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What do others experience? The most dramatic one for me was experiencing mega-fires erupt in the northwest US every year, often leaving my city filled with acrid smoke for months. While I knew it was a possibility, it was certainly an unpleasant development and a younger WRC always thought the risk...

Well.... It has been more than a week since @theanimal released his new book. I'm going to take the liberty and create a new thread to promote it. I think it is worth celebrating when someone from the ERE community achieves something of this magnitude. Here are details on how you can find a copy if ...

Three Months of Nomadic FI: We've been on the road for three months now! Vietnam has delivered beyond our expectations for culture, value, and quality of life. We are currently in Nha Trang and really like it here. I'm typing this from a high-rise condo looking out at blue and turquoise water towar...

Mastering vegan cheese sounds like a good goal for skillfest!

Have you tried making a vegan pesto with cashews? When we were growing a lot of basil we made it with almonds regularly, and tried it with walnuts as well. Not quite as good as pine nuts, but still did the trick at a much cheaper price.

This is great, thanks for the writeup! Considering all of the interest in building IRL community around this forum, it seems only logical to learn from the successes and missteps of MMM. Seems like he's been working on a similar project for almost a decade now. [*]He said his forums tend not to be a...

The first two variables I'd consider when purchasing property are whether it is located in flood plain, and what is the water source. That is true for rural or urban property. As Mark Twain said - "Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting" One could argue that the SW is a uniquely id...

If you have any good vegan cashew recipes / uses, please send them my way. I don't have our recipe books on hand, but DW makes a killer granola with cashews, dried cranberries and coconut. Cashews also make for the best vegan cheese, so there are probably endless options to put that to use if you m...

I'll put a plug in for Lancaster, PA and some of the surrounding towns. I live on the family farmette in the countryside. Lancaster is No. 1. retirement destination according to U.S. News & World Report. Christopher McDougall, author of Born to Run, talks about moving to Lancaster County in his...

Continue rambling but perhaps related to above: I talked already a couple of times with DW of planning a trip alone, like the one at AH later this year or the ERE Europe meetup. DW encouraged me to take the step and go ahead. So, I planned an overseas trip to meet some (old) friends and forum membe...

Congratulations! The property sounds like a great buy. It seems like it represents an ideal outlet for a lot of your extra time and energy after finishing up with your job. I hope this is the beginning of many exciting new adventures for you.

Any recommendation for a cadence of things to learn would be great. YT channels, reading material, etc... I'm probably not the best to offer advice, as I've never taken formal lessons, don't read music, and pretty much just found my own way through YouTube and playing with friends. @Idave, Gin&...

Thanks for the update. I'm curious how I'll experience Bali as it has been on the travel bucket list for a while. Based on your feedback, I worry it sounds like the equivalent of Phuket in Thailand, which doesn't really interest me. Nonetheless, the flights have been booked for a few months and we p...

@gp - that is a great point. Making your own music or, even better, making it with others is WL 7+ on the musical Wheaton Scale. It is something that transcends language and culture. It has the potential to open a lot of doors. Last night I met a Vietnamese guitar player with a classical, nylon stri...

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Fri Apr 05, 2024 5:42 pm

Adding a different type of container: stainless steel.

Nice! I remember seeing these all over India. I think they were called dabbas.

When I was a desk jockey I often needed to reheat my food, but stainless steel seems like a great option to add to the plastic-free repertoire.

Sounds like things are going well for you physically and financially. That's great - congratulations! - Playing guitar is being frustrating. I need proper classes to pass the "I know the chords" phase Care to elaborate a bit on this? There are a few guitar players here and we might be able...

Any other ideas for how to solve this problem? Any other thoughts? One other idea not yet discussed to avoid paying for streaming is to connect with high quality public radio stations over the internet. I like KEXP which is based out of Seattle, and they have an app to access their music and servic...

I'm not sure that travel and experiencing new places will get harder with age until one gets close to a terminal age (medical risks). Or maybe I'm just not old enough yet. It's more that it gets less interesting the more one has done it. This might just be a temperamental thing though. One thing fo...

@frugaldoc - There have been a lot of improvements and innovations with ultralight gear over the last 10 years. That may be why you are seeing so many more options. You might approach looking at potential gear in three buckets (camping, backpacking, and ultralight backpacking). There have been some ...

Moving I'm realizing I have to dump everything from my schedule except self-care and moving tasks, which I've been making progress on. Instead of moving to Boulder, what I have decided I'm going to do is rent some three month rentals in different cities and travel for awhile before settling down. I...

Since I'm a fatFIRE guy I decided I would optimize contentedness with my lifestyle over frugality, but the two seem to be converging. I've been wondering why that is. I think it's because I've grown more confident in myself and the choices I've made over the last dozen or so years. Seems strange fo...