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Would you live off of the grid?

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@moonbus said
It would be terribly hard going cold turkey, from one day to the next. I'm willing to do without some of the unnecessary luxuries, one at a time though. I try to buy food from local farmers, for example, milk and seasonal fruits & veg--less and less from supermarkets in plastic-wrapped containers. Strawberries in February are absurd, IMO; we would be more appreciative of nat ...[text shortened]... . med., so that's covered. If there's an issue she can't cover, she'll know how to get help.


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You know you are obsessed when in every post you find a way to include the word 'Trump'.

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@diver said
I’ve often thought warmly about the notion of living off of the grid.

Please add your own ideas on this, but to me that would mean the following:

- rural, isolated location
- no internet
- no TV
- no phone; landline nor mobile
- no utility services such as piped water, sewage or cabled electricity and piped gas

Would you go further with no medical services an ...[text shortened]... nd yet naive TV series “The Good Life.

I’ve gotta be honest … I really couldn't be doing with it.
We used to do that, “in a temporary way”. Back country canoe trips. Fun for a couple of weeks but…👍

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@Rajk999 said
You know you are obsessed when in every post you find a way to include the word 'Trump'.
"Drill, baby, drill!" is so last millennium.

Get him off the world stage, banish him to an island like Napoleon on Elba, and I won't be obsessed with him any more.


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@Rajk999 said
You know you are obsessed when in every post you find a way to include the word 'Trump'.
you must be at least partially, if not mostly insulated, from his bull inna china shoppe antics
personally, i am not insulated from his draconian policies
i think i might be able to list stuff that he has destroyed in the 10000 pixel limit
but i'll just give you one

wind power
i will not bore you with the statistics easily found, how much the european union has generated and will continue to generate for a very lost cost
or with my own lament that he has foolishly cut off projects that would supply power to so many folks fo so little money here in the states

simply because he doesn't like them
they make hiz butt itch
and his habit of sniffing his fingers is nasty

he just doesn't like them
they work
holy heck do they work!
but he isn't reaping the rewards

so he doesn't like them
he cuts off funding
demanding folks dig coal
demanding folks burn oil
demanding people live like



end rant

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@rookie54 said
you must be at least partially, if not mostly insulated, from his bull inna china shoppe antics
personally, i am not insulated from his draconian policies
i think i might be able to list stuff that he has destroyed in the 10000 pixel limit
but i'll just give you one

wind power
i will not bore you with the statistics easily found, how much the european union has genera ...[text shortened]... ing
demanding folks dig coal
demanding folks burn oil
demanding people live like



end rant
Trump is heavily invested in fossil fuels, and, being a fossil himself, cannot get his mind around the idea of investing in renewables instead.

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@moonbus said
Great idea, weekly seasonal box of fruits & veg, delivered to your door. I think people should stop driving to supermarkets to get food. This is highly destructive of the environment. Much more sensible would be for people to order things online and have a delivery van make deliveries to a whole neighbourhood on a weekly basis.

PS on access to medical care: if people lived more healthily--better diet, more exercise, cleaner air--they wouldn't need so much medical care.
I’ve worked on ‘preserving’ myself since my 50’s. Being an older mother I owe it to my boys to be around long enough to ensure they’re fully independent. I get the medical stuff. Years back we felt it inevitable that we’d start getting sick after 50 but now there’s so much internet info that we’d be better off learning about how the environment, stress and lifestyle negatively impacts upon our metabolism than visiting the doctor for a quick fix with pills.

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@rookie54 said
you must be at least partially, if not mostly insulated, from his bull inna china shoppe antics
personally, i am not insulated from his draconian policies
i think i might be able to list stuff that he has destroyed in the 10000 pixel limit
but i'll just give you one

wind power
i will not bore you with the statistics easily found, how much the european union has genera ...[text shortened]... ing
demanding folks dig coal
demanding folks burn oil
demanding people live like



end rant
Ok lets not spoil this 'off grid' thread with irrelevancies. Start another with this same content and I will respond.

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@Drewnogal said
Being 70 next year has really changed attitude on life. I’m now accepting and embracing my older age and am thankful for all I have.

You seem to have it just right 👍
I turned 70 last b'day. I can honestly tell you, I didn't feel a day over 69 !


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@moonbus said
I turned 70 last b'day. I can honestly tell you, I didn't feel a day over 69 !


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Been “a while” since I was 70. I seem to remember feeling like I was 40 at the time.🤔

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@Great-Big-Stees said
Been “a while” since I was 70. I seem to remember feeling like I was 40 at the time.🤔
Yeah, when you forget your meds, you regress--I get that, too.




Wot wuz the question ??

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@moonbus said
Yeah, when you forget your meds, you regress--I get that, too.




Wot wuz the question ??
Oh I wasn’t’ “on meds” til a couple of years ago and it was but one because I refused to alter my taste for things that were “bad” for me. And, don’t tell my Dr but I am not very good at taking it as prescribed.😲🤞

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@moonbus said
Yeah, when you forget your meds, you regress--I get that, too.




Wot wuz the question ??
@moonbus,
Most people have cell phones now a days all you have to do is set the times for your pills every day and an alarm goes off. If you don't have one, well worth the investment to get one. 😉 It works for me!!! We know how slow I can be! 😉

-VR

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Revisiting this thread with a YouTube video and channel recommendation.

This particular video is an hour long but I promise you that will not regret giving the time to watch it.
So settle down with a bevy of your choice and enjoy one man building his own version of “living off the grid” from scratch.



Edit: best watched on TV for bigger screen.
Edit2: this has over 14 million views in 4 months.

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@Rajk999 said
You know you are obsessed when in every post you find a way to include the word 'Trump'.
Small wonder, since Trump himself insinuates himself into every single aspect of American life.

He WANTS us to talk about him. ALL the time. He's a narcissist. Figure it out.

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@diver said
I’ve often thought warmly about the notion of living off of the grid.

Please add your own ideas on this, but to me that would mean the following:

- rural, isolated location
- no internet
- no TV
- no phone; landline nor mobile
- no utility services such as piped water, sewage or cabled electricity and piped gas

Would you go further with no medical services an ...[text shortened]... nd yet naive TV series “The Good Life.

I’ve gotta be honest … I really couldn't be doing with it.
No, I don't think I would survive long, and even if I did, I don't think I would be happy with just my library and a garden of cabbages (cf. Cicero, who admittedly was not living "off the grid" himself back in his day).