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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.

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