dr 🛠️🛰️📡🎧Feb 7

I have two snowblowers. In the fall, I very responsibly had the local small engine shop do regular maintenance on both. It was expensive.

2-3 weeks ago, I grabbed the spare to show 25yo how to use one. It died after 20m. The other finished the job.

Today I went to clear another snowfall....and the second one won't start. And is leaking gas.

SOOOOOO me, Caroline and Almanzo had to shovel ~500ft of driveway by hand.

#LittleHouse #RoughingIt #Snow #Hardship

Show threadJay LittleSep 28, 2024

Been awhile since my last update so…. We are good. No power and almost no internet. Internet via our phones barely works. We got a good supply of non-perishable food at Walmart this morning and some cash. People haven’t completely lost their shit… yet. Traffic was a nightmare as a lot of lights are out and the other dumb animals either aren’t aware or don’t care about the rules around that.

#Helene #SouthCarolina #RoughingIt

SteveJul 25, 2024
Having to use instant coffee while we settle in as the coffee machines (grinder etc) are still packed away somewhere #coffee #roughingIt
BarbaraPittman ☕️💬Dec 8, 2023
We’re at our cabin for the weekend, and, of course, my husband has to use a pocket knife to cut the cellophane on his TV dinner. #RoughingIt
WIST Quotations moves again!Jun 29, 2023

A quotation from Lebowitz, Fran:

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Now, nature, as I am only too well aware, has her enthusiasts, but on the whole, I am not to be counted among them. To put it rather bluntly, I am not the type who wants to go back to the land; I am the type who wants to go back to the hotel.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/lebowitz-fran/61576/

#quote #quotes #quotation #civilization #comfort #hotel #nature #outdoors #roughingit #vacation

Wallace PolsomMay 24, 2023
Wallace Polsom, "Life During Wartime: Roughing It" (24 May 2023), paper collage, 22.1 x 35.5 cm | https://wallacepolsom.com/post/718234552494063616/wallace-polsom-life-during-wartime-roughing-it #papercollage #collage #art #artistsontwitter #contemporaryart #lifeduringwartime #roughingit #surrealart #fantasyart
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Wallace Polsom, Life During Wartime: Roughing It (2023), paper collage, 22.1 x 35.5 cm.

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Terra FieldApr 30, 2023
Hell yeah I’m roughing it, I just had to issue AT commands to the LTE modem in our cabin’s router. #outdoors #RoughingIt #CabinLife
WoodchazApr 10, 2023
https://lateboomersden.blog/2023/04/10/editors-curse-the-hole-must-be-filled/
That feeling of "must write" when the brain is empty...
#Culture, #Gripes, #Life,
#Column, #Editorial, #Journalism, #MarkTwain, #Twain, #Newspaper, #Newspapers, #RoughingIt
Editor’s curse: the hole must be filled

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SeanApr 9, 2023

Day five without power due to #Ontario #IceStorm23 with the latest restoration estimate being 8pm tonight. I don’t have much faith in that since past estimates have come and gone many times. #powerless #OntarioHydro

On the brightside, it’s a beautiful day, the birds are performing a lovely cacophony, and my outdoor cooking skills are improving. #RoughingIt #nature

CT History NewsDec 25, 2022

Today in #Connecticut History, December 25: On Christmas Morning, Mark Twain Is Worried About Vaccinations

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https://todayincthistory.com/2022/12/25/december-25-on-christmas-morning-mark-twain-is-troubled-by-a-pandemic/

#19thcentury #ArtemusWard #authors #chicago #Christmas #connecticutcelebrities #connecticuthistory #december #greatfireofchicago #hartford #LangdonClemens #LivyClemens #marktwain #OliviaLangdonClemens #pandemic #Roughingit #samuelclemens #smallpox #vaccination

December 25: On Christmas Morning, Mark Twain Is Worried About Vaccinations

  December 25th, 1871 found Samuel Clemens – better known as Mark Twain – far from home, lonely for his wife and son, ruminating on Christmas, and deeply concerned about  a pandemic. The 36-ye…

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