I grew up on 4.8 acres of land in Dormansville … 🚜
That probably seems like a lot to the city or village dweller, but it’s really not compared to many other parts of country. It means having neighbors nearby and having restrictions on your freedom as your neighbors are close enough to hear you shooting your guns, smell your livestock and burn barrel. Or smelling their hogs or poop-filled diapers in their trash fire. Or the pow-pow of their AR-15 or the roar of the pickup truck without a muffler.
When I own my own land, I want have more acreage, less house and material stuff and more freedom to do what I want on my land. Less of a chance to be a nuisance to them, or have to put up with their nuisances that come along with rural life and freedom to live one’s life as you should. Land is expensive, but the farther you are out in the country, the cheaper it is. And if you give up a nice house for a shed-to-cabin or a trailer, you can afford much more land that can provide a buffer from between you and the neighbors. Live and let live.
One of the most effective mass marketing home campaigns of all time was the “Live Better Electrically” (LBE)?program of the post-World War II era. It began in the mid 1950s when the General Electric (GE) and Westinghouse corporations decided to co-sponsor a multi-million dollar nationwide campaign to promote the sales of electric appliances and to tout the benefits of electric power. ?General Electric provided the main support for the program, which launched in March of 1956.
At the time, utility companies were rushing to meet the increased demand for electricity in postwar America.? However, as more power plants came on line the cost of electricity decreased.? To increase company profits, homeowners were encouraged to consume more power through the purchase of a variety of electric products. For GE and Westinghouse, the creation of a new market for electric heat also promised to increase company profits. ?Additionally, the two corporations not only sold residential electric heating units and a variety of household appliances, but they also sold electrical generating equipment to? utility companies nationwide.
Insert pregnant man emoji here. I had to giggle a bit when I saw that ad the other day after I rode my mountain bike up the State Street Hill from the suburban office in Menands to the Alfred E Smith Building and hiked up 17 flights of stairs prior to the the Friday meeting, then rode my bike home.
Oh, Oh, Ozempic the Advertisers Sing, 🎶 and I don’t even own a color television and I know the marketing slogan to morbidly obese who spend their time eating Cheesy Burgers 🍔 while watching the Boob. 📺 Or internet at home, the last time I brought my laptop home was sometime in January. 🌬️ With that wind today and snow squall I’m not sure if I am going anywhere today, I might put off going to Wally World until tomorrow, or maybe I’ll just wait until later on, ride out to Schiffendecker Preserve, 🐸 then shop and be home before dark. In evening around 6 PM, Wally World tends to be a lot quieter. Mostly I want to get lemons, 🍋 as I was inspired by lemon Mom gave me other day for chopping up and using in blueberry pancakes.
But mostly it’s just a quiet 🤫 somewhat stoned Saturday, 🪨😁 reading and studying the newspapers about the smelly trash fire known as the Middle East 🗞️ and watching the YouTube. And maybe pushing through some more of the library books. Trust me, I know about stinky trash fires, as there is been many years I’ve gone to transfer station once a year. 🗑️ I am refusing to turn the heat back on my apartment but I did have the space heater out a little to warm my hands and certainly used my electric blanket a bit last night. Maybe tonight I’ll turn the heat to prevent the pipes to get from too cold, though I’m not sure there is much risk at this point of the year. I just want the days to return when I can have the window open and enjoy the fresh air. 🪟 I should be studying trucks and making my next move, as I will be pretty busy on Monday, but I am kind of undecided and feel like much less of rush as I watch the Iran 🇮🇷 situation play out. Do I really want ginormous Godzilla truck 🐲 ? And I can’t imagine them flying off dealer lots.
Honestly, if gas is going to be $5 or $6 a gallon, maybe this is not the year to be planning to drive out to Michigan in an HD truck. 🏕️ I’m not saying, not to buy the HD truck, ⛽ but maybe I would just have just as much if I disappeared for the week to the Green Mountains, in my nice new camping rig, and just hung out, read books and relaxed. 📚 Really need like a week and half for a good Michigan trip, and I don’t want to deal with a lot of work crap while I’m on vacation, so maybe this is best done in 2027. Though, I do worry the time to get away is getting short with my parents getting old, and I’m not sure that I won’t be tied down with responsibilities much too soon. Trick is to find some place with cell service for streaming media on my phone, 📱 a quiet place within a short bike ride from swimming hole. That could be a good summer vacation without burning too much gas. I don’t think I want to Finger Lakes again this year, though I guess that option but I didn’t get a state parks pass this year. 💳
