Getting off the grid

[CrackerJax]

They don't understand it I'm afraid. The govt. wants to keep it that way too.

 

[tahoe58]

yea .... power has its vices ..... btw - I really appreciate your commentary and thoughts. How is it that you have the life that DrG. says we should all have?

 

[CrackerJax]

I got in ahead of the Socialism... I gotta give a big shout out to the govt. and the stock market too. I listened to what the govt. said and invested in the opposite. Worked like a charm . There's a lot more to it than that, but that's a story for another day.

 

[calidreamer]

I couldn't agree more!!!!

 

[tahoe58]

thanks ... appreciate the frankness and openess. I am taking the summer off for the first time .... grateful to have the opportunity and enjoying the freedom of choice. We'll see when Sept. rolls around whether I return in some similar or different capacity. For now, hugely relaxing and fun.

I got in ahead of the Socialism... I gotta give a big shout out to the govt. and the stock market too. I listened to what the govt. said and invested in the opposite. Worked like a charm . There's a lot more to it than that, but that's a story for another day.

 

[CrackerJax]

Okay, your summer mission is to run down every ice cream truck you encounter and wedge those little bastards to the curb.

 

[tahoe58]

hahahahaha ,,,, my nine yr old son ... would be saying ... Dad ... what r u doin? hahahaha!

 

[CrackerJax]

I'm reliving kid, ...............now back off, that last snowcone is MINE!!! (pound feet up and down)

 

[tahoe58]

my midlife crisis is just that little bit different ...ya understand .... I want ALL of that ... NOW!

 

[CrackerJax]

Quick story... I've got this place out in the sticks. Real comfortable, real quiet. Nearest town is 20 miles away. So one day I'm sitting outside just taking it all in (baked) when I hear way off in the distance the tell tale sounds of an ice cream truck. Now if I travel about 3 miles in a hurry, I can make that road he's coming down. Off I go as fast as I dare and just in the nick of time I run out to that road and flag that sun of a gun down. Now he is about 12 miles from the nearest road junction and 20 miles from town on a dead two lane road. He just STARED at me as I put flagged him down waving a 5 dollar bill. My eyes were bloodshot. He was just silent the whole time. I think he was in fear of his life... All I know is I got three ice cream sandwiches, and ate two before I got back to my place...

 

[tahoe58]

thats awesome .... a story for that man for the rest of their life! and one for u too!

 

[CrackerJax]

Yes, but I'm sure we tell it a bit different from each other...

"Did I ever tell you about the crazy loon who ice cream jacked me in the middle of nowhere. This is the story of George of the Jungle. gather round kids....No foolies"!

 

[tahoe58]

hahahaha .... good one .... so true ....everyone's perspective is always a little different .... btw - if I am able to ship frozen bull semen or fresh horse semen through FedEx....I'm sure a few quarts of Ben and Jerry's could be patched off to you in a jiffy .... Hahahahaha! Walking On to enjoy the rest of a SunnyThursday .... cheers!

 

[CrackerJax]

Bull and horse semen?

That's a night in a barn I'd rather miss....

 

[tahoe58]

ahhh ... com'n ... itsa a hoot ... oh wait thats an owl .... oj ....its a party .... welll for the bull and the salttion it is .... hahahahaha!

 

[burtster]

GrizzDude or anyone,

Check your state gov't website(in the US at least), I know alot of them offer assistance in solar/wind power sometimes offering up to 70% of the cost. Although, if you're really off the grid in BFE, then you may not qualify. I've looked into this quite a bit to try an offset the huge cost and selling back electricity.

 

[CrackerJax]

As soon as that elbow glove comes out...I'm gone!! be back soon...

 

[Grizzdude]

GrizzDude or anyone,

Check your state gov't website(in the US at least), I know alot of them offer assistance in solar/wind power sometimes offering up to 70% of the cost. Although, if you're really off the grid in BFE, then you may not qualify. I've looked into this quite a bit to try an offset the huge cost and selling back electricity.

Yeah I did look into that but like you said in BFE, don't even have an official address, they can't do much for me. I'm nowhere near any power lines(thank God) to sell anything back, but I'm sure I can find a use for the electricity I will be producing.

 

[southern homegrower]

i lived in a tent by a lake for 1 year just eating what i could kill or catch on a trot line it was pretty cool but being alone along time is somthing u have to get use to. after 8 months a friend come out to see me and i felt kinda weird like i didnt know how to act around people and when i seen him comming i went and hide in the woods like a damn hermit or somthing till he was gone. strange shit huh.

 

[tahoe58]

yea ...those are the kinds of things that one might not think about and need to be prepared for. So you're back into the mainstream ... or mostly?

i lived in a tent by a lake for 1 year just eating what i could kill or catch on a trot line it was pretty cool but being alone along time is somthing u have to get use to. after 8 months a friend come out to see me and i felt kinda weird like i didnt know how to act around people and when i seen him comming i went and hide in the woods like a damn hermit or somthing till he was gone. strange shit huh.