The 50 Plus Cafe, Pub, All-Nite Greasy Spoon and Dive Bar

You probably do know my thoughts. I'm having PMs with a longtime friend here about making it another 18-24 months and then "retiring," which means changing careers completely. I respect some of the kids who really know their stuff, but the ones who are all bossy can pound sand.


The landlady says they're putting in a tiny homes community up near town, so we're going to go to look at it today when she gets off of work. I'll let you know.
This would be right up my alley....
 
The real question is, how fast is the bee flying through Miami???


Just came in from breaking ice. It's tough to keep the critters in water this time of year, and it's not fair that they not have any. The damned troughs freeze back over every few hours, so one takes his or her #2 shovel and goes to war on the ice. Then you have to shovel out what you can because it just holds the cold and helps it freeze faster. Hint: ice shovels fer shit.


Good thing the main troughs get some sunshine.


The mama goat's water bucket is under the heat lamp but still freezes.


Still no baby goats, but the little dwarf girl is cute as a button.
Too bad you couldn't rig up a battery to keep the troughs warm or bubble the water so it doesn't freeze... prob wouldn't work but a cool idea
 
I used to love looking thru the McMaster Carr catalogs. My dad used to order shit from there all the time.

One of my good friends used to work there.
I still order things from there all the time. Just got one in last week. I have a recent catalog. It's well over 4000 pages.

It's in the garage, so I'm not going out there for a page count! 😂
 
This would be right up my alley....



Well, we went to see them. They're not open for business yet, but that's coming, I suppose. They are 14" wide by 34 feet long. Concrete slab. Not sure about the insides, but likely as not, the bath is in the middle and kinda divides the house into two rooms, bedroom and living/kitchen area. Solid side walls with a window in the back and a window-n-door in the front. Through-the-wall heat and a/c unit.


I'm thinking a wood frame floor would be easier on older joints. Sixteen by thirty-two might be better. A P-TAC heating system might be better, or a mini-split. Divisible by 4 in both dimensions is cheaper/more efficient for wood and building.

It would be private. With a bit of space around it for gardening or simply a touch of distance from neighbors. I'll scratch my head.
 
Well, we went to see them. They're not open for business yet, but that's coming, I suppose. They are 14" wide by 34 feet long. Concrete slab. Not sure about the insides, but likely as not, the bath is in the middle and kinda divides the house into two rooms, bedroom and living/kitchen area. Solid side walls with a window in the back and a window-n-door in the front. Through-the-wall heat and a/c unit.


I'm thinking a wood frame floor would be easier on older joints. Sixteen by thirty-two might be better. A P-TAC heating system might be better, or a mini-split. Divisible by 4 in both dimensions is cheaper/more efficient for wood and building.

It would be private. With a bit of space around it for gardening or simply a touch of distance from neighbors. I'll scratch my head.
I will start saving my money.....
 
I will start saving my money.....



We ain't there yet. That's why the new job, to add a bit more funding.


We did identify the next 4 parcels we want. Three of them are where they subdivided for the lake and they forgot to ask the county first and made the lots too small. But, with the chunk we have, we have options. And we will have funding in place.


Off to read . . . .
 
They did today..... I am trying to only use in extreme cases..... I don't want to offend my bff from scotland..I will be uninvited from visiting....

I looked to see how much a trip to Scotland would be the other day..

But we have to get lil better so she can come along
Actually you will fine, just fine in Scotland where profanity is used as a punctuation mark in some circles LoL Yes you must speak to @Lilianna23 about a trip….double the cuddles for my boys!
 
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Far from standard, but they are really handy to have IMO.
One of my childhood homes was built in 1922. The pantry had been converted to a dinette decades before we bought it. While it was handy for seating a large family for a meal, it might have been handier in its original state.

Just the opinion of one of the kids tasked with unloading on grocery day and subsequently running down to the basement for something when we would run out up in the main kitchen - since we had no pantry. 🤷‍♀️
When I was stationed in England ( many, many years ago) five of us rented a old farm house built in the early 1800's. It had what they called a cold pantry. Small openings to the outside on the outer wall. Nice place to stick the beer in the winter.
 
When I was stationed in England ( many, many years ago) five of us rented a old farm house built in the early 1800's. It had what they called a cold pantry. Small openings to the outside on the outer wall. Nice place to stick the beer in the winter.
My grandma in Minnesota had the north room...she used as food storage because was always cooler.
 
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