Comments on Bear Ridge Project: Coming Down From The Mountain

fallout11 forgets that frank let the original post...

2010-10-28T18:20:38.175-06:00

fallout11 forgets that frank let the original poster harvest plenty of firewood from his land. He was already a good neighbor.

He got lucky that he had a good neighbor willing t...

2009-12-22T11:16:23.476-07:00

He got lucky that he had a good neighbor willing to help. Hopefully that courtesy will be returned in the future, sounds like it will be a nice place when he gets it finished up and stocked properly.

Thoreau had it right - there is a lot to be said f...

2009-12-20T22:24:29.961-07:00

Thoreau had it right - there is a lot to be said for simplicity and scale.

Lessons learned the hard way are usually not repea...

2009-12-20T19:41:21.133-07:00

Lessons learned the hard way are usually not repeated. Loss of life by being stupid....no second chance. Learn then do, not do then learn.

See Ya

Some lessons are best learned the hard way! Hard ...

2009-12-20T16:25:20.286-07:00

Some lessons are best learned the hard way!

Hard learned, never forgotten!

It never ceases to amaze me, the careless attitude...

2009-12-20T09:32:13.610-07:00

It never ceases to amaze me, the careless attitude of some people. I've seen folks offshore in tiny boats with no bilge pumps or emergency gear. Every time a hurricane approaches, stores get wiped out of plywood, batteries, and bottled water. Folks have no understanding of the forces at work around them, and probably have that "someone will help me" attitude. They can't fathom the thought that "someone" might not get there in time, or not get there at all. So many deaths could have been prevented by a little forethought, a little planning, and a little preparation. But that requires effort, something a lot of folks are unwilling to put forth these days....

He will learn, trial by fire as they say. I have b...

2009-12-20T07:59:35.815-07:00

He will learn, trial by fire as they say. I have been building on my place in NC for years, driving, or flying up from Ft. Lauderdale to make it to the cabin for spans of 2 weeks or less, but learned by now, every mistake has been a lesson, always have 2X what you need on hand, never leave the place without food or propane, and dont drive up from Florida in winter in shorts and flip flops!

I hope he survives. I have lived in a RV through t...

2009-12-19T19:56:30.970-07:00

I hope he survives. I have lived in a RV through three winters and they are cold and water must be carried in because of frozen pipes. Even with an unlimited supply of propane and grid power it's not an ideal living situation unless it is well planned in advance, then it's not bad.

Being a self-reliant person requires a lot of mental work as well as physical work.

One of my sayings is, "Fail to Plan --- Plan to Fail".

You don't mess with Old Man Winter. I'm h...

2009-12-19T17:40:53.526-07:00

You don't mess with Old Man Winter.

I'm helping friends wire their off-grid house. The shell was supposed to be ready by June. It's still not completely closed up, as the windows need to be installed -holes covered with typar. I wasn't able to start wiring until December. Stuff happens. They fell into a winter house sitting job, but must be in their house by May.

Today they put in a huge woodstove so we won't freeze. Plenty of subzero days lately.

They'll have a roof over their head. It'll have electric, but might not have running water. All depends on when the ground thaws enough to lay pipe from the well.

There are two rules about house construction: everything cost more and takes longer.