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Learn a language Train for the Ironman Visit every national park Take up card counting Become immersed in social media, convince...

The cows died not the brits

Soft start now makes a pedestal unit that allows a no install soft start but it's pricy!!

The Fridgedaire company is the one that makes a couple of “soft start” portable window AC units. One of them is 500 watts. You can also...

^^^^ you forgot to define “cheap”. If the mathematical ratio of “cheap” is similar to the disproportionate ratio of a 500k population...

Good points about the hassle of maintaining a home on remote land and how utterly silly the prospect is for an old retired person...

My back is too damaged to want to own land and look after it. Cheap land is undeveloped but that means lots of work including hauling...

My friend. Have bought a lot outside of Phoenix about a 100 miles. I forgot the name of the town. There were 2 or 4 acre Lots and one...

In my opinion you are expecting too much for too little in this day and age. Most county governments that big cities are in have strict...

I would not be a Happy Camper if there was triple digit heat. A temp of low humidity 97 for a few hours in the afternoon had me camping...

That is very true..full hookups are expensive AND at least for me is like living in a apartment complex..I choose to borrow some money...

The major difficulty most have is learning how to live outside or with the lack of enough power to control the temperatures in their...

The west coast heat wave will not be too bad here near Flagstaff. The high temperatures will rise into the lower to mid 80s for a few...

Modern lithium batteries have robust safeguards, and the LiFePO4 versions are very safe. Even better are the new Sodium-Ion batteries...

The solution I found that worked great was a $500 12 volt AC minisplit from China 4 old lead batteries and a charger ($40)1 way from...