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by Stillphil
Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:14 am
Forum: Housebuses & Housetrucks
Topic: Thirty Years in a Housetruck
Replies: 131
Views: 104818

Great story, Mr. Sharkey. I'm really enjoying it. It brings back some of my memories too.

Stillphil
by Stillphil
Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:02 am
Forum: Housebuses & Housetrucks
Topic: Thirty Years in a Housetruck
Replies: 131
Views: 104818

I'm back reading too, Sharkey. Great stuff.

Stillphil
by Stillphil
Tue May 15, 2007 2:38 am
Forum: Alternative Power
Topic: Friday Night Bath
Replies: 6
Views: 6402

Sharkey,

Can you describe how the flat plate collector works or refer me to a place that talks about it? I guess it has a pump on it?
Thanks,
Stillphil
by Stillphil
Tue May 01, 2007 5:47 am
Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade
Topic: Rare Old Hippie Bus Book For Sale , "The Caravan"
Replies: 4
Views: 5265

Hi,

This isn't ancient history to some of us old folks. I met some of those people. They estableished "The Farm" which still exists. Stephen still lives there although he isn't the "leader" any more.

Stillphil
by Stillphil
Sun Mar 18, 2007 11:28 am
Forum: Stuff Forum
Topic: Movin' that way
Replies: 6
Views: 5253

Hi, Thanks for the responses! I appreciate what you said, J_nigrelli, but what do you recommend for the best value? I don't mind using sheet vinyl, but don't know where I would get it. Vinyl siding seems like it would have too many places the water could get into when going 1000 MPH down the hiway. ...
by Stillphil
Fri Mar 16, 2007 8:15 am
Forum: Stuff Forum
Topic: Movin' that way
Replies: 6
Views: 5253

Movin' that way

I took a welding class before Christmas in preparation for building a 5th wheel or gooseneck camping trailer. I've been welding up everything I can find to try to get better at it. I've been scoping all I can about the motorized home thing and a trailer seems most practical for what we want to do. I...
by Stillphil
Fri Mar 02, 2007 2:36 am
Forum: Housebuses & Housetrucks
Topic: Classic Housetrucks 2007 Calendar
Replies: 12
Views: 7754

Sharkey,
I wonder if you could use a construction stapler through the pages into something fairly soft (balsa or urethane insulation board?). Then you could pull the calendar off the soft thing and bend the staple ends with needle nose like before? Maybe a little quicker.

Stillphil
by Stillphil
Sat Feb 24, 2007 2:48 am
Forum: Housebuses & Housetrucks
Topic: Thirty Years in a Housetruck
Replies: 131
Views: 104818

Sharkey,

I'm loving this tale. Hope you add to (I was about to say, "finish") it!

Stillphil
by Stillphil
Wed Nov 29, 2006 4:39 am
Forum: Stuff Forum
Topic: It Could Be Worse....
Replies: 2
Views: 3760

Strange how that works! I've found myself repeating situations throughout my life. Some of which I should have known better than to do. I guess you unconsciously are drawn into repeating things and don't realise it until you are way into it. Of course some things are worth repeating! And I guess you...
by Stillphil
Fri Nov 03, 2006 4:18 am
Forum: Stuff Forum
Topic: Home, Sweet Home (WAS: "The Big Move")
Replies: 22
Views: 14432

We used a cistern at one place I lived, collecting water from the roof. We had a lot of trouble keeping the bacteria level down. Had to add a lot of chlorine, which seemed a shame. Sharkey, if you collected a bucket of water directly out of the spring, would it have sediment floating around in it? S...
by Stillphil
Thu Nov 02, 2006 7:21 am
Forum: Stuff Forum
Topic: Home, Sweet Home (WAS: "The Big Move")
Replies: 22
Views: 14432

Sharkey, I'm not trying to sound know-it-all but I have worked on several systems just like yours. That poly pipe has a limited lifespan in those situations. It may be better to just run new pipe and leave the old one where it is rather than futz forever with it. Depends on how far the run is, I gue...
by Stillphil
Wed Nov 01, 2006 2:31 am
Forum: Stuff Forum
Topic: Home, Sweet Home (WAS: "The Big Move")
Replies: 22
Views: 14432

Sharkey, et al, The way the best spring setups were built here in the Appalachians have 2 components. The spring is surrounded by a small cast-in-place concrete box with a pipe near the bottom and one near the top. This spring box has a removable cover. The top pipe is for overflow. The bottom one i...
by Stillphil
Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:03 am
Forum: Stuff Forum
Topic: Home, Sweet Home (WAS: "The Big Move")
Replies: 22
Views: 14432

Ouch! Sorry about the ankle, Sharkey. Seems like whenever I get in a fizz about all the things I have to do I hurt myself. I think it's my subconscious telling me to slow down and take one thing at a time. Rome wasn't built in a day. It took about a week and a half, didn't it? The old people in the ...
by Stillphil
Thu Oct 19, 2006 5:49 am
Forum: Stuff Forum
Topic: Home, Sweet Home (WAS: "The Big Move")
Replies: 22
Views: 14432

Hey, maybe if you put it around the garden area it will keep the rabbits scared away! ;). Also, now you can answer that age-old question, "Does a bear s--- in the woods?" NOT NECESSARILY!

Stillphil
by Stillphil
Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:17 am
Forum: Stuff Forum
Topic: Old and New get to meet
Replies: 4
Views: 4420

Thanks for the pics, Mr. Truckingturtle, I've been wondering what the progression was for a lot of the nomadic folks when they got off the road and apparantly, "settled down" for a period of years. Was it just growing older or was it changes in society, polotics, economics, or what? I know...