted nothing. For starters, the holes are now hard to find. But also, the Spring is evidently the best time to plant. Next year, I'll order a hundred little saplings and just put them in all over the place, worrying less about the hole size and more about planting a lot of cheap trees. If two out of three die, it's STILL the better approach since the little ones cost a dollar apiece and the larger ones... which take ten times the effort to plant... cost $25. I learned how to use my brush hog this trip. It's not quite as useful as I'd hoped since it's too big for tight corners... and I'm nervous on some of the slopes. I probably brush-hogged two-thirds of the property, then finished up with the lawn mower. It was still a 10 hour job... I hit my side deck at one point... and am lucky I didn't do much damage. I also stupidly grabbed the exhaust pipe when I was climbing down from the tractor. My left hand was burned, but not badly. I'm lucky I wasn't seriously injured! Little by little, I'm learning. Sometimes, the hard way. New Hampshire fireworks are great! When I think of the money I wasted in other states (especially California) on what passes for fireworks, it makes me ill. I bought a $100 firework kit at one of the year-round NH stores, and after using it on this trip on two evenings, I've got enough left for a third! These aren't cheap things, either. They're a mix, little ones but also big, booming mortars, some of which look and sound like what you'd see at a professional show. Mortars, 30-foot crackle tape (that I had to rip in two as it burned because it was so loud and seemed to never end), fountains, 10-shot Roman Candles, pinwheels, whirling helicopters that fly upward a hundred feet or so, piccolo petes, etc. It doesn't get dark until 9:00 this time of the year, and I won't continue the show after 10:15. It's just too much noise, and though my neighbors are relatively distant (by my suburbanite standards), I've tried to be courteous. Some of them might need to wake early for work. And how's this for irony? This firework kit is called a 'New Yorker'! Hah! I doubt there's anything in it that's legal in New York! The local paper had two stories on the front page last week that speak well for the state and are worth a mention. First, the state is implementing a school voucher system that will help residents send their children to the school of their choice. Keep an eye on New Hampshire. I don't know if other states are already doing this, but if they aren't and it goes well in New Hampshire, I should think this little "experiment" will have nationwide ramifications. Second, the state's Department of Transportation is going to shut off up to 3/4 of the street lights it maintains in order to save around $600,000 per year. Now, think about that. How many other states facing budget difficulties would instead have enacted an "emergency" tax in order to keep the lights on? Being in a state that manages money RESPONSIBLY is absolutely awesome.
 Gold is $1,581/oz today. When it hits $2,000, it will be up 26.5%. Let's see how long that takes. - De 3/11/2013 - ANSWER: 7 Years, 5 Months |
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