There used to be an impressive amount of railroad mileage in New York State in 1910, as seen in on this old Rand McNally map of railroads in the state.
Berkshire Hogs, the ones that Mariaville Farm raise and smoke over on Duanesville Church Road and sell at For the Love of Bacon are particularly rich in delicious fat.
Some people like bacon with their eggs. That seems like a bit to much saturated fat and way too greasy to me. But I sure like a slice – or even a half slice of bacon fried up with onions, mushroom, zucchuni and spinach – for that rich salty bacon taste without too much grease all around. It’s a good alternative to olive or avacado oil, and adds so much as a special treat while I camp.
At first I was like this sucks, what to do with all my books, movie, music on my phone, along with the primary way I tell time. How to listen to music or get the news, my old clock radio‘s capacitors are shot and while it tells me the time, it has just crackles when I turn on the radio? I actually liked the silence, a slept well last night with the help of a few sleeping pills, some weed, no blue screens and a warm heated blanket.
Not having a radio, much less a television or internet without my phone, it seemed quite isolated and quiet. But it was good to get up and not be bombarded with the latest news from the Trumpster or all that crap on social media emphasizing how wonderful plastic houses and 20-year old Honda Civics really are for commuting to your office in the suburbs. Even riding in on the bike, I didn’t miss out on the tunes. Tomorrow I will be busing it in, and I’ll miss the phone for listening to tunes on the bus, but I can bring a book to pass the time. I was actually re-reading Bill McKibbean’s Deep Economy, to pass the time, and see how dated that book was last night, honestly that book is pretty dated at this point and has some mold growing on, and probably belongs best in a white garbage bag full of other wrappers melting in a fire.
So yeah, it’s a different world without a cellphone. Amazing how dependent I’ve gotten on that little $250 device over the years, and how much it provides from radio to news, music to videos and texting communications. I don’t even have a working radio at home. Actually, that’s part of the reason that I want a cellphone booster, because I don’t have a radio and it’s really a drag to camp anywhere these days without good cell reception, especially when remote working. 📶 A solid cellphone connection makes all the difference, especially when remote working or streaming the radio. Not that I need more hours about Trump and the politicians are fucking up everything. And maybe a break from all those Ian Tyson records, as I don’t need a Alberta Proud bumpster sticker on my truck, though I was pricing out the cost of making a “The GodZilla Holstein” windshield sticker for my new truck, lol!
Last night, I rode my mountain bike to Price Chopper to get some more carrots, bananas and oatmeal. Different stores have groceries that I like, packaged the way prefer, especially right now when I don’t have the SuperDuty to haul my garbage to the transfer station or up in woods where I can have a fire. It’s actually been saving me money, as I’ve cut more things out of my diet that come in a lot of packaging, like grated cheese and maple syrup but don’t really give me much pleasure beyond maybe watching it go up in smoke. I didn’t put carrots in the cornmeal pancakes this morning, but I did use plenty of onions 🧅 and peas 🫛 in the mix. Discovered when I bought coffee earlier in the week I didn’t get ground beans, but the food processor with some water ground up coffee beans just fine. So I was good.
Riding in was fine, and maybe the sad desperate individual without a SuperDuty will ride his bike home on Second and Delaware Avenue, even though it sucks with the traffic it beats the yokel local bus. I am hoping for a shit ton of rain tomorrow not just for the shit to be floating in the river, but so to get rid of that pesky snow on the bike trail. There is enough light now to ride both ways, and in two and a half weeks we will have light into the evening, so maybe I can ride out to Five Rivers and read until dusk. That will make days so much nicer, especially once I can turn off that god-damn heat off in my drafty apartment, and enjoy the fresh air with the windows open.
Billy ripped off ProDOS and used monopolistic tactics to corner the Operating Systems Market with Microsoft Windows, a poorly designed bloated operating system that is widely used for praying on the elderly and disabled with spyware installed by telephone scammers. An operating system that is mostly about selling software and additional products. In many ways his career is no better then the J.D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie.
Billy Gates is no expert or voice of authority on climate change or vaccines. He’s not a scientist, even if he has given to some of his ill-gotten worth to worthwhile causes. But he’s hardly somebody to look up. You would be a lot better to listen to real scientists and important decision-makers then a computer geek and theft become monopolist who in his retirement turned to philanthropy.
But it was good to get up and not be bombarded with the latest news from the Trumpster or all that crap on social media emphasizing how wonderful plastic houses and 20-year old Honda Civics really are for commuting to your office in the suburbs. Even riding in on the bike, I didn’t miss out on the tunes. Tomorrow I will be busing it in, 
and I’ll miss the phone for listening to tunes on the bus, but I can bring a book to pass the time. I was actually re-reading Bill McKibbean’s Deep Economy, to pass the time, and see how dated that book was last night, 
honestly that book is pretty dated at this point and has some mold growing on, and probably belongs best in a white garbage bag full of other wrappers melting in a fire. 
Amazing how dependent I’ve gotten on that little $250 device over the years, and how much it provides from radio to news, music to videos and texting communications. 
I don’t even have a working radio at home. Actually, that’s part of the reason that I want a cellphone booster, because I don’t have a radio and it’s really a drag to camp anywhere these days without good cell reception, especially when remote working. 📶 A solid cellphone connection makes all the difference, especially when remote working or streaming the radio. Not that I need more hours about Trump and the politicians are fucking up everything. And maybe a break from all those Ian Tyson records, as I don’t need a Alberta Proud bumpster sticker on my truck, though I was pricing out the cost of making a “The GodZilla Holstein” windshield sticker for my new truck, lol!
Different stores have groceries that I like, packaged the way prefer, especially right now when I don’t have the SuperDuty to haul my garbage to the transfer station or up in woods where I can have a fire. It’s actually been saving me money, as I’ve cut more things out of my diet that come in a lot of packaging, like grated cheese and maple syrup but don’t really give me much pleasure beyond maybe watching it go up in smoke. 
I didn’t put carrots in the cornmeal pancakes this morning, but I did use plenty of onions 🧅 and peas 🫛 in the mix. 
Discovered when I bought coffee earlier in the week I didn’t get ground beans, but the food processor with some water ground up coffee beans just fine. So I was good.
and maybe the sad desperate individual without a SuperDuty will ride his bike home on Second and Delaware Avenue, even though it sucks with the traffic it beats the yokel local bus. 
but so to get rid of that pesky snow on the bike trail. There is enough light now to ride both ways, and in two and a half weeks we will have light into the evening, so maybe I can ride out to Five Rivers and read until dusk. That will make days so much nicer, especially once I can turn off that god-damn heat off in my drafty apartment, and enjoy the fresh air with the windows open. 
