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<t>There are ebay storefront resellers. They charge a [hefty] fee, but you just bring your stuff to them and they'll list it and ship it for you.<br/> You can also ship your stuff to amazon and have them store and process it from their warehouse. It will cost a monthly storage fee. <br/> It's not un...

Why not sell into the general economy?

I can be an intermediate if you want to attempt to limit the publicity of your contact info. Of course, any secret that is shared is no longer a secret ...

Okay, I understand .. alternatively, you could just buy a 4-6 plex outright without having to tear anything down. In WA you can get one of those for 80k+
I think having a loosely associated group within the same city would do wonders as well.

<r>Sounds like a HoA with zoning that allows rightsized housing. I think it is better to keep the "communal" aspects private. There could be a shop, but it would be privately owned.<br/> Intentional communities have a reputation of failing, likely because don't entirely disagree on priorities. Using...

<t>Saving is a highly esteemed value for me (in fact on of the downsides of not having a job is that I don't get to save as much money anymore). It is less so for DW, who is more "frugal bordering on average".<br/> Historically, I have wanted her to save money and I have felt I couldn't spend any ex...

Are we talking about the infamous dating site or just in a general sense?
[The trickiest implementation part would be hiding email addresses]

<t>Hey Q ... you should come and see the yard of one of my mobile home neighbors. He has a ridiculously well maintained garden/lawn.<br/> He's probably responsible for most of the park's water bill.<br/> Incidentally, if anyone wants to be my neighbor, all you need is a $4000 trailer and $400-450 in...

<t>*May have unrealistic and/or unreasonable expectations of others <br/> That is, "may have the same high expectations of others that they do of themselves". <br/> As a result, INTJs usually start out high. Then discover that others don't follow. Then INTJs try to compensate in their usual socially...

<t>I think the financial system or at least the economic system will survive quite a while. In other words, what passes for monetary transactions between people will be able to handle a shortage of energy because there is still plenty of discretionary energy usage going on. What this means is that a...

<t>I am slowly going through the various ways supporting myself. People keep asking me about investing and what if the market crashes, and I keep saying that as long as one can live well on little, there's little to worry about. <br/> In 2009, I supported all my expenses through freelance work. Abou...

See this post.

<r>I have never had any problems figuring out how to fill my time. In fact, I still don't think I have quite enough time. I know this can be a serious issue though. The best book, I have read is <br/> Zelinsky's The joy of not working. <br/> <URL url="http://www.amazon.com/Joy-Not-Working-Unemployed...

<t>That's tough. The basics are not that complicated, but it takes years to develop good technique. I guess it compares to skating that way.<br/> In one case (butterfly) it takes significant strength too... it simply doesn't work under a minimum speed. <br/> I can show you some stuff next time, if I...

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<r>Electric conversion kits are available for around $300 and upwards. So one solution is to get a cheap MTB and mount the kit.<br/> You can even buy 2 and 4 stroke engines. Check your laws and regulations if you live in Communist California ;-D<br/> If you're pedaling rather than cheating <E>;)</E>...

<t>I don't think YMOYL gave me any light bulb moments. RDPD gave me "you can live off your passive income" which was a game changer for me. YMOYL helped me quantify what it would actually take to do so. <br/> The concept of life energy is interesting, but I have actually never seriously applied it c...

<t>Back when I was in undergrad, I did a 2x~5km daily for a semester. I didn't bring a book, but I did bring music. I got really fast at walking pushing over 6km/h which is a forced march. I could do the trip in 55 minutes. People who aren't used to walking will walk closer to 3km/h and so in the be...

<r>I hope everyone has read all the mails in this thread, because everybody is looking for the same thing with few variations. <br/> A comment on gearing.<br/> A single speed is enormously easy to maintain. There's practically no maintenance. A single speed will never be fast. What is fast to you? T...

<t>So this is where the problem enters. <br/> The INTJ has no personal vesting in anything he believes, however, he is only prepared to accept a logical argument. The INTJ is able to flip position on a coin admitting "you are right and I am wrong and now I see why".<br/> Conversely, many people are ...