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08-03-2016 , 04:23 PM

#26

ElSapo

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Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 5,471

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Originally Posted by I_AM_EVIL

When will the bombs start being sent in the mail and when can we expect to see your manifesto published online?

As soon as I get the fax machine fixed.

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08-03-2016 , 04:25 PM

#27

skillgambler

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Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 11,730

you are not off the grid wtf. you just live in a ****ty house with no running water

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08-03-2016 , 04:29 PM

#28

bombonca

old hand

Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 1,423

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Originally Posted by ElSapo

You can always make a change in your life.

What has this change done for you?

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08-03-2016 , 04:30 PM

#29

Land O Lakes

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6 miles away from neighbor and 30 miles to town sounds more like off the grid.

That said, does your neighbor a 1/4 mile away have utilities?

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08-03-2016 , 04:32 PM

#30

ElSapo

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Originally Posted by skillgambler

you are not off the grid wtf. you just live in a ****ty house with no running water

LOL. It's entirely possible I posted this in the wrong place. I'm not evading taxes or society.

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08-03-2016 , 04:33 PM

#31

ElSapo

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Originally Posted by Land O Lakes

6 miles away from neighbor and 30 miles to town sounds more like off the grid.

That said, does your neighbor a 1/4 mile away have utilities?

I dunno, he's Amish. But they're available.

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08-03-2016 , 04:36 PM

#32

ElSapo

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Funny. I haven't spent much time on 2+2 in the last year. It's been more on the Mother Earth News side. ... it never occurred to me someone would look at this and think "that's not off the grid." Gotta be audience.

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08-03-2016 , 04:37 PM

#33

2/325Falcon

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Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 21,907

This is OOT you should have known this thread would wind up "More like ElSmello lol."

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08-03-2016 , 04:39 PM

#34

ElSapo

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Originally Posted by 2/325Falcon

This is OOT you should have known this thread would wind up "More like ElSmello lol."

There's tons of hippies around. They don't mind.

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08-03-2016 , 04:39 PM

#35

Land O Lakes

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Originally Posted by ElSapo

I dunno, he's Amish. But they're available.

Why do you refuse to use them? How many times do you bath per month on average?

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08-03-2016 , 04:41 PM

#36

El Diablo

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Sapo,

Do you see yourself likely disconnecting even more from "regular" society over time?

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08-03-2016 , 04:42 PM

#37

thethethe

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Do you have a gnarly beard and/or dreadlocks?

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08-03-2016 , 04:45 PM

#38

ElSapo

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Originally Posted by Land O Lakes

Why do you refuse to use them? How many times do you bath per month on average?

I don't really know. I enjoy what I'm doing. Initially it just seemed like the easiest and cheapest and most fun thing.

Showering, dunno. Once a week.

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08-03-2016 , 04:48 PM

#39

ElSapo

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Originally Posted by El Diablo

Sapo,

Do you see yourself likely disconnecting even more from "regular" society over time?

Nope. I don't consider myself particularly disconnected now. And maybe that's a part of the "audience" thing I mentioned. Seems like I forgot what 2+2 thinks is off the grid isn't what I'd exactly call it now. Some people would say sustainable or hippie or green, except I'm not, particularly.

Maybe I just go camping full time. ... But I've worked remotely for years and freelanced for a while, so at this point my level of interaction seems set. I like people.

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08-03-2016 , 04:48 PM

#40

ElSapo

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Originally Posted by thethethe

Do you have a gnarly beard and/or dreadlocks?

I have been growing a beard lately. It's not gnarly.

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08-03-2016 , 04:55 PM

#41

Land O Lakes

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Originally Posted by ElSapo

Showering, dunno. Once a week.

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Originally Posted by ElSapo

no trouble getting dates.

Can you elaborate on how these two coexist?

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08-03-2016 , 05:03 PM

#42

ElSapo

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Originally Posted by Land O Lakes

Can you elaborate on how these two coexist?

Most people shower too much.

I dunno.

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08-03-2016 , 05:14 PM

#43

ElSapo

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Actually, most people tell me it's homesteading.

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08-03-2016 , 05:15 PM

#44

bombonca

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Pics of you and your place would help, they say many words.

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08-03-2016 , 05:21 PM

#45

ScreaminAsian

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Originally Posted by skillgambler

you are not off the grid wtf. you just live in a ****ty house with no running water

this was the year he went camping

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08-03-2016 , 05:25 PM

#46

ScreaminAsian

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Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 33,333

"ask me anything about making a middle-class salary in america and living in a shack without running water an hour's drive from 7-11"

do you blame obama at all?

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08-03-2016 , 05:28 PM

#47

ElSapo

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Originally Posted by ScreaminAsian

ask me anything about making a middle-class salary in america and living in a shack without running water an hour's drive from 7-11

Too wordy.

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08-03-2016 , 06:08 PM

#48

pontylad

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In regards to the whole showering/bathing thing, do you not have a storage tank for rain water?

What are the next major purchases you plan for your place?

Seems incredibly cheap for the land and the cabin, is there much market for after sale of a place like this?

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08-03-2016 , 06:15 PM

#49

ElSapo

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Originally Posted by pontylad

I haven't set up a rain collection system yet. I thought I would get all this done in the summer and then the weather is perfect and I got lazy.

Secondary sales of tiny homes and prefab cabins ... probably not, because in addition to wear you'd have to move it. Unless you mean with the site, in which case sure.

It was about $3,000/acre. That's not expensive but you can definitely do cheaper. The location I'm in is pretty great.