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I know a few people who tried the comunal lifestyle years ago. Everyone eventually left hating each other and with a good case of V.D. This wasn't their "intention" when they started out. They had the same grand utopian ideology that all the others who have started this type community had. I...

I have a friend who, as an afterthought, grabbed his .44 Magnum to take out to see what his dog was raising heck over. He BARELY had time to raise and fire the weapon and caught the coyote in mid leap at his throat! That was over 20 years ago and he still gets shaky and pale thinking about it...

I installed a timer 2 years ago now. It makes little if any difference on my electric bill. Time to go solar. For about $250 you can build a working solar water heater and never buy hot water again. For about double that you can build a "cadillac" system with a solar circulation pump. It will...

I agree with the other Curmudgeon. If you make this you want to make it once. Build, or have built, a fire box comparable to a wood stove you'd put in your house. It will last forever and from the look of your block enclosure, you don't want to be changing burner boxes. 1/4" steel plate box...

Windmills are used to charge a bank of batteries. The batteries then have an inverter attached which turns DC voltage to AC voltage. Because the speed of the wind is constantly changing, and AC needs to be at a constant amplitude(120VAC) AND frequency (60HZ), running directly from a windmill...

Its Christmas morning (MERRY CHRISTMAS!!) ya'll are talking heat and my Air Conditioner is running like mad. 3 days ago it was 23 degrees and my energy efficient heat pump was keeping the house nice and warm and today, at 7:30am, its 75 degrees!! I keep telling DW this ain't right. Christmas...