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So we are on the recovering side of a breakdown two weeks ago. Transmission went to that big scrapyard in the sky, and the only place on Des Moines without a two month wait quoted us $11k for repair. Well we have emergency money but not THAT much, and it was readily apparent that replacement isfar cheaper than repair in this instance. So we got a storage shed ($), a UHaul ($$), and a hotel room ($...
You Can Get Anything You Want...
Nov 24, 2022
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It's been awhile. Too long, really. And in all our meandering since we set out on the road, we've been to the far southwest corner of New Mexico, to the far northeast corner of Wisconsin, with a lot of stops in between. We've met great people, had great times, and enjoyed the experience that is part and parcel of being a full time rver. Last Friday we met with a telling reminder that road breakdow...
Stuck Inside of Des Moines with those Lubbock Blues Again
Nov 16, 2022
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This is going to be a little long, so bear with me. As I was walking today, I thought with greater clarity of my thoughts on the poor and our response. I spend so much time in "battle mode" these days that I don't have the luxury of being strategic. And that is probably the most common reason we consistently fail to create sound, reasonable policy. The cold hard facts about poverty is that we can'...
Building Better Policy Towards the Poor
Jan 18, 2021
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