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Thanks - I don't worry too much about an outage while I'm actually at home, as there are a lot of ways I could handle that. I do worry about an outage happening at home while I'm on a trip and not realizing it until I get back, etc. It would not be the end of the world but all that insulin would...

P.S. I have read up on the cheap walmart insulins so that I know how to use them if I have to, but I consider it a last resort as the kind of control I want is much more difficult to achieve vs on lantus and humalog/novolog. I want my next road trip to dip into canada so I can get some at their...

I’m not on the forum much but I am also a type 1 diabetic. Living in a condo now but trying to take longer and longer road trips. That may be the most I ever do, though I sometimes fantasize about full time. In fact I came to the forum today to search for information about which chain...

For the rags part, maybe you could tell your clients they need to provide their own rags or towels? I have a housecleaner come sometimes and have a bucket of rags and old hand towels for him. When he’s done, I wash and dry them and they’re ready for next time. I also provide all the cleaning...

Friends who find this stuff enjoyable are gold. I have one, too, and when I’m ready to get serious I’m going to be calling on him a lot! I just have to be careful that I still do my best to understand it myself, because I really want to be self-reliant on this front and others. It’s like...

Oooh just looked that up, that is cute! I have noticed I am often just not that into setting up cooking stuff at the end of a driving day, especially if it’s dark out. Baking a couple of potatoes or even warming up an already prepared stew or something while I drive sounds cozy and bertter...

Well, the high wattage on the rice cooker is only during the actual boiling phase of the cooking - which isn’t that long but long enough to make it a no go. My aforementioned 200w inverter (500w peak, Bestek) is plugged into the cigarette lighter. It has 4 USB ports and two AC outlets, and a...

that whole wiki is a TREASURE, a million thank yous for posting it!!! GeorgiePorgie I really sympathize! I find this all very confusing and daunting. When it comes to certain things like this in life, I find myself telling people, “Explain it to me like I’m 5 years old.”  (I recently watched a...

Yeah, after posting that I did a bunch of research - while a small crock pot is said to use 200W (which is what my inverter is), a rice cooker needs about 700 during the time it’s actually reaching a boil to do the active cooking. It could run on the “keep warm” setting for under 50. A 5-quart...

I just got a couple from the library, including Take Back Your Life by Stephanie Bernhagen - along the lines of the content of this forum, and videos, etc., but book form and written in 2000, so probably out of date on some of the details but not the overall gist and philosophy, with some...

I am hoping to do *something* like this in my Caravan. These pics are helpful!

Wow...hm, okay! Over 20 years on message boards and I’ve never had a post deleted. It stings! I confess I’m a little perplexed that civil discussions about these ideas can’t take place, while people seem free to snipe pretty sharply at each other on other topics. Perplexed, that is, if the goal...

It’s a really interesting and important question that will only grow in relevance over the coming years, decades, etc. We are so dedicated in this country to capitalism, pioneer spirit, bootstraps, the idea that any obstacle can be overcome with hard work...basically earning your right to exist...

That is exactly my system  :) It’s not the how-to I have a problem with. It’s the want-to!  That said, now I have a family trip coming up in a couple of weeks that involves a long drive, and I may need to save my gas money for that... Thanks for the reply and offer of help!

I do think all of this will be an increasing problem as the gap between the haves and have-nots continues to grow, and housing is less and less affordable everywhere there are actually jobs. There was a story on NPR in the last few weeks about a guy renting out vans in the L.A. area for people...

I’m about 75% sure I’ll come down. I have to get over the mental hurdle of the bathroom issue. I’ve got a bathroom bucket system I’ve taken camping before, but have only used it for peeing in the night and use campground bathrooms for everything else. I’ve yet to wrap my mind around all my...

I have something like this but have only used it while actually driving. I’m very paranoid about draining my car battery (dodge caravan), but I’ve been curious about if and how long I could safely use it without the engine running and without winding up with a dead battery. I may just have to...

I would love to know more about the Long Terhttps://freecampsites.net/blm-ltvas/m Visiting Area(s?)... ETA: Never mind, I found this info, here it is for anyone else who, like me, did not know these existed. These seem like a great way to test out your set-up without a huge investment...

I am thinking about coming! I’m not at the RTR (fear of too many people, among other reasons), but am in Utah and it would be fairly easy to get there. Do you have a sense of how many people it will be? Hundreds? Dozens? Scores? I’m curious! This would be my first time out other than at camp...

Thanks all - seller dropped off the face of the earth and my attention wandered elsewhere. I appreciate all the responses!