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by Freedom_2018
Sat Nov 11, 2023 10:06 am
Forum: Housing and Transportation Questions
Topic: Are you a Nomad or a Homesteader?
Replies: 117
Views: 33675

Re: Are you a Nomad or a Homesteader?

If you add up the cumulative miles I've relocated and put down a new residence, we're talking some 7000 miles. Conversely, the sum total of my parents' relocation is less than 100 miles. This also begets the question/observation that sometimes children do the exact opposite of their parents. In gen...
by Freedom_2018
Sat Nov 11, 2023 9:55 am
Forum: Housing and Transportation Questions
Topic: Are you a Nomad or a Homesteader?
Replies: 117
Views: 33675

Re: Are you a Nomad or a Homesteader?

Agreed, I’ve felt like a misfit my entire life here. However, I would argue that younger generations are not as extroverted as the older ones, possibly due to growing up with phones and social media. I sound like my father now… Agree on younger gen seeming more introverted in so much as assuming be...
by Freedom_2018
Sat Nov 11, 2023 9:36 am
Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
Topic: How's that working out for you?
Replies: 45
Views: 8379

Re: How's that working out for you?

+10 to this (the first para that is. I'm rarely on here anymore to be qualified to do para 2 😆) It might not look it from my postings here but the best outcomes I've had (in quantifiable goal oriented terms as well as mental equanimity and joy) is when I've been able to pull my theoretical head out ...
by Freedom_2018
Sat Nov 11, 2023 9:13 am
Forum: Resources & Recommended Reading
Topic: Ran Prieur Watch
Replies: 63
Views: 22891

Re: Ran Prieur Watch

in the West, the peasants were already a part of the capitalist system, paying the rent to the landlord, and the landlord didn't felt like he owed them anything. Whereas, in EE, the system was still largely feudal, with peasant being serfs, which meant the landlord would feel obliged to come to the...
by Freedom_2018
Sat Nov 11, 2023 9:04 am
Forum: Resources & Recommended Reading
Topic: Ran Prieur Watch
Replies: 63
Views: 22891

Re: Ran Prieur Watch

Would not be surprised if mental health issues were correlated with spending time online (especially social media, online forums). For example, I'd say the ERE2 types would be more 'touched in the head' than the ERE1 types 😆 More information doesn't necessarily lead to more wisdom but often more neu...
by Freedom_2018
Sat Nov 11, 2023 6:28 am
Forum: Housing and Transportation Questions
Topic: Are you a Nomad or a Homesteader?
Replies: 117
Views: 33675

Re: Are you a Nomad or a Homesteader?

Yes, Mediterranean countries are wonderful in that respect, and tropical countries are even more so. The more laid-back the country, the better. The challenge is that you have to compete with the stereotypical Latin lovers and outgoing Italians. It’s quite a tough league to be in… Also consider tha...
by Freedom_2018
Sun Aug 20, 2023 1:19 pm
Forum: Inspiration
Topic: How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day (Short book from 1908)
Replies: 5
Views: 1799

Re: How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day (Short book from 1908)

Thank you for posting. I quite enjoyed the audiobook narration and took away a few things to ponder over.

Been retired over 10 years now (am 50 now) and while finances have not been an issue, good use of time is increasingly valuable.
by Freedom_2018
Fri Jul 21, 2023 9:00 pm
Forum: Inspiration
Topic: Life is a Daring Adventure | The Inspiration Thread
Replies: 334
Views: 199898

Re: Life is a Daring Adventure | The Inspiration Thread

On a less daring and adventurous note but a rich and highly enjoyable activity, I would highly recommend walking the Camino Primitivo before it gets too popular (which it might after Martin Sheen & Co release their follow up to the original movie : The Way). It starts in Oviedo Spain and takes y...
by Freedom_2018
Tue Jan 03, 2023 1:15 pm
Forum: Philosophy and Lifestyle Questions
Topic: Retirees, what do you do all day long?
Replies: 38
Views: 5734

Re: Retirees, what do you do all day long?

I (now 50) have been retired (all income from investments only) for 10 years and have been location independent. The first 2-3 years were motorcycle touring and slow long car road trips across the country a few times (some camping but mostly motels/hotels). Read about house-sitting in 2015 and tried...
by Freedom_2018
Mon May 16, 2022 7:42 pm
Forum: Inspiration
Topic: Life is a Daring Adventure | The Inspiration Thread
Replies: 334
Views: 199898

Re: Life is a Daring Adventure | The Inspiration Thread

I am always inspired by Iohan and his spirit as a human being: https://youtu.be/Z0wAPztOO2U

He is (sorry was) one of the most inspiring content creators on YouTube I've seen. I'm sorry I never got to meet him in person.

I love all his videos.

RIP Iohan.
by Freedom_2018
Sat Jul 03, 2021 8:24 pm
Forum: Resources & Recommended Reading
Topic: Is migration our normal state as human beings?
Replies: 15
Views: 2565

Re: Is migration our normal state as human beings?

Poor and migrating = bad (ie forced migration) Not poor and migrating = not too bad 🙂 Source: Self over 9 years of location independence including the year of Covid madness. However it is clear to me that majority of people are not psychologically equipped for a nomadic lifestyle....which is great b...
by Freedom_2018
Sat Jul 03, 2021 8:15 pm
Forum: Housing and Transportation Questions
Topic: Need help for touring folding bike
Replies: 40
Views: 8209

Re: Need help for touring folding bike

Ego wrote:
Sun Jun 27, 2021 5:58 pm
Yeah, the first thing I do with bikes is check www.bikeindex.com
Thanks for that site. Will look it up and register our bikes on it.
by Freedom_2018
Sat Jun 26, 2021 11:41 pm
Forum: Housing and Transportation Questions
Topic: Semi-retirement locations?
Replies: 43
Views: 6936

Re: Semi-retirement locations?

We were considering a move to Southern Europe but the tax rates (income, wealth) put a damper on it. Besides we are still in travel/nomadic phase so not really looking to settle down but being based out of Europe would have made a lot of travel easier. On a related/unrelated note, the handling of th...
by Freedom_2018
Sat Jun 26, 2021 11:18 pm
Forum: Housing and Transportation Questions
Topic: Small inexpensive motorcycles
Replies: 11
Views: 5530

Re: Small inexpensive motorcycles

India on the other hand.... I've driven or cycled/motorcycled in 58 countries. Nothing is like India. Ha..have to admire your courage motorcycling in India. I used to ride my two wheeler all around Delhi for a sales job but not having been back in 23 odd years, don't think I have the cojones to att...
by Freedom_2018
Sat Jun 26, 2021 10:44 pm
Forum: Housing and Transportation Questions
Topic: Need help for touring folding bike
Replies: 40
Views: 8209

Re: Need help for touring folding bike

Wow that is a sweet find for $40!! Wish I found a deal like that while looking for our folders.

Wonder why the owner threw it away for just a flat tire, especially in these days of bicycle shortages and all that. Probably prudent to check against stolen bicycle registry, just in case.
by Freedom_2018
Tue Mar 23, 2021 1:10 am
Forum: Politics, and other eternal disagreements
Topic: COVID topic vol 2
Replies: 865
Views: 90509

Re: COVID topic vol 2

There is more to life than death. Very well said.. especially after observing the effect of 2020 on myself as well as my friends/people I know. That is why I don't want to live in a world where Skynet makes the decisions....just because some variable can be measured doesn't mean that it is more rel...
by Freedom_2018
Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:02 pm
Forum: Housing and Transportation Questions
Topic: Need help for touring folding bike
Replies: 40
Views: 8209

Re: Need help for touring folding bike

The bike is definitely a compromise between ride quality/effort and portability. I can see it really well suited to a city like NYC, Chicago etc (i.e. reasonably flat and multi mode transport needed to get around). If one is primarily a bicyclist who likes to travel, it might not be of much value. B...
by Freedom_2018
Wed Mar 10, 2021 11:08 am
Forum: Housing and Transportation Questions
Topic: Need help for touring folding bike
Replies: 40
Views: 8209

Re: Need help for touring folding bike

Finally went ahead and got 2 Brompton H6Rs from a bike shop on Coronado island. Looked at Dahon, Tern, Decathlon etc also but in the end the elegant fold size of the Brompton won us over. They are not light though thanks to the steel frame. Got them in the 6 gear version with reduced gearing. They h...
by Freedom_2018
Thu Feb 11, 2021 4:40 pm
Forum: Money and Investment Questions
Topic: Bitcoin on the rise
Replies: 661
Views: 153794

Re: Bitcoin on the rise

If you don't want money supply to be "the stress valve," the real economy will be. Indeed, hence my concern about Bitcoin etc performing the role of money in society. It seems to me more like how an engineer would design something with some excellent technical properties but the customer ...
by Freedom_2018
Thu Feb 11, 2021 2:28 pm
Forum: Money and Investment Questions
Topic: Bitcoin on the rise
Replies: 661
Views: 153794

Re: Bitcoin on the rise

Admittedly I don't understand a whole lot about cryptocurrency and bitcoin. However the part I struggle with is considering potential implications of a cryptocurrency like bitcoin on the Monetary and indirectly the Fiscal policy powers of the Central Bank and Governments respectively. I mean governm...