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 Thebes Hello from New Mexico 14th August 07, 02:39 AM
 Kiltedmusiclover Welcome from the foothills of... 14th August 07, 04:06 AM
 MysticMead :welcome: from North Georgia!! 14th August 07, 05:32 AM
 sorcererdale I am interested in how you... 14th August 07, 05:43 AM
 Tattoo Bradley :welcome: from the other end... 14th August 07, 06:31 AM
 pdcorlis Hello from Idaho and welcome... 14th August 07, 06:50 AM
 Phil :welcome: from Scotland and... 14th August 07, 06:59 AM
 BEEDEE :welcome: from coastal North... 14th August 07, 07:43 AM
 Kiltman Welcome from Eastern... 14th August 07, 09:09 AM
 Macman Welcome to XMTS from... 14th August 07, 09:15 AM
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 JamesA :welcome: from Wyoming!
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 DTrain Welcome from Mississippi! 14th August 07, 09:50 AM
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 TimC Welcome to the madness and... 14th August 07, 02:32 PM
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 Shriner Welcome from Florida
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 Don Patrick Thebes,
Welcome from East... 20th August 07, 07:38 PM
 mbhandy From the Mts. of Utah
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14th August 07, 02:39 AM
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Hello from New Mexico
Hello, since I posted a response on another thread tonight, this feels like the right time to delurk. I normally don't join message forums, newsgroups, mailing lists, etc any more having seen far too many flame wars. But, the signal to noise ratio here is much better than most forums I've visited!
I'm in my mid-thirties and live in northern New Mexico, where it is far cooler than most people imagine, more like Colorado really. I am married, live off-grid (without mains electric, water, etc), both my wife and I work from home.
I am fairly new to kilts, though I did wear hiking skirts when I hiked the Appalachian Trail.
I recently got a UK Original which I love, and a "Mountain Kilt" which I hesitate to call a kilt but which is usable enough to wear while working on the cabin we're building. I am looking forward to buying another kilt in the next couple of weeks.
I've also started a blog about kilts, entitled fittingly enough, kiltblog.com.
I don't think I have any Scottish ancestors, which sometimes makes me feel a bit weird for wearing a kilt around. But its really comfortable, so I'm getting over that
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14th August 07, 04:06 AM
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Welcome from the foothills of the Blueridge Mountains.
Gald you like the board.
Nelson
"Every man dies. Not every man really lives"
Braveheart
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14th August 07, 05:32 AM
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from North Georgia!!
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14th August 07, 05:43 AM
#4
I am interested in how you live, no electricity, etc. What kind of set up do you have? Welcome aboard.
DALE.
You don't have to be Scottish to be comfortable!
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14th August 07, 06:27 AM
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 Originally Posted by sorcererdale
I am interested in how you live, no electricity, etc. What kind of set up do you have? Welcome aboard.
DALE.
That does sound fascinating, tell us more! Oh, and welcome from the Knoxville TN area!!!
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14th August 07, 11:10 AM
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 Originally Posted by sorcererdale
I am interested in how you live, no electricity, etc. What kind of set up do you have? Welcome aboard.
DALE.
Well, since a couple of people have asked...
We have a small photovoltaic solar system. Three panels are hooked to a battery bank, and there is an inverter for mains type A/C current. Most of our lights are 12v. We make enough electricity that we have not needed the (broken) generator since January.
We are living in an old motorhome (caravan) and we haul our water and propane from town. We use a simple and effective composting privy and have presure water for limited showers and the like, though in the winter we couldn't keep the pipes thawed.
We are building a cabin for a small (neo-pagan) church we founded a number of years ago, and are building largely with recycled materials. The cabin roof will collect rain water to be stored in a cistern and well filtered. It will be heated by wood and passive solar.
As another mentioned, we are "living the dream", imho the only way to live. But it can be a hard life at times. Last night as I posted I had on the only light on for 4 miles and the stars shown as brightly as the far distant lights of town. There is very little out where we are aside from a few dozen other off-grid households. No mail, no stores for 15 miles, bad roads (make good neighborhoods), no services, virtually no government, and no utilities though we do have wireless internet and mobiles which is how we work. There are a number of neighborhoods like this in northern New Mexico, where people live off-grid and build their own things... probably a total of several hundred households.
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14th August 07, 06:31 AM
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from the other end of New Mexico (Southeast.)
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14th August 07, 06:50 AM
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Hello from Idaho and welcome to the rabble!
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14th August 07, 06:59 AM
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from Scotland and don't worry about not having Scottish ancestors, we all had to start somewhere.
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14th August 07, 07:43 AM
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from coastal North Carolina.
Brian
In a democracy it's your vote that counts; in feudalism, it's your Count that votes.
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