How Will the Current Shortages Affect your Future Shopping Behavior
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Comments (37)I've already forgotten about how much I hated keeping a perfect lawn in our old house. We were in a crowded neighborhood, and everyone kept their lawn in flawless condition. We had to hire a lawn company to spray whatever on the lawn to maintain perfection. We were on a hill, so you had to water constantly to keep it alive. Out here in the country, we have a 'farm lawn'. It's green, and I mow it once in a while. I didn't even plant grass- we have whatever came up, and periodic mowing has eliminated trees/brush/vines. We don't rake leaves; they go away eventually. Almost every plant we have is native, and the only thing we water are new plantings, and our small herb and veggie garden. Everyone out here has the same philosophy about lawn care, so it all blends together....See MoreUsing Different Criteria When Shopping for Future Retirement Home
Comments (26)"Sadly, our current home meets 90% of the requirements in your suggestions: one story, easy access, plenty lighting both indoor and outdoor, wide hallway & door way, wide space in the kitchen, all 3 bathrooms designed for aging...etc. We love our neighborhood. It seems we do not have sufficient reasons to move if it is not because the house and yard are too large for us." Do you want to move, or do you think you should move just because you're aging. If you love the neighborhood, love the house and it's designed for aging, there's really not a big argument in favor of moving. As someone above suggested, can always hire out the lawn work, and if you think the house is too big for you, just close off some rooms, leave them empty or use them for storage, that way you won't have to clean them, and you can shut off the vents to conserve air conditioning costs (heck, a lot of people do just that with a basement...). Not a big deal in my book. Filling in a pool would probably cost less money than paying a commission on the sale of your house combined with closing costs on a new house and the other associated costs with a new house (paint/decorating, minor repairs, etc). DH and I did think about the ability to age in place when we purchased our current house, although not to the extent of the some of the suggestions above (which are great and definitely things to think about down the road - our house is adaptable to a lot of the above). I had a tri-level for a long time, and we were adamant about a ranch. Period. I didn't care about a basement, but DH wanted a basement - man-cave and all that. We did think about ability to access necessities (grocer, drugstore, etc) when we're older and driving becomes more difficult. But, I wonder if that even matters -- in the next 10-15 years or so (if that) self-driving cars will be the norm, so if you're not at the point now where you can't see yourself driving in the next 10 or so years I wouldn't worry about transportation as a criteria for housing for seniors....See MoreTP Shortage
Comments (21)Hi ju3.1416du3.1416, When you feel the need for a somewhat increased supply of TP (just in case) ... you could get 2 large, heavy plastic bags, garbage type but thicker. Put a number of the extras into one bag, drop the other over it (to keep the rain out), tie a length of heavy twine around the middle ... and hang 'em out the window. What's that you say - your windows are unmoveable? Oh, darn - so much for that idea! I came up with this idea when someone said her daughter? at univ. could get a new roll of paper at the dorm when they turned in an empty roll, so her daughter took a number of empties from home but, the rooms being small, was finding storage a problem. _____ Yeah, senior gal - those shiny pages where they featured the fancy stuff weren't popular, were they? We had a seat on a vented metal tub in one of the six bedrooms upstairs and a couple of holes in a wooden board in a small room off of the back porch in summer, with a large pail with a handle in each, which Dad carried out occasionally to drop into a hole thst he'd dug in the pile of manure outside of the stable where we kept our four draft horses, used for field work. The paper didn't complain about associating with the other material - or if it did, it wasn't when we were near. _____ Whatsayyou18, suppose the customer service desk were to offer 60% of purchase price in the first month of substantial returns, to increase to 70% next month, then 80%, etc. to slow down the flow to current needs? ole joyful...See MoreShortages To Expect In 2021
Comments (75)I hear about something new on the list every day it seams. Most delayed products are about the supply chain for containers. Sometimes labeling. Bread yeast again. The brown containers for Fleischmann's. (nutritional yeast for a bit when non-bakers were buying it thinking it was for bread, 😂) Educational hobby items, and outdoor/indoor activity toys....fish tanks and bicycles. Chicken incubators, sewing machines. Seeds are hit and miss. I just need carrots and a few salad varieties. And a specific hot pepper I'm out of. Some suppliers I use have seed but keep shutting down for ordering being so backed up with minimal staff. A local CSA is doubling their gardens this season. That might be common nationwide. That is a good thing. More local support....See More4kids4us
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