[Homestead] when you are away from homestead ?

bob ford bobford79 at yahoo.com
Sat Oct 18 14:51:08 EDT 2008


So you have neighbors close enough to look out for you.  That is good.  I wonder what people do if they have no neighbors close by?  or if they need to go on a trip and they have animals?.  If you lived far enough back with no neighbors, some idoit could just set up camp in your house......bobford


--- On Sat, 10/18/08, Gene GeRue <genegerue at ruralize.com> wrote:

> From: Gene GeRue <genegerue at ruralize.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] when you are away from homestead ?
> To: bobford79 at yahoo.com, homestead at lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Saturday, October 18, 2008, 12:44 PM
> On Oct 18, 2008, at 11:37 AM, bob ford wrote:
> 
> > Gene, I won't mention where you live in this post,
> just in case;  
> > but, it is obvious to anyone on the list that you ,
> wife, Don, etc.   
> > are all somewhere from home-base.  Who watches stuff
> for you.  How  
> > is this handled.  What about animals, waterpipes,
> security, fire?   
> > I've never really thought about this ....bobford
> 
> Just talked to closest neighbor and good buddy. He and his
> wife will  
> go down and winterize the house, as I have decided to not
> go back for  
> the vote but have instead faxed a request for absentee
> ballot,  
> confirmed it was received, and my ballot is in the mail.
> 
> Jeff and I have looked out for each other for years.
> 
> I have had only one theft. The thief was a man I tried to
> help. He  
> turned out to be a common crook. He stole most of my tools.
> He died  
> and I shed not one tear.

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