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  1. flailer

    food storage?

    It depends.  It depends on (where you are) how smart & people-wise the bears are.  - Generally, bears are NOT a problem.  At all.    - But, in a popular national park the bears are brilliant.  You have to stay away from them, rather than them running away from you.   - Also, these smarter bears...
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    leaving a van unattended in the boonies

    I'll motorcycle, hike, bicycle, or just ride down to the library for hours at a time.  Depending, sometimes for 10 hours at a time. Thieves will observe before breaking & entering....  They maybe idiots, but they are not (we hope) stupid either.  So what I do is:  I leave nothing of value...
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    Sleeping/keeping warm without heat

    I've tried hammock camping, and I have NEVER slept better in my entire life.   BUT I can't seem to make it through even half the night without leg problems, and then leg problems for days afterwards.  WhatupwiffDat?  One of the things that attracted me to hammocking was the zip-top-covers &...
  4. flailer

    Hand-held power generation; kraftwerk

    Not that we should trust their marketing blurb, but it stated 11 cell phone charges from a single filling of gas.   Also I didnt see any statement about it holding a charge (having a battery), just generating a charge. All that said, it isnt even a real product yet, if ever.
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    Hand-held power generation; kraftwerk

    Hand-held power generation; kraftwerk Compact, USB, charger, Camp-gas or Lighter-fluid powered.  $150,  Available at the end of the year:  Promo info: Kraftwerk - highly innovative portable power plant A totally new energy supply technology for mobile electronic devices. Efficient and...
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    Sleeping/keeping warm without heat

    I sleep nude. Except for Socks. I can't sleep without socks, for warmth! Is that weird or what? Until the temps hits the 90s, I'm wearing socks to bed. I read somewhere that most people that wear socks to bed fall asleep faster & sleep better. shrugs. Add a beanie, that rolls down low on...
  7. flailer

    Coffee making gadgets

    I switched to a mason jar after seeing how the "pros" at a downtown Portland java shop did their cold-brews.   The clean up is much easier with a wide-mouth jar than a french press.  And the amount of water wasted rinsing is far-far less as there is no screen.  Refrigeration temperatures are...
  8. flailer

    Records of favorite spots

    Now that looks BRILLIANT !!!   Thanks Matt !
  9. flailer

    Stock Options

    Bruce,  check out this image of our Marketplaces (yes, more than one)   Can you see you (and I) are operating at the fat end (the top) of the "Liquidity Pyramid" ?    We are as far from Gold & "real currency" as possible. Yes?  No?  Maybe?  ...
  10. flailer

    The Philosophy of Small

    I have been edited off this thread twice now.  Do I dare attempt to say anything else?   :P  (no hard feeling from this end)    1. Small is GRAND.  Are we not the western versions of Buddhist monks?  Living a small footprint life; but living a LARGE life because of our various philosophies?  ...
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    Stock Options

    Thanks Bruce!    Two things: 1. Yes, I see how someone can use options to actually buy and hold a stock (at a price lower than what the stock is selling for today).  Which I believe was part of your first point.   But why not just buy the stock when it hits your price-point (buy signal, or...
  12. flailer

    Our build of an RV from scratch (with pics)

    Wow - Phenomenal !!!  
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    Stock Options

    Please (please) correct me where I am wrong ~   imo, Trading Options is NOT at all like buying & selling stocks.   One is paying (or collecting) for the rights to buy (or forced to sell) a stock at a future point in time, at a prearranged price.  imo, Basically one is leveraging small bits of...
  14. flailer

    Eradicating aging as a cause of death

    "Hope springs eternal"
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    Records of favorite spots

    I used to use google maps (and still have access to "my places" and "starred" places)  But I recently started using Evernote.   (link) https://www.evernote.com/Login.action?targetUrl=%2FHome.action I'll tell ya up front, evernote isnt as handy as maps. SPECIFICALLY because of the auto GPS...
  16. flailer

    Coffee making gadgets

    I forgot to list another coffee option I usually keep with me ~  (image)   
  17. flailer

    Minimalism for full-timers

    (Is it my computer, or is the site being buggy?)(first it wouldn't load without failure messages, and now I can't tell if I am really replying to a Comment here)     Reno Wrote:   Tell Me more (about free AC power hook-ups) My answer:  Free power is where you find it.    Once I used my phone to...
  18. flailer

    Just A Test Drive - Sleeping Without Being Bothered

    Please correct me if I'm wrong: But if the fans are DC , can't you simply reverse the polarity to reverse the direction the fan is blowing? 
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    Windows 10 info

    HA!  I'm not the only one with 6 diff computers, 3 diff screens, 5 diff hard drives;; keeping this thing because of that;; keeping that thing because of this;; wires;; cables;; hubs, splitters, control box;;etc etc.  Clutter junk & trash.  Not that I karaoke ..... You would be very displeased...
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    Addiction

    Thanks for your replies.  The article (link) was given to me by someone I know that just recently came out of ...  several programs... i guess one could say.    And he really connected with the article.  So I thunked I would share, here, wiff MY Friends.  Personally, I have had the problem...
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