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Anonymous 11/03/14 (Mon) 04:28:51 No.19 [Reply]

what would i need for unabomber tier innawoods living
>wisconsin
>i need to be able to fit it in a 95 corolla

Anonymous 11/03/14 (Mon) 19:20:32 No.21

http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/extreme-frugality-living-out-of-your-car/

Very rich source of people sharing their experiences and tips about living out of a vehicle. The article was posted in 2007 and still gets a few comments per week. I've been subscribed to it by email for a few years now.

innawoods, though? You'll need to google "boondocking" and "vandwelling" and combine what you find from those, then downsize it all for your car.

Anonymous 11/06/14 (Thu) 05:01:27 No.34

>>19
>95 corolla
eyyy mah nigga

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Anonymous 11/05/14 (Wed) 19:52:13 No.32 [Reply]

Can't have a /prep/ board without this guy.

Anonymous 11/05/14 (Wed) 22:46:31 No.33

man i want solar panels

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Anonymous 11/02/14 (Sun) 01:46:47 No.4 [Reply]

Results of my pot-in-pot "refrigerator": With the current temperatures and humidity where I am, it's suitable for keeping things cool but not to actually refrigerate them. The lowest humidity I had while testing it was ~30%, with an outside temperature of 79F, giving me a zeer pot temp of around 60F at the hottest parts of the day.

Anonymous 11/02/14 (Sun) 04:30:24 No.6

I just made my own the other week. It's pretty useless, honestly. Uses up tons of water, and doesn't work that well. I'm assuming there are better ways to keep things cool.

Anonymous 11/02/14 (Sun) 07:01:32 No.7

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>>6
Yeah it's pretty dependent on a constant water supply (which I do have on the landscape here). And it seems that you have to be in a pretty specific environment for it to work optimally anyway. It's not arid enough here.

I've been looking at electric coolers, but I don't really know what to expect out of them. And besides, I'd like to see what I can accomplish without electricity anyway.

Anonymous 11/02/14 (Sun) 18:41:36 No.11

>>>/poverty/228
>If you use alcohol, would it make it colder?

It could, but because you have to replenish the liquid as it evaporates, it wouldn't be as cost effective as using readily available water.

This page mentions it: http://rebuildingcivilization.com/content/busting-myths-about-zeer-pot

>The rate of evaporation is the key to cooling performance in these devices, so faster evaporating liquids would help to improve performance, but it also matters how much energy they remove as they evaporate. Acetone removes 29% less energy than the same amount of water. It would probably make up for that with its faster evaporation rate.

Anonymous 11/05/14 (Wed) 19:46:27 No.31

I'd been ignoring my zeer pot since I finished posting on /poverty/ about it, but I reached in it today and it was 55 degrees Fahrenheit in there. It's currently 66F outside, 57% humidity. Very slight breeze.

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Anonymous 11/05/14 (Wed) 01:44:59 No.29 [Reply]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2Js_g7M60M

>Robert Neuwirth, author of Shadow Cities, finds the worlds squatter sites – where a billion people now make their homes – to be thriving centers of ingenuity and innovation. He takes us on a tour.

(brought over from /poverty/)

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Anonymous 11/04/14 (Tue) 03:34:52 No.25 [Reply]

Any people with animals here? I 've helped take care of chickens and goats. Was a goat milker for a while

Anonymous 11/04/14 (Tue) 04:17:07 No.26

I dont have room for animals currently but i would be interested in tending goats again at some point. Their milk takes some getting used to…

Anonymous 11/03/14 (Mon) 23:39:18 No.24 [Reply]

If you want a board about homesteading without the crazy paranoia and survivalist wet dreams of /prep/, come /home/ and say hi.

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Anonymous 11/02/14 (Sun) 01:26:42 No.3 [Reply]

/k/ thread
Original: >>>/poverty/36

Anonymous 11/02/14 (Sun) 16:23:17 No.10

>>3
Hi Point & Mosin Nagant/SKS

Remember you'll need to feed it. 9mm, 7.62x54R and 7.62x39 can be had for cheap (5.56 as well but firearms chambered in that are usually just over $400).

http://www.slickguns.com/product/hi-point-firearms-9mm-compact-9mm-11589

http://www.aimsurplus.com/product.aspx?item=F3MOSIN9130

http://www.royaltigerimports.com/product-p/sksk0045.htm

http://www.wikiarms.com/group/9mm

http://www.wikiarms.com/group/7.62x54R

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Anonymous 11/02/14 (Sun) 02:13:56 No.5 [Reply]

Pic is a guide to eating cheaply and in what order to buy things when stocking up.

>How to live on $36/mo for food
http://andrewhy.de/how-to-live-comfortably-on-36-a-month-for-food/

>type in the ingredients you have, it will show you recipes you can make
http://www.supercook.com/

>Start learning to identify and forage edible plants
http://www.eattheweeds.com/

>Search for foods and how long they will still be good to eat/how to tell if they're bad
http://www.stilltasty.com/
http://www.eatbydate.com/

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Anonymous 11/02/14 (Sun) 07:12:24 No.8

>What "refrigerate after opening" products hold up well on the trail?
>Talk about what foods people might be suprised to find out don't really need to be refrigerated (unlike the package might suggest) and that can still be ok to eat after a couple days.

http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php/8519-What-quot-refrigerate-quot-after-opening-products-hold-up-well-on-the-trail?p=194470&viewfull=1#post194470

Link goes directly to a post that summarizes most of the information in the thread

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