Coffee anyone ?

[Mini Horses]

Fortunately I have fresh milk every day...thanks Inky!

 

[Baymule]

The half size grocery stores here are part of a company, Brookshires Bros. Their base is in Lufkin. The other half of the company is just Brookshires, based in Tyler. Same family corporation, inheritance split long ago into 2 separate companies. There is one full size grocery store in all of Trinity county. One. There are 2 of their Express stores in the county. It's farther for me to go to the one and only full size grocery store in Trinity county, than it is for me to go to Lufkin (Angelina county) of Crockett (Houston county) so I mostly go to Lufkin. Going to Lufkin twice a week now for PT so I just get what I want since I'm already in town. The joys of living in a rural county. Wouldn't have it any other way. There are no more small individual grocery stores that I know of.

Drank all my coffee. What's for breakfast....... made chicken mole' last night, think I'll heat some of that up.

 

[CLSranch]

My little town had a store in the 30's-50's. Now it's house. The one east of me 10 miles where I used to live is shut down. Go farther east or north east 2 different convenient stores closed down. So depending on which town I'm heading to I go through 2 towns and 3 closed stores. I keep saying around here you'd make a killing putting up a small store.
If I just want to grab a 6 pack or a pack of smokes it's atleast an hour and a half to get back home in 3 directions. Some things I buy whether I need them or not if I am in town, due to the time it'll take when I do need it.

 

[Blue Sky]

Happy National Farmer’s day. Coffee with intermittent fasting for me. Waiting on the Amerigas delivery. Contemplating garden chores, adding sheep manure to garden area just off the kitchen. Needs fencing to keep chickens out and edging. Really need rain here.

 

[Alaskan]

Yawn....

I sure wish the "it will only take a minute, the internet and computer age are such a great convenience" thing....... worked....

 

[Blue Sky]

I

Yawn....

I sure wish the "it will only take a minute, the internet and computer age are such a great convenience" thing....... worked....

Yawn....

I sure wish the "it will only take a minute, the internet and computer age are such a great convenience" thing....... worked....

have been there, done that got better service then moved. Back to doing …………….that. Hang in there.

 

[Mini Horses]

Internet ! Since I've had my smartphone (yes one I dreaded and put off!) I have internet even in the rain.... significance is, Dish died98 percent if it rained hard.

I try to keep a backup of everything -- even tho I have stores within 6 miles either direction -- just to save a trip. Time and gas.

 

[Bruce]

Good firewood but the catch is my house has a gas fireplace. Wood everywhere and a gas fireplace which due to placement is impossible to convert. I’m thinking wood stove but Hubbs is against it. He’s not the pessimist I am. Any thoughts on stoves?

Has he noticed that gas fireplaces aren't very efficient and cost a lot to run?
Wood is work and messy, can't get around that. But if you can cut your own it is a lot cheaper.

There are other options I haven’t thought of I’m sure.

Generator or solar panels with battery backup to run the gas furnace.

I really like the fan that sits on top of the wood stove and works with the heat the stove puts out. (Not electric)

I have one, not sure how much ait it pushes but it must be some.

Just remember to have spare guts.

Spare guts? I suspect you aren't thinking of the same thing @Alaskan and I are.
I have one of these

have had it for 10 years. No guts to replace that I know of.

can watch MeTv/ Hogans hero's again

Great show. It was on YouTube for a short time maybe 10 years ago. Showed the first episode to DD2, about 17 at the time. I asked her the next day if she wanted to watch the second episode but she said she already watched them all. I said a whole year? No, the ENTIRE series. Good thing she did because it was taken down for copyright violation shortly after.

Exactly!! And they charge $$ for a mutt. Grrrrrr

Because people are willing to pay $$$ for a mutt.

It burns my butt when a little kid starts telling me that I need to use paper goods and such. I'd like to remind them of trees-you know the things that generate oxygen? They're cutting them down at a crazy rate so their lives are easier, and they scream "recycling"?

You might mention that you can't recycle used paper plates and the like.

The only down side, and believe me I get the "having to buy cheaper" .... is that this is what puts the small town grocers out.

It is also what drove manufacturing out of the USA to China and other "low cost countries". So many things are no longer made by anyone in our country.

 

[CLSranch]

Spare guts? I suspect you aren't thinking of the same thing @Alaskan and I are.
I have one of these

have had it for 10 years. No guts to replace that I know of.

That is exactly what I have. After having the 1st one for a few years and getting another one the 1st started to quit. I had the other and ordered another for the garage that later went into the house. Later the wife looked up the replacement guts and then later read it is suggested to replace the guts every 2 years. Maybe mine got TOOO hot. Very bad insulation and drafty house that while short termed and kinda rare hits sub 0 Fahrenheit.

It is also what drove manufacturing out of the USA to China and other "low cost countries". So many things are no longer made by anyone in our country.

Amen. Also why I keep bithing at people who say they want more $$$$ for not doing the job the are getting paid for. Also why I pay for the cheapest I can while putting what I can in my community.

 

[Baymule]

We had a storm come through at 2 AM. I dozed in and out, finally gave up and got up at 5. By then the storm had blown through. We sure needed the rain, it's been dry, dry, dry. This will give the grass a boost before frost. Domingo is coming today to cut the dead tree, that ought to be it for awhile. Only have 2 trees left in the yard, at least they look pretty good.