Comments on: Dust on the Snow http://www.farrfeed.com/2010/01/03/dust-snow/ John Hamilton Farr's Living Planet Mystery Tales from Taos, New Mexico Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:57:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JHF http://www.farrfeed.com/2010/01/03/dust-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-3599 JHF Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:37:55 +0000 http://www.farrfeed.com/?p=6372#comment-3599 Yes indeed, R. Larry. And see my post about magic for a wee bit more of the same. Yes indeed, R. Larry. And see my post about magic for a wee bit more of the same.

]]> By: R. Larry http://www.farrfeed.com/2010/01/03/dust-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-3596 R. Larry Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:05:09 +0000 http://www.farrfeed.com/?p=6372#comment-3596 Hey Hey John... Very fine observations in this thread. On our personal level? The effects of the continuing devolution/evolution? Same as it has always been in our sphere over the past 40+ years. Absolutely everything we've ever made or acquired has been recycled and plowed back into the sphere where it all comes from. Thus, the baggage one carries is manageable. Or ... as our dearly departed loving friend George once jokingly wrote: "Always try and keep what's real near. If what's real makes you feel secure. Or reality might disappear. Now look on down the street..." (continues) http://preview.tinyurl.com/In-memory-of-George R. Larry . Hey Hey John…

Very fine observations in this thread.

On our personal level? The effects of the continuing devolution/evolution?

Same as it has always been in our sphere over the past 40+ years. Absolutely everything we’ve ever made or acquired has been recycled and plowed back into the sphere where it all comes from. Thus, the baggage one carries is manageable.

Or … as our dearly departed loving friend George once jokingly wrote:

“Always try and keep what’s real near. If what’s real makes you feel secure. Or reality might disappear. Now look on down the street…” (continues)

http://preview.tinyurl.com/In-memory-of-George

R. Larry

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]]> By: JHF http://www.farrfeed.com/2010/01/03/dust-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-3588 JHF Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:27:22 +0000 http://www.farrfeed.com/?p=6372#comment-3588 The rest of the world, it should be noted, is following exactly the same idiotic path blazed by the U.S. of A. While Oz is in much better shape than we are, your future prosperity still consists of bets on extracting natural resources at the price of destruction of the environment and selling to new Asian consumers. So we shall see, eh? The rest of the world, it should be noted, is following exactly the same idiotic path blazed by the U.S. of A. While Oz is in much better shape than we are, your future prosperity still consists of bets on extracting natural resources at the price of destruction of the environment and selling to new Asian consumers.

So we shall see, eh?

]]> By: Carmel http://www.farrfeed.com/2010/01/03/dust-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-3586 Carmel Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:07:00 +0000 http://www.farrfeed.com/?p=6372#comment-3586 I feel like I'm living in a different world (and probably am). There was a slackening in the housing market here, and possibly some sharp drops in luxury house prices, though nothing like you describe. And prices have been rising again: http://www.globalpropertyguide.com/Pacific/Australia/Price-History Interesting. I know nothing of economics, and will probably choose to remain ignorant. Well see what happens. Carmel I feel like I’m living in a different world (and probably am). There was a slackening in the housing market here, and possibly some sharp drops in luxury house prices, though nothing like you describe. And prices have been rising again:

http://www.globalpropertyguide.com/Pacific/Australia/Price-History

Interesting. I know nothing of economics, and will probably choose to remain ignorant. Well see what happens.

Carmel

]]> By: JHF http://www.farrfeed.com/2010/01/03/dust-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-3584 JHF Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:44:22 +0000 http://www.farrfeed.com/?p=6372#comment-3584 I'd consider buying property again if I had the cash to buy something cheap enough, but that's it, especially at my relatively advanced decreptitude. Once I finish feeding Mr. Visa, I don't want any debt at all! But I also think it might be quite feasible to end up on a little farmstead in the midst of all the dust and trouble. Could be in NM, maybe farther south. Could be in Iowa where my wife's sister lives, or anywhere they're giving homes away. It's almost like that now in parts of Nebraska and Kansas. Then again, maybe I'll get rich and we'll be sitting on our patio in Provence just in time to have the euro collapse. Or maybe I'll be long dead before ANY goddamn thing happens. What a pisser. I’d consider buying property again if I had the cash to buy something cheap enough, but that’s it, especially at my relatively advanced decreptitude. Once I finish feeding Mr. Visa, I don’t want any debt at all!

But I also think it might be quite feasible to end up on a little farmstead in the midst of all the dust and trouble. Could be in NM, maybe farther south. Could be in Iowa where my wife’s sister lives, or anywhere they’re giving homes away. It’s almost like that now in parts of Nebraska and Kansas.

Then again, maybe I’ll get rich and we’ll be sitting on our patio in Provence just in time to have the euro collapse. Or maybe I’ll be long dead before ANY goddamn thing happens. What a pisser.

]]> By: Russkie-ette http://www.farrfeed.com/2010/01/03/dust-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-3583 Russkie-ette Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:24:15 +0000 http://www.farrfeed.com/?p=6372#comment-3583 What do ya know, I am also sitting down here in a FL rental. Don't plan on buying down here anytime soon. From what I have read, the last Depression dragged down housing prices 75% over 10 years. Prices in my area are still wildly inflated. Maybe I will consider a purchase in oh, 2016 or so. Yes, it is THAT bad in the sunshine state. I think TPTB are trying to control our crash and steer us into a long, slow decline that will numb us into totally apathy. Think Detroit. What do ya know, I am also sitting down here in a FL rental. Don’t plan on buying down here anytime soon. From what I have read, the last Depression dragged down housing prices 75% over 10 years. Prices in my area are still wildly inflated.

Maybe I will consider a purchase in oh, 2016 or so. Yes, it is THAT bad in the sunshine state. I think TPTB are trying to control our crash and steer us into a long, slow decline that will numb us into totally apathy. Think Detroit.

]]> By: JHF http://www.farrfeed.com/2010/01/03/dust-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-3581 JHF Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:04:31 +0000 http://www.farrfeed.com/?p=6372#comment-3581 Great comments from both of you. Thanks! Nature rules. That's really obvious out here. Sometimes I miss Curbland, but it's just dandruff on the tiger. Keep an eye on Nyamuragiya and Nyiragongo volcanoes in Africa. Couple of coordinated belches, and nobody's snow melts for a decade or more. And now I think I'll take a walk, too! :-) Great comments from both of you. Thanks!

Nature rules. That’s really obvious out here. Sometimes I miss Curbland, but it’s just dandruff on the tiger. Keep an eye on Nyamuragiya and Nyiragongo volcanoes in Africa. Couple of coordinated belches, and nobody’s snow melts for a decade or more.

And now I think I’ll take a walk, too! :-)

]]> By: Number 6 http://www.farrfeed.com/2010/01/03/dust-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-3580 Number 6 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:34:17 +0000 http://www.farrfeed.com/?p=6372#comment-3580 "I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain." --The Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear, "Dune" (Frank Herbert) “I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.”
–The Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear, “Dune” (Frank Herbert)

]]> By: Richard http://www.farrfeed.com/2010/01/03/dust-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-3579 Richard Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:58:20 +0000 http://www.farrfeed.com/?p=6372#comment-3579 Amen, brother. Sitting here in a rented house (in Florida) ever so thankful I ripped up the roots and didn't buy back into the American dream. Yes, I think the tilt (some would say decline) is well underway, but it'll be a few more months, maybe a year, before everyone notices the deck chairs sliding and freaks. However, just like the guy in the article said he's the same person inside no matter what happens, it's the same world out there, outside our human concerns over money and things and security. Time to go out for a walk... :-) Amen, brother.

Sitting here in a rented house (in Florida) ever so thankful I ripped up the roots and didn’t buy back into the American dream.

Yes, I think the tilt (some would say decline) is well underway, but it’ll be a few more months, maybe a year, before everyone notices the deck chairs sliding and freaks.

However, just like the guy in the article said he’s the same person inside no matter what happens, it’s the same world out there, outside our human concerns over money and things and security.

Time to go out for a walk… :-)

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