tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post4809503879500523161..comments2024-02-23T15:59:49.280-07:00Comments on Mobile Kodgers: THE WONDER OF THE SLABS--PART 1Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02908010960752449161noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-42479779713574897162018-02-26T16:27:49.456-07:002018-02-26T16:27:49.456-07:00Hawkcreek: Wow---A "curmudgeon" with a ...Hawkcreek: Wow---A "curmudgeon" with a head and a hope and a heart. I might well spend a couple months next winter there and practice some dynamism myself.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02908010960752449161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-33056145040119057162018-02-26T15:05:30.575-07:002018-02-26T15:05:30.575-07:00Randy, I like your hope that someday a "perso...Randy, I like your hope that someday a "personality" will arrive capable of making some changes to the slabs. Since I am in no way dynamic, I nominate you for the job.<br />And since I believe that people shouldn't bitch very loud unless they have spent some time trying to fix the problem, I PROMISE I will spend a couple of days collecting trash the next time I am at the Slabs.<br />People can be a solution as well as a problem.Hawkcreekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07332623584402591989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-16446662712308215282018-02-26T12:22:02.620-07:002018-02-26T12:22:02.620-07:00Ed, Carol and Gopher the dog: Thank you for sayin...Ed, Carol and Gopher the dog: Thank you for saying exactly the thing to motivate me to rant about the Republican notion that everything should require work to pay for it. Save me some time and read my rant on this issue: http://mobilecodgers.blogspot.com/2016/01/republican-man-finds-salt-mine.htmlRandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02908010960752449161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-61654649862884538872018-02-26T11:32:29.589-07:002018-02-26T11:32:29.589-07:00Hawkcreek: You speak the truth, I think, and I ag...Hawkcreek: You speak the truth, I think, and I agree about the compromise between total freedom and the tyranny of HOAs. I have two comments: 1. There are several areas that are kept clean; most notably the LOW area and other "club" areas like traveling pals, the oasis, the library, solar mikes, the Range theater, ponderosa, viper lounge, and East Jesus among them.<br />2nd That one day a "personality" will drift into the Slabs and begin a campaign to clean up the trouble spots. I once visited a small Texas town that was nothing to speak of---but one day an artistic, dynamic personality came to town and in time initiated a miraculous "makeover". In a few short years art decorated every street corner, Shakespear was performed at the theater, the town began a festival celebrating its history etc. The guy was a welder<br />who had vision and "gumption". At the Slabs--"builder Bill"has some of those qualities.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02908010960752449161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-11452762222638627282018-02-26T05:26:14.389-07:002018-02-26T05:26:14.389-07:00Randy,
I do like the feeling of freedom floating ...Randy, <br />I do like the feeling of freedom floating around the Slabs, but I have to agree with the other comments about how trash ridden the place has become.<br />I suppose there could be a happy compromise between total freedom and total HOA tyranny, but in my view, the Slabs hasn't found it.<br />Even Salvation Mountain isn't anywhere near the same, since Leonard passed on.<br />But maybe I've just become one of those old, crotchety guys that complains about the kids not picking up after themselves 😁.Hawkcreekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07332623584402591989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-68678865806613545522018-02-25T11:18:22.182-07:002018-02-25T11:18:22.182-07:00True enough Ed. We were there3 months ago and on o...True enough Ed. We were there3 months ago and on one hand found it disgusting. Trash and broken glass everywhere, and people you usually only see on the big city sidewalk living out of their shopping carts,<br />On the other hand, good for them, finding another place to live by their own devices, at their own pace and off the side walk. Building a space and community for themselves.<br />And it probably cost the taxpayer less to have them there. <br />But yes it would be good if more writers showed the whole story, and not just the romantic, flowery side of thingsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-12848044303904855182018-02-25T08:49:49.103-07:002018-02-25T08:49:49.103-07:00Toilet paper blowing in the wind?
Grab it quick! ...Toilet paper blowing in the wind?<br /><br />Grab it quick! That stuff ain't easy to find out here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-1052673645317306582018-02-25T06:00:58.006-07:002018-02-25T06:00:58.006-07:00Glad your back. Hope to see more from you in the...Glad your back. Hope to see more from you in the near future. Enjoyed this one, although I have read about the Slabs before, your photos were unique. Happy Days, MartinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-11235066571554641392018-02-24T16:02:32.294-07:002018-02-24T16:02:32.294-07:00“ real live free zone “
Free, you say? Free? Who p...“ real live free zone “<br />Free, you say? Free? Who pays for their food, clothing, water, medical care, etc?<br />Most likely you and me and millions more tax payers; that’s who.<br />These people are simply feeding at the government trough.<br /><br />What happens to their human waste and garbage? I’ve been to the slabs. It’s totally trashed out. Broken glass containers, toilet paper blowing in the wind, piles of discarded trash. <br /><br />Show some pictures of the rest of the story and not just the romantic side. <br /><br /><br />Ed, Carol and Gopher the doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02797740432825708165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-78091150467023596592018-02-24T16:01:28.506-07:002018-02-24T16:01:28.506-07:00Perhaps when the next financial crisis hits, many ...Perhaps when the next financial crisis hits, many strip malls and commercial property's parking lots will become empty and abandoned, and free living will be tolerated. Oh sure, litter and poop and thieving will be problems. Still, it is a huge amount of land. It sounds like wishful thinking, but I hope city governments can put that space to creative and constructive use.kaBLOOnie Boonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05845667016536890886noreply@blogger.com