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  1. This thread made me feel old and completely out of touch. That is all. Carry on.
  2. Maybe. Some of them. I doubt the younger age group spends much time reading the paper. More like watching people do crazy stuff on instagram and then having to try it themselves. I really don't have much faith in people's willingness to put forth the effort of thinking whether it be the wilderness, home repair, driving or politics. And they may think they are only risking themselves. Thinking about others, like rescuers, is probably beyond their capabilities. Drivers can't think about pedestrians even though they can visually see the danger they are putting them in. Don't get me wrong, I am not advocating living that way but it is what I see all around me. People really aren't good at thinking about things they aren't required to think about. They also don't know what they don't know and most people prefer making statements to asking questions. 🤷‍♀️
  3. I agree but I assure you that a few lines on twitter or other favored social media would not relate all that context and there would be judgement that he was stupid. That was my point. Earlier in the post I mentioned death count on a sign might help. So it wasn't like I was completely disagreeing. I just find keyboard warriors in general over judgy. I do think the average American has usually been protected their whole life. Starting with safe playgrounds. They are clueless but I do think a lot of it is a failure to understand that decisions have consequences because they are always protected. That and overuse of signs makes people start to ignore them and if they haven't been exposed to danger and good practices growing up, they just are clueless of their ignorance as most of us are about something we haven't been exposed to much.
  4. That may be more effective. I think it would work on some. I think what is normal to us in one area may be strange in another. My lack of knowledge in other locations makes me more risk adverse in strange ecosystems but I think what makes me recognize that is my knowledge of the wild where I live. My grandparents ranched in Arizona so I spent a lot of time in the desert but if I hadn't I doubt I would magically know that rain far away can flood the dry wash I am in while there are sunny blue skies overhead. Some things are just understood locally that don't make sense elsewhere. But there is also different risks people are willing to take. I am not willing to sit inside my home and do nothing to stay safe. Why even live then? That being said, I do try to learn. DS likes to back country ski. That is why he has avalanche training, Wilderness 1st responder training, and is currently working on wilderness EMT certification. Could he still die out there? Of course. Especially since people he is with are likely to be less trained than him. 😂 Would internet people judge him. Probably. But he is less likely to die of a heart attack sitting around on his computer all day. So there is a balance. I should make sure our wills are up to date before we bikepack Denali past the road closure this summer. So many grizzelies! Lol
  5. Well, most of my buddies have been homeschooling a long time. There are reasons they might max out and use online when you have many kids in Junior high and high school. Potter's School, Wilson Hill, WTM, and schole are popular but it is usually for one or maybe 2 classes not everything. That being said, a lot of us old timers look for in person classes first as teens need social time too. I have an English major who teaches in my living room twice a week for example so there can be actual literature discussions. I know a couple who kind of were pushed into homeschooling not by choice. Public schools were not helping or handling their children well. They tend to use online things like Acellus or computerized things like Teaching Textbooks.
  6. My phone didn't want to delete your emoji. Just mentioning that so you don't wonder why I left that in. Lol I think wind problems have more to do with foundation than size. Small simply means less surface area to resist wind. Small also takes less energy to heat. The only way to pay less is to turn to condos or apartment buildings. Of course, if you have a cheap trailer to heat without insulated walls then use you will lose a ton of heat but that has to do with quality of build and not the size, just as wind problems are affected more by foundation. My grandparent's home in a wind tunnel in Alaska survived and is still standing (though it now has additions). It survived many 100+ mph winds over the decades. It also survived a 9.2 earthquake though so Grandpa built them strong. Lol It was a 400 sq foot simple box because they had to build it themselves by winter but it was over a celler and footers went down quite a ways. Obviously a big tornado will take out a home whatever its size so that isn't relevant. 6 kids slept in attic under the sloped roof. I guess it would count as a tiny home but it was pretty standard for the time and place. I realize you are probably thinking cities with fixed cost of hook ups to city utilities though and that fixed cost will be more expensive per square foot than a larger home where you might just rent out extra rooms. There are certainly a lot of variables to consider.
  7. This has been mentioned upthread but I am curious what sq footage people think is a "tiny home". I guess that would make an interesting poll. It did not even cross my mind to think of our 550 sq foot apartment that we had as a family of 3 when we were young as a "tiny home". It was just a normal apartment that we happened to have 3 people living in.
  8. When I talk to my (pull yourselves up by your bootstraps) family I always end up mentioning how nice it is to have someone paying rent and helping fix things up. It comes across as a business deal which in some ways it is. It IS nice to have a strong back around for work. Healthcare providers can mind their own business. How unprofessional!
  9. According to this link, about 1/3 of homes are owned by the 65+ age group. Unless a miracle drug comes out that makes us live forever those homes will come up for sale. The boomers and millennials (both larger generations) are overlapping right now. Many cities are also opening up zoning and such to expand housing. I know I am certainly fighting for more housing in my city. It is likely that prices will get better but it is likely to be a decade or more before their is relief which is hard for young families but I wouldn't say they will "never" be able to own a home. https://ipropertymanagement.com/research/homeownership-rate-by-age#:~:text=Age Groups %26 Homeownership 1 The average homeowner,among all age groups at 79.5%. More items I agree that American expectations are very high in regards to housing. We also have decided that nuclear, rather than extended family, is the only unit that matters. This simply hasn't been the case historically. There are also families that share a home with the children and the parents move in and out on a weekly basis. I think this is thoughtful towards the kids (rather than making the kids move back and forth between divorced parents) but we must recognize the privilage of two adults (that would have to work together to barely survive in a different time and place) being able to own/rent/take up 3 dwellings. I realize only wealthier people can do this and the housing market is very different for the low income folks but if we look at the big picture Americans do have a skewed since of housing need compared to the rest of the world.
  10. Well 5 of us slept in a one room lean to at my parents gold mine in the bush in bunks stacked up when I was a kid. It only lasted a year before they managed to get a small camper back there and just slept separately from us kids. I would too since it puts a damper on intimacy when all your kids sleep in the same room as you. The kitchen was small spruce poles covered by a tarp. No running water. I don't know if this really counts as a small house since I suppose if you added the outhouse, tent kitchen, and lean to together it might be too big for a tiny house. Also that lack of electricity, indoor plumbing etc made it less sophisticated than modern tiny homes that fits everything in like a puzzle.
  11. Another problem with completely undeveloped land on the outskirts is the amount of money needed for expanding infastructure. I do think there are places where this could be useful but it just depends on the specific area's geography, economy, existing infastructure, and current housing supply and demand. This is really a local issue where specific details need taken into account.
  12. I do agree. But I do believe the right to own a home has been inhibited especially by local governments. Zoning, emenient domain destroying homes for freeways, rules and regulations that increase costs, mandatory parking reqiirements all use government to purposefully and forcefully restrict supply. Everyone blames capitalism but it is always the most regulated industries that government has strangled that are the most expensive like housing and healthcare and often providers of housing and healthcare that are increasing supply are slammed by laws be it zoning for housing or con laws for hospitals. These are enacted by local homeowners or current health facilities that want to keep profits up and are willing to take away the rights of others to do so.
  13. The seats are the worst! But they go anywhere. AWD often doesn't have as great of gas milage so I guess I can't complain about that. Ours are older and it was known that they had head gasket issues but I don't think the newer ones do. Not sure what year you are looking at.
  14. I taught my children that you just assume drivers are trying to hit you and considering the number of drivers that try to play chicken with my bike commuting husband because he shouldn't exist in their mind, I can only assume that it is true. So yes, I tell people that they must take care but I absolutely believe that the jump to pedestrian blaming is flat out wrong. That drivers are the ones operating a dangerous weapon and should be held accountable for its misuse. In OPs case, it was not a misuse. She did not hit the person because she was looking when she started to move. It surprised her but it ended well because she was paying attention. This is often not the case but that does not mean it is automatically the pedistrians fault.
  15. My brother lived in that building for a few years. I always thought Whittier would make a great horror film location. It is tiny and hemmed in by mountains. The only road traffic must go through a 2.5 mile long tunnel under a mountain. This can easily be taken out in the film via an earthquake. The tidal wave could also take out the boats which is the only other way out of town unless you hike over the mountains by foot. 1/2 mile from this building is an abondoned army barracks building. The original "everyone in town lives in this building" building. It is delapidated and said to be haunted. I don't believe in that kind of thing but my brother took night pics on a digital camera and it honestly looked like ghosts in the building. He isn't the photo shop type so I really don't know what caused it but I am thinking being trapped in Whittier with the Buckner building sounds like the start of a good horror film. I have never watched a Wes Anderson film but... ETA: google pics of the Buckner building and you will know what I mean.
  16. Yes. There really needs to be regulations on this. The idea that people have to drive blindly down the road is crazy. It also affects pulling out into traffic. And those cameras and safety gear do not work in winter driving conditions as they get covered in snow and ice. Not related to quoted material: I tend to stop and then roll forward slowly for 6 inches as the blind spot will slowly change and I also lean forward and then back to see around it. The person who says that seeing around their vehicle is not a drivers responsability shouldn't have a license period.
  17. Male- ulna 30.25 cm height 6' 4.5" Male- ulna 30cm height 6'ft 2" Female- ulna 27cm height 5' 8.5" Sorry for making you do conversions. It was easier to measure in cm with the tape I had and I am off to my next task. We may have Marshwiggle blood in us so hope that doesn't mess up your results. 😂
  18. I am trying to figure out how to make an adaptive test fair when you are compared with cohorts for scoring purposes. Adaptive testing totally makes sense when refining learning ability but for comparison scoring it doesn't make sense. Making a few mistakes at the begining of the test causing the second half of your test to get fewer points seems cruel, unless it requires you to simply do so badly you aren't competitive to begin with.
  19. Everything is harder with a family true but trailers and attached seats are cheaper than cars so I know people that do it. I did not. Lol I will say once kids are about 10 and can go places by themselves your whole world is easier than those who have to run around picking up and dropping off kids everywhere. I just wave from the window while finishing dinner or doing dishes as the kids bike off instead of spending my life in a car waiting for kids.
  20. I live in a small suburb where I can walk to the grocery store, PO, hardware store, library, churchs, liquor store, coffee shop, dry cleaners, restaurants. Basically it is a small strip town between two highway exits. The exits are 1.7 miles apart so that is the farthest anything can possibly be from the other. Most things I would need are here. The big stroad through the middle is dangerous and annoying though. Hospital and airport are in the city though. So doable but can be annoying. I know people who have cars that only use them for special occasions in my town. I could use my car less than I do. My number one concern is bike theft. I need a cheap bike to get around town. I end up walking but that takes way longer. DH bike commutes or bus/bike commutes to the city depending on trail conditions in winter. I do know a lot of people in Anchorage, Alaska without cars. They tend to be in two groups. Immigrants who have to work on getting their license and poor people or people with disabilities. This group has no real choice. They tend to live on bus loops in the city. The other group has a choice. Typically healthy, often wealthy people who don't mind biking in a variety of weather conditions. Once you get used to something it is easier. Consequently I know a guy who biked into his 90's. And my son did a 4 man relay of a 200 mile race with 2 people in their 70's last year. When a healthy lifestyle is part of the mix, you tend to keep it longer. So it is doable but I wouldn't say it is comfortable or even safe at times. I know way more people who use their bike a lot but have a truck or car for specific things though. It is certainly easier here with a car and most people would not choose to go without if they had a choice.
  21. We would make a good team! I make really good soups and dressings and I do agonize over every word. Lol
  22. What a great thread. I loved reading others posts and it helped me to think about my own. Seeing people and seeing them as unique individuals with all their qualities and flaws and wanting the best for them. Connecting dots. Relating ideas from different disciplines or contexts. I am slow and inefficient but often catch so many things that others don't.
  23. I have no idea what you are talking about. I am getting the impression you are talking about Norse people in general rather than the career of going off "i viking" 🤷‍♀️ Oh well, joke thread to continue.
  24. Yeah, I don't think I would be great at sea borne raiding. I'd probably end up dead but maybe you'd like it.
  25. We wanted to do a trip but with a bunch of expenses due to having children so we disn't plan amything. Plus it was the summer of rain. Crazy number of rainy days! The sun was out for a couple days so I said it is now or never and spur of the moment we hit the trails with our mountain bikes and had a burger afterwards. It was lovely.
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