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 Post subject: Re: Weekend doins...
PostPosted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 11:35 pm 
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That's awesome Joe. I envy you for being off the grid. More power to you!!!
I always wanted to own one of those earthships in AZ
http://earthship.com/


Close. Next one to the right. NM.

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 Post subject: Re: Weekend doins...
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BTW, for all the folks who told me that the LMI veneers were colorfast... not so fast. The black was pretty darn colorfast, but the green and the red, not so much. The red was the biggest bleeder of them all. Tuned the Tightbond absolutely pink in the squeeze out. I just bought a vacuum pump and am planning on doing my own dying with Transtints dyes. But I will most def be looking for a non-waterbased glue after this experience.

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Lillian F-W wrote:
AlexanderLou3 wrote:
That's awesome Joe. I envy you for being off the grid. More power to you!!!
I always wanted to own one of those earthships in AZ
http://earthship.com/


Close. Next one to the right. NM.


ah, you're absolutely right. The taos community was the one I was most interested in, although there are a couple more as well. It's been a couple years since I first heard about those self sustainable houses on travel channels most interesting places to live.
But I digress
Maybe it doesn't matter I veered off topic since the weekend's over [uncle] :P


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Mike O'Melia wrote:
Todd, I love when the go-bar max energy story is brought up. One of those things that generates passionate discussion and oh so hard to get your head wrapped around. :)


Yeah I had to think on it some until I put my scale under a GoBar and tried it out. I saw the light :?

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Todd thanks for the advice!
I will adjust the deck, sure will make it easier to use!!

Newbies... go figure... lol


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"Off the grid? Really? How do you post on the Internet? Carrier pigeon?;)"

No carrier pigeons MiKe, satellite for internet, power from batteries charged by the generator when I crank up the power tools. :D

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Ya just got to admire Joe for his tenacity, recycling other folks junk for good use and coming up with innovative ways to deal with his situation to keep following his love for building instruments. I know the humidity problem has been a bane for you for some time now...
Well done my friend! [:Y:]


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You are such an inspiration Joe; it’s just wonderful to see that it’s possible to live(and build guitars) like that (it has been my dream for a long time now). I would love to see more pics of your shop (and your house for that matter).

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AlexanderLou3 wrote:
Lillian F-W wrote:
AlexanderLou3 wrote:
That's awesome Joe. I envy you for being off the grid. More power to you!!!
I always wanted to own one of those earthships in AZ
http://earthship.com/


Close. Next one to the right. NM.


ah, you're absolutely right. The taos community was the one I was most interested in, although there are a couple more as well. It's been a couple years since I first heard about those self sustainable houses on travel channels most interesting places to live.
But I digress
Maybe it doesn't matter I veered off topic since the weekend's over [uncle] :P



Its all good Alexander. One of our Fifty frequently goes missing. *Sigh*

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 Post subject: Re: Weekend doins...
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Hey Joe, I hope you do not think I was being sarcastic... I was really tired when I wrote that and basically I had no idea people were "living off the grid". Definitely a cool idea... alas, I do not think I could do that here in the deep South. Yeah, I can go out in the scorching summer sun and run for 8 days straight, but at the end of the day, there better be some high powered A/C waiting for me or someone is going to be a very unhappy camper!

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You must have seen the B/L can in the shot.... lol
It's been miserable here with heat index in the triple digits. No air in the garage but there is a fridge.


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....but there is a fridge.


With cold, adult beverages I hope!


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