Cold war telephone exchange in an underground bunker

[coppercone2]

to what, not being bald? 

[Towger]

to what, not being bald? 

Nothing wrong in supporting the Patrick Stewart look, by the time your in your 30s....

A 'friend' of mine went to Turkey a couple of weeks ago, for a transplant.   His wife says he did not tell her about it until the morning he left, just said he was going to Turkey.  Arrived back a couple of days later.  I don't understand why someone would bother, just shave the remains off.  Only problem is getting sunburnt in the summer and keeping it warm in the winter.

[Red Squirrel]

I assume you are an engineer,

its a sad state of affairs that you need to live like a mountain man farmer to make normal retirement age work.

Me no, just a NOC tech.  But either way, because of how fast costs of living keep going up, I just feel I'll always need a stream of income just to pay for all the bills. 

I guess the key is to find side work to do during retirement to help cover the bills so the retirement fund goes further.   But I do like the idea of living semi off grid so probably do that anyway.  Once my mortgage is paid off I'll start looking for land more seriously.  Start off as a place to go camping until I can set it up so it's winterized and year round livable.

[coppercone2]

Did you ever do a cost analysis to see what the utility vs tax only savings are? I thought about this before but its slim pickings IMO.

I like the idea of a luxury cost reduction like installing solar to offset the cost of electric heat rather then dealing with fuel oil and over designed HVAC but I don't think I would rely on it for retirement savings because the costs of a decent livable system are pretty ludicrous when it breaks down (i.e. inverter fail). I have a feeling I would be perpetually paranoid about equipment failure if I relied on it for keeping even.

I do like the idea of building a cabin though. Only problem is I would need a legit septic system because I am not shitting in the woods or a fucking out house. 

I think the most easy steps to take as a home owner or in general is to do your own work like yard, electrical, plumbing, etc.. being able to unclog your own crapper can end up being more profitable then solar over a 10 year period IMO, with no exposure to equipment failures unless your snake breaks. Ok bit of a stretch maybe 500% but still.. and cooking a few meals a day at least.. i heard those silicon valley people eat out 3 meals a day...

[Red Squirrel]

All those things are a one time costs vs monthly, so it would be cheaper in long run.   And yeah I would want a septic too, and well/water tank etc.  Essentially I'd have the luxuries of a house, except I'd be the one providing all my own services rather than paying bills that go up every month.

Want full redundancy on everything as well.  So yeah it would not be cheap, but assuming I would sell my house to live there the money from selling the house would go towards a lot of that, and some in savings.

[coppercone2]

burns trees save for solar panels ? that's its own part time job but it can work.

If you build a cabin and spend the weekends there while not heating your house it should theoretically accumulate money unless your pipes freeze and you get mold. 28% off your heating bill, right?

[bd139]

Talking of which, I found this a couple of months back: https://ludens.cl/paradise/paradise.html

[cdev]

Wow, pretty intense to live so close to an active volcano!

Talking of which, I found this a couple of months back: https://ludens.cl/paradise/paradise.html

[Red Squirrel]

That's totally my dream, except for the volcano part.   

Though geothermal heating probably works very well there...