I'm moving to a shack, with no power, on top of a mountain!

**rottiguy** · 27th July 2008, 21:23

Good luck, you could buy a small solar panel to charge the mobile. Could also use it to charge mp3 player etc.. for some tunes and such. A mate wound a coil of copper pipe around the chimney of his wood burner and got shitloads of hot water like that so could be worth a try.

Originally Posted by Gubb

Heh. Not much use if you can't charge it!

Good luck mate, I couldn't last more than a week without power!

**Ixion** · 27th July 2008, 21:36

What an idyllic existence. I am envious

Sounds very like the house I was born in and grew up in.

You will find that most modern "essentials" are very overrated and non-essential

**Boob Johnson** · 27th July 2008, 21:37

Originally Posted by tri boy

Rats, busted shit house, drafty old shed, no power. He should be paying you.

lol I reckon, free rent in place for doin it up.

YOU pay to live THERE!!!???

**FJRider** · 27th July 2008, 21:40

Originally Posted by scumdog

Or shave...

And those are the better one's....

**Ixion** · 27th July 2008, 21:45

Originally Posted by tri boy

Feral chicks who don't wash.

You realise of course that the habitation described by Mr Steam is almost certainly exactly the sort of house in which your mother , or grandmother, depending on your age, grew up in ? I am not sure they would be pleased by so unflattering a dismissal of their maidenly hygiene.

There is absolutely no reason whatspoever why living in such a state should not be entirely conducive of every propiety. There is firewood to heat water, so why should there be any stint of washing or shaving ?

**tri boy** · 27th July 2008, 21:50

All very good points Ixion, but you have forgotten that young women of today can barely identify a broom, let alone be able to comprehend, interpret, then apply the operational instructions t'wards said apparatus.
So making a fire to heat up a wetback, to boil water that will soften the home made soap to wash away the crabs that steam will infest them with, is like flying to Mars for them.

**Ixion** · 27th July 2008, 21:51

I await the response of the young women!

**jrandom** · 27th July 2008, 21:52

I reckon it sounds awesome.

So long as one is the sort of chap that doesn't mind one's own company, of course.

Which I get the impression is the case with Mr Steam.

He'll last.

**tri boy** · 27th July 2008, 21:57

Originally Posted by jrandom

I reckon it sounds awesome.

So long as one is the sort of chap that doesn't mind one's own company, of course.

Which I get the impression is the case with Mr Steam.

He'll last.

Or start to have conversations with pet rats.
(Sorry Steam, but this thread is bound to develop into a classic. Good luck to ya ol man).

**Ixion** · 27th July 2008, 22:01

Well, rats is easily dealt with. either a cat, a terrier or a raptor. Mr Steam being Mr Steam, I imagine it will be the latter.

Anyway rats is an overexaggerated problem. Keep them out of the house and they are not a problem.

**Ixion** · 27th July 2008, 22:05

Um. Just one point . Up a mountian, open fires. Do please invest in a BIG fire extinguisher. No, bigger then that . That's still quite small. Can you see over the top of it? OK, bigger.

**scracha** · 27th July 2008, 22:09

Originally Posted by Ixion

I await the response of the young women!

Story of your life?

**Brett** · 27th July 2008, 22:09

I reckon that it sounds like a helluva lot of fun! Good on ya mate, I am sure you will enjoy it!

**Cruisin' Craig** · 27th July 2008, 22:09

Originally Posted by Steam

I'm moving to a shack on top of a mountain!

Fun eh!

I think it sounds fantastic. I hope you stay there for ages, like it, and save loads of money. Those of us who have gone and had families and stuff cant do things like that any more, so you enjoy it on my behalf O.K?