Subj : I may only be wintering h To : AUGUST ABOLINS From : Rob Mccart Date : Mon Jan 27 2025 01:41:00 AA>What is your cellular coverage like? Can you call 911 if you >need to? As of about 20 years ago we went from having to climb to the highest hill on the property to get any cell signal to getting near perfect reception all the time. Funny, at the time I thought that was because they built a new cell tower about 7 miles away, but when a service guy was here for noise on my land line, we talked briefly and he was able to check and he said the cell service here was coming from another tower several miles further away. Whatever works.. That's my Internet access mainly. Other than that my cell phone is just for emergencies, travel or for rare long distance calls which would cost me extra on my land line. AA>I have a small 100 acre lot pretty much smack dab in the middle >of the Bear Lake Peatland Conservatory, south of Magnetawan, >east of Parry Sound. The family always referred to it as "the >Parry Sound property". AA>I would love to build something on it, but road access is next >to zero. Yes, a lot of people bought acreage for hunting camps and such in the area and later found there was no legal way to put a road into the property. I have a friend with a cottage over on Mary Lake in Muskoka and he has no road access to his property. When he built his cottage, anything too big to be brought in using a small boat had to be flown in using a big commercial helicopter. He also ended up setting up everything to run on propane or his own generated power since Hydro, which comes to within 200 feet of the property, wanted $25,000 to hook him up so he told them to get stuffed and he's totally off the grid.. RM> $40,000 to do a good job. I hesitate to spend that much RM> since I may only be wintering here for a limited time, RM> probably less than another 5 years. (Possibly never again RM> the way things are going..) B) AA>I'm surprised that you *are* wintering that way when you don't >have to. The way things are going, I get a couple of uncomfortable days out of 10 or so and I.. 'enjoy it' might be slightly overkill.. most of the time. The harder life keeps me busy and in good shape. My doctor bases all medical decisions on my health as if I were 20 years younger than I am, and says she wishes all her patients, no matter what their age, were in as good shape so, I'm either doing something right or have really good genes. (It should maybe be mentioned that my brother and sister are both in far worse health than I am.. so far anyways..) RM>> BTW, this is not a money thing. I could easily afford to RM>> rent a house or apartment for winter or even year round RM>> but I would go stir crazy I think living in town all the RM>> time. AA>Surely, there are people wanting to rent out their homes while >they leave for the winter? I know several people house-sitting >and pet-sitting people's country properties while the owners go >to warmer climates, and the sitter gets paid for it! Yes, time to find something like that was short this year but I decided early on to try wintering here again in any case to see if I could still hack it. That decision is still up in the air.. B) I didn't know for sure I was losing my usual winter residence for THIS year until early November. --- * SLMR Rob * If you don't pay your exorcist, you get repossessed * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105) .