tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post3328683593105764590..comments2024-03-27T13:32:06.780-02:30Comments on The Other Side of Eighty: Knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing.Wisewebwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-51417390178152333052013-03-02T12:12:13.906-03:302013-03-02T12:12:13.906-03:30Hattie:
No sewer in this wee place and town water ...Hattie:<br />No sewer in this wee place and town water doesn't extend this far but I wouldn't have it anyway as one has to boil it, there being no funds for a town water supervisor. My well water is so pure it brings tears to the eyes :)<br />Good for you on solar - I have my wee cabin on top of the hill completely off the grid.<br />And there is a small discount for seniors.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-15089945509911896792013-03-02T12:09:39.763-03:302013-03-02T12:09:39.763-03:30SAW:
Oh I'm in your choir, no question, the wh...SAW:<br />Oh I'm in your choir, no question, the whole thing is absolutely insane and I'm amazed there are not more like me refusing to take this nonsense.<br />Act of God my arse.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-61661304927299933982013-03-02T01:20:45.725-03:302013-03-02T01:20:45.725-03:30You have garbage pickup? (:
Be glad you got your ...You have garbage pickup? (:<br />Be glad you got your well in, because it costs a flipping fortune to have that done these days. <br />It was expensive to hook up to the sewer, which we did years ago. Hate to think what that would cost now. Lucky we did, because when we opened the septic tank it had a big crack in it and was empty. I guess the surfers on the beach below us had been swimming in our poo. <br />I'm also thankful we put in solar hot water and electricity when we did. We have had years of $.00 electric bills, aside from a small service charge. The hot water was paid down after three years, and the electricity will be, soon. <br />But we still have to haul our own trash. <br />Actually, your property taxes sound low. But don't you get writeoffs for being an elder and retired? We do. Hattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13297404386730167834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-60822999824222788972013-03-01T23:17:37.607-03:302013-03-01T23:17:37.607-03:30The whole "acts of God" thing really pis...The whole "acts of God" thing really pisses me off. And it isn't logical - if you actually believe in an omnipotent god, isn't EVERYTHING an act of God? And what is the point of insurance if not to cover the bad stuff that happens, including natural occurrences?Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-64492034882922617832013-03-01T21:58:07.061-03:302013-03-01T21:58:07.061-03:30Pants:
Lovely to hear from you again!!!
Yes I watc...Pants:<br />Lovely to hear from you again!!!<br />Yes I watch my shoreline creep upwards too, the rising tide ain't no joke at this side of the Atlantic either.<br />I do have a hilltop cabin, off the grid which I can run to when my toes get all wrinkley from the seawater!<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-61978155668963244852013-03-01T21:39:35.327-03:302013-03-01T21:39:35.327-03:30No storm insurance? Ouch. Fences blowing over in s...No storm insurance? Ouch. Fences blowing over in storms are a feature of my climate-change impacted life now. I mitigated the flood threat by buying on top of a steep hill. The worse thing that can happen is that the beach will move closer.<br /><br />xxx<br /><br />PantsPantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00712642194215828800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-34961356640483541912013-03-01T12:38:28.293-03:302013-03-01T12:38:28.293-03:30Ramana:
You put me in mind of a conversation Daug...Ramana:<br /><br />You put me in mind of a conversation Daughter and I had yesterday about Schumacker (sp?) and "Small is beautiful."<br /><br />I've seen so many successful small companies destroyed because of "expansion" = greed. Recently s beautiful small theatre that thought there were endless audiences and moved into a huge premises. *crickets*<br /><br />There are only so many widgets that people want.<br /><br />I made the same mistake myself many years ago when I expanded my business.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-20023842252383674032013-03-01T12:34:28.318-03:302013-03-01T12:34:28.318-03:30Marc:
I'll pop over to visit today. Your story...Marc:<br />I'll pop over to visit today. Your story sounds highly intriguing.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-45640594756168881262013-03-01T12:33:22.690-03:302013-03-01T12:33:22.690-03:30Marc:
Ah but to live in this world is to itch agai...Marc:<br />Ah but to live in this world is to itch against its greed and unpleasantness.<br />I must find the calomine!<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-61490788548721556122013-03-01T12:32:29.017-03:302013-03-01T12:32:29.017-03:30Nick, yes I 'follow the money' on all of t...Nick, yes I 'follow the money' on all of this shyte. Our local waste management was handed off to a corporation putting many people out of work, both the scavengers of our local dump who picked it clean and the poor old sods who picked it up in their own old trucks. I could go on. I did write on it for the papers.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-37953173439778274972013-03-01T10:21:46.222-03:302013-03-01T10:21:46.222-03:30Having been trained by a master in the craft, I ca...Having been trained by a master in the craft, I can assure you that you are neither. You are just a statistic. I was trained to sell by quality where I can and to meet targets by making more calls. The statistical probability of some of those 'more' calls resulting in a sale would me meeting my targets. QED.Rummuserhttp://www.rummuser.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-62085753683331890822013-03-01T09:44:26.981-03:302013-03-01T09:44:26.981-03:30In response to your response from yesterday: Some ...In response to your response from yesterday: Some of what I'm doing is on my blog, Marc Leavitt's Blog.<br /> <br />Now I'm working on a story about four middle-aged,upper-middle-class men who meet for lunch every day at an Irish pub in midtown-Manhattan, and how they close ranks and the dynamics change when a girl named Sheila starts coming around for a chat. Marc Leavitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400805396776788101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-13873117110225085822013-03-01T09:28:44.280-03:302013-03-01T09:28:44.280-03:30Bodo the peasant felt the same way when the lord o...Bodo the peasant felt the same way when the lord of the manor took first dibs on his daughter.<br />We were born naked; jewelry and palaces aren't omportant.Marc Leavitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400805396776788101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-46743926085683984302013-03-01T04:56:00.623-03:302013-03-01T04:56:00.623-03:30Neither, just a typically aggrieved citizen. It...Neither, just a typically aggrieved citizen. It's the story of our times. The obscenely wealthy are getting even wealthier while the poor and moderately well-off are being squeezed relentlessly - incomes (if they have one) frozen or going down, the price of just about every daily essential going up and up. A dismal future in prospect, however optimistic one tries to be.nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com