Caprifool

I'm wondering if any of you have noticed the same thing as I have. I have chronic pain due to neuropathy. But when sleeping on boats it goes away almost completely. Thinking it has something to do with the slight rocking, helping blood flow and muscles to relax. On land I wake up with pins and needles, stiff sore joints several times per night and almost roll out of bed with a uuughh in the morning. On boats I almost bounce out of bed and head straight for the kettle. Anyone ells have similar experience?

The thought that living frugally can be about something ells than not wanting to spend money can be very aggravating and difficult to understand for some. Some just don't want to consume, even if they could. And some even ENJOY hand washing, baking, crafting. Just doing creative things for ones self and others.....can give so much more than vegetating in your settee, complaining about everyone ells's personal choices.

Looks like some of the stuff that came out of my studio in Stockholms old town in the eighties. Doing the shows was so much fun! Getting right nostalgic now :-) I like the coats. The knitting. And the horny baseball caps :-) Edit to add: About men in heels, compared to JbDubs most women walk like orch's in theirs.

Badger cheeks are excellent, apparently..... Note to self: Win lottery to buy pig place. And turn it into goat place.

Or, the goats sensed something you didn't. Very choosy creatures and experts of character, goats.

I don't know if there is one that combines all those functions. But I've manually recorded trips on Waterxplorer.

Goats do not dry up when milked by someone ells. They dry up when you choose the wrong person for the job.

If you're keeping your allotment, bunnies are great. New Zeeland Red is a good full bodied breed. Belgian Giants......naaa, don't like them. They eat a lot, have heavy bones and are clumsy mums. I don't know the English word, but the big floppy eared ones are ok too. You can get breeders for free from people who have kids that have gotten tired of them. I prefere bunnies for the pot rather than chooks. I do eat the old ladies and young roosters when culled though. Just think they are icky to pluck and gut. If you're looking into milk, I know a lot about goat husbandry and dairy practice as well. That would take all day to write about. But I'm available via PM if that's something you like a few pointers about.

This might turn out a interesting thread. :-) Learn as much as possible about foraging, shrooming and legal sorces of animal protein if you are carnivorous. Grow things in the boat, like sprouts, cress and sunflower shoots. Grow things on the boat. Plant things in areas you know you'll return to in the future and mark it down on a map. Always start a shopping spree looking at the short date shelf and plan meals around your finds there. Only fill kettle with the amount you need during the season the stove isn't lit. Amazing how many that boil a half full kettle when they only need one cup of tea. Solar is awesome! Turn the fridge off when outside is fridge temperature. Think, do I need or want this when the urge to acquire something pops up. If you need it, can you make it your self? If you can't, can you learn how to make it? Knit! Wooly socks and a cup of foraged tea saves fuel. Eat more soup. Anything can be tossed into a soup :-) Learn to preserve food when in plenty to forage or in season and cheap, for when it is not. Cure, dry, ferment, pickle, jam, preserves..... Swap things with other frugals :-) To talk to people, help out and be generous, is often surprisingly rewarding. But be sensible. There's a lot you can do without going over the top. You want to be comfortable. Not silly frugal :-)

Haha, you just described a Swedish summer! And yes, your boats are hot as Swedish saunas! Fair enough.......but I still don't get it :-D

Why do the English dress for arctic expeditions when its above zero? *genuine question*

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The way you are sweating, you should be powering the inverter. Not the other way round.

Sounds like we might be passing each other at some point. I'll keep a lookout. Edit: Now get posting so you have the five posts required to receive and reply to PM's.

Had a poke around, they seem to use 2-2,5 liters per flush.

Or, be nice to a knitter and you might get a free wooly hat. :-)

I downloaded the very day I posted here :-)

After knitting my first pair, I feel I must share a little warning. The patter is, well........written a little sloppy. A novice would get confused when running into the faults. But someone who has knitted for a while, will discover and solve a few counting mistakes and left out abbreviations. I also would recommend knitting the sock on four needles, decreasing for the toe in the end of the first and third needle and the beginning of the second and fourth needle. The toe in the pattern is just plain silly :-) (Sorry author!) Sorry folks for sharing a untested pattern.

One particular moment on my way to Pelsall in the rain during a thunderstorm in Wolverhampton. Sun in my back, POURING rain, DARK skies ahead lit with lightning, in happy tears blending with the rain in my face. A wave of overwhelming, uncontrollable happiness over being exactly where I want to be.

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/slipper-socks-7