Coffee anyone ?

[farmerjan]

Morning, cloudy and drab out there but sun is supposed to come out later. Haven't seen any rain, just cloudy and damp feeling. Think it is supposed to go east and dissipate.

I filled up Monday at 2.65... went to my herd. Left early Tues for PT with over 3/4 tank.... going in opposite direction of Monday... gas was 2.85 +/- which they have been higher. came home after testing and had heard on the radio about NC stations running out of gas.... PANIC starting. Since I was almost out, stopped at a station 15 miles north of me.... filled up @ 2.83.... got down to my area to the stations that have been running higher... $ 3.29 .....Totally nuts. I went 3 miles south to the station I often fill up at after I fed the horse; it was 3.25.
Blame is on the computer hacking/shut down of the pipeline that feeds the southeast and northeast area.... Heard several reports that it will be a few days til they get the mess straightened out... but one friend said they have family that work in the industry, and the "quiet" underlying feelings are that it will be several WEEKS, before they get this straightened out.
I have to test this afternoon, and drop off the meters and stuff at the other farm that owner samples. They couldn't do it Tues/Wed for me to drop off yesterday and pick up today.....So I will drop them off today and then have to make a special trip to get them... but only 1 extra trip .....

Got to get with the rest of the herds that will be needing tested this month on the phone and get some things scheduled.

Time to get some laundry done so I can get it hung and it ought to dry today and tomorrow before it maybe showers Thursday night or Friday.... Get the samples packed from yesterday, and ready to go into the car along with the meters and stuff for this afternoon. Going down the other house and get some stuff loaded in the car and bring up here. Going to take the truck down I think, I can back it in the carport when I go to work.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

morning all getting frustrated still packing but looka like renting might be out after all. one place wants a full three month of bankstatements and last years taxes which wouldnt be a problem if we could black out the sensitive info but they according to what they asked thats not acceptable. and dh is livid because of it. however if we stay here we going to put pretty much everything into storage and possibly do some minnor repairs just to help. and put everything we can into savings and try to buy next year. kind cranky about the fact i just sold all my goats as well... oh well still have the calf she out with the herd and have the pigs chickens and geese and ducks still. will be going down in chickens and might be getting rid of ducks either way i am going to instist on finishing the coop and making sure the birds cant get to my garden. i would move pigs to front paddocks as well, but one problem is the goose with a nest. I dont want the dang pigs to still her eggs as they should hatch in a week or two.

 

[farmerjan]

Because of all the BS that has gone on with renting, and the gov't deciding that the renters do not have to pay while all the covid crap was going on.... anyone owning a place to rent is going to want to know EVERYTHING about the potential new renters. And honestly, if you think that the requirements are bad.... if you are going to buy, and have to have a mortgage of any kind, then are going to want to know more about you than your doctor...... they will want to know practically when you go to the bathroom....

Any chance that you have enough to buy something now, not what you want, but as a stepping stone????? AND buy directly from a private owner???? I bought direct, yes there is a bank mortgage, but the price was low enough, and I had over 20% down, so that I managed to get around/past some of the stupid stuff.
The other good thing for me, is my 30+ years on the same job... so shows a good track record, that you don't have by starting your own business... that I think was a good move, but not for showing this kind of "known trackable income" over a period of time.

From here on, I would not sell anything else, until you have a confirmed place to go.... you can always ship to a stockyard on a short notice.... And make some serious decisions on who you want to really keep and get rid of the surplus now... but not the ones you really like and have a reason to want to keep. Cutting down on your chores is probably a good thing regardless with your increasing pregnancy anyway.

Sorry you ran into this, many places here are private owned and landlords require a deposit and last months rent, plus the first months rent paid up ahead....nearly all do not allow pets either.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

Thats kinda of the plan now. will take us some more time to build up the amount we need but thats okay. I remember talking to owners shaking hands handing over two months rent and moving in the next day. I can understand their reserve on it but seriously ridiculous still. oh well. we will be shopping around for the place we can afford and get all the money we can get together. It probably is still the best thing for me right now last pregnancy because of how double jointed i am my left leg kept popping out of socket and i couldnt walk as much later on for that reason. Dh and i are going to be going through everything and getting rid of everything we can and keep what we have to have and for a short time going to keep the house as empty as we can and like i said repair some things and find out were all the insects are coming in at... so ants, spiders, scorpions and beetles of all kinds including roaches are coming in going to go on a bug murdering spree.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

i can understand if we were buying more then just renting i guess i think its silly if we renting.

 

[Baymule]

@Jesusfreak101 I once rented my house. As a single mom, I couldn’t afford the house payment so I rented a small run down place just outside of town. I got some doozies before I learned to run credit, references and so on. One family even told me point blank that they could stop paying rent and it would take me 90 days to evict them. I told them I would kick the door in, pour gasoline all over and set the house on fire. Damned if they would live in MY house for free while I paid the note, I’d just as soon burn it down. They got a funny look on their faces, they suddenly moved to somewhere else.

You have to understand that YOU may be the perfect renter, but most people are bad news, late on rent, tear things up and move out leaving a mess. That is why landlords want to know so much, deposit, first and last months rent, all up front. People can be terrible because it’s not their property so why take care of it.

Buying a house is an even worse ordeal. Ours was a HUD repo, one of the worst experiences of my life. We financed it, but paid it off after we sold our old house. But in the meantime we had to go through the process and it was pretty awful. Just be prepared, it’s not going to your friendly banker anymore.

 

[CLSranch]

The neighbors (trying not to get me to buy) said I would never be able to deal with the ants in this house. Ortho home defense every spring and almost no bugs all spring and summer with very few ants. Last year with no bee's I was making sugar water in the kitchen and had a 25lb bag in the cupboard no ants. It may be worth a shot.

 

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

Renters are taking advantage of the covid laws passed to "help" them not get evicted for failing to pay rent, or other normal reasons one would be evicted. I have a friend who's trying to sell her rental house, let the renters know at least 6 months in advance, but because she didn't send them a LETTER in the mail, they are refusing to leave. They knew about this for over 6 months and now are demanding the written 60 day notice when she had planned to list next month, email apparently doesn't count. She has to wait at least an extra month longer than planned before she can get the renters out and list. If they refuse to leave after the 60 days she will have to take them to court, and only after that will she be able to have the sheriff physically remove them from the property.

 

[Alaskan]

Renters are taking advantage of the covid laws passed to "help" them not get evicted for failing to pay rent, or other normal reasons one would be evicted. I have a friend who's trying to sell her rental house, let the renters know at least 6 months in advance, but because she didn't send them a LETTER in the mail, they are refusing to leave. They knew about this for over 6 months and now are demanding the written 60 day notice when she had planned to list next month, email apparently doesn't count. She has to wait at least an extra month longer than planned before she can get the renters out and list. If they refuse to leave after the 60 days she will have to take them to court, and only after that will she be able to have the sheriff physically remove them from the property.

Terrible

 

[Bruce]

Good morning y’all. Coffee is ready. DH got up at 3:30 AM, it woke me up. So I got up too, another drizzling maybe rainy day. Tomorrow is sunshine!

That is too early to get up!

Jalapeños come in so many varieties now.

Fun to play with.

As long as I don't have to eat them, not fond of hot peppers.

I guess our gas doesn't come through that pipeline, still $2.999. Of course l won't need gas for a number of weeks so if nessary I could wait until it got fixed.