Location: Really deep in the heart of South California Gender:
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Feb 14, 2024 - 9:16am
I rode my bicycle to Indio today (about a ten mile round trip) on the new, semi- completed bike/ walking/ golf cart trail. This is supposed to be a trail from Palm Springs to the Salton Sea.
Not quite 10% completed.
It follows the Whitewater River Wash through the Coachella Valley.
Which is quite chewed up from our recent rains.
That bridge on the left is the newly completed trail span over the La Quinta Wash where it flows into the Whitewater.
They inserted solar lights into the concrete to illuminate the trail at night.
It'll never be done through the cities of Rancho Mirage or Indian Wells. To many hoity-toity people there to allow that to happen.
Four or five fire engines, an ambulance and a couple of police vehicles in the neighborhood. Chimney fire two houses up from me. This is the same house that last winter left a PLASTIC bucket of fire place ashes on their side porch, and it smouldered itself to flames. I was walking Weezie and saw it. Luckily an acquaintance came by at the same time and went over and knocked on their door!! I couldn't since I had W with me.
The emergency vehicles are starting to depart now.
I went to bring out some recycling and there were dozens of male cardinals in my back yard - some flying around but many of them just sitting on branches. They're very common birds here but it was odd to see so many of them at the same time. Today the sky is overcast and dreary, so their bright, red color really stood out. It almost looked contrived.
Your vivid description of the snowy scene paints a charming picture! The contrast of male cardinals against the dreary sky is truly captivating. It's like a snow day predictor, revealing nature's surprises in the most delightful way. ð¨ï¸
On a trip to Home Depot today I saw the same snow blower I paid $500 for 8 years ago selling for $1200.
My material I use almost daily has gone through the roof ridiculously. And guess what... I have to pass that cost on to my clients. Things might come to a screeching halt soon.
But this is all expected with the ridiculous price of gas. Because that's what every other company has to do... pass the cost onto the consumers. Soon we'll be forced to buy wind powered cars. And all the gardeners around here, and there are hundreds of them in this valley, will be forced to buy battery powered equipment. Those poor guys and gals can't afford this major change. They live on the edge as it is. Yep, it's coming to California soon. And to a community near you too. And it will work flawlessly when all these well thought out laws go into effect. Right...
Yep. Construction / real estate is the first to suffer in a recession brought on by inflation, and the last to recover. Most people either don't know or have forgotten. Lesson learned back in the later 60's. The reason we left SoCal with my Dad being in the business. House sat on the market for 2 years and sold at a 20% loss of the purchase price. Been through a few of these. 2008 was a cake walk compared to previous. This one is stacking up to be of historic proportions. Like the mid 70's only worse. Interest rates and now supply disruptions make construction difficult and in some cases impossible. Not to mention the delays caused by regulations and getting permits completed. Durable goods sales also plummet with lack of demand from the construction industry. Then the rest of the dominos fall accordingly ...
Yeah, the electrification of gardening ... all those batteries. One person could easily go through a dozen charged batteries in single day. transporting them, charging them with an unreliable energy source, replacing them ... then the hazardous waste of the spent batteries themselves ... Assuming we don't have any supply shortages of batteries causing work stoppages ... Yep.
Location: Really deep in the heart of South California Gender:
Posted:
Nov 6, 2022 - 5:51pm
kurtster wrote:
On a trip to Home Depot today I saw the same snow blower I paid $500 for 8 years ago selling for $1200.
My material I use almost daily has gone through the roof ridiculously.
And guess what... I have to pass that cost on to my clients.
Things might come to a screeching halt soon.
But this is all expected with the ridiculous price of gas. Because that's what every other company has to do... pass the cost onto the consumers.
Soon we'll be forced to buy wind powered cars. And all the gardeners around here, and there are hundreds of them in this valley, will be forced to buy battery powered equipment.
Those poor guys and gals can't afford this major change. They live on the edge as it is.
Yep, it's coming to California soon. And to a community near you too.
And it will work flawlessly when all these well thought out laws go into effect. Right...
