Pretty much. I’m not sure I totally buy into that it’s much of an increase though. Or people would be dropping like flies.

I think the bigger issues is just being generally overweight. The percentage of overweight people is crazy, regardless of their jobs.

I’m 55 and not to be an old man and say “in the old days”, but in the old days, when I was growing up. I knew ONE overweight person. Yeah, just one. It just wasn’t common. Look at pics from the 1970’s, and you just won’t see a whole lot of overweight people.

Now? Everywhere I look. I’m sure more office workers have added to that, but that doesn’t account for everyone.

I work in an elementary school. And I was sitting at lunch just looking around and thinking about it. Teachers are actually pretty active. Lots of walking around the classroom. Very little sit down time in an elementary school.

Me and two others are fit. Rest are all overweight. How did this happen?!

Ok, rant over. Just got me to thinking. :)

Really? And here I am trying to figure out how to live forever!

No, don’t do that. Stress is bad for the heart too! lol

Good points! I should have remembered telemarketing, I actually did that for 3 years! But two years in office, covid let us do it from home.

I’m surprised to hear a phone for $100 referred to as cheap.

Fair point. That was the cheapest I could find one that did GPS, cam/vid, and have some apps on it. I do have a crappy flipphone for $30, but I found out that girls I date like to text. A lot. So texting/sending pics/vids was something I found I needed.

But yeah, my gf has a $1,000 iPhone. I’m like wtf! lol

Good to know. I may have to revisit this idea.

In your experience, is making your own bread cheaper than just buying bread? Or do you do it for the love of making your own bread?

I like the idea of it, but if it ends up being more expensive anyway, I don’t really wanna do it. It’s just so easy to buy a loaf of bread at the store.

But I also like the idea of making some tasty bread and mixing in some protein powder so I could have protein bread. lol

We need this in my city. I recently got a very inexpensive e-bike and it will be perfect for this. But they are just now putting in decent bike lanes here. And the drivers here pretty much hate on bikes pretty regularly. lol

Love this.

Note: this is an old text (2012) but I just stumbled into it and found it was still relevant.

Yep, and unfortunately it’s gonna keep being relevant for a while yet.

Love this cover!

I actually like the look of these!

I like the idea of it. I live in a house. And the windows thing stresses me out because of the expense of fixing them if broken, easy access for intruders, etc. lol

suppose we must push harder for remote work

But most remote work pays enough that housing isn’t an issue. Many lower paying jobs require us to be on-site, and we’re the ones that can’t afford housing.

So I think the option is way more affordable housing, and removing the stigma around that. In my area it’s called Section 8, and of course, those options always seem to be in the more crime-ridden areas. So frustrating.

Holy shit, that’s a great point that I wouldn’t have thought of. Great fucking point.

“Unsalted Counter Info.” That is a great freakin’ name. I wish I would have known about them when I lived in the midwest. That would have been cool to be a part of when I was growing up.

And I didn’t even know the zine world was still a thing. I have a whole new rabbit hole to fall down now.

Ok, thank you! I’m retiring in a few months, and I think I will jump right into this stuff. So I’ll keep an eye out. :)

Nearly every day for the past 30 months, Mr. Spodek has lugged solar panels and a 17-pound battery up and down 11 flights of stairs to his roof to charge them.

Ok, that’s commitment. I guess I should stop complaining about my crappy house and feeling that I am stuck on the grid. I at least have backyard and front yards.

This dude is just crazy enough to be my hero. I am legit going to change up some things because of this find. Thank you OP!

Is there somewhere where we can follow the solar panel stats for this instance or that details the set up? This sounds fascinating to me.

I want to do this so bad. I really just need to take the jump and start doing it rather than researching it. I wish there were a step-by-step, teach me like I’m in fifth grade, sorta tutorial on it.