On my way home from work I had a flat tire. I was glad it was on the way home from work, and not on the way TO work, as it would have made me late for work and the office has a pretty tough “tardy” policy. (Note to self – look for a new job, these people are not very nice!) I was very glad that I have AAA insurance for just this kind of thing, I used my [...]
I cannot believe that it is December already! Life on the farm has kept me so busy that the days seem to stretch on forever but they fly by. I know that doesn’t make any sense at all. Its just that I am so busy every day, doing really hard work that it just seems to never end, and I go to bed exhausted almost every day. The alarm goes off in the morning way too early and before you [...]
Well yesterday was a little more work than I had planned on. Some drunk lost control of his truck and ran off the road and through one of my fences. Some of the cattle escaped the pasture. So I had to spend several hours rounding up the escapees and moving them to a different pasture while I mended the broken fence. This happens from time to time, so I always have the materials on hand to mend the fences, but [...]
With money so tight, all the way around and across the board, as consumers we are all looking for ways to save money, while businesses are searching for ways to drum up business and bring our hard earned money into their bank accounts. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not dissing anyone running a business, just stating a hard fact. It seems that customer satisfaction surveys are a growing way for companies to hear how they are doing as well [...]
As someone that likes to take in consideration the environment when ever possible or able to do, I like to use used parts for things that are in need of repair. Used car parts are a great in many ways, availability, cost effective, and good for the environment as well. The days are gone that you have to go roaming through several distant junk yards in an effort to locate your desperately needed used car parts for your vehicles, what a difference [...]