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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2020 12:45:44 GMT -5
We don't have sewer here in the country. Just a monthly water bill. It usually runs between 30 and 40 dollars a month and that is WITH watering the garden. Kathy washes at least one small load of clothes every day and we run the dishwasher every night even though it is never close to full. I take long hot showers after I work outside all day, to take the aches out of the old body. I guess if we still lived up there we would have to be cutting back. That is a ridiculous cost for water and sewer. I accomplished everything I wanted to get done today. My small engine guy got the tiller running for me in about 5 minutes and didn't even charge me. I will know what to do if it happens again. He took the air filter off, primed the carb with carb cleaner and got it to fire. One more priming and it took off. I ran the tiller through the garden twice. Once in each direction, lengthwise and then crosswise. The small tiller turns a lot faster than the big Craftsman. It did a great job of chopping the leaf mulch up and mixed it well with the soil. Garden has been put to bed for the winter. I raked all the remaining leaves out of the corners and away from the fences, and mulched them up with the mower and took them across the road and dumped them. That is the end of the leaves for this year. Then I broke out the pressure washer and pressure washed both tillers, the push mower, my wheelbarrow, and the truck. I sharpened the chain on the chain saw, filled everything with gas treated with stabilizer, and put all the summer stuff to bed for the winter. I am a firm believer in putting everything away fully serviced, filled with fuel and oil, and ready to start when I pull the starter cord or turn the key. Now if when we get warm days I will be looking for something to do outside. My sister walks around the lake in our local park so maybe I will start walking with her. There are over 10 miles of trails with lots of benches for old farts like me to sit and rest on, haha. Sometimes people take a sandwich and a coffee or soda and walk 2 or 3 miles, stop and have their little lunch and then walk back 2 or 3 miles or so. (I will have to buy a little backpack big enough to hold my thermos of coffee, a sandwich and maybe a rain poncho.)  Clipper here is a very nice small adult picnic backpack. www.amazon.com/Picnic-Time-Turismo-Insulated-Backpack/dp/B01MS62DDU |
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Post by Clipper on Nov 22, 2020 13:51:02 GMT -5
It is a bit doubtful that I will spend $54 on a back pack to take the occasional hike PB. I will probably go to Target and buy a simple backpack for 15 or 20 bucks. Just big enough to carry my stainless steel thermos, and a Rubbermaid sandwich container to put in a ziploc with a blue ice pack. That pack you linked me to is beautiful. If I were going on all day hikes on the Appalachian trail, as many do around here, it would be well worth the money. I am talking of hiking a few miles over a period of a couple hours at most. Thanks for thinking of me anyway. I would love that pack if you want to buy it for me for Christmas though. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2020 13:59:45 GMT -5
Well I figured I wasn't doing anything so I thought I would be your ( Personal Shopper). I just missed out on a possible sale and my commission!
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Post by Clipper on Nov 22, 2020 15:27:09 GMT -5
LOL! Probably a great uptick in business for those personal shoppers since the pandemic and people not wanting to leave their homes. Especially for the rich and famous who might just be too lazy to shop for themselves. ( I sure as hell don't fall into THAT category. haha)
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Post by Clipper on Nov 23, 2020 18:43:07 GMT -5
Brrrr. It is colder than hell here today. A big change from the mid sixties that we have been having. It was not much over 40 today.
I spent a few hours teaching my sister to back up their new camping trailer this week and showed them how to light the furnace and hot water heater. They went camping at a local lake today and will stay until Wednesday. I just talked to her. They walked around the lake with winter coats and mittens on, played cards in the warmth of the trailer and are now huddling by a camp fire, still wearing their heavy jackets. The just couldn't wait to try their new trailer out. When they get back I will teach them to drain the water and winterize everything.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2020 20:44:28 GMT -5
Great that has a chance to try the camper out. How old are these people they sound like young kids who just got a brand new toy. Best of luck to them with the camper and camping. Had to be cold out there but hell ya only live once. I miss all the camping I did when I was younger. I was lucky my sister and brother in law had a huge camper that they kept originally at Singing Waters then a Delta Lake and a few other places. They kept it anchored year round at Singing Waters for many years I think till the kids because teenagers. I enjoyed watching them in the summer since as a teacher I had summers off like the,. First summer I worked as a summer school teacher and did that twice and one other time I worked a summer at the House of the Good Shephard. I liked that a lot but have a high respect for anyone who can take a steady diet of that. God bless those kids and I always pray they find there way with them even through most went through hell in those precious years of youth. To tell you the truth I have no idea how some even survived. I did meet one young man many years ago who stopped me at Walmart asking why I looked so familiar and if I ever worked at the House. When I told him it was so fantastic to see a smile on his face and to hear a thank you.
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Post by Clipper on Nov 23, 2020 23:48:03 GMT -5
Donna is my LITTLE sister. The youngest of us three children. I am going to be 74 shortly, my younger brother is 70, and Donna is 67. Her husband is 68. I talked to them on the phone earlier and she said that the furnace in the camper works great. They had taken a hike, and were going to sit by the campfire before going in and playing cards until bed time. They are both very active. They do their hiking and working out at Planet Fitness, along with delivering meals on wheels one day a week, and cooking for a church soup kitchen at their church once a week. Their church serves lunch and supper 4 days a week, cooking every other day for the homeless and those in need. I think she might also cook things that they take to the hospice house for the families of the dying.
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Post by Clipper on Nov 28, 2020 15:37:34 GMT -5
I have been enjoying the last few days of warm and sunny weather for awhile. Today I went to our local park walking trails (Steele Creek Park) and walked about 5 miles with the dog, from the Mill Creek parking area along the trail marked with the orange triangles, all the way to Rooster Front Park, used the rest room, got a drink of water, let the dog get a drink from the doggie water fountain, and walked back. I have walked two miles out and two miles back before but today is the first time I walked all the way to Rooster Front Park. (see trail map) www.bristoltn.org/166/Steele-Creek-Parkwww.bristoltn.org/DocumentCenter/View/2717/Trail-Map-Inside?bidId=Actually the reason I walked all the way to Rooster Front was because this old man had to pee and it was closer to Rooster Front than it was back to Mill Creek parking area and home to the bathroom, haha. The dog was exhausted by the time we got back. She sniffed, marked, and peed all the way to Rooster Front and back again. When we got into the truck she immediately curled up on the passenger seat and slept all the way home. It is supposed to get cold enough the beginning of the week to snow in the higher elevations and flurry here in the city area. the 30's and 40's will feel much colder after all the 60 and 70 degree weather we have been having. I will still be able to walk on moderately warm days. We have plenty of days in winter when it is in the mid 40's and warm enough to walk outside with a warm jacket. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2020 15:52:08 GMT -5
That map is beautiful I sent a copy of the link to the Conservatory for the Utica Park System with a note that this would be a healthy addition to the parks and our lifestyles.
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Post by Clipper on Nov 28, 2020 16:05:15 GMT -5
I edited the post and put up a link to the park's website. It is a beautiful park with plenty of things to do. The one side of the lake where the picnic areas are costs $2 to get into. The side of the lake where most of the trail system is doesn't cost anything.
When I discovered that I had to pee after 2 miles I scrapped the backpack and thermos of coffee idea, haha. Maybe a fanny pack with a bottle of water to sip sparingly and a little collapsible nylon dog dish for the critter to drink from. I bought that little nylon dog dish at a garage sale and it has come in very handy when we travel.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2020 19:52:04 GMT -5
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