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Permalink Reply by william Allen. Ladd on April 28, 2018 at 1:25pm

Well maybe someone will recall or possibly know something about it.  I thank you greatly for your reply any way

Granddad Ladd

Permalink Reply by Bullfrex on April 28, 2018 at 2:33pm

Ann,

I was merely illuminating that 'green' energy is not without it's own unique set of consequences, no matter how much 'they' want to convince us otherwise. Some of those consequences may not be known for years to come.

And, I still have trouble with the studies' author stating that what "seems plausible", is in truth, presented to be fact, as the title suggests.

No disrespect intended. 

Permalink Reply by Ann Ticopa on April 28, 2018 at 4:25pm

And I was merely replying that the og industry makes mistakes too. 

Permalink Reply by william Allen. Ladd on April 28, 2018 at 4:22pm

To answer Ann and other posters

I have  three big piles of logs. First off two of these piles were left where I really could not get to them. One excuse was that they could not move logs from one property across the property owned by the neighbor down the ROW and then back to the log owner. "Crossing property lines was not permissable with logs!" according to the landman.  Another pile is at the top of a very steep hill......supposedly too far away for the logging carrier.  I have no way to skid these two piles closer to my furnace.

The third pile was contracted to a man that skidded then, blocked them up and split them with his machinery.  However there are five maple logs that his splitting/blocking machine could not handle. These five are in my yard. I cannot cut and split these five maple logs myself. Five years ago I could probably cut and split these five myself.   I do have a chainsaw and a splitter that are capable of  handling these five logs.  

No one wants to move their body anymore to do a little work!  I hate to see these logs rot away and be wasted like that. I have plenty of wood but no one wants to earn money working up a pile of firewood.

We have gas service but in the winter our gas bill was almost as high as it was in the summer.  About all the cooking that was done in the winter time was to warm me up a cup of tea while I waited for my cook stove to get hot.

Paying $100.00 monthly just to have a hot cup of tea each morning, and pay a man to come and read the gas meter seems a bit  steep!. 

Anyone want a job cutting and splitting wood?

Lets talk!

Granddadd Ladd

Permalink Reply by Ann Ticopa on April 28, 2018 at 5:42pm

How about someone who also uses wood heat to cut/split/stack for half the wood? (Do I remember correctly that you have an outdoor furnace and that a nephew used to do the wood for you?)

Permalink Reply by william Allen. Ladd on April 28, 2018 at 7:50pm

I did have a man help me a couple years ago. I did propose a deal like you suggested.  At first he did a good job.  A hard worker too. My barn was going down and he wanted some of the timbers to build a shelter or small cabin on our property. He wanted permission to hunt here too.  First it went pretty good. But then items disappeared.  Nothing very valuable but still worth a few dollars.  He said that as soon as cold weather was nearer he would start cutting wood. He had his own chainsaw.  And he could use my wood splitter.

Well he He'd show up,  visit for a while  and then say, he needed oil for chainsaw. I gave him a gallon jug full of oil, he used enough for a couple of hours. I never saw the rest of the oil.  Then he needed a new saw chain. But would not buy it locally. "Too expensive he said! Cheaper twenty five miles away."  Next time he came back he visited for awhile. "Gotta go get coffee" he said.  Meanwhile it was getting closer to cold weather. I wanted my wood cut, split and piled so it would season out before winter snows.  

I happened to find another man that would skid, block up and split my pile of logs to a reasonable size within a day or two of meeting him. At a reasonable price too.  No hemming or hawing or running to get coffee or saw chain.   

The first man finally showed up one day and was not happy when he saw my pile of wood all cut and split!.  I told him that I could not wait til snow flies and I wanted my wood to be seasoned as much as possible before trying to burn it.  If he had gone to work and cut my wood without all the excuses, he could have had the job for half of the wood.  

The nephew I was talking about  is a contractor. He builds houses and does remodeling them too.  Being fifty years old too it is a bit difficult for him to find enough time to cut wood for any price.

I need a young man who is willing to work and do the job I want and he needs to be dependable!  I would be willing to pay him at the end of each day!

Is that asking too much?

Granddad Ladd

Permalink Reply by Thomas Lilli on April 29, 2018 at 7:46am

FYI, Repsol sent a fellow out to check our water at our place near Forestry Road on Mountain Top Road. There are a couple pads going in, one to our west and the other to the east from what I’ve been told. 

Permalink Reply by william Allen. Ladd on April 29, 2018 at 8:29am

Exactly what I have said Old timer.  Youngsters these days only want to punch buttons and expect to become millionaires over night!

Sure Robots are taking over lots of jobs but there are still many jobs that need a BODY to do the physical work!  At 80 plus years, I still go outside to carry wood to furnace and the kitchen stove. Arthritis, especially during cold changeable damp weather does cause me pain but I still try to keep going.

One of the Painters great grandfather was helping to feed calves at 90 years old. And doing it on the run too! Johnny told me this himself some years before he died.  The old gentleman even helped on the hay wagon but he was overruled by John because he was unsteady on his feet riding on the wagon.  This was many many years ago. I recall often seeing the old fellow puttering around the Painter farm doing whatever he could like pulling weeds or fixing barn yard fence.  Anything to keep busy!

Granddadd Ladd

Permalink Reply by Ann Ticopa on April 29, 2018 at 10:16am

I specified $75k jobs. Since so many dairy farms have closed, there is no longer that pool of workiers with basic mechanical knowledge and who are used to working long hours under poor conditions. Plus, o/g jobs require a willingness to periodically relocate.

Permalink Reply by Ann Ticopa on April 29, 2018 at 12:55pm

This is somewhat off-topic, but it has to do with accessing the internet ... which makes it somewhat on-topic.

My location is out-of-range for dsl, cable, and Indigo extreme wifi. Satellite is possible, but in the "if all else fails" category. Which, afaik, leaves 3g cellular (in Jackson/Rutland). At first, I would be using an unlocked GSM 3g phablet.

Any suggestion of providers with good data plans in this area? Also, have you or do you know anyone who has used the Indigo Senior plan? (It includes "unlimited" data at s.l.o.w 2x dial-up speed.)

Permalink Reply by Ann Ticopa on April 29, 2018 at 2:58pm

Hughes would be my "if all else fail".  My problem with them is

1- price

2- antenna would have to be remote from house

3- there at least used to be an early cancellation charge

Permalink Reply by william Allen. Ladd on April 29, 2018 at 3:55pm

We were hooked into the local TV system for several years. First was the two conductor open wire that periodically would get wrapped together by wind or maybe snow or ice. Someone would have to get out with a long pole and untwist and/or knock snow and ice off. Probably about a mile of slogging under that wire. Then the some of the neighbors elected to install a closed cable to their house.  Dad decided that he would spring for replacing the rest of the length...about a mile. Amplifyiers  were bought and the four or five remaining  households agreed to pay Dad for their signal and his expenses of maintaince. That work pretty good. When Dad was no longer able to tend this job, he turned it over to me.  All except one household  kept up their payments.  A notice was sent to them that their service would be disconnected unless payment was made within a certain time.  I hated to do it but  we simply could not carry them as charges were the very minimum to recover the original cost and signal charges.

I had to disconnect them twice.  Eventually the signal supplier wanted to take over the entire system including all of the maintainence.

No more getting out in bad weather to repair or disconnect TV service. The original lay out for Dad was recovered about that time.

Granddad Ladd

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