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    Wanna be on a documentary about Vandwellers?

    Guess I'm torn, staying invisible is a great way to invite those in power to trample all over your rights and feel both un-opposed and justified. Being more open and increasing awareness of vandwellers can create unity in the community, as well as increase the levels of compassion felt by...
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    Church friends - non Christians okay

    well.... I dunno about that... I remember girls that came from really religously strict families would almost always date outside the church for um... obvious reasons...
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    New vandweller - Solar questions!

    Really dont know anything about solar, sorry but I do want to expirement with lithium ions some day. BTW Harbor Freight generally has some killer deals on solar, not the best set ups but dirt cheap.
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    Diesel stealth truck idea

    stealth fail definately, do you really need 4wd?
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    Use a Drone to scout your campsite...

    I thought houses were fair game as long as you wernt entering the residence, like you can point a parabolic mike at a house, you can try and video tape people inside if the windows arent closed, etc. you just couldent actually step foot on the property and of course airspace above a home isnt...
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    REO property long term abandoned

    like you said, forclosure proceedings dont dismiss mortage liens... homesteading gets rid of the current owner and any liens on the property (I think) also, not sure if you can just pay back taxes and take the land, I would guess most often if the land wouldent be worth the value of the taxes...
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    Straw Bale - winter villa

    I'd probably suggest papercrete or rammed earth instead, insulation is similar and that strawbale is a bitch and a half, warping, moving, filling with mold if not properly treated, all kinds of bad. for a temporary shelter, awesome... they even made an aircraft carrier made out of ice and...
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    Church friends - non Christians okay

    as a non-christian I've never felt comfortable around churches or church people, once I had to do some campaigning for an issue I wanted the county to pass, and had to go to every community leader in the county, and pretty much because of that almost every church in a large city... some churches...
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    Use a Drone to scout your campsite...

    there was a state (forgot which one) which passed a "drone hunting season" approval, feds said if they shoot any drones out of the sky they can be arrested for federal crimes. btw there was also a animal rights group who were using drones to get evidence against a ranch where dog fighting was...
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    Valley fever

    Jesus... San Luis Obispo is one of my stomping grounds, I looked up Cal Coast News (the best news source for anything happening around central coast california) and found like 40 articles about it. 125 cases in SLO in 2011, 225 in 2012, 163 in 2013, and I have friends who have gotten training...
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    REO property long term abandoned

    well... theres something else you can do about abandoned properties.... If the property tax has not been paid, and if you camp on it for five years and pay the property tax for those years, you can file a motion to own the property by homesteading, clears the title and becomes yours for 0.00...
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    Use a Drone to scout your campsite...

    this random advert popped up on this forum, and it kind of blew me away... http://www.atlantahobby.com/store/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=18101&idcategory=871 flys for 25 minutes, can go damn high, comes with a stabilized video camerra and GPS (for crying out loud) I mean I was thinking about...
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    Tecolote

    I thought that was the name of the native american first mate dude from star trek voyager... then realized it started with a C not a T... so who is the owl?
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    Anything I should do while I have my toilet torn apart?

    poop in a bag and throw it at expensive foreign cars you dont like in heavy traffic from an overpass... oh wait, uh.. nevermind. but if the seals etc are good there shouldent be a need to replace them, unless their very old and getting brittle. You might want to check your tanks for cracks etc...
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    Diesel stealth truck idea

    like the idea but... I think those rigs with the shelving are expensive, welding all that together would get costly fast... I mean it would work n all and definately give you massive stealth, but uggg... high cost.
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    Quieting a HB $80 Generator

    I cant watch the vid right now, (really crappy 10 yr old work computer) but... if he does not have an exaust or intake... that is how he has quieted it down, the problem being without air or exaust it would use up the air around it very quickly then die. btw I forgot what its called but there...
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    Straw Bale - winter villa

    well they did the venting right, but I went to a seminar on how to do straw bale construction... ok so a few things... 1) they sell these big wire staple like things for binding the straw bales together, then you use rebar and heavy wire and wire mesh to build a structure in and around them...
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    Still cheap and good

    eek everclear... side note: anybody else make the ramen burrito? just pour hot water in the ramen bag, shake the seasoning in, then eat ramen inside like a burrito... btw somebody else told me eating raw ramen can give you worms, I didnt believe it and still use it as a chinese chicken salad...
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    Quieting a HB $80 Generator

    uh... I doubt it. I got one of those stormcats from Harbor Freight, its loud as hell, even if you put sound deadening materials around it (heck you could buy foam rubber flooring from harbor freight for like 11.00 a set that I think would do it best) there still needs to be an air intake and big...
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    Are we "Normal?"

    Very... Wasn't the whitehouse or Capitol building started with slave labor and finished by free men after the civil war?
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