Dennis you have to remember those houses were designed with front porches. As a kid it could take an hour to walk 2 blocks; as after dinner people would sit on porches and talk with neighbors walking up the street.
And you must remember I was born and raised in the country where space was not a problem. We never sat on the porch to talk to the neighbors either. Our neighbors were farmers like we were.
And you two need to remember that when I was a kid we had to walk miles to school uphill. Both ways! And around here the shade flies were so thick you had to shovel them off the sidewalks. And snowshoes had to be worn in order to get to school because they never gave us snow days. We would stop to pee behind the trees and it would freeze before it hit the ground!
You have to remember; was probably a poor choice of wording.. here in 1940 houses were built with porches so a sense of community developed as described. Garages were out in the back. People with longer front drives, in town were wealthier and considered less social. In 1970s it changed less porches more attached garage’s. New thing seems to be garages in front don’t even know your neighbors.. of course none of this applies to out in the country. I didn’t forget your an old farm/country boy Dennis. You have been a welcome guest and driven my driveway
Front porches kinda died when engineers invented television and air conditioning. No one sat out there any more so why have it.
That's the plan, fingers crossed! I've not said a lot because it seems weird to say "we're moving in 3 years", or now 2 years lol. This will cut 2.5 hours off kiddo's bus rides, I'll have full city services, and the winters will be so much easier on all of us. And we'll back out here summers. This winter will be plumbing to that side of the building, next year will be interior finish. Kiddo and I are so excited we can practically taste it!
I am happy for you. Yes, life should be easier for you. The one thing that matters is that you have decent neighbors. Life can be a living hell if you live next to a Karen.
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We had a nice not so hot day. I had good timing to get the pulley and belt for my mower deck. I got the deck disassembled, pulley that arrived via Amazon today ordered last night and the belt I ordered a couple of days ago both installed after work. I got the blades off and started to sharpen them. I'll need to break out the bench grinder. They are super dull. 1 blade I got a bit better with the drill mounted sharpener, but I need a bit more aggressive grinding this time. Old tensioner pulley vs new one. The bearing was gone on the old one. It looks to have been gone a while by the wear on the bushing. All back together with a new belt and tensioner pulley. I'll get the blades sharpened tomorrow and then back in the tractor. At some point I should probably paint the deck, but it's still super solid. Back when they built stuff to last. If I can get the blades sharpened tomorrow and then the deck back on and lawn mowed tomorrow after work, I'll be really happy. I had to separate the the deck from the deck plate with about 7 1/2" bolts that haven't been removed in 40 years. The blades haven't been off in a good 10-20 years. I used a lot of penetrating oil soaking for a good day and nothing broke. Kind of impressive that nothing broke because I used a 4 foot cheater bar on the wrench and I still had to put some grunt on the bar.
That hot humid weather is coming back soon unfortunately. I attempted to split some rounds I had surgery in the trailer a couple of days ago when it was nearly 70° but still humid and cloudy. I was drenched in sweat in like 20 minutes. Higher humidity sucks.
Earlier this week I fell and thought I messed up my right knee. It hurt when walking and made sleeping difficult. I went in to see a Dr. this morning and after a brief exam and some x-rays, I only have a bone bruise that should heal up in a week or so. I think I am a bit lucky. Now I have to behave myself for a little while
We just received another fantastic weather forecast. Tonight's low is forecast to be 69 degrees. That is not bad until you realize the high temperature for today was 68 degrees! Present temperature is 67 degrees. I am sorry but that really does show a low IQ.
