Dang, Ken, you had my back. Thanks!
Dang, Ken, you had my back. Thanks!
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Dang! Even Sourdough had my back. I'm getting teary eyed.
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“Learning is not compulsory. Neither is survival.”
W. Edwards Deming
"Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils."
General John Stark
i think ND posts should all be deleted so as not to mislead any noobs
always be prepared-prepare all ways
http://wareaglesurvival.blogspot.com
A moderator can just change his sig to something like "The Above Post is pure Bull**** from some guy in Detroit". That will appear in all his posts without need to gut the threads.
Last edited by LowKey; 07-11-2010 at 09:35 AM.
I have not read very many of his posts but the few i did see werent that bad, he may have lied about where he was but was the info flawed ? Just asking .
Ok, so make the sig, "The above post is from a guy in Detroit who theorizes about living in the wild without actually having done it."
Sunday we're (the wife doesn't know yet) going to look at 17 acres of get-a-way ground. Twenty miles to work, thirty minutes drive time. Mostly blufftop over-looking the Mississippi river valley. Mostly wooded, I'm guessing 3 acres of fields. Gravel driveway already in place to the top after that it's dirt. Less than 100 yards to add gravel to the potential building site. This will be a long term project, finish gravel driveway, dig well so we can camp out on the weekends, add electricity then someday build the home. I don't care if it takes me ten or more years till I live there, just owning it will improve my quality of life.
Now on a side note, for all the do-it-yourselfers: Buy a sawmill and build your own house. You can take a class on timberframing to build the basic structure frame (that's what I'm going to do). Here's a website: http://tfguild.org/ Here's a website for timberframing classes: http://www.foxmaple.com/workshops.htmlWhen you're done either sell the sawmill or provide sawyer services to the locals. But you now have a skill that others will pay for (timberframing). Subscribe to Mother Earth News for alternative (sometimes free) ways of insulating the structure. There are several articles on the net for making your own solar panels and/or wind generators. If your build site includes a south face orientation passive solar heat goes a long way. We spent two winters in New Hampshire in a passive solar heated home. If the sun was out the house would be 71 degrees with no other heat source, outside temperature didn't matter. When the sun went down there was a small wood stove that kept the house comfy all night with one load of wood just before bed time. We used two cords of wood for the typical New Hampshire winter in this passive solar heated house, the neighbors used seven cords and ran out before warm weather. Their house wasn't passive solar.
Last edited by Brazito; 10-30-2010 at 02:36 AM. Reason: 'cause I forgot.
I was so depressed last night thinking about the economy, wars, jobs, my savings, Social Security, retirement funds, etc., I called the Suicide Hotline.
I got a call center in Pakistan, and when I told them I was suicidal, they got all excited, and asked if I could drive a truck.
That sounds real interesting. I love hearing about this kind of living. I don't have the ability, mainly resources, to do this kind of thing, but would hope that I might someday.
The gift that keeps on giving.
Oh that's funny (or kinda sad and disillusioning, rather) that Nativedude was fake! I had my doubts - getting his firewood in summer by canoe and having a buddy who keeps flying supplies in for free, plus the amount of money he said he made with crafts -, but I liked the idea too much that somebody was able to do it so simply, I guess... Ah, well...
Actions speak louder than words
Good to see you back around.
Thanks, Crash
Actions speak louder than words
Welcome back Lady, We have really missed you.
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