You gotta love those old hermits up north. A buddy from college lived
in the Boston area, his dad was a school teacher (shop maybe?) and did
handyman work when he wasn't teaching. He was your basic kind of guy, a
lot of fun, did a lot of crazy shite. He knew some old hermit up in New
Hampster who collected up all kinds of stuff. Hermie had some original
Currier & Ives (I think they were) prints from way back he got cheap off
the guy, and some other old etchings and prints and stuff he had
scavenged from here and there. Worth a lot of money. They would go up
and visit this guy every summer, he lived in a shack way back in the
woods somewhere, basically lived off the land, went to "town" every few
months for some stuff. They would take him some groceries and such and
trade for things he had. Apparently there were a lot of these kind of
folks living back in the woods in the rough.
--FT
On 5/17/21 10:16 AM, Curt Raymond wrote:
He said "If I needed hot water I put a pan of water on the stove."
Of the electric stove he said "I'm afraid of that. I still used it,
but I'm afraid of it."
Did I mention that the north wall of the kitchen has no insulation at
all? Been like that for 30 years. My plan is to plug up the mouse
holes and spray it with foam before we put on wall board.
-Curt
On Monday, May 17, 2021, 10:11:34 AM EDT, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
A Real Man don't need no hot water. If you do you put a kettle on the
woodstove.
Take pics and post them!
--FT
On 5/17/21 9:57 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
> I went up to the vast northern estate last week to deliver the
tractor and prep some things for next week when the whole family goes
up. Hauling a tractor is very different from a car. I figure the
tractor weighs around 4,000# but its got the aerodynamics of a brick.
Side winds got interesting. I never went over 75mph and spent most of
my time around 70.
> Anyway I got back into the "new" 1890s farm house and spent some
time looking it over with the former occupant. I'm still convinced
it's got good bones and will shape up, especially now that he's
cleaned the place out and I can see it for what it is. The first
couple steps will be paint, windows and a tin roof.
>
> The real revelation of the trip came when the former occupant told
me that the water heater hasn't been turned on for 30 years. He's
lived without hot water, in northern Maine, for 30 years.
> The weather station in the camp says the coldest it saw last winter
was -33.5F...
> -Curt
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