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  • From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Bad day ahead?
  • Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:00:46 -0700 (PDT)

Wow, you have to wear cleats to walk around. You should move to georgia
<g>...bobford


--- On Fri, 10/24/08, Lisa K.V. Perry <lisakvperry AT gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Lisa K.V. Perry <lisakvperry AT gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Bad day ahead?
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Friday, October 24, 2008, 10:50 AM
> On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Lynn Wigglesworth
> <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>wrote:
>
> >
> > Hmm...err...the dome over my property isn't in
> this year's budget, I'm
> > afraid, so I can guarantee lots of snow. And ice. I
> have a picture of my
> > driveway from last year...the entire 200' of it is
> encased in about 2"
> > of ice. It was 3 days before I could get out.
>
>
> This is our driveway every winter, off and on (up to 3 1/2
> weeks at one
> point last year), only it's on a hill and the driveway
> itself is about 200
> yards. In icy weather or storms, we park up top and around
> the corner where
> it is more level. We walk back and forth (on days we need
> to go into town)
> with Yaktrax on our feet.
>
> Yaktrax (in all sizes):
> http://www.streamlightdistributor.com/yaktrax-series.aspx?gclid=CIiGvpKowJYCFQOuFQodt0pjzQ
> Yaktrax for just $10 in size Large (great deal):
> http://www.campmor.com/outdoor/gear/Product___24101?CS_003=2477120&CS_010=24101
>
> For $10-$20 this products keeps you upright and helps you
> to avoid a trip to
> the emergency room or your local doctor for injuries
> suffered in a slip on
> the ice.
>
> If I didn't have kids at home, I'd consider renting
> rooms to people who
> > enthusiastically wanted to farm.
>
>
> That's not a bad idea down the road if times become
> that hard. Tenants may
> not have much cash, but in exchange for room & board
> you ask for x hours of
> labor per week.
>
> Lisa
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