tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post9059944009269661010..comments2023-11-28T22:47:40.465-05:00Comments on Tales from FAR Manor: FAR Future, Episode 24: InterludeLarry Kollarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-44622920994479402892008-03-04T13:15:00.000-05:002008-03-04T13:15:00.000-05:00Hey folks!FM, I have also considered house design ...Hey folks!<BR/><BR/>FM, I have also considered house design and have some thoughts about it. You can't retrofit high ceilings in a newer house, nor turn the house to use prevailing winds to air out the place — but convection (hot air rises) can be used so the hot air creates the circulation needed to cool the house easily enough.<BR/><BR/>Yooper, it may be that our chickens are gone sooner (and I won't complain) — but NYC and other large urban areas had plenty of backyard gardens and chickens "back in the day." The big drawback for some people will be that they'll have to "dress" the chicken themselves… but IMO, it's a more honest way to eat meat anyway. :-)<BR/><BR/>I think the banks will find it in their own best interest (ahem) to support a moratorium — or even implement it themselves. The choices are to let defaulting lendees live in "their own house" in hopes that they can start paying again someday, or lose the entire property to squatters or looters (and be on the hook for property taxes etc).<BR/><BR/>Boran, consolidation is coming for sure. When energy seemed unlimited, nobody had to care about anyone else and everyone could be an island of sorts. As per-capita energy availability drops, people will find they really do need each other…Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-26677662613132355582008-03-02T21:13:00.000-05:002008-03-02T21:13:00.000-05:00Far, I've actually been thinking about family cons...Far, I've actually been thinking about family consolidation for some time. I believe that it will be coming in a big way. Real estate prices may be dropping but credit is harder to get. And ordinary incomes will never yield the kind of 2 cars and a home result that it did years ago.<BR/><BR/>Fiction is meeting reality, Far. Nice job.boran2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10483728578007756485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-35629673718306312092008-03-02T10:37:00.000-05:002008-03-02T10:37:00.000-05:00Ok Far, I'm back. Mortgage moratorium? It wasn't l...Ok Far, I'm back. Mortgage moratorium? It wasn't long ago I read that 1/3 of all "homeowners" own their property outright. It's also my understanding, that banks will sell homes and get what they can to pay off their debts. That is how the system works. Buyers agree to this concept (if they understand it), when they sign on the dotted line.<BR/><BR/>The Great Depression, was a real estate bubble that collapsed...This is something that not many people realize, oh, except those that went through it. That is their main message.<BR/><BR/>Yup, people will be moving in with others alright. In homes that are already paid for or where mortgages payments are still being met.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, yooperyooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11297259993402713368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-7684655490701005252008-03-01T19:03:00.000-05:002008-03-01T19:03:00.000-05:00Hey Far! Excellent, as always! Gee, that isn't a r...Hey Far! Excellent, as always! Gee, that isn't a rainbow in the back yard when the chickens leave? ha! Been thinking about getting chickens myself, so maybe this industry won't last, but what about those 8 million New Yorkers? Won't they want some Kentucky Fried? <BR/><BR/>Mortgage moratorium? What in the hell is that? Hope you're right about that, or a lot of people might be on the move, oh, oh, I don't like where I'm going with that! <BR/><BR/>I'll be back..<BR/><BR/>Thanks yooperyooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11297259993402713368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-56852718003929757972008-03-01T12:17:00.000-05:002008-03-01T12:17:00.000-05:00Hiya FAR.As usual you make it sound so real. I wa...Hiya FAR.<BR/><BR/>As usual you make it sound so real. I was thinking of how it will be with the way modern houses are built and the less use of electricity. Houses back in the 1800's were built a certain way to max out on natural cooling. I think people in modern houses will be doing a lot of suffering without electricity.<BR/><BR/>I saw you had to bring some work home. Remember to slack when possible.Family Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17101125448247590979noreply@blogger.com