My apologies to all. Good news though. I am working finally and not in simr crap job that pays squat. It isn't on par with previous work, but when you(read: ME) have been unemployed for over one year; you take it as you find it.
Other good news; I have finally fumbled my fat thumbs into being able to post on the blog from my phone. This is said post so it will be a short one.
Now that cash flows can start to balance, I will be able to devote more time to 'catching up'. Far too many changes have been taking place of late to maintain my previous online life. Y'all know how reality occassionally gets in your face and reminds you of its existance. LOL Such is what I have been dealing with for the last month.
Sorry, no links today(still haven't figured all of that out yet via phone.) Keep checking back though. I will be getting back into it again. Lots to be said, little time to say it.
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Thursday, July 22, 2010
My nickels worth.
I had a post ready to go on Monday until I read Mayberry's post about going Galt.
I scrapped what I had since it was a bit of my normal crap anyway. His post really gave me a bit to think about.
It seems to me that the solution is as old as the communes of the mid-sixties, early seventies. Only much more complex. To set aside a section of country (a reservation if you will, despite the negative connotations that presents) for those uf us that only wish to be 'Left Alone' would do wonders to a percentage of the population that is ready to start shooting now.
This raises many thoughts of 'What if" for me.
And gives some ammunition against those that wish further trepidations upon the population.
It all boils down to "What did people do before XXXXXXXX?(insert your favorite welfare program in the X's.)
Lets look at the nuts and bolts of society PRE-SOCIALISM. Considering that our current state of affairs began back in the early part of the last century, we have to assume that there were protocols in place to assimilate those in dire straits. What were those protocols?(obviously they weren't Federally mandated either)
Public assistance/Welfare: This is the simplest. People that fell on hard times would lean on Family, Friends, the Church, and other Independent social institutions that were set up to help those that couldn't help themselves. The Community chest of a sort.
Retirement/Social Security: This is the one that really gets people thinking. What did people do for retirement towards the end of their lives? The biggest thought here is that many didn't live to the ripe old age of 65 on a regular basis. Life was hard then. And yet, there were those that retired from constant working. The family is the key here. Large families were commonplace. The Grandparents were the last line of defense in taking care of the younger generation. Typically, the grandparents were the founders of a homestead, built it up to its working status, their children would continue in their footsteps and the grandchildren would be 'schooled' by the 'retirees' in their golden years. This isn't a hard and fast fact but was common enough that a brief look at the way our founders lived would bear many instances of just such an arrangement.
Public Education(read Socialist indoctrination): What public education? Most small towns(villages) would have a one room school house that took up where those families that couldn't afford the time left off. Most children were taught the rudiments(the Trivium) up to a certain age and that was sufficient for the average person to get along in life. (look at a "Primer" text from Pre-1913. Can you do half of the exercise's in it. I can and I was struggling on some of them. This was a 4th grade book and the math was the equivalent of senior H.S. education when I was in school. Compare to what the texts are like NOW.) Higher education was for those that showed promise, desire, willingness and drive to further learn the Quadrivium. Further education may have even been done during an Apprenticeship. Current Progressive Reform(a centuries worth of social reform, lets quit beating around the bush) of forced education until adulthood, child labor laws, and a minimum wage set up, have all lead to KILLING that particular training tool. The current minimum wage law has it so that educated persons have a hard time getting a job without experience due to the costs of employing them. Having seen what a business pays for the privilege of keeping an employee; I understand why many small businesses are passing over H.S. educated Graduates for College Grads(that and the actual education standards of both)(PS: Abe Lincoln, homeschooled. Albert Einstein: mostly homeschooled. Edison: Homeschooled. etc etc etc)
There are more that I could bring up but those three really show what is wrong with where we are. There are many other aspects that screw us over but those push us to the slippery slope of not pulling back to the standards of what made this country "the shining City on the hill".
Going Galt isn't going to be a reinvention of a society so much as a Renaissance of one. We don't need to reinvent the wheel, we only need to step back on a societal level to what worked. We need to teach the kids what really worked and show them how to learn for themselves how to make it better. The tech we have now isn't a stumbling block in our way if we know how to incorporate it into " the old ways". Doing so would be far easier than some may think.
Heinlein wrote about a place called Coventry in a few of his books. In those books, it was a place of Exile. In some ways, we that would like to go Galt, are looking for Coventry. We don't fit in todays society. I freely admit I don't. I see the damage of 100 years of elected retardation and I don't like the effects it has had upon those around me. I see levels of apathy towards where we are headed (and in some ways that is the cobalt rod in this reactor. The one that keeps us from completely blowing the core) and how the consensus is "Well, what can one person do to change it?"
One person can't do much of anything. Not when it comes to the bigger picture. That is where our depression lies. But a group, persistent enough, can make a huge difference. Look at the founding of this country and see what a handful of "We must hang together or we will surely hang separately"'s did. They may have fudged the paperwork (and there is some debate on both sides of the fence about that. Reference Boston T Parties book on the illusions of liberty.)but you can't deny that they pulled together a lot of people to defeat the "superpower" of the time.
I am torn between wanting Galt's Gulch and wanting out right Revolution. I can't deny that I only want to be left alone, that I no longer want to support a gaggle of leeches through Forced taxation, that I no longer want to see children subjected to the Retardation of the public school system, etc, etc, etc. I am thoroughly frustrated with our society as it has morphed into, in comparison to what it SHOULD be.
But I don't have any answers to the questions Mayberry put forth.
What I do know is that I have the knowledge and skills to keep the lights on when the grids go down. I know that I can keep food on the table when monetary means are back to the barter level without Scrip or Fiat toilet paper. I know that I can 'generate' alternative fuels to keep the wheels turning when that time comes. I know that I can educate my children in higher levels of learning if need be(and it would be needed) The knowledge is in my head and on my bookshelves: they can't take whats in my head.
But I am one person. There are only 24 hours in a day and the level of work to maintain those needs would need to be spread out among a village, town or some other form of community. One is an island, two are a group, three or more is a committee. (I could give that thought line a serious run for chaos if given half a chance. Think I will stop there for now.)
I guess until some such time as when it all comes apart or we come together, I will keep on "keeping on", trying to establish my own personal Gulch, and watch the sunsets with a cold one when the fermenter is done bubbling. Feel free to contact me if you have some enlightenment on this subject. I am sure that Mayberry will have more coming in the next few days.( Have fun with Starving Mayb. Tom is a great writer for his subject. His reading list is extensive but well worth it.)
I scrapped what I had since it was a bit of my normal crap anyway. His post really gave me a bit to think about.
It seems to me that the solution is as old as the communes of the mid-sixties, early seventies. Only much more complex. To set aside a section of country (a reservation if you will, despite the negative connotations that presents) for those uf us that only wish to be 'Left Alone' would do wonders to a percentage of the population that is ready to start shooting now.
This raises many thoughts of 'What if" for me.
And gives some ammunition against those that wish further trepidations upon the population.
It all boils down to "What did people do before XXXXXXXX?(insert your favorite welfare program in the X's.)
Lets look at the nuts and bolts of society PRE-SOCIALISM. Considering that our current state of affairs began back in the early part of the last century, we have to assume that there were protocols in place to assimilate those in dire straits. What were those protocols?(obviously they weren't Federally mandated either)
Public assistance/Welfare: This is the simplest. People that fell on hard times would lean on Family, Friends, the Church, and other Independent social institutions that were set up to help those that couldn't help themselves. The Community chest of a sort.
Retirement/Social Security: This is the one that really gets people thinking. What did people do for retirement towards the end of their lives? The biggest thought here is that many didn't live to the ripe old age of 65 on a regular basis. Life was hard then. And yet, there were those that retired from constant working. The family is the key here. Large families were commonplace. The Grandparents were the last line of defense in taking care of the younger generation. Typically, the grandparents were the founders of a homestead, built it up to its working status, their children would continue in their footsteps and the grandchildren would be 'schooled' by the 'retirees' in their golden years. This isn't a hard and fast fact but was common enough that a brief look at the way our founders lived would bear many instances of just such an arrangement.
Public Education(read Socialist indoctrination): What public education? Most small towns(villages) would have a one room school house that took up where those families that couldn't afford the time left off. Most children were taught the rudiments(the Trivium) up to a certain age and that was sufficient for the average person to get along in life. (look at a "Primer" text from Pre-1913. Can you do half of the exercise's in it. I can and I was struggling on some of them. This was a 4th grade book and the math was the equivalent of senior H.S. education when I was in school. Compare to what the texts are like NOW.) Higher education was for those that showed promise, desire, willingness and drive to further learn the Quadrivium. Further education may have even been done during an Apprenticeship. Current Progressive Reform(a centuries worth of social reform, lets quit beating around the bush) of forced education until adulthood, child labor laws, and a minimum wage set up, have all lead to KILLING that particular training tool. The current minimum wage law has it so that educated persons have a hard time getting a job without experience due to the costs of employing them. Having seen what a business pays for the privilege of keeping an employee; I understand why many small businesses are passing over H.S. educated Graduates for College Grads(that and the actual education standards of both)(PS: Abe Lincoln, homeschooled. Albert Einstein: mostly homeschooled. Edison: Homeschooled. etc etc etc)
There are more that I could bring up but those three really show what is wrong with where we are. There are many other aspects that screw us over but those push us to the slippery slope of not pulling back to the standards of what made this country "the shining City on the hill".
Going Galt isn't going to be a reinvention of a society so much as a Renaissance of one. We don't need to reinvent the wheel, we only need to step back on a societal level to what worked. We need to teach the kids what really worked and show them how to learn for themselves how to make it better. The tech we have now isn't a stumbling block in our way if we know how to incorporate it into " the old ways". Doing so would be far easier than some may think.
Heinlein wrote about a place called Coventry in a few of his books. In those books, it was a place of Exile. In some ways, we that would like to go Galt, are looking for Coventry. We don't fit in todays society. I freely admit I don't. I see the damage of 100 years of elected retardation and I don't like the effects it has had upon those around me. I see levels of apathy towards where we are headed (and in some ways that is the cobalt rod in this reactor. The one that keeps us from completely blowing the core) and how the consensus is "Well, what can one person do to change it?"
One person can't do much of anything. Not when it comes to the bigger picture. That is where our depression lies. But a group, persistent enough, can make a huge difference. Look at the founding of this country and see what a handful of "We must hang together or we will surely hang separately"'s did. They may have fudged the paperwork (and there is some debate on both sides of the fence about that. Reference Boston T Parties book on the illusions of liberty.)but you can't deny that they pulled together a lot of people to defeat the "superpower" of the time.
I am torn between wanting Galt's Gulch and wanting out right Revolution. I can't deny that I only want to be left alone, that I no longer want to support a gaggle of leeches through Forced taxation, that I no longer want to see children subjected to the Retardation of the public school system, etc, etc, etc. I am thoroughly frustrated with our society as it has morphed into, in comparison to what it SHOULD be.
But I don't have any answers to the questions Mayberry put forth.
What I do know is that I have the knowledge and skills to keep the lights on when the grids go down. I know that I can keep food on the table when monetary means are back to the barter level without Scrip or Fiat toilet paper. I know that I can 'generate' alternative fuels to keep the wheels turning when that time comes. I know that I can educate my children in higher levels of learning if need be(and it would be needed) The knowledge is in my head and on my bookshelves: they can't take whats in my head.
But I am one person. There are only 24 hours in a day and the level of work to maintain those needs would need to be spread out among a village, town or some other form of community. One is an island, two are a group, three or more is a committee. (I could give that thought line a serious run for chaos if given half a chance. Think I will stop there for now.)
I guess until some such time as when it all comes apart or we come together, I will keep on "keeping on", trying to establish my own personal Gulch, and watch the sunsets with a cold one when the fermenter is done bubbling. Feel free to contact me if you have some enlightenment on this subject. I am sure that Mayberry will have more coming in the next few days.( Have fun with Starving Mayb. Tom is a great writer for his subject. His reading list is extensive but well worth it.)
Monday, July 12, 2010
Apathy
That seems to be the word of the day from everything that I have been able to read while catching up. Not from the bloggers that on the ball but from the general populace.
We have a democraptic house and senate that are making strides to bumrush as much brobdingnagian legislation through before the swearing in of the newly elected questionables. These are the same ones that 'have to pass the bill to see whats in it'.
Can anyone say "sabotage"?
Still, having taken a piece of advice from Tom Baugh and read Boston T Parties "Constitution: Hologram on liberty", I am thinking that this is all according to plan or design. Knowing that we have had Communists/Socialists in the system since the time of the last unsuccessful revoution(the Civil War); well, Maybe not the plan of the original founders but those that followed immediately in their footsteps.
Maybe I am just seeing things through a different filter now since I am not able to expose myself to the doings of Politics and the economy on a daily basis. I see far more apathy from the mundanes than I find comfortable with. That apathy is what allows the Pelosi's and Reids to get away with the crap that they are. The Tea Parties were a great idea and should have been able to accomplish so much more but that apathy continues to get in the way of those that do Care.
We have a democraptic house and senate that are making strides to bumrush as much brobdingnagian legislation through before the swearing in of the newly elected questionables. These are the same ones that 'have to pass the bill to see whats in it'.
Can anyone say "sabotage"?
Still, having taken a piece of advice from Tom Baugh and read Boston T Parties "Constitution: Hologram on liberty", I am thinking that this is all according to plan or design. Knowing that we have had Communists/Socialists in the system since the time of the last unsuccessful revoution(the Civil War); well, Maybe not the plan of the original founders but those that followed immediately in their footsteps.
Maybe I am just seeing things through a different filter now since I am not able to expose myself to the doings of Politics and the economy on a daily basis. I see far more apathy from the mundanes than I find comfortable with. That apathy is what allows the Pelosi's and Reids to get away with the crap that they are. The Tea Parties were a great idea and should have been able to accomplish so much more but that apathy continues to get in the way of those that do Care.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Not much to report.
Will be posting once a week for a time but this week has been rather laid back and inconsequential. The 4th blew in and blew out with little for me to report about.
My only take on that would be that the District of Criminals has taken on a rather "entertainment" bent with all of the Bread and Circuses events that they had recently(as seen on PBS. Made my stomach churn.)
Keep that in mind. There will be more bread and circuses in our future. Roman History is there for your study and it takes little to no imagination to see the parallels.
Keep Prepping. Stay Safe.
My only take on that would be that the District of Criminals has taken on a rather "entertainment" bent with all of the Bread and Circuses events that they had recently(as seen on PBS. Made my stomach churn.)
Keep that in mind. There will be more bread and circuses in our future. Roman History is there for your study and it takes little to no imagination to see the parallels.
Keep Prepping. Stay Safe.
Monday, June 28, 2010
The week in Dio's new life.
Hey All, How has the world been doing while I have been absent?
From things that I have heard,
Typical.
The usual suspects doing the usual Progressive crap. Gen. McChrystal getting reamed(resigning his post was the last rumor that I heard.) Obama stepping on toes, Rahm setting up to quit as the White House Chief of Staff. The Oil is still flowing like mad from the well in the Gulf. And there is now a tropical storm to contend with. (good luck to you Mayberry and any others that may be in the path of these things)
Seeing how I have been reading History books in my down time, I have figured out one thing.
Ain't nuthin new under the sun. Human nature changes very slowly, if at all.
The Romans went through this crap back before the time of Christ. Europe went through several phase of this before, during and often after the 'Dark Ages'.
Even America has gone through times such as this, Repeatedly. During the Lincoln Administration we had a large growth of Government. Under Teddy Roosevelt, we saw massive Unionization and Government intervention with Corporations among other things. Under Wilson, we saw the slaughter of the Gold Standard. (and while it wasn't perfect and could be manipulated by banks, it wasn't nearly as bad as the fiat toilet paper we call the dollar today)
And that only brings up 97 years ago.
Here we have a progressive/communist/socialist/nihilist/inexperienced charlatan in office, supported by a group of similar minded individuals that all feel that the Government is the answer to all of America's Ills.
I guess that history repeats itself and of course, the majority is deaf to its yells.
On a more personal note, things are going fairly ok here. Had two interviews this week and waiting on a third for that position. I have another interview scheduled for Monday for a different position. I have been helping my dad out as much as humanly possible: that can be kind of hard too. We are both rather specific about how things get done. Its amazing how you can be so attached to a set way of things.
The other thing that blows me away is how I can still be guilted into submission by him after all these years. I know I wasn't the greatest kid growing up. Hell, I was a complete nightmare most of the time. I would like to think that I have improved as an adult. Still, there are times where I may do something in a way that I find works for me, and he can give me feelings of inferiority with nothing more than body language. Never a word spoken, just the way he carries his shoulders, or walks.
LOL, I guess he trained me better than we both thought.
Sorry for the lack of posts but I know that I have filled in my current internet situation. I will try to catch up but this area most definitely does not move at the speed of the nets. (and I think I need it as I am much more relaxed than I was a week ago.)
Addendum: While enroute to an interview today, I heard that the Rats in the District of Criminals passed another midnight legislation of 2000+ pages.
My only question at this point is on that I think many have: "When is it time to start shooting?"
From things that I have heard,
Typical.
The usual suspects doing the usual Progressive crap. Gen. McChrystal getting reamed(resigning his post was the last rumor that I heard.) Obama stepping on toes, Rahm setting up to quit as the White House Chief of Staff. The Oil is still flowing like mad from the well in the Gulf. And there is now a tropical storm to contend with. (good luck to you Mayberry and any others that may be in the path of these things)
Seeing how I have been reading History books in my down time, I have figured out one thing.
Ain't nuthin new under the sun. Human nature changes very slowly, if at all.
The Romans went through this crap back before the time of Christ. Europe went through several phase of this before, during and often after the 'Dark Ages'.
Even America has gone through times such as this, Repeatedly. During the Lincoln Administration we had a large growth of Government. Under Teddy Roosevelt, we saw massive Unionization and Government intervention with Corporations among other things. Under Wilson, we saw the slaughter of the Gold Standard. (and while it wasn't perfect and could be manipulated by banks, it wasn't nearly as bad as the fiat toilet paper we call the dollar today)
And that only brings up 97 years ago.
Here we have a progressive/communist/socialist/nihilist/inexperienced charlatan in office, supported by a group of similar minded individuals that all feel that the Government is the answer to all of America's Ills.
I guess that history repeats itself and of course, the majority is deaf to its yells.
On a more personal note, things are going fairly ok here. Had two interviews this week and waiting on a third for that position. I have another interview scheduled for Monday for a different position. I have been helping my dad out as much as humanly possible: that can be kind of hard too. We are both rather specific about how things get done. Its amazing how you can be so attached to a set way of things.
The other thing that blows me away is how I can still be guilted into submission by him after all these years. I know I wasn't the greatest kid growing up. Hell, I was a complete nightmare most of the time. I would like to think that I have improved as an adult. Still, there are times where I may do something in a way that I find works for me, and he can give me feelings of inferiority with nothing more than body language. Never a word spoken, just the way he carries his shoulders, or walks.
LOL, I guess he trained me better than we both thought.
Sorry for the lack of posts but I know that I have filled in my current internet situation. I will try to catch up but this area most definitely does not move at the speed of the nets. (and I think I need it as I am much more relaxed than I was a week ago.)
Addendum: While enroute to an interview today, I heard that the Rats in the District of Criminals passed another midnight legislation of 2000+ pages.
My only question at this point is on that I think many have: "When is it time to start shooting?"
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Lost in space.(and time in a sense)
I am going to post sporadicly at best for awhile. I hope no one takes offense if I don't respond to comments, I am not able to come back and check until the next post.
I am seriously out of the loop here. I won't lie, it worries me . When I stopped in yesterday, I had about 15 minutes with which to cruise through the blogs, check my mail, and check in with Drudge. With the speed that things move in this world now, I KNOW, I am going to miss something important. Luckily, I do have some ways of getting feelers out; they aren't all that easy to access and they would be a last ditch effort as I don't want to draw attention to them unless necessary. I think not having a live feed of market tickers worries me the most. I am not an investor, the tickers give me a feel for the level of believability within the news I do get,
What I saw worried me some. Napolitano wanting tighter scrutiny of the webs was the thing that came to the forefront for me. That goes hand in hand with O'boy getting a kill switch to the net. While they may want to use that heightened 'scrutiny' to babysit 'wanna be terrorists', you and I both know that it will be used to further 'keep an eye on' disgruntled citizens. These “war on” whatevers would have made Jefferson and Franklin openly retch. (I am not so sure about Washington since he did the whole whiskey thing and started the Whiskey Rebellion. Unintended Consequences right at the start of the nation.)
You reach a point where you just can't care anymore what they do. They can enact all of the laws in their wildest dreams of complete control and all they ultimately will be able to do is whine at how little we pay attention to them. They can seen all the thugs, raise the Taxes on compliance but ultimately, we, as a people, give them that power. We can take it away as easily as a grandparent ignores a grandchild that is being a brat. The more of us that ignore the brats, the less power they have. I think I am seeing signs of that coming about. Maybe its only a change in environment, maybe its a combination of that and lack of 'news' through the nets. I know the local news I have seen is remarkably silent with regards to 'politics'. Either way, it needs to happen. TPTB have to feel threatened enough to up the ante or we are never going to see an end to the growth of this madness.
One thing locally, I have noticed; The freedoms here are much higher than up north, simply due to the fact that people don't rely on the .Gov to take care of 'basics' . Hell, they would (and have) retaliate with force if the gov decided to step in 'for their own good'.(lets refer to the term Ridgerunner. It started during the Civil War but came of age during Prohibition and after. 'Revenooers' is still a dirty word around here. Only now, they aren't after the stills so much but the greener crops.)
Personal update. New phone on the way(the one I have, I have to go into the next town to be able to use) and this one will have a 3megapixel camera on it. WOOT! Now I can show off the gardens I have been sweating in. I can also update on the progress of my house(which I haven't even started groundbreaking on, Soon, oh so soon.) I am going to try and post one or two posts from the phone, just to see if its 1) easily done and 2) worth the effort if not. I hate getting something even more high tech than the simple phone I have now but I am a info-junkie. When it comes to internet access, not having that full time connection really blows. I can walk away from it if there is a need (like moving here, or the entire system gets nailed with a solar induced EMP) but if I can get around said issues, I want my information sources. Call me spoiled.:)
I am seriously out of the loop here. I won't lie, it worries me . When I stopped in yesterday, I had about 15 minutes with which to cruise through the blogs, check my mail, and check in with Drudge. With the speed that things move in this world now, I KNOW, I am going to miss something important. Luckily, I do have some ways of getting feelers out; they aren't all that easy to access and they would be a last ditch effort as I don't want to draw attention to them unless necessary. I think not having a live feed of market tickers worries me the most. I am not an investor, the tickers give me a feel for the level of believability within the news I do get,
What I saw worried me some. Napolitano wanting tighter scrutiny of the webs was the thing that came to the forefront for me. That goes hand in hand with O'boy getting a kill switch to the net. While they may want to use that heightened 'scrutiny' to babysit 'wanna be terrorists', you and I both know that it will be used to further 'keep an eye on' disgruntled citizens. These “war on” whatevers would have made Jefferson and Franklin openly retch. (I am not so sure about Washington since he did the whole whiskey thing and started the Whiskey Rebellion. Unintended Consequences right at the start of the nation.)
You reach a point where you just can't care anymore what they do. They can enact all of the laws in their wildest dreams of complete control and all they ultimately will be able to do is whine at how little we pay attention to them. They can seen all the thugs, raise the Taxes on compliance but ultimately, we, as a people, give them that power. We can take it away as easily as a grandparent ignores a grandchild that is being a brat. The more of us that ignore the brats, the less power they have. I think I am seeing signs of that coming about. Maybe its only a change in environment, maybe its a combination of that and lack of 'news' through the nets. I know the local news I have seen is remarkably silent with regards to 'politics'. Either way, it needs to happen. TPTB have to feel threatened enough to up the ante or we are never going to see an end to the growth of this madness.
One thing locally, I have noticed; The freedoms here are much higher than up north, simply due to the fact that people don't rely on the .Gov to take care of 'basics' . Hell, they would (and have) retaliate with force if the gov decided to step in 'for their own good'.(lets refer to the term Ridgerunner. It started during the Civil War but came of age during Prohibition and after. 'Revenooers' is still a dirty word around here. Only now, they aren't after the stills so much but the greener crops.)
Personal update. New phone on the way(the one I have, I have to go into the next town to be able to use) and this one will have a 3megapixel camera on it. WOOT! Now I can show off the gardens I have been sweating in. I can also update on the progress of my house(which I haven't even started groundbreaking on, Soon, oh so soon.) I am going to try and post one or two posts from the phone, just to see if its 1) easily done and 2) worth the effort if not. I hate getting something even more high tech than the simple phone I have now but I am a info-junkie. When it comes to internet access, not having that full time connection really blows. I can walk away from it if there is a need (like moving here, or the entire system gets nailed with a solar induced EMP) but if I can get around said issues, I want my information sources. Call me spoiled.:)
Saturday, June 19, 2010
LMAO
I am not sure if its a good or a bad thing at this stage.
Time to pose a question to all of you out there in the webs.
Is it a bad thing when EVERYTHING you own can fit in the bed of a covered Chevy S10? Including the Aluminum Truck box full of tools and the the roadcase of car tools? Even my mattress is in there. The only thing not in the truck at this point is this laptop, my sleeping bag and one small bag of tools that I kept out 'just in case' I need to do any repairs here during clean up. AND the Passenger seat is clear for the computer bag and BOB.
To make this even more surreal, I feel like I have far too much crap now. Obviously the heavy tools are already in place or this trip wouldn't be happening with just one vehicle. Still, there is a high likelihood that I could do it with one truck and a small(4'X6') trailer with room to spare. About the only thing that isn't going IN the truck is my 10 speed. I have a bike carrier for that. Gonna look pretty funny hanging on the back of the S10 and I could care less. Galt's Gulch baby, I am on my way.
(Confession: I did get rid of some furniture that I decided could easily be replaced IE: Desk and a tall dresser.)
Time to pose a question to all of you out there in the webs.
Is it a bad thing when EVERYTHING you own can fit in the bed of a covered Chevy S10? Including the Aluminum Truck box full of tools and the the roadcase of car tools? Even my mattress is in there. The only thing not in the truck at this point is this laptop, my sleeping bag and one small bag of tools that I kept out 'just in case' I need to do any repairs here during clean up. AND the Passenger seat is clear for the computer bag and BOB.
To make this even more surreal, I feel like I have far too much crap now. Obviously the heavy tools are already in place or this trip wouldn't be happening with just one vehicle. Still, there is a high likelihood that I could do it with one truck and a small(4'X6') trailer with room to spare. About the only thing that isn't going IN the truck is my 10 speed. I have a bike carrier for that. Gonna look pretty funny hanging on the back of the S10 and I could care less. Galt's Gulch baby, I am on my way.
(Confession: I did get rid of some furniture that I decided could easily be replaced IE: Desk and a tall dresser.)
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