Posted on November 22nd, 2009 by Jerry under Friends/Family, Home and garden, Life, Money and Finances.
I’ve noticed that whenever we have company that nobody but me seems to know how to turn off the lights and televisions! I will frequently walk from one room in the house down the hallway and walk past empty rooms that have all the lights on and televisions turned on. I go inside the room and turn off everything. I’ll notice that everyone in the house is busy in another room and does not appear to have any intention of returning to the rooms any time soon! I think I’m going to have to have a little chat with everyone in the house!
Posted on November 22nd, 2009 by Jerry under Entertainment and Fun, Friends/Family, Home and garden, Life, Shopping.
I used to try to plant a garden of vegetables. I tried that for a couple of years. I tilled about a quarter acre of land out behind the house and planted peas, corn, snap beans, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, and broccoli. I had visions of enjoying fresh produce at the table and saving a lot of money.
Well, it seemed that the neighborhood rabbits, deer, and raccoons, as well as the turtles and slugs really enjoyed my efforts. We managed to harvest only about 5% of what I planted! So I eventually gave up, realizing that I was better off just buying my produce!
But the gardening bug had bit me, so I turned my attention to flower gardening. But I decided to use my head and invest a lot of my efforts into container gardening. I reasoned that it may be easier to use containers than to till and weed the ground. So I use a lot of Planters in my garden plans. I like to use Garden Planters because I can move the tender plants indoors if the weather becomes too cold for them to survive. And it makes invasive plants easier to control! I also like to plan where to place each Decorative Planter to make the garden more visually interesting.
Posted on November 22nd, 2009 by Jerry under Business, Life, Money and Finances, News, Opinion, Travel.
I can remember learning in college that prices of things were largely due to supply and demand, and competition. In this crazy economy, prices just are not making a lot of sense. For example, when there are a lot of people flying places the prices go up because the demand is high. So the airlines, for example, raise their prices during holiday travel time because the demand is high.
And yet, I heard on the news this week that the airlines are struggling because demand is lower because fewer people are flying. And because of that they are raising their prices again. That just does not make a whole lot of sense to me. If people are not flying because it is too expensive, then raising the prices is not going to fix that problem, is it?