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Mosey
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- Joined
- Jan 4, 2002
- Messages
- 1,565
- Location
- Conifer, Colorado
- Tractor
- 2000 New Holland TC29D with 7308 FEL, and top & tilt. 1950 John Deere B. 1940 Farmall A.
Harv – You’re right about stuff like it being harder to find friends for kids to play with, etc. But, I still prefer fewer people around. There’s less chance of being around the undesirable ones. My wife meets people that live in town and they invite her to bring the kids for a visit, so she has done that. But, when she invites people from town to our house, they don’t bother to “go all the way out there”. Fortunately for us, the elementary school is only 3.5 miles away and every bit as good as any school in town or in the big cities, if not better. But, when it comes time for high school, they will have to “go all the way into town”. You’re right about the hospital, it’s a long way for the ambulance if something happens and that extra time could make the difference. Same problem with the fire dept, since we have a volunteer fire dept. You’re also right about the abundance of recreation activities and facilities in town, but from what I recall the parks and bike trials in town are usually very crowded. As far as bike paths go, I plan to make my own on my property, probably with Polypavement, (see the thread “Better than Asphalt and easier to apply” under Off Topic & Just For Fun) and we’ll have it all to ourselves. Yup, everything is convenient in town, but everything is also crowded. I go to Indy to go shopping a few times a year and it helps me appreciate where I am! Also, fortunately for me, there’s a TSC only 20 miles away (used to be a Quality store) and I can get there in less time that it used to take me to go 5 miles in the city traffic. It sounds like your “country place” is pretty far out, maybe too far out for raising a family without making the kids miss out on too much. I’m only 15 miles from the edge of a small city (population 30k), which works out pretty good. If I was 15 miles from Indy, that would be a problem because the city would take over in 10 years. We are on a county water supply line and I don’t mind paying for it because I never liked water softened water, it feels slimy to me. Just personal preference. We also have a well for watering the garden, washing the cars, etc. Our kids don’t have many friends, but they’re not in school yet. They start kindergarten next year, so we’ll see how that goes. But, they also haven’t picked up some of the language and attitudes they would have if they were around other kids more. We take them to the people we know for Halloween and that’s plenty. I like not having to deal with too many at our door.
As far as golf goes, the previous owner mowed 5 acres as a lawn and must have been a golfer. I’ve been here 5 years and I’m still finding golf balls. I’m sure they’re on the neighbor’s property also. I feel the same way about golf as my Dad did, just don’t care for it at all. He always said, and I agree, “That if I’m going to hit a ball, somebody else can chase it!”
Bayrat and others commenting on the trash – I guess I stand corrected on that one. You’re right, there is more in the city, they just have crews to clean it up, whereas I have to clean up my own.
We also have a pretty good place to go get pizza within 3 miles. It’s a little county store. I don’t buy anything else there though because they are high on prices.
Paul – “4 of 7 roads to place under water when rains are heavy”. I mowed the low spots in my yard yesterday and within 2 hours there was a foot of water where I was mowing. It started raining about 7pm and by 8pm I had 1.3” in the rain gauge. There’s a county ditch across the road and when it rains that hard it floods the road and goes about 20’ into my yard. It gets about a foot deep. My wife was at choir practice and came home in it and it’s a good thing we have only trucks (no cars in this family!) and she knows exactly where the driveway is! Fortunately, the house is 175’ away and up a slope. My drain tile did it’s job though, and the water was gone from the yard by this morning. Still pretty soggy though, so it’s a good thing I got it mowed!
As far as golf goes, the previous owner mowed 5 acres as a lawn and must have been a golfer. I’ve been here 5 years and I’m still finding golf balls. I’m sure they’re on the neighbor’s property also. I feel the same way about golf as my Dad did, just don’t care for it at all. He always said, and I agree, “That if I’m going to hit a ball, somebody else can chase it!”
Bayrat and others commenting on the trash – I guess I stand corrected on that one. You’re right, there is more in the city, they just have crews to clean it up, whereas I have to clean up my own.
We also have a pretty good place to go get pizza within 3 miles. It’s a little county store. I don’t buy anything else there though because they are high on prices.
Paul – “4 of 7 roads to place under water when rains are heavy”. I mowed the low spots in my yard yesterday and within 2 hours there was a foot of water where I was mowing. It started raining about 7pm and by 8pm I had 1.3” in the rain gauge. There’s a county ditch across the road and when it rains that hard it floods the road and goes about 20’ into my yard. It gets about a foot deep. My wife was at choir practice and came home in it and it’s a good thing we have only trucks (no cars in this family!) and she knows exactly where the driveway is! Fortunately, the house is 175’ away and up a slope. My drain tile did it’s job though, and the water was gone from the yard by this morning. Still pretty soggy though, so it’s a good thing I got it mowed!
