The temps went well above what the forecast said today and is sitting currently at 71 degrees! Yayyy!

Did I go do anything at the property? Nope.  I went over there, yes, took a look, got my sawzall and brought it home. James was working on a project to remove an old faucet and replace it with a new one, the metal grooved piece wouldn't budge and was completely rusted.  He cut that off and now is done with that projecct.

The central AC/HEAT no longer works and won't be fixed. It is an old, rusting unit that has seen it's glory days and then some.  They have decided to go ahead and replace the entire system.  I'm very glad to hear that, no longer will have to worry about heat or ac going out at random times, usually at the worst times possible.  Seems like that stuff always happens on weekends. This time? It was Christmas Eve Day, temps were in the 20's range and it was a weekend.  

We survived running space heaters 24 hours a day - they weren't shutting off, it was too cold and it was all they could do to keep up with keeping it from freezing us out in here.  But, they worked.  Now, it's nice outside all of a sudden and I am very happy about that.  

Oh, well I didn't do any work because I am trying to get better. The constant coughing grew old many, many days ago.  The warmer temps are lending towards less coughing, at least. 

I have, in more recent times,  tried to stay out of arguments with complete strangers over the internet.  It's almost always a complete waste of time.  But when I saw a pic of a Great Dane in a Great Dane support group with a prong collar on? I couldn't help myself.  "I don't much care for those types of collars".  Most dog experts will agree that they cause more problems than what they might fix - and they usually don't fix anything.

Many countries have outlawed them because they are really nothing more than torture devices.  That's IMO, of course, but there are far more effective ways to deal with dogs that have behavioral issues than inflicting pain into their necks.  All kinds of people came out of the woodwork on that one both for the collars and against them.  The thing that is amazing, at least to me, is that idea that people can make an "argument" for something without making an argument at all. They just start name calling the people they disagree with and then smugly pronounce that they have won the battle and with a bunch of thumbs up emojis underneath their statement/s. 

I suppose fortunately, there were people that not only don't like prong collars but also suggested other things that could be done or used to help bring a dog out of its behavioral problem and into a nice, loving atmosphere with their humans.  Ever since I started using Milan's wisdom to train dogs to obey without using any collars at all, I have proclaimed his methods to anyone that will listen. I usually only do that on posts where a person is bewildered by their dog's behavior and they can't understand how to correct it.  

I do not claim to be any kind of expert at all, in those posts or here on my blog.  I do claim to follow a man's expertise who shows you how to accomplish what is effectively having a dog under voice control.  Addler is only the latest dog I have used such techniques on.  I can have him laying out in the front yard without any harnesses, collars, leashes and fully confident that he won't take off after anything - or under the unlikely circumstance he does - I can call him off and he will stop mid-gallop and come back to me.  

So, once I stated I follow Milan's methods, then those people started laughing and saying "that explains it all" without explaining anything.  This is why arguing on the internet is a waste of time, people act like trolls and feel they are on the high ground by simply condescending to people.  But, I wasn't addressing those people when I made my statement.  I did have the understanding that it would be highly likely that they would, of course, show up out of the blue and start addressing me in uncivil manner.  

So was it worth it? Perhaps.  I feel like there are lots of people that read such threads that don't say anything, but become curious and perhaps start looking into the matter themselves.  In this case, perhaps seeking out Milan's advice on how to deal with dogs whose owners feel like they need to attach pronged collars that dig into the dog's neck.  I think I tried one of those collars long ago before I became "enlightened" and found a better way.  

Well whatever.  I have been distracting myself a bit from this RV park business, it has occupied too much of my mind for too long now.  I need a break from it.  Whatever happens - happens. I've listed it in dozens and dozens of RV park directories and I've listed it locally trying to find long term tenants.  Only a few bites out of the local postings.  

I mean, realistically, it's simply not the time of year for it. It might change after the New Year, who knows?  I don't consider myself any kind of expert and it didn't take a pro to understand that trying to open a few weeks before Christmas probably wouldn't result in much of anything.  The grass took a beating under this extreme cold spell. I'm not sure if it's going to survive. It will be very disheartening if that grass all dies.  A good rain is coming tomorrow, hopefully that might help it come back to life?  Yes, it is winter grass but even winter grass has it's limitations.  At the coldest, it was 8 degrees.  That's freezer conditions.  

Although I'm hardly in any position to be spending money right now, I do have the money I put into the business account and after looking at all of those weeds today? They have to go.  I don't feel like I have any other choice but to deal with it.  It's ugly and it gives a negative first impression.  Turn into my park and see several acres of weeds before you get to the park portion.  I want to get that dozer, plow up the weeds while leveling the ground and be done with it.  10 hours on that machine will deal with it. 

But, I'm not really spending any money right now.  Just not advisable.  I'll be ready to go back to work - sort of - in a few weeks.  Maybe 3.  Just somewhere around mid to late January.  It will be a shock to my system to have to go back to driving heavy trucks, but, that is my fate I guess.  I'd like to get some stuff done out there first and tomorrow would be wonderful - but - it's high chance of rain.  

Yup. I'm not going out in the rain, thanks.  I am trying to think about other ways beside facebook groups on how to get word of my park for long term people out.  It seems like facebook is really the method to do it but there might be other outlets I'm just not thinking of? It would be really nice to get at least a few units in there and paying some bills.  I can do Facebook advertising that somehow promotes it to people lookings specifically for such things.  You know, you do a Google search for something and the next thing you know, your facebook is filled with those types of ads? Yup, I am getting all kinds of invitations from trucking companies right now. 

Not a single one of those companies am I interested in - it is literally all OTR garbage. I'd take that as a very last resort - I haven't even begun putting in applications yet.  Again, when you put in an application for a trucking company? They want you to come work for them right now if they do, indeed show interest in you working for them. All I can tell ya is I'm good with money right now and could actually survive for many months.  I'm not going to do that, I'm just saying I could survive a while longer.  But, the longer I put it off, the harder it will be to get back into it.  There is a local place that needs local drivers for dump trucks - no experience necessary but must know how to shift an 18 speed. 

Yeah, give me half an hour in a truck with any transmission and I'll figure it out. I drove a truck with an 18 speed in it maybe 9 years ago.  

Well enough.