Crushing PLO (PLO5-->PLO200)

I've got a first draft of a energy exchange agreement. I think I covered most of the bases where there is confusion and/or has been issues in past exchanges. I also added in a standard template liability waiver. I want to add into the liability waiver that there is dangerous work on-site and that it is important to focus and be careful when engaging in dangerous activities. I want to add in where the safety gear is located, first aid kits, fire safety and more. I will encourage people to take safety precautions when engaged in work, and to refuse work seen as unsafe. Sure, part of it is covering my ass from getting sued.. but its also important to protect the people that come here to engage in activities on the land.

In unrelated news: I scored some copper and a hot water tank. I've spent the last several days building a hot water system that works with the wood stove. I've got it running as a thermosiphon. The water circulates via convection through a copper serpentine I've assembled on the side of the wood stove. It's siphoned and stored up high so I can use a gravity feed to a cast iron tub, and a tap at chest height above the woodstove to collect hot water for domestic use. It requires no electricity and is a simple system.

Its in its first version. I plan to have a cold water intake which is controlled by a float valve. As hot water is drawn out, the cold water is deposited into the system. I'll have it so that the cold water intake runs along the roof and coils many times around the chimney pipe to pre-heat above ambient to help boost temps in the system. I've also got to consider how water is flowing and how the siphon is working and can adjust/position elements to help improve energy efficiency.

The project was a horrible first project in soldering. I didn't have the proper tools, and I was soldering 1.5" copper pipe which is much more difficult than working with 1/2" or 3/4" pipe. It was also -10C to -20C (like -10F?) during most of the project and working with metal and soldering outdoors in very cold temperatures with improper tools added another degree of difficulty. I ended up having multiple leaks, one of which appeared after things were installed and heat was added.(I ran the stove super hot in prep for the -27C night(like -20F?), and the pipes were dry and I melted a solder joint). Other mistakes were made.. I used about $200-$250 in materials, and I was given about that much in scrap value copper to use for the project.

I'm quite pleased with the system so far, it seems to be working pretty well. I will be working on the cold intake and building a insulated lid and making more insulation for the system.

The tank will be sitting directly behind a grow-tent I built to grow greens/mushrooms. I'll make a small duct from the tank to the grow-tent so that that heat the tank gives off over-night will go to plants in the insulated grow tent, and eventually to the ambient space to benefit the humans.

Everything is pretty unfinished at the moment. To finish, my plan is to get some thin plywood on the grow-tent so I can paint it to match the room colors. I plan to box in the water tank and paint it, too. I'd like to put cultured stone on the foundational cement blocks of the water tank. I think the copper pipes are going to remain visible, in the open.

The system works pretty well. I got 100L to bath temp in about 20-30hours of running the stove medium-high. This was with a wide-open top and near freezing starting temps. I think with a preheated cold-intake, some flow adjustments, insulating the serpentine, and insulating the water box.. I should be able to get close to 2x the output.

The hot water tank acts as a thermal battery. For example, if its a fairly mild winter night of barely freezing temperatures at night, I wont run a fire over-night. I may have it at a comfortable temperature when I go to bed, although when I wake up, its like 12-13C(60F?). With the thermal battery, the heat from the previous day/night that would have been in the air, is stored into the water and released into the air all night and the next day(s). I'd estimate would give me at least 1 degree higher ambient room temp in the morning, maybe 2 or 3 degrees C.

I'll be tweaking around the system tomorrow and hopefully I'll get some photos to share with y'alls

Pics, cause it happened..
This is the little water distiller. woodstove heats it up and steam is collected and run through a small condenser. It deposits water into a mason jar which I use to create collodial silver and collodial gold(mason jar shown in pic)

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This is the woodstove hot water system:

Water comes into the tank through the cold inlet, which is the line running around the chimney pipe. It gets pre-heated this way. It gets deposited into the tank through the top, into the bottom via a stand-pipe. The tank fills automatically whenever the water level drops slightly by use of the pressurized cold inlet and the float valve installed inside the tank.

There is a flow of water through the system. It is slow and steady. The cold water goes out the cold outlet at the bottom of the system into the copper pipe. It goes through the copper pipe serpentine(aka heat exchanger) mounted on the side of the stove. As the water is heated, it flows up through the pipe and deposits at the top of the tank. This is the thermosiphon at the heart of the system.

There is a hot water outtake near the top which feeds a domestic hot water use tap that comes out for collection over the stove.. or there is a secondary valve which feeds a cast iron bathtub outside.

The entire system is open, so there is no risk of pressure build up / explosions. It uses gravity, convection, and simple mechanical systems. No pumps, no power, no danger(other than a low risk of flooding from the cold inlet)

It's almost complete. It needs an insulated lid insulation at the pipe inlets/outlets, and beautified(it needs a box, and nice cultured stone around the base.

So far on the test run is if I run the stove medium-high it will bring the temperature to a light steam(I'd say barely hot enough for a hot bath) on the 100Ls in under 24h(I haven't timed it exactly, It's probably in the 10-14hour range. If I run it super hot for 12-24hours(enough to get it to 16C-22C inside the yurt when its -10C or below outside) it gets the entire tank to a comfortable bathing temperature. The issue is its too cold outside to bath, or would be too warm inside air temps to justify getting the bath temps super high.

I think if I heavily insulate the system I should be able to make it so that comfortable air temps in the yurt translate to good bath temps in the winter. Worst case scenario, I have multiple strategies for bathing in the winter if the water doesn't get hot enough. First, run the stove as usual to get entire tank to a light steam. Then, fill up 3 stock pots, put on top of the stove. Run stove super high for ~1hour and get the three stock pots to a boil and the water tank temps up to a medium-steam. Drain into tub, and dump stock pots into main tank and drain to tub. This should give hot bath temps. Secondary strategy is simply starting a fire under the tub.

It would be nice to get some opinions on how to minimize flood risk. Not sure if anyone reading this has plumbing experience-- could be a longshot. The danger is that the float valve fails and the system keeps getting fed water. Is an overflow pipe the most economical option? Perhaps I just have it overflow under the floor and then ~6" underground to the nearest ditch(20ft)?

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These images show my grow shelves/tent setup.

It's basically an insulated cabinet. It's all setup with lights and heated pads. I've got it pretty airtight. I'll be running a small duct from the water tank so the warm air bleeds into the cabinet. I've got my first run of mushrooms in there and a couple trays of microgreens that are preparing to sprout.

fire under the bathtub sounds so hardcore, I love it!

I have two questions: 1) About how often do you go back to "civilization"? (Meaning, visiting family/friends, taking a vacation, or whatever.) And 2) Do you miss it at all?

Like many people, I love going to the mountains for a few days for some long hikes and fresh air and whatnot... but I admit I could not live like you do. I find your lifestyle to be equal parts fascinating and impressive and insane.

Could someone tell me about when this blog turned from a PLO blog to living in the wild? Kind of curious to read the thoughts that went into going down that path but the thread is quite large.

Yea, its certainly bad ass. Fire is amazing, happy to be using it.
That said, moving wood and harvesting trees is lots of work. I'm thinking if I arrange some firebrick and blocks around I can get 2x+ out of the wood heat.

Once in November, and I think before that it was about 1.5years.

Hmm, I can't say that I miss it. There are some elements that are nice. My favorite thing about civilization is the crazy amount of "waste" products and deals that are around. The other things like enjoy most about civilization are accessible to a lesser degree where I am now. The things I don't like about civilization seem to be getting worse as time goes on.. so I can't say I'm missing it.

Thanks. I can completely understand the insane element. I think I would have seen my future self as a little insane in the past, and probably fascinating, as well. I'm in a space now where things like traffic, air pollution, water pollution, EMF pollution and such contribute quite negatively to my quality of life. Being in the city now seems crazy to me, whereas it was essential for my life 10years ago.

Would have been a slow transition starting around 2016-17, into full blown wildness around 2021.

Thoughts were fueled by a shift in values/beliefs that came from experiences fasting and working with ayahuasca. That shift led to a gradual shift in thinking.

Spring is coming! Was planning to fell some trees this month before they "woke up". Turns out some of them are already running, which is a sign spring is very near.

The idea with felling them now is that ground disturbance is the lowest because the snow forms a protective blanket. Also, other plants that may get damaged by falling trees haven't put energy into growing then it get smacked, and they can focus energy more appropriately when they "wake up" damaged.

In addition, the trees are said to be the hardest when felled in the winter. This is good news as much of the lumber is being milled. It's easier to see too, as no leaves are around. Lastly, its easier to drag branches around over the snow than it is to wade it through a bunch of bush/rocks.

I have another week or two of tree work to do. I'm focusing mostly on dropping them, limbing(cutting the branches), and piling the limbs. It's also important to drop the trees in a way that minimizes damage to the forest, but also makes it possible to harvest the logs. Some of these tree sections are 1500lbs+, so there has to be a way to hook up a winch or truck to pull out the log.

It's kind of fun. There is problem solving, exercise, adrenaline, and value. I'm always trying to figure out the best use case for everything. In the last couple days I've felled/cleaned 3 firs (17-22" diameter), 2 cedars (14-18"diameter), and a bunch of small stuff.

Any section >8" diameter I consider for milling, mulching, or firewood. For mulching, some trees just suck to mill and suck for firewood, so they go to the garden. For firewood, some trees are alright to mill, but make good firewood so any sections that are slightly twisted find themselves in a firewood pile. For logs that are milling candidates, I've got to judge the best spots to cut the tree based on its growth pattern, but also consider my list of the types/lengths of wood needed for projects.

Sections that are 4-10" I consider to either mill(rarely), post/building uses(often), or firewood. Using the logs as roundwood in building is easier, as it bypasses the processing of the mill. It also is stronger as roundwood. The issue is that conventional building materials don't work with circles, so that has to be accounted for.. I'll mill some of the smaller stuff for specific use cases. For example, some structural elements only need 2 flat sides.. It's a waste to have the extra flat bits. So, I can get a log and mill it on just two faces, and viola.

Sections 2"-4" which includes the tops and the larger parts of branches I use for firewood or mulch. It's quite energy-intensive to gather it, but I think of it as a way of respecting the forest. Most people will just burn all of this stuff rather than process it. Some of the branches are better to use in the garden, some are better suited as firewood.

Sections .5"-2" are used mostly for wood chipping, or mulch. The woodchips are used mostly as mulch, although cedar is nice for pathways and spreading around on high-traffic muck holes.

>.5" usually get eaten by the chipper. If they are just lying around I leave them back to the forest and don't bother processing.

The mill also produces "waste" which gets recycled back mostly into garden building projects and firewood.

I wonder how many tons of wood I moved by hand last year. I bet it was over 20 tonnes..

w00t w00t, scored ~100 pieces of 8-10ft 2x4s and 2x6s... chicken coop materials are here! This is great, it seems like a waste to use my nice milled lumber on a coop.

Really intrigued by my body this winter. Last winter I lost a ton of strength, this year I didn't. Other than eating a keto diet, I can't see much of a difference between activity levels. A few days ago I came across a pullup bar and did 4, thinking I could maybe do 2. I easily passed the 1-minute hang challenge of hanging from the bar. I think I could do two minutes.

Last year around this time I started moving some logs around and doing mushroom log innoculation work and was exhausted after a few hours-- I'm curious to see how the coming weeks will go (I'll be doing the same tasks).

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I'm still torn over clearing out healthy cedars to farm land. I have now gone up to a few trees intending to cut them and have not been able to do it. I have opened up about a 1.2acre space to farm, although I think I would need more to support a several people up here given the strategies I'm interested in employing. It's tricky as I don't want to start building a fence until I feel comfortable with the size of the space being cleared out, and I can't farm this area without a fence, and/or a great guard dog.. It would be a mess to re-do a section of the fence, and/or to fell 70ft+ trees when there are a bunch of baby fruit/nut trees 10-20ft downhill.

Getting into natural law and such related topics again, played around that rabbit hole a few years ago. Alphonse Faggliolo has some awesome materials, cal washington I also sutided a bit of his stuff. Brandon Williams has come into my sphere now. The guy is vocal and aggressive, coming out with lots of material that threatens the establishments. I fear he will be murdered within a few years.

Would be good to get my house in order(claim my sovereignty) before spring sets in.

Mud season!

Its true... somehow I forgot. The snow is giving way to massive amounts of mud!

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Yeah, so after a few days of working.. The verdict on the body condition is in...

Somehow, I'm in much better shape than last year at this time. I'm having trouble figuring out how. This year... I was smoking 5-10 cigs a day for 3 weeks and quit cold turkey, had less cold exposure this winter, and less gym/exercise time. The keto diet and/or water charging somehow must have had a very large impact and its the only main difference between the years that is suppose to be of benefit. Perhaps, in addition, the body can re-adjust faster in such a way after it has already done a season. I'm wondering if perhaps last year I didn't give myself enough rest? Still a bit of a mystery of what's going on as it would seem to defy conventional thinking.

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Spring cleaning is beginning in the lower elevations, all sorts of used goods are coming up. Its just about time to start backing up the truck to accumulate the resources. Ideally the road clears of snow soon so I can go get my trailer and backup the trailer... I have an opportunistic perspective on materials. March-May and Oct-Nov is accumulation time. Lots of people selling, spring cleaning/moving. Around here, people are typically quite poor late winter/early spring-- not much work. I buy up all sorts of ****.

There are way more people here in mid-summer, and the peoples have way more disposable income. I will be listing all my things for sale in early June.

Body Odor..

Okay so I thought I'd share some more information which is pretty counter-culture that may be of interest.

I haven't shampooed my hair in years.
I haven't worn deodorant in around a decade.
Last year, I went several months without using soap in the shower, and my showers were usually under 2 minutes.

I would routinely go up to different friends, lift my armpit and ask if I smelled like BO. 90% of the time, the answer was no.

During the winter, I reeked. I used soap regularly and needed showers every other day.
Why? It's all diet/health related.
During the winter I was on a radically different diet and that ended up emitting a very different type of odor, one that was quite off-putting. A type of odor most people would use to describe body odor.
I recently switched back to my standard diet, and my odor as changed, again. More sweating, less soap, and less disturbing smells.
That's how it is.... if you are healthy!

The issue is, one doesn't really encounter the people like me. Or if one does, one doesn't realize that I don't shower often use/use soap etc.
To the contrary, there is an uncommon breed of hippy who doesn't shower, and they believe they fart rainbows and smell like flowers. The issue is, they are delusional and actually are not healthy and stink to high heaven.
Sadly, they are also typically much more vocal and active, so even though they are actually quite rare in society... it is much more likely to encounter this type of person relative to a rural homesteader who doesn't use soap/products, and doesn't smell bad. This ends up re-enforcing the conventional beliefs that you need to buy JnJ body-care products laced with lord knows what to get you to be sick and buy from there medical product care line!

Got an excavator. 3ton. Gentlemen's agreement, to be transported within 2weeks.
If it goes through, which I suspect it will, I'll have an old machine with little quirks that will be able to do massive amounts of work. The thing can lift up almost any log(2000lbs) onto a mill deck. Creek water line/other irrigation can be trenched/buried, 2acre fence line can be prepped, Harvesting of pond muck, moving around limbs/rocks, making new ponds, root cellar.. general help.. Probably should have got one of these years ago. $15kcdn, which is a pretty good price.

Energy levels have been lower lately, for a couple weeks. I'm unsure why. I'm thinking perhaps I have an infection or something like this, something that hasn't happened before.. Will be doing a summer fast, soon.

Generally though, I'm doing well. Even at like 70%, lots has got done. I built a bunch of raised beds and have populated the greenhouse with plants. I got a couple more mushroom patches going, and I'm experimenting with outdoor crops. Have around 6 cords of firewood processed/chopped, about 1.5more until I'm full up and ready for ~2 winters. I got a couple air-driven compost bins. The birch flooring nearing completion. Have had a couple burns, few loads of branches chipped, and cleaned/thinned some areas of the forest.

If all continues well it looks like I should be pulling at least a couple hundred pounds of food this year-- which is exciting. I suspect I've already harvested 10pounds+ of food, despite having a failed spring crop.

The help this year is very limited. I've had one volunteer who is still here. I may consider hiring good help, I have a friend interested in working.

I'm pretty bummed out about prospective relationships, both intimate and friendship wise. Most intimate though. I have nothing going on that is of interest. Maybe I'm being too picky? It doesn't help that there are barely any young woman within 10kms and that I barely ever leave my place.

I'm also slightly bitter about a general sentiment towards the land. The land is fairly disorganized and has tons of materials everywhere. Many places are unfinished, so it does have some junky vibes. The part where I'm bitter is that it seems most people just want to be at the destination and aren't interested in the struggles, the development, the journey... It is very common that people say they really want to see the place in 5 years. What is not common is people saying they want to be a part of the process. Many people want to rent big, comfortable, finished spaces.. and they want them for cheap. I suppose its the entitlement, lack of acknowledgement for the process, and my personal loneliness generating the bitterness.

Life is good! I've been feeling more gratitude lately. Living life on my own terms and enjoying it.

The gardens are doing well. Things are growing better than expected. Plants are green and often larger than the plants in town, which is nearly an entire growing zone warmer.
Rodents are still around, but they are no longer bothering my plants like they were in the spring. The deer tried to get my stuff, and I had to put up some temporary fencing. They are alright now. I'm worried about the rats, and have begun killing them. They have not yet discovered the potatoes, and they haven't bothered any of the annual plants. The baby trees are doing well, and annuals veg doing well, some mushrooms coming up from the beds/logs. The solar kiln converted into a greenhouse quite well. It gets about 1C-1.5C warmer when fans are on, and about 20C warmer when its sealed up. Likewise, the big greenhouse is working similarly well, it heats up/cools down slower(a good thing). I've only had a few fires with the rocket mass heater. It got less use than I expected. Given a before dinner ~90minute burn, it holds about 3-4C ambient above in the morning, when temps are around 0. It is about 5-6C higher around the actual heating space, in the morning. So, at current it would be capable of protecting from a frost to about -6C if I had sensitive plants on the heater, and hardy elsewhere. This is perfect as I may in some cases transplant summer crops in mid-April where its possible to get a hard frost. This is what happened this year when I transplanted in early May. I only used it three times, once in spring when it was going to be -3C, and twice in mid-May when we almost saw a frost when the tomatoes were in.

If everything continues going fairly well.. which is a big if.. the rats pose a large threat.. I expect to be harvesting about double last years haul. I think at least 300 pounds of veg, 10 pounds of mushrooms, and at least a pound of tobacco(I have like 20plants, a light addiction).
The goal is to double that again, next year(well, maybe not the tobacco production) and add in chickens/fish!
If I can continue at the same pace, I would be capable of supporting about half my food costs(assuming I can trade locally, too).

I've been plugging away at the bathhouse/bathtub project. I've got the bathtub on version 2.5. Its pretty solid, takes an hour and armful of wood to get a hot bath going. Got the firebox to a size where I only need to go to start the fire, and back once more to feed the fire/turn off the water inlet.

v3 I will have a damper plate put into the stove pipe, and a metal sheet to use as a door at the firebox. This will allow me to control airflow which will increase efficiency, and allow me to put out the fire when it gets to temperature.
I've got a deck built around the bathtub and half a roof above it. Getting the roof started was very challenging as one person.

I have to continue securing the roofing parts and will have to finish the the solar hot water panel so that I can install it into the roofing system. Hot summer showers, and an option for cold water in winter!
The plumbing is tricky due to it being an outside unheated space. The potential for water to freeze is the main issue. I have a somewhat comprehensive plan which will need some tuning.

The mini excavator has not arrived. The gentleman's agreement to purchase fell through and has turned into a much less gentlemanly written contract for purchase on July 20. I'm not even sure if I will get it up to my place on that day.. I'd like to have the repairs done before it comes up, there is a mechanic ~10minutes away. He did lower the price as a result of breaking our agreement... and he had to leave town for a few weeks.

Per usual, everything is taking much longer than expected. It's hard to imagine how I haven't been able to match expectations to meet workflow.. It seems so hard to get good estimates on times. I've been fairly fortunate to have lots of rain. Its very unlikely to be a smokey July/Aug. Also, I've been able to put outdoor irrigation systems on hold as the rain has kept everything alive, thus far.

Looking ahead...

June:
Finish walls, yurt
Begin floors, yurt
re-install waterline for irrigation, garden.
Finish up bathhouse roof rafters/supports, solar water heater install

July:
Complete bathhouse (metal on, decking on, begin walls/doors/windows, v3 of bathtub)
Floors/tile, cabin
tile, yurt
Move mill, re-level, prepare site for milling. Begin milling log piles
Exterior cabin, metal + wooden siding.
Begin cleanup by mill site

August
Start fall crops/transplant
Begin harvest
cleanup mill site, organize wood
dig aquaculture pond, build first food forest row
bury water lines, setup hydrants
Continue milling
Root cellar build, start

Sept
Finish canting logs.
Finish root cellar build
Harvest!

Oct
Begin greenhouse aquaponics, pond/grow beds.
Preserve foods. Can, root cellar, etc.
start preparing for winterization, clean out chimney..

Nov
Fix snowblower
Misc tasks
Wrap up winter prep.. protect tools/materials/buildings.

I'd like to start spending at least $500/wk on skilled labour. I figure I can get a couple guys at $30/hr to be working with me half the time.

Evacuated due to wild fire. There is pretty huge fire right next to my place. No damage so far, plenty of firefighters up there and lots of precautions but there has been some losses from neighbors a couple miles away.

Plans have changed.. quite a bit. I'm basically on a mini-vacation nearby in a house in a the nearest town. We are surrounded by smoke and barely leave the house.

Oh man, that sucks. Good luck, may the winds favor you.

Got back from the evacuation. Fires still going, but way less active.
My property was completely untouched from fires.

Closest damage was about 2km away. Some outbuildings lost, including a friends yurt.

I was evacuated to a friends place in a nearby town. That town was evacuated, so I was evacuated a second time to a friends place a few towns over. A few days after that I decided to leave as the area was super smokey and there was a small potential of getting trapped.

I spent the last 2 full days getting re-organized. I had a 16ft trailer packed to the nuts with gear. I also had my mill that I parked in a safe space, and I still have to grab my farm truck which is full of gears at a friends.

I lost most of my summer plants, and almost all of my fall seedling crop. Amazingly, some plants survived in the greenhouse without water for 3 weeks. This includes a few potted tomato plants that were sitting on rocks. I have a hard time understanding how these plants could survive 3 weeks when they show signs of stress after going 2 days without water. Well, somehow it happened.

I have also been greeted by massive squash plants in the small greenhouse which also did not get any water for 3 weeks, and was covered and did not get any rainwater.
The squash plants look happy and healthy.

I really cant understand how this happened. Sure, there was smoke which brought down the heat.. but still...

I will be harvesting all the garlic and potatoes tomorrow. I also will be harvesting the dried out dead basil, the peppers hanging on the dead pepper plants, and the tobacco on the dead tobacco plants. I don't know what to expect. Im certainly at least a week or two late on all of it. If I managed to score garlic that could last me to winter and at least 100pounds of potatoes, I'd be satisfied. The tobacco I'm a bit confused about what to do and expect. Most of the plants died and the leaves have started drying out, but its not quite the way its suppose to, and in a less than optimal location for many leaves... I think I should get me a decent tobacco crop. The current batch should be enough to last me until the new year, with regular smoking, I'd imagine. I have another batch of larger plants that are still alive which should get me early summer.

Short update from the homestead:

I got a mini excavator. A 3ton model. It can lift 90% of logs I would want to mill. Can move large stones. More importantly, I can dig. It's got around a 14ft reach. Can do more ponds, root cellar, pretty much anything. It runs well, although its got some major hydraulic leaks. I'm getting a couple opinions on how to fix it, and will do so over the winter. I was expecting to pay around $20k-25k for a machine like this, and I got it from a local for $14k. Great deal, even with its issues. Super pumped about it.

Got the hardwood flooring and walls finished in the yurt. Re-organized the space and its feeling pretty awesome.

I'm around 90% done the cabin floor. Will finish it later.

First frost is coming tonight. I've got to get all the water freeze-proof this afternoon. Been procrastinating it until now.. :\

Man, winter comes fast up there. Not sure I could handle that. I really hate the Texas summers, but fall/winter/spring are pretty good.

Oh yeah, its fast.. Yup winters are long. If winters were half the duration, but the summers weren't any hotter-- I'd be a happy man. The lack of sun is the biggest issues for me, in this climate. Anything farther north with a cloudy environment and it would be difficult to handle. At some point in the future I'll probably start spending 3-8 weeks away for mid-late winter, once I start to feel more comfortable about the global impending doom situation.

Spring/summer is amazing here. Fall is short, but Octobers can be quite nice. It's looking like 55F-65F the next two weeks with a decent amount of sunshine. While I prefer 60-75 with sun as ideal, I'd take 55F-65F over 85F-95F. While I prefer Spring, fall is alright, too.

I haven't been in Texas, but I found the summer in the lower states generally terrible.. Even stuff near the coast was too hot for me. I did enjoy the Falls/winters in those areas, though.

Peoples thoughts on currency reset / big market crash soon? I was thinking it may have happened one of the last two winters, but didn't sense it and didn't commit. Seeming like it could be this or next.. I'm better positioned but considering some big moves. Wondering what the general vibe is on peoples thoughts/sense is on this.

every alarm is screaming recession, but FED have kicked can so far down the road with quantative easing that they’ve primed the mega inflation. tens of thousands are going to die from side effects of it, and yet no one will be called a murderer.

bunker down