Here’s another one from the Patagonia company.
Good stuff.
This one is about the “right to roam”….in this case, it’s the Scottish understanding that private lands should be accessible to travelers and adventurous souls.
Interesting.
We don’t act like that around here.
I even have a “no trespassing” sign on the property we own down the street.
I don’t want to share….but, then again, the folks who want to share around here don’t always take such good care of other people’s property.
Maybe if the expectation was different on both sides….that care had to be taken to continue to have the right to enjoy access…..wellllllll…..things might be kind of nice.
A “right to roam” would be a good thing to be able to enjoy.
I’d say, “HOWDY, NEIGHBOR!!” if I dropped down onto the property on the other side of the fence.
It would be nice not to get shot….for sure.
Here’s the definition of “right to roam”…..from Wikipedia:
The freedom to roam, or “everyman’s right”, is the general public’s right to access certain public or privately owned land, lakes, and rivers for recreation and exercise. The right is sometimes called the right of public access to the wilderness or the “right to roam“.
“Many ways to skin a cat”?
Yuck.
But….that’s what a good headline does….grabs you and doesn’t let you go.
Right?
Watch the video from yesterday if you didn’t get a chance to see and read the post….and then watch this one.
Or…watch this one and then watch the other one.
Or…if you’re good at multitasking, open two windows and watch them both at the same time.
That would be hard….but efficient.
This is at the other end of the spectrum….fancy and big.
The one yesterday was really small…and really elegantly simple.
The contrast between the two makes one ask the question “what’s a tiny house all about?”
What’s it all about?
Simple….or….only a little smaller?
This is a nice build….just different from what the guy did in yesterday’s video.
And….these folks do love their cats.
They don’t skin them….even if they built a huge and fancy “tiny house”.
They don’t skin cats.
Good.
Here’s a dude homesteading down in Orlando….living in a 10×10 tiny house that he built for around 1,500 dollars using mostly recycled materials.
This is what the “tiny house movement” should be about…but how do you market simplicity?
How do you accessorize minimalism?
That doesn’t translate to an Amazon “lightning deal”.
What do they call what he’s doing?
Ahhhhhhh! “Appropriate Technology”!
He has what he needs….and pares down the rest.
And….he grows his own toilet paper!
How cool is that?
That’s a plant that you’d definitely want to keep alive.
If money doesn’t grow on trees….it’s good that toilet paper does.
And….wait for the quote towards the end: “That’s what it’s all about: how can we meet the needs of other people?”
Watch the video for the context of that quote.
More about Rob Greenfield here…. http://robgreenfield.tv/ or….here: https://www.youtube.com/user/RobJGreenfield
Cyndi on a dulcimer….with band from a 1995 Howard Stern show.
Sometimes you forget how good people are when you don’t get a chance to hear them for a while.
Good stuff.
Here’s a van that looks pretty “dialed in”.
I’m not so sure about his sprouting method, though.
He needs to get a mason jar and a lid with a screen….sprout in moisture….not dirt.
Easier to clean….maybe.
Maybe it’s too cold up where he is, though.
He’s right about rent costs.
It’s getting bad down here, too.
If you don’t know the name “Foresty Forest” do a YouTube search and watch some of his bicycle touring videos…..beautiful videos.
And….check out the comment in the 2nd video “I think I have 95% of my belongings in here…”
That’s what you call “light enough to travel”.
Ben does Springsteen.
Good stuff.
This made me like Ben Harper even more.
Two gentle spirits….in harmony.
Can it get any better?
I didn’t buy mine at the “pick-a-part” yard.
I bought mine at a big yard in Asheville where they pull the parts and have them stored outside in the elements for years.
Mine came with the emergency brake cables cut off short and the center brake line intact…..sort of.
I’d pull the part myself with the idea that it might be nice to have the e-brake cables on the axle so I wouldn’t have to take mine off my old axle.
The guys at the big yard don’t treat the greasy parts with the nervous love that I’d pull them off the donor car with.
But….it’s cool that you can buy parts at a decent price and maybe get my Jeep back on the road soon.
Now I just need to tell them that I’m taking another day off this week.
Like….the one sunny day that falls the day after tomorrow.
Like a good day for wrestling with this heavy part out in the gravel.
I’m not a slave.
I should just tell them what my plans are.
Right?
This looks easy.
And….it only takes about 4 minutes.
Cool.
I’m tired of car repairs that beat me up.
I’m ready for something easy.
My Jeep has issues right now….but I think that I’m going to go to the junkyard and buy a whole rear end instead of pulling the axle and replacing the part that ripped. ( Did you know that a stout steel backing plate could “tear” under pressure? Did you know that when everything goes bad back in a brake drum you can lose all your brake fluid and then you stop being able to stop? There must be a lot of stress when I’m careening down a mountain and need to halt suddenly a couple of times before I get to the bottom….).
So…this will be another thing that I get to learn how to do out in the gravel.
Scotty Kilmer makes it look easy.
It darn well better be.
I’m tired of feeling tired….because of these stupid cars.
I need to bolt something together and TAKE OFF!!
(You know I’m only kidding about this being easy. Nothing on these rusty beasts is easy. I’m toast.)