A Slice Of Life

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“The potatoes still live in spite of the black flea beetles, and the Raspberry bush is producing but not enough for jam, just snacks. The last of the peas were harvested yesterday along with the onions. Now we wait for more beans so we can start canning those & more zucchini.

Please join me in the garden.”

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They drive multimillion dollar RV’s…

RV Parks Are Going Upscale With Luxury Amenities and $1 Million Spots

Angie Skinner, 53, a SiriusXM host, and her husband, Mike Skinner, 67, a former Nascar Truck Series champion, own a 55-foot-by-200-foot lot with views of the Blue Ridge Mountains at Mountain Falls Luxury Motorcoach Resort in Lake Toxaway, N.C. The couple paid $239,000 for their lot in 2016 and over $1 million to custom-build a spacious two-bedroom cabin with a host of luxury perks: Thermador appliances, a butler’s pantry, a built-in bar with a backlit onyx wall, a glass-enclosed wine cellar and even a built-in feeding station for their rescue Doberman, Clyde. During the summer and fall, when they are not on the road and living in what Angie calls “our home on wheels,” they stay in the cabin and occasionally use their 2019 Entegra Cornerstone coach for guests.

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Meet Andrew Steele – Possibly the most irritating Youtuber ever but credit where it’s due as he he started out washing luxury coaches.

This is such an odd lifestyle to me but fascinating nonetheless. A big market exists whether for new or 2nd Hand Luxury Class Coaches but the maintenance costs are eye watering.

The low mileage on many resales makes me question why people purchase in the first place but what do I know, if I had a few spare millions I might just buy one.

Quebec’s Prevost is considered top of the line and multiple firms customize on their skeleton but lots of competition exists using different chassis.

I follow AZ Expert on YouTube he specializes in RV Roof Repair (scary how crappy many makes are) and loves his vintage Beaver.

Anyway just a slice of life I hope you enjoyed.

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Occam’s Razor Gardening, Cooking & Canning – French Toast

The view from the middle—where it is not as comfortable, both materially and spiritually, as it was a generation ago

In 1967, Norman Podhoretz, then the 34-year-old editor of Commentary, published a memoir, Making It, in which he confessed to a powerful drive for status, money, and other conventional forms of success. What’s more, he asserted that other New York intellectuals, who customarily disclaimed interest in such matters, secretly felt exactly as he did. The book was a minor scandal: Podhoretz spoke a forbidden truth. As he should have known, a good deal of an intellectual’s cultural capital comes from his implicit claim to be more high-minded than other people. In revealing that the residents of Ivy League English departments and the offices of “serious” magazines were made of essentially the same human material as advertising executives and bond salesmen, he had given away the game. Yet much as they hated to hear it, few people from inside those worlds could bring themselves to say that Podhoretz was wrong.

An Ottawa woman “walked through fire” to save her youngest son from their burning house earlier this week, her mother said.

Stephanie McDougall, 43, was seriously injured in the fire on Twyford Street on the night of Dec. 3. She remains in hospital.

McDougall’s mother Beth Conway described her daughter as a “gentle soul” who is devoted to her three sons. When the fire broke out, McDougall “had to cross the path of the fire” to reach the bedroom of her 11-year-old, her mother said.

McDougall then collapsed in the kitchen where she and her son were found and rescued by firefighters.

I used to be very skeptical about ghost stories until ….

A few years ago I found myself staying in the Hilton Hotel in Barbados on my own, for work. Before anybody says this was a rum induced experience half way up Mount Gay, let me assure you (and myself) that for once it wasn’t. I was half way through a month off the booze – just to prove to myself I could. I had retired to my room early as my work companions weren’t as angelic and were at the talking scribble stage, so I left them to it. I’ve never had trouble sleeping – drinking or not – I put it down to a clean mind and a clear conscience! Naturally.

On an autumn afternoon in 2019, Ben Goldsmith sat in an armchair at a Dutch lady’s home in Fulham, southwest London. Beside him stood a table with a wooden tray covered in crystals and stones. The lady, whom we’ll call Eleanor, took the seat opposite him, picked up a crystal in each hand and closed her eyes. “There’s a girl,” she said. “My, she’s a strong character, and she has been very eager to contact you. She wants you to know that she’s sorry. I presume she is your daughter?”

As he releases a new PiL album, the ex Pistol reflects on Vivienne Westwood, the ‘spiteful’ Sussexes and caring for his beloved late wife

“She is loved, and she knows she is loved. And her personality has always been vivacious, outgoing, bright and looking for the best in things,” John Lydon told me a few days ago from his home in Malibu where he cared for his beloved wife of almost five decades, Nora, who suffered from Alzheimer’s.

Jaden King, 23, and his girlfriend Baylee Talan, 24, have just given up their North Vancouver, B.C., apartment so they can spend the next few months building out a van that will become their new home. They are both chemical engineers who work full-time and make good incomes, but they have decided to save money by living out of their van.

This is a little high end for my tastes and pocketbook.

I still toy with the idea, next year will being a decision.

Many Britons choose to live off-grid in boats, camper vans and mobile homes, particularly during the pandemic. Now, they are among the people hit hardest by Britain’s cost-of-living crisis

The scrapping of a UK government promise to keep energy prices below £2,500 (€2,875, $2,820) for two years has rung alarm bells for the growing number of Britons living off-grid in mobile homes such as boats, camper vans and cabins.

From April, energy bills are set to increase by 73%, to an average household cost of £4,350.

UK households will receive £400 towards their bills from October. By comparison, the German state is to pay this December’s monthly gas bill for all households and small- and mid-sized businesses.

Those living off the grid, relying on bottled gas or petrol generators, say they will miss out entirely on any government energy support.

I follow this stuff a bit and so I am surprised to see that diesel/gas heaters, such as the Espar line are not highlighted.

They sip fuel and by all accounts are a huge success among Van Lifers.  If they work in a van then they should just as easily supply adequate heat for a boat or other “Tiny Home.”

Lithium batteries can be quickly charged via an idling engine in a van ensuring you have light to cook by on an induction stove. Generators and natural gas for cooking remain reasonably popular but more and more designs leave them out of the equation. Lithium batteries and the heater types I mentioned can be a bit pricey but seem worth the investment.