I definitely don't feel old, at least in the spiritual sense of the word... there's far too much to be done, seen, learned and otherwise interacted with for me to stagnate! And I can't really escape the

Thanks @lizelle! Our main activities around here include our ever-growing vegetable garden (hoping to become more and more food-self sufficient), my wife's non-ptofit organization, and of course our assorted

I like the fact that Hive seems to be holding up well on such low volume... normally, it just tends to drift down and down after a high volume spike. One of the things I found very interesting was the

Perhaps ours seem more stark because they are not "hidden"inside a monthly mortgage payment... I suppose the "drawback" of owning the property outright. Buying the place with cash

There's really no getting around the property taxes, at least not in this state. Because I turned 61 this year, we'll be able to apply for a "low income retiree" reduction for 2022 taxes, when

Welcome to America! EVERYthing costs money here; it costs money to blow your nose, or at least it will when someone figures out how to make a profit from it! The sad thing is that most people can't afford

Thanks for the "vote of confidence," I appreciate it! All in all we're in better shape than most of our age group, perhaps because we're out working at something so often, and staying physically

Well, we're gradually selling off everything we own, as well. I expect we'll keep this house for another 6-8 years, at which point it will simply become too much work for our aging bodies to keep up with.

I have to admit that you're probably right. Seems like people can less and less afford to live anywhere. One of the problems we face here in this town is the gradual "Californication" which means

I suppose it depends on where you live, to some degree. Here, we have this issue of property values escalating at a ridiculous rate. When we moved in, we bought the house with cash and the assessed value

That's pretty much where I stand on it. And I know some people claim that they "only do it to make stories more interesting," but I still don't like it because I often try to make my decisions

I prefer living in the truth, too. The thing that sometimes makes me just want to smash my head on the desk is this notion that I am somehow "defective" and even delusional if I somehow think

Yeah, the "Lazy Boy Warriors" are always a particularly annoying group of people... who very seldom lift a finger to make a situation better. Very sad. Yeah, politicians are very good at ruining

As a wise man I once knew remarked: "shrouds have no pockets."

Sadly, complainers rarely take action... their only action seems to be getting in the way of those trying to actually fix the problem... almost as if they can't stand the idea of one of the things they

Thanks for stopping by @snook! You're right about the "having to share" bit, for sure. I increasingly get the feeling that a lot of folks just like to draw attention to themselves by keeping

I have a feeling that Hive is probably pretty safe for the time being because it is very "small potatoes" and it isn't really in the public news/eye very much... yet.

It does seem like it is always about people wanting control over resources, assets and whatever. The uber wealthy are never just "investors" in things, they want to control them, as well. And

Hi @cuddlekitten, always nice to see you here!

Yes, that sadly seems quite likely. I have long thought that they will not fight crypto, they will merely infiltrate it and claim that "WalMart Coin" and "American Airlines Coin" is