Would this be a good real estate investment?
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For 18 years and off and on for 7 more I lived on a 30 acre in active farm. Trout fishing, hunting, hiking, bike riding to elementary school, playing outside until dark, sleeping outside and counting falling stars. A great way to grow up which will never be reproducible today.
This change was made by emergency services around 2002. Everyone had to have a 911 address.
We really need a tom board beer/dirt bike/sporting clays/rifle/bon fire camping 48 hours on the farm.
50 yrs on the 60-acre farm, w/7-familes (all relatives), did a lot more than you mentioned. None of us were into clays, instead we had 'bat' practice on the southern neighboring farm. They were a working farm-bulls, cows, pigs, chickens, a few horses, delivered milk to their customers.
With 20- & 12-gauge shotguns we'd go to the farmer's old barn about an hour before dusk and shoot flying bats, they were difficult to hit but a lot of fun. My son and two B-in-laws have been building a bon fire from one of the trees that was damaged this winter and had to be taken down, If I remember, I take a picture of the wood pile tomorrow.
Sure, bring some of the people on this board together, get them drinking, and give them shotguns/rifles and good things will happen
I’ll know in a minute or two who I’ll let shoot guns.Sure, bring some of the people on this board together, get them drinking, and give them shotguns/rifles and good things will happen
Just remembered to take a picture from my living room of one of the bonfires the boys are putting together.
About 12-14 ft high & about 24-feet at the base, the kids used the backhoe to build the burn pile.
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If that’s your machine, we’re gonna break that out when darkness falls
If you're not the bunker type, how about Frank Sinatra's LA house?
Frank Sinatra’s L.A. Home Just Hit the Market for the First Time in 53 Years
The $7.5M mansion is steeped in old Hollywood glamour, with luxe finishes and views from Downtown L.A. to the Pacific Ocean.
It's only 7,400 sqft.
Frank Sinatra’s L.A. Home Just Hit the Market for the First Time in 53 Years
The $7.5M mansion is steeped in old Hollywood glamour, with luxe finishes and views from Downtown L.A. to the Pacific Ocean.
It's only 7,400 sqft.
The cost is not tied up in the acreage. It is in a nice spot. Close to a lot of outdoor activities including a State Forest within a mile but there is nicer acreage within 55 miles of State College.
Still no. Not worth $2M. It doesn't matter what it cost to build, only what someone will pay. $20K tops.
This whole thing reminds me of some years ago when I was riding my bike in the area between the Gettysburg Battlefield and Thurmont, Maryland.
When I got home, I hopped on Google Maps to see just where I'd been, and realized that I'd passed right by Raven Rock aka "Site R". Strangely, there was a Yelp review associated with it. So of course I had to click on it. It read something to the effect of:
"Spent some time here in the early 2000s. Not much of a view, but the service was impeccable. Dick"
Always wondered how many people got that joke before it was taken down.
When I got home, I hopped on Google Maps to see just where I'd been, and realized that I'd passed right by Raven Rock aka "Site R". Strangely, there was a Yelp review associated with it. So of course I had to click on it. It read something to the effect of:
"Spent some time here in the early 2000s. Not much of a view, but the service was impeccable. Dick"
Always wondered how many people got that joke before it was taken down.
I watched the movie around three weeks ago, scary when confronted with nuclear armament. Growing up on three different SAC Air Force bases during my childhood, the strategic base locations were all about nuclear conflict and protecting our nation from nuclear attack.
During the Cuban Missile Crises, I was 13-yrs old at the time, and I would have to say for myself it was one the most terrifying two weeks of my life, the other was my 6-yr old son contracting spinal meningitis. That was another frightening three weeks of my life.
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Hey Step, thanks for linking the video. That was compelling. Much appreciated.
The upkeep and looming renovation work could dwarf the sale price too. It’s a Cold War-era bunker. What could possibly go wrong with a structure buried in the PA ground for 70 years???
I also question who owns it now? Feels like a private individual who made a novelty purchase and now wants to sell. Why?
And maybe an expensive divorce from stripper-wife #4?
My my brother-in-law decided to burn that pile of wood that I had posted month or so ago. We got a constant 15 mph wind with wind gust of 33 mph. I hope he doesn’t set the freaking woods on fire, the pile of wood will be burning probably for around two or three days.
Huh..It's allegedly only 33-45 minutes away from State College.
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Went for a hike last fall at High Rock, on the PA-MD border. Took a wrong turn on the way back and ran into a government checkpoint.
No signs and not annotated on Googlevmaps. But you can see it’s pretty extensive on google earth.
Reddit tells me that it’s a nuclear bunker called “site R”.
So your sons built the bonfire pit and placed the wood but your BIL decided to ignite it?
Kinda looks like where we are headed.This is the way to go
Yep,So your sons built the bonfire pit and placed the wood but your BIL decided to ignite it?
He came to the farm this morning to gather the fire, the good news is, the surrounding wooded area with the forest leaves as ground cover didn't catch on fire due to the 30-mph wind gusts.
Unfortunately, Jason, you may be correct. I hope you or others on this board don't have kids eligible for the draft.
My draft status in the 70's
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