tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634969979683449053.post5474213809955760386..comments2024-03-28T17:39:40.759-04:00Comments on Granny Sue's News and Reviews: Back to Normal, or What Passes for It, and Thinking About ThingsGranny Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01129064020727041161noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634969979683449053.post-33485867153330683632012-07-20T14:15:56.910-04:002012-07-20T14:15:56.910-04:00Thanks for this excellent and thoughtful article. ...Thanks for this excellent and thoughtful article. As we contemplate our lifestyle in WV during retirement, we have had this topic at top of mind for some time. Your perspective is helpful.Larry Eisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17983922285845751993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634969979683449053.post-65683088319269051462012-07-20T14:11:54.574-04:002012-07-20T14:11:54.574-04:00Thanks for this thoughtful article. As we contemp...Thanks for this thoughtful article. As we contemplate our retirement in WV these are very pertinent lines of thinking and have been in the forefront of our minds for a while now.Larry Eisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17983922285845751993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634969979683449053.post-24806200113009050082012-07-20T14:09:12.168-04:002012-07-20T14:09:12.168-04:00I finally broke down and bought my first air condi...I finally broke down and bought my first air conditioner in early June. Climate change and being older mean it's hotter now than when I moved to my cabin, and I'm no longer a spring chicken who didn't mind the hotter weather. This was the right year to buy it, but I can't say that it makes me happy. I can't hear the forest outside when it's on. Like you, I don't turn it on until it's 90 or so and humid. I guess I'm starting to view it as a necessary evil, at least for this summer. I need electric for my well pump and refrigerator. Well, the stove, too, but at least I can use my backpacking stove during power outages. Doing without electricity in a house that's designed for it to work is a hassle. A house that never had electricity is designed for that lack, and I barely notice it's not around when I'm in those.Carolyn Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03179182853082650546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634969979683449053.post-44453347086353204232012-07-20T11:43:22.592-04:002012-07-20T11:43:22.592-04:00Even had I a green thumb, like my mother, I'm ...Even had I a green thumb, like my mother, I'm in no shape now to grow my own food, much less preserve it (canning, etc.) -- it's just not a tradition I come from, and I lack the skills and the knowledge as well as the energy. Worse, I'd be trying to do all that all by myself. ... Although I guess it would be one quick way to lose weight -- hard labour, followed by periods of starvation. [wry grin]<br /><br />Beyond that, though: my minimal requirements at this point in the mod cons department are electricity and running water. (*Hot* running water is optional.) I want enough power for the icebox, for the 'puter and modem / router, for a heater in wintertime (if nothing else, to protect the pipes; my fireplace is nowhere near the plumbing) and the fans in the summer, and to recharge the cell phone. I'm perfectly happy with kerosene and oil lamps, and can cook perfectly well on and in the hearth.<br /><br />I should tell you about my great-aunt Katrien sometime. She of the coal stove, the kerosene and oil lamps, and the outhouse with a pipe straight down into the sewer. In the 1970s. In the middle of a city. Instant time travel to a 19th century lifestyle, that was.--Mario R.JJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13404985455733545060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634969979683449053.post-16045464292054777202012-07-19T20:06:41.165-04:002012-07-19T20:06:41.165-04:00Interesting thoughts!
Since I live in the city the...Interesting thoughts!<br />Since I live in the city there are lots of things that we just take for granted like city water, gas and electric that are already here.<br />I love the comforts that they give us but hate paying the price for them so I often wonder what it would be like to live in the country and live a more self sufficient lifestyle.Country Whispershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525399460066950231noreply@blogger.com