WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF......... " DUE TO SHORTAGE ( SCREWUP ... OR OTHER MALFUNCTION..) ALL ELECTRICITY WILL BE SHUT OFF FROM 10 PM TO 9AM ----HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD HOP OUT OF BED AND RUSH WILLINGLY INTO A COLD SHOWER?----- DEODERANT SUPPLIES WOULD SELL OUT AS YOU TO DECIDE MAYE A DAILY FREEZING SHOWER WAS NOT NECESSARY?? YOUR PHONE WOULD NOT BE CHARGED AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO LOOK OUT THE WINDOW TO SEE WHAT THE WEATHER WAS DOING.------- MOST IMPORTANT. EVERY HOME WOULD OWN A GHILLIE POT ( NOW RENAMED AS A KELLY KETTLE). A WELL DESIGNED PIECE OF TIN THAT WILL PRODUCE ONE CUP OF HOT COFFEE IN ABOUT A MINUTE WITH A FEW PIECES OF NEWSPAPER...( DON'T FORGET HARDLY ANYONE CARRIES MATCHES ROUTINELY ANY MORE-- SO UNLESS YOU ARE GOOD AT RUBBING STICKS TOGETEHRE, BETTER HAVE A JAR OF MATCHES ALL CLEAN AND DRY.--)
I OWN A GHILLIE POT AS I HATE BEING TOTALLY DEPENDENT ON TEH GRID TO PRODUCE MY BREAKFAST. COFFEE OR DINNER NOODLES.. MY FIREPLACE IS 100% FUNCTIONAL BECAUSE IF WE LOOSE ELECT FOR VERY LONG, MY GENERATOR WILL RUN OUT AND I WILL HAVE 40 GREAT DANES TRYING TO STAY WARM IN MY LIVING ROOM.
TEH " COOL" IS A LITTLE EASIER CONTROLLED WITH WATER-- MOSTLY IN SPRAY BOTTLES-- AS "MISTERS".ALTHO I WOULD NOT LIKE TO DEAL WITH TEH 113 DEGREES TEMP OUT WEST JUST NOW..
ALL THIS CONVERSATION WAS CAUSED BY MY THANKFULLY GETTING OUT OF THE SHOWER WITH ALL THE SOAP RINSED OFF BEFORE I RAN OUT OF HOT WATER... THIS IS A FEAR OF IMPENDING DISASTER THAT I LIVE WITH DAILY.
OH THE COMFORTS WE TAKE FOR GRANTED.
I AM ALWAYS SHOCKED AT PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GO CAMPING .... IS THAT JUST SOME SORT OF PRACTICE RUN AT PROVING YOU REALLY COULD MANAGE WITHOUT REMOTE TV??? I HAVE DONE MY SHARE OF SLEEPING ON TEH GROUND.. SOMETIMES WITH A TENT.. SOMETIMES WITH JUST MOSQUITOS...
TWO THINGS I REMEMBER--- GOING DOWN TEH COLORADO RIVER--- WE OVERNIGHTED ON TEH BANKS-- AND I SPENT CONSIDERABLE TIME TRYING TO SHOVEL SAND INTO THE SHAPE OF MY BODY IN GENERAL...
THEN THERE WAS TEH HOSTEL HAPPENING IN EUROPE--- WHERE COLLEGE KIDS WERE HOSTEL MEMBERS AND THERE WERE HOMES WHERE YOU COULD OVERNIGHT === AS LONG AS YOU HAD YOUR OFFICIAL HOSTEL SHEET--- A TYPICAL COTTONSHEET SEWN INTO AN ENVELOPE WITH A POCKET TO STUFF A PILLOW AT TEH TOP-- AND FOLD OVER TO COVR ANY BLANKETS--
PROBELM WAS..... THESE WERE ALWAYS VERY NARROW- EVEN FOR A SLENDER HIKER...--I SUPPOSE IT WAS TEH HOSTEL SOLUTION TO THE AMISH TRADITION OF BUNDLING.....I WAS AMAZED THAT BIGGER ENVELPOE SHEETS WERE /ARE. NOT MARKETED DURING THE COV-- OR FOR GENERAL MOTEL USE. IT. IS A VALID CONCEPT. OF COVERING ASNUY CONTAMINARTED BLANKETS????
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DOGS---PUPPIES--- HALEUY DID NICELUY WIRTH 4 BLACKJ PUPS YESRTERDAY IN A MARCH TO TRHE SWING SET--- AND LERTERALLUY RAN AFRTER HER ALL RTHE WAUY UP RTHE HILL RTO RTHE FRONRT DOOR.
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PERILS OF COMPURTERIOSM.... I AM GIVING UP -----
RTODAUYS PROBLEM OF EVERUY RT.. WILL HAVE AN R. BEFORE IRT AND NOW I FIND ALL Y'S WILL HAVE A U WIRTHIRT. JUSRT RTRYU RTHAT
DEMO....RTRTRTRTRTRTRTRT. RT. UY. UYUYUYUYUYUY. WHUY ME???
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I totally agree with you about the need for continued training in the Trades. I’m grateful for people who enjoy filming “ how to” demonstrations on YouTube. I’ve sometimes been able to fix issues with my garbage disposal and toilet by watching those. I can’t imagine a time ( in my lifetime) when we won’t need plumbers and electricians, let alone the myriad of other trades. I went to a shoe repair store earlier this week to find out if one of my shoes was worth fixing ( it wasn’t) but 4 customers came in immediately after me with work boots, snow shoes etc. The store was amazing ( to me). Where does anyone learn that business? I suspect it’s taught from one person to the next. At some point, nobody will know how to do it and that’s a shame.
I’m curious to find out if you’re bombarded with increased applications after Bella and George appear on that TV show. Yikes! How many applications do you average a month for a service dog now?
I admire that Veterans and first responders get preference with applications. I have a soft spot for our Veterans. They gave a lot during the course of their service. The majority come home forever changed in some way.
I finally figured out how to buy chicken bricks this past month. Keep putting the reminders on FB at the end of the month to buy them.
Mary
