Aww It's so pretty! How can they want to tear it down??!!
Wanted to be a simple man of the Earth, enjoying art and literature, the bounty of the Earth. Instead, I have to fend against governments and principalities, global conspiracies and bad social engineering, ree, my autism
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The buyer works in cement, guess he doesn't like brick or terra cotta (clay block). Not right away, but eventually. There's a crack or two from rare NE earthquakes, last one was 3-4 years ago, and added a few more inches to the crack (the other building has a similar crack in the middle.) Besides, they were built to feed and house cattle, sheep, and the guy just wants to farm. There's a large pole barn too, so he's spoilt for choice.
does the rental house atleast have better wifi??
Hm, I seriously doubt whoever my new neighbor will be (only one house, not terribly close) so generous as to share their password. I'll just buy the thing, probably 50$ a month, just hope they don't want a year contract for that price..
If the town doesn't approve occupancy soon, I might have to go elsewhere. After you buy a place, the town sends inspectors to check for basic things. I could move in on Thanksgiving... who knows. But I've got the Rat Pack containers for a month, then it's just over 100$ a month rental... so I gotta get them packed and unpacked within a month, hopefully before snow |:
The internet service costs half of what a month of rent cost? not sure if cheap rent, or expensive internet...
More like 50 bucks per month, for cable internet; damn near 50 bucks for rent on the house, per day.
Damn that better be one hell of a house then.
It isn't, it's New Jersey, the most densely populated state in the union, Megacity #1
That sucks.
I know. 30 years ago, my folks would've scoffed at a hotel that charged over 50 bucks a night, now it's just over a hundred. Insurance is one of the bigger costs, when it comes to homes/property/health
Jeez, I'm sorry. Hugs.
Aw, thanks a lot hon :) At my age, it's probably for the best that I make my own way, instead of resting on the work of my ancestors... though I really, really wish my back wasn't hurting so bad.
I trust you're doing well, and being recognized (and paid) for your talents, have some turkey for me today!
Real shame about those terracotta treasure getting torn down (and toolbox), don't get how people would want to sacrifice a historical piece of architecture for anything else, even if the original foundation is not exactly how they envision it to be. Old buildings tell stories! Well, old people too; old anythings. :P Least it'll be preserved in picture!
Is that the main house in the background? Think this is the first picture I've seen of the farm. It looks homely.
That reminds me, gotta grab a few of those and a few bricks too, otherwise, it'll be treated as garbage :\ It's okay though, nothing man does is perfect, and time is the unrelenting predator in our rear view mirror... at least we have rear view mirrors...
Crap, I was supposed to zip up some pictures of the old place!
Whoah, some people out there just stink when they don't care about anything or anyone but themselves! Change is not always for the better, most people go through crap like this.
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Happy Thanksgiving.
It's really a shame, I'm glad my folks aren't to see it, though it was their wish that everything be sold and split up between us 3 kids. I guess I inherited the best though: my mother and father's manners, morals, and determination. The rest of my father's family has been staying away, can only guess they feel as sorry as I do.
My bro and sis went to a friends house for Thanksgiving, not that far away. Since I was trying to fix the rear brakes on my Pop's truck, they left in his rental. All I needed, was what they sold/gave away, a stupid 20mm 6 point socket, 1/2" drive. My Pop had one, but it's gone now. My sister kept harping on about how, whatever I took, would be deducted from my 'split'.
I was never a hoarder like my father. And while he was terribly stubborn and annoying at times, I can understand why he collected: to aid others, and to aid himself. Because there are no guarantees in life. I had to make do with an adjustable wrench, glad it worked, and I didn't bang up the bolt head too badly, but I wouldn't wanna do it that way again, I shouldn't have to.
It would've taken my brother no more than a half hour to borrow his friends metric socket and return it to me. No shower in 3 days, my only jacket filthy and stinking of all the sour corners of the farms buildings. I just wanted to finish one thing, shower, and get my kicks on Route 66, not spend time trading anecdotes, with people from their generation. Too hedonistic. I mean, sure, I am terribly hedonistic (to my eternal shame), but I do that privately. In the real world, everyone's a friend I haven't met yet.
Meh, didn't mean to pour on the details, but I think I needed to write this down as a matter of 'public' record. Such as they are, I'm glad I still have my morals, my eternal gifts from my old parents. No one can take that away from me.
A mirage of rare views in our rear view mirrors! Indeed.
Yup, just gotta keep my eyes on the road, and ignore all those bad sights in the reflective plastic...
And now it seems I have to take 2-3 types of allergy medicine each day or my head will hurt, eyes will pus up and my ears will ring, damn can't win.
6 cats? I spot a couple more suspicious lumps, but hard to know for sure without zooming... what allergies do you have btw? Couldn't be fur allergy could it?? We moved to a house back in England that had had cats, and had carpeting; I walked around with an intensly stuffed nose all the time. Took a few years and a buddy with pets before they finally figured out what it was, and I could finally cure it and be free!
I'm assuming that's you in the new picture btw? This post is full of revelations!
Pretty sure it's 6. No idea what's feeding my allergies, though there's a weed outside that sets me off badly when its pollen's out. Could very well be the inside cat, but I don't hang out near it, and vacuum regularly. It might be its poop box, the cat litter is really dusty... Once that old cat dies, I'll know for sure. Just hope she survives the unheated truck trip to the new place, and gets used to her new environs. She's the only cat that's fixed and used to shitting in a box within a box (house), the other cats are wild... but young, they might be able to adjust to whatever awaits them...
Gray, cold day, just above freezing, major storm came through the day before.. the white house only detracts from the ick of it |: Rear disc brake is good, but it cost me a good Thanksgiving, and the last of my nerves.
Can you mail me that fluffy black and white one? Or all of them?
I think she's pregnant, and unmailable. Cats are bad at mass transit.
Well if you are allergic to fur even a thorough cleaning probably won't do much good, though I guess it all depends on how severe the allergy. Hope it's the weed then, when even that new environ will be cat-inhabited. :P Are there more wild cats than on the picture btw? I get why you have no vole problems now...
The human body has a stunning ability to recoup! Oh, you've been a producer too? And a jurist?! And a tax payer????!! You keep surprising!
It's mainly an untreated sinus infection run amok, previous to that, my allergies were seasonal and mild. Yeah there's about 9 or 10 all together, 2 got eaten by a racoon or fox, had to be put down for safety reasons.
I helped produce Johnathan Wrathbourne's Halloween 2 part thingy and Emily Youcis' upcoming movie segment... but I produced my own stuff back in the day, cost a bundle too, hope to get it digitized soon.
I take it that's you in the pic?? you look different than I imagined, I was thinking something along the lines of The Truth (grand theft auto: san andreas), maybe sporting a plaid shirt with a wifebeater underneath, long blonde hair, bandana, thin face with ghostly green eyes, perhaps some old-framed glasses (I remember you said said only wear contacts though) definitely a full beard....you need to work on the facial hair part atleast to fulfill my fantasies.
seems things keep crumbling on your end huh?? sometimes you just have to take what little life gives you. hopefully these 19 days will be a bit better. do you ever discuss your feelings with your siblings, jersey shore style?? you deserve way more respect from them for maintaining the family farm all these years...well, that's what California can do to you.
AHhahahaha, that's what I'm wearing now! Just took a selfie to prove it, though not blonde or thin faced, especially after I wake up in the morning. Ha, no... no facial hair, that was last century ;)
I've never watched any of those reality series based in this maladjusted state, and whatever I've said to my elder brother and sister, are taken 'under advisement'.
New Jersey style = puffing out your chest, rubbing nipples together
"ayy boy....you wanna buck son??"
it's a peaceful protest, you would think two muscular, highly confrontational albeit very high maintenance (spiked hair requiring a whole bottle of hair gel, spray tans, designer clothes) men would get into a fight, but all they do is indulge in borderline homosexual activities of rubbing nipples together
nonetheless, it shows that you are from New Jersey, and that you don't take sh*t from anyone mother f*cker...at the very least it makes for an awkward situation which they are sure to remember the next time they try to take matters "under advisement"
'course that may be a bit difficult to do, given your vertical challenges...or are your siblings about your height
Brother's 6'2, sis is 5' and I'm 5'4". But since I'm almost 20 years younger than them... doesn't matter, this will all be over with soon. Picking up the keys to the new place tomorrow. The accountant will meet me there to pick up my first rent check, and hopefully drop off a shit ton of papers, so I can get the utilities in my name.
that's quite a discrepancy in height!!
did your brother eat all you and your sister's vegetables growing up or something??
and ironically you turned out to be a veggie farmer lol
He fell into the septic tank, I stepped in a lot of shit... guess my sis missed out on the fecal acclimation.
*Sends orders to the Secret Police to 'detain' your empathyless hangers-on for 're-education'.
9_6
Also, 8 cats in the picture. Do I win a prize?
Hey man, how's it hanging? Yeah they could use a lesson in humility, all's it takes is one misstep, one natural disaster and POOF, you're out on your ass. Kinda hesitant to put up a picture of the new place, don't matter how pretty the outside looks, when the inside smells like moldy dog droppings :|
Think you're estimation is a bit high, and since I'm not a furry....
Cram school days in college. I haven't been able to do much online. Exams start on 8 December 2014 and end on 21 December 2014. I can actually feel my brains die.
I'm sure there's 8 cats in there. 3 of them are using Overlord-class optical camouflage and can only be observed at the planck-positron bounce layer(insert more technobabble here)
Also, deploying Predator MK-5 drone to monitor the movements of said postman. 9_6
Overkill? That's what I specialize in. :P
Lol, I used to listen to Overkill back in the day, "Toxic Load" was a good tune, cased in salty, messy euphemisms... Nah, 2 or 3 networked mini drones on yon postman would be more than enough - people are creatures of habit, and easy nail down. The UPS guy's getting a 5$ tip from me tomorrow, going to contact a dude I met at McDonalds one night a few months go, about burning me a legit copy of WIN7 and a course in how to keep MS out of it as much as possible.
I'm sure the cats off screen were trying to use my tools again, they're so damn smart. Guess it's inevitable, since they're eating dead cats and roadkill anyway... a while ago I read a study, where the winners of the mice maze were killed, and their brains fed to a mouse who hadn't run the course... after a day or two of digesting, they knew the maze, without ever having run it before...
White is a good color...it represents sterility. Good for your health.
Oh sh*t you had mold though...perhaps wipe down the place...with aromatic alcohols and other phenolic derivative compounds (in other words: disinfectant wipes) works in killing germs 99.9% of the time and is cheap. If only it was that easy though...still gotta get the cracks and crockery and hard to reach mold in between
Oh jesus didn't you already pay a lease though?? get any money back due to your circumstance??
I take it you cannot temporarily move in with your siblings...remember the thing I taught you about New-Jerseyian nipple rubbing if they don't comply...
why not move out to AZ, lots of people with health problems move out here- there are no natural disasters, clean environments in general, just valley fever and slightly higher than average STDs.
Ugh, that kinda white represents use and decay :p
Nah, that kinda smell is water damage, fresh and pervasive, no way to clean it out entirely... it's 2 days later and my sinuses are finally recovering :| Plus a lot of the basement is crawlspace with ancient dirt underneath, barely enough to get under it, let alone sterilize in time for moving in.
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Nah, my brother and sister have strange Californian spouses, best to stay away. All the other relatives in NJ are crammed into houses, they can't afford the mortgages on - not a good situation(s).
The north part of the State is nice, if a bit desolate... idk. Bad enough I'm going to have to consolidate my living space even further - looking at a 1 bedroom condo 6 miles away (another 6 month lease likely), just hoping I can acclimate to living around humans in close proximity.
Thanks for taking an interest, doctor!
Ohhh man, that has to be a bad smell. But the way I look at it is if it fits in the budget and nothing better is open for low cost of rent; I say take it before winter really hits. At least you will have a roof over your head. Best of luck good sir.
I'm hoping the tiny 1 bedroom condo becomes mine, too bad I didn't have the time to test the hugemongous ass flat screen in the living room... the previous lady who lived there left lots behind.
The moldy house was expensive (and gross and dangerous to living mammals), but with the condo, I'll have to keep renting the Pack Rat containers, till a permanent homestead is found. It'll cost about the same, I just might not have access to the bulk of my stuff :\
MysticSkillz
Your a trooper! I can understand it's hard to give up family land, never easy to do when many grew up there. At least you have the happy times and memories that happen, I can tell this farm seen some history! Hope all works out for you man and stay strong!
VicariousE
Thanks man! It's even more fun with my sister taking pictures of my stuff (so I don't steal from the 'estate')... and my bad back, the 8 kinda feral farm cats that are going to be left homeless. And the rent for the small house I'm going to, is atrocious, (1400$/mo) Doesn't even have a Certificate of Occupancy from the town yet, and really stinks of mold, but I have land all around me, so no noisy neighbors to wake me.