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  1. Where~the~wind~blows

    Oil Lamps for Lighting (& Minor Heating!)

    In my country home I have two wood stoves, and I am hoping to put a wood cook stove in by next spring...that being said, I collect oil lamps, and in an emergency they are GREAT, you can make coffee with one  I took off the glass and placed bricks around it then put a kettle for...
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    Halloween Pets

    Tammi to use the word torture is a tad bit extreme, I modified my first post as my response was also a tad bit extreme. Yup some pets don't like it, but it it not the worst that can happen to them, and it is funny watching a cat in a sweater fall over, Or a dog in boots for the first time. <br...
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    Halloween Pets

    LOL cute beagle? in a whatever they call those things the women of the middle east wear! I know what's it's called I am having a senior moment!
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    Halloween Pets

    Tammi, putting clothing on pets and even costumes is not TORTURE! If humanizing your pet makes you bond better, I wouldn't care if they dyed them pink and shaved them butt backwards.&nbsp;<br /><br />I would say if the worst thing you ever did to your pet was dress them up to be the center of...
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    Solar roof vent/fan

    <br /><br />My biggest issue is I am just not handy with stuff like that,love the concept and I know that a better unit can probably be built, if I could say I was kinda handy it would be in carpentry and plumming, electronic baffles the heck out of me and I know it's simple , I have a mental...
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    Solar roof vent/fan

    thanks..<br /><br />
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    Solar roof vent/fan

    darn I hate new computer, cant find where I put my links, ok got it... I knew I found the one I liked it's called the RM 1200 solar star<br /><br /><a href="http://www.solarreflections.com/content/show/6934">http://www.solarreflections.com/content/show/6934</a><br /><br /><br />
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    Solar roof vent/fan

    LOL ZAR! I guess the&nbsp;assumption&nbsp;is you really don't want to turn it off?
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    Solar roof vent/fan

    willy the link says topic can not be found....darn!
  10. Where~the~wind~blows

    One person quick, healthy meals with easy clean up.

    <br /><br />Now I will have to make chicken taco's for tomorrows dinner! man that was mean Bri!....(9:30 at night and I will try to stop drooling!) I like&nbsp;avocado's&nbsp;and it's one of those foods I like to experiment with!<br /><br />I am not into food so hot I can't feel my lips for a...
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    One person quick, healthy meals with easy clean up.

    Bri, I got hungry just reading your post! good advice.&nbsp;<br /><br />Rollin, the pleasure of being on the road is LIVING while on the road, you will figure out what foods you like most often, and you will figure out which way you like to cook them. I was wanting a steamer the other night for...
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    Who else is in their camper or van on the east coast during hurricane sandy?

    good morning Bri, and others, made it through the storm!,&nbsp;actually&nbsp;for me it is same old same old, I guess I live the right lifestyle for me, I have heat , internet, and soon COFFEE! Sadly lives where lost last night, and people will be effected all around me and I am not hardened to...
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    Who else is in their camper or van on the east coast during hurricane sandy?

    I'm here in NY , same as howard , the worst of the wind we are told is past now it's rain and wind....then the flooding , lol the van has been rocking a lot I feel like I am in a boat!<br /><br />
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    One person quick, healthy meals with easy clean up.

    I have used several types, slow cooker bags, oven cooking bags, and mylar bags, google them and read up there r not only lots of opinions about them, but also recipes! I love this way of cooking because it's very clean &amp; easy to store leftovers. Someone mentioned ziplock type baggies (hefty...
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    One person quick, healthy meals with easy clean up.

    they sell them in all grocery stores, it's a thin plastic, like a few nights ago I added onion soup mix, a small bag of them baby sized carrots, and 1Lb + chicken cutlets (strips)add about 2 cups of water, shake it a bit to mix it up, place in the boiling water with the open end folded over the...
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    One person quick, healthy meals with easy clean up.

    I have been experimenting with boiling lots of different foods in cooking bags... so far no complaints.
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    One person quick, healthy meals with easy clean up.

    Rollin, one of the last things I gave into was purchasing paper plates and utensils, I like to eat on a real plate with real utensils but if clean up is going to be hard I use the throw away stuff...<br /><br />edited to add I just surfed for camping recipes and came up with servel good hits<br...
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    lost electric!

    I guess I really feel bad for those who think this is the end of the world kinda thing!
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    lost electric!

    I'm good power has been out for a few hours now, and I'm totally fine with it all... strange
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    lost electric!

    knocking on my van door was a neighbor from upstairs in mt business building telling me we lost power...
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