Random Thoughts 18: The Year of Fire
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I schlepped around acreages in 4 counties around Ames for over six months back in 2003. Places are out there, but you have to go through a lot of chaff first.
I will have to see if the wife wants my special burrito.
This is my thinking. I guess it could be true for a couple of reasons.
1. It's a guarantee that at least one town hall in WI is attached to a bar which isn't a liquor store.
2. Minnesota has the Draconian liquor laws. All alcohol about 3.2 beer has to be sold in a liquor store. Unlike WI, it can't be sold at every grocery store, gas station, Dairy Queen and elementary school. Therefore, even though it's a bit counterintuitive (when it comes to alcohol and WI), MN probably has a lot more true liquor stores than WI.
Back in 1980 we moved from a dry county in Kansas to a city on the East Bay side of SF. My first trip to the grocery store I encountered an entire aisle of generic alcohol...beer, vodka, gin, rum, wine...all with yellow labeling. I'd never seen booze in a grocery store let alone generic booze. Talk about culture shock!
Hey now, we're classier than that. We don't sell it until middle school.
My dad grew up in a dry county in SW Minnesota, which is weird if you knew my dad.
Been doing some side work for a company. 4 of us were hired and one person has been requested for every single project. Today I got a text from a new contact. Googled the location and saw it’s a 4 hour drive there. I handed that one off.
Might see if I can get into plumbing. I like framing and the people I work with, but I want to make better money, do something with actual advancement, and add another skill set. The only money in carpentry is if you're on your own or the boss. I'll stick it out for a while yet.
If you want to move to north Iowa I can line you up with an HVAC guy who needs extra help. Very good at his job.
My town also requires they have a permit to sell door-to-door. What I've started doing is asking for a business card immediately after answering the door. I barely let them greet me or introduce themselves. Give me a business card right away. Which they always have, and are eager to hand one over.
Then I ask to see their permit from the city, which they never have. If they don't have the permit on hand, I inform them they're trespassing, hold up their business card and thank them for their information.
Were you in Ames when Sav-U-More was in town? they had generic beer it was packaged in white cans that had BEER printed in black letters on it. It was TERRIBLE and I was not finicky about beer back then.
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