tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post7998217334168341096..comments2023-11-28T22:47:40.465-05:00Comments on Tales from FAR Manor: Good Times, Bad Times, You Know I’ve Had My ShareLarry Kollarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-74754035129469177522008-10-15T23:12:00.000-04:002008-10-15T23:12:00.000-04:00Oh sure, Wendy, people have always had yard sales....Oh sure, Wendy, people have always had yard sales. Back when I lived in the Atlanta 'burbs, I liked going to yard sales in upscale neighborhoods — you could get really good stuff for next to nothing.<BR/><BR/>But from what JHK and Nudge have been saying, it's like perpetual yard sales, all the time. Actually, I can think of two places like that here, but it's the exception rather than the rule.<BR/><BR/>But I think if I was in a position where I might need a bolt-hole, I'd wait for people to start having "moving" sales, and offer to house-sit until they got the place sold. (Counting on it not ever being sold, natch!)Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-26741593429108093612008-10-15T21:44:00.000-04:002008-10-15T21:44:00.000-04:00We're deep into "Yard Sale Nation" up here in the ...We're deep into "Yard Sale Nation" up here in the extreme northeast. I mean, it's always been so. People up here live for the spring and summer "yard sale season", but it's gotten much worse over the past year. It's not just people's junk for sale on the lawns anymore. This evening, as I was passing the local drive-in theatre (closed for the season), the marquee said, in effect, "buy my trailer for $1200 and I'll throw in the truck." That's rough. <BR/><BR/>And we've experienced a lot of that gentrification and suburbanization, too, with people moving up here where land is cheap and commuting down to Boston, or with the people who live out near the lake and commute into Portland. <BR/><BR/>It'll definitely be interesting in the next few years.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04642417312794814066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-42206157175049562982008-10-15T17:46:00.000-04:002008-10-15T17:46:00.000-04:00Yooper, I guess those doomers weren't doomed enoug...Yooper, I guess those doomers weren't doomed enough yet! And you're probably right about the similarities between the UP and the south... Starting with the terrain. I thought, early on, that Sector 706 is much like the UP with less cold.<BR/><BR/>Boran, that's one reason I stay here instead of finding somewhere a little more sane - it's not the worst place to ride out a crash.Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-44332520680862770372008-10-14T21:30:00.000-04:002008-10-14T21:30:00.000-04:00Hopefully things will turn around soon. You may b...Hopefully things will turn around soon. You may be right about those with/without farms. There will always be a market for agricultural products.boran2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10483728578007756485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-683667412129706642008-10-14T17:36:00.000-04:002008-10-14T17:36:00.000-04:00Gee, come to think of it, I'll bet us yoopers and ...Gee, come to think of it, I'll bet us yoopers and the "ol dixie boys" have a lot in common..(and I'll just bet you know what I'm talking about)......yooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11297259993402713368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-26825375867558244842008-10-14T17:31:00.000-04:002008-10-14T17:31:00.000-04:00You bet, Far! Excellent post! There's another old ...You bet, Far! Excellent post! There's another old saying, "There's nobody left, except us chickens". Never give up the farm! Sure it may be hard, but another old saying, "People have got to eat". Anyway, What is 3million dollars, if that 3 million becomes worthless? That's exactly what will happen if we loose our "petrodollar" status...<BR/><BR/>I expect the same thing to happen here in da U.P., depopulate. All these hard core "doomers" moving into the area, only to find out life is too hard here...Can't find a job (Mackinac county's 24% unemployment rate, is among the highest in the country), or the jobs here don't pay enough, or the hospitols aren't good enough, or, or, or.........Gee, if these people can't make it here now, well!!!!!<BR/><BR/>There's another old saying Far, "When the going gets tough, the tough get going." And yet another, "If you can't hang with the big dogs, get off the porch!"<BR/><BR/>Yooper, and proud of it!<BR/><BR/>(Yooper, isn't just a name, it's a lifestyle).yooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11297259993402713368noreply@blogger.com