John F Dean

Thank you for the great post. It put a boot up my backside. I do really need to try get a ramp to my house. It is one of those things I plan on doing and never do.   I keep putting it off because there are several access issues…the back door is close to the basement steps.  Poor judgement could result 8n a trip to the basement.  That makes the front door the safer option. But for the front door to be a viable option, I need to get a sidewalk to it.  Oh well, I really  didn’t have enough to do.

When I taught health care, trade off was one of the topics some students had difficulty getting a handle on.  A while back I raised the question in a post regarding the “real” minimums for fat and protein…..not the recommended minimums that can be found on the back of a can in the grocery store. Let’s say I want a low fat diet. Maybe the recommended minimum is around 50 grams, but I have every intention of going below that. At what point am I putting myself in serious danger?  Of course, one of the hard core facts of life is that it is full of trade offs.   But, I agree with your point, wouldn’t it be nice if those people who are aware of the trade offs made a point of sharing them and not being so selective.

I stay on Permies.

Hi r,

We filter it …usually through paper towels lining a colander.

Hi Mike,

That is my guess.  I didn’t think to check the roof of the house or barn. My front porch is covered, so there wouldn’t be snow on it anyway.

I spent 10 minutes this morning trying to straighten out the wrinkles in my socks.  Then I realized I wasn’t wearing any.

I am impressed. After all the work put into the original building, I would have curled up in a fetal position with my thumb in my mouth.

On the subject of fitness,  the average person used 14 muscles to pour a cup of coffee.  Fitness is my passion.

In the past decade over 110 people have died in gyms.   In that same period of time, only one person has died eating donuts. Stats don’t lie.

I suspect all of us has seen the phenomenon of it raining on one side of a street but not the other.   I am also sure that  at one time or another we have driven along a road with snow on one side and not the other.  Well, two days ago, I woke up and there was no snow in my front yard. There was no snow in my back yard. But my deck was covered in snow … only the deck. It was a couple of hours later before it occurred to me to take a picture.