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  1. DrewSTNY

    38 foot Trimaran

    Very cool project. Good to see an old boat be given new life. May you have fair winds and following seas.
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    Question Reliable Radio scanner suggestions?

    If you are savvy with a computer, or have a lot of patience, you can program a Baofeng to scan all of the known train freqs. I live next to a sizeable switching yard and could pick up their convos with a very cheap UV5R with the stock antenna. The programming cable is an extra $20 plus a free...
  3. DrewSTNY

    Free Legal Camping in NY State Forests

    Not generally; however, be careful to not ride on hiking trails. People will bitch and the DEC cops will find you and give you a ticket. The only other issue is tweakers cooking in certain areas, so the cops watch places known for that pretty close. I wouldn't recommend the Adirondack area...
  4. DrewSTNY

    Satellite communicator

    Back country connectivity is always troublesome even in the Eastern part of the US. Most NFS and National Park areas don't have good cell service in my experience, so something like this is good to have. The unlimited messaging otherwise is good if it can connect to spotty service. Being a dirty...
  5. DrewSTNY

    Hampton Inn 100% satisfaction Guaranteed Policy

    Interesting. Is this for all Hilton properties or just Hamptons? I had a couple of shitty stays for work lately. Would be good to get some free nights.
  6. DrewSTNY

    I am leaving Squat the Planet.

    I'm not active much as my interests are more into rubber tramping and helping people with mechanically things. (Machines don't talk bad about you) I stumbled into this community when @autumn was rebuilding her RV and asking a bunch of Q's about keeping it running. For the most part...
  7. DrewSTNY

    MURS Radio: The Forgotten 2-Way Communication

    It's only claiming the 5 channels. There are PL tones that can be used to selectively un-squelch the channel. Not sure what plan of action would want to use the PL tones, but they are available regardless. That's only one example. I think you could do a weather station with the right stuff...
  8. DrewSTNY

    MURS Radio: The Forgotten 2-Way Communication

    Dakota Alert MURS Wireless Motion Detection Kit, Base Station Radio https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FJ9S0W2/
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    MURS Radio: The Forgotten 2-Way Communication

    The other thing with MURS if that you can get sensors that transmit pre recorded audio clips for different things. One of the more common uses is perimeter monitoring
  10. DrewSTNY

    Propane backpacking stoves?

    I would try to find the older ones that are not made in China. But that's based on a perception that may or may not hold true any longer. Optimus bought them somewhere around 1979, so anything made before 1980 is good with me. Might have to replace the rubber gasket of the fill cap, but that's...
  11. DrewSTNY

    Propane backpacking stoves?

    If you can find one used, the old Svea 123 stoves run off about any liquid fuel. White gas is the best since it has fewer impurities. Depending on how you use it, a single tank in the stove plus a quart of fuel in another bottle can last a while. Not sure, but at least two weeks, maybe even a...
  12. DrewSTNY

    Building a Stealth Squat on Wilderness Land

    Being heavily forested, I would think it's a good deal. The farmer I work for hardly ever ventures far from the tractor. His brother in law has hunting rights and gets around pretty good. Considering that, I'd scope it out real good looking for even old trail signs or fire pits near the water...
  13. DrewSTNY

    Double O Odin

    Can't get laid even in a dream? Otherwise, damn epic story.
  14. DrewSTNY

    Looking for song recommendations to make a burned CD for a couple youngins into bluegrass

    More in the folk artist realm, but I would recommend Lost Dog Street Band, The Devil Makes Three, Rubber Knife Gang, and Bad Livers. Wouldn't hurt to put a couple songs from Nahko on there.
  15. DrewSTNY

    Don't stress, utopia is one gene treatment away...

    You mean without cream and sugar? Well then, yes it must be true. Straight, black, strong coffee all the way. Just the way God made it. But since coffee roasters can't prove that everything in coffee is harmless, if you live in CA, you will die of coffee induced cancer. I think the rush to...
  16. DrewSTNY

    News & Blogs Japanese ‘Beg-Packers’ Spark Outrage in Thailand for Thinking They Can Travel Without Money

    The attitudes toward travelers in the US and AU are quite different than those in SE Asia. I would be curious how these guys faired in Cambodia. Did they pull the same deal there? Thai are friendly and accommodating, but they are also pretty much out for themselves. To get a ride without paying...
  17. DrewSTNY

    News & Blogs Japanese ‘Beg-Packers’ Spark Outrage in Thailand for Thinking They Can Travel Without Money

    Look up the Burma Railway (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma_Railway) There was a big deal about the Japanese using American POWs to build the RR, but way more Thai were enslaved and died building that RR. There's a museum at the River Kwai crossing that is very interesting. The bridge is...
  18. DrewSTNY

    News & Blogs Japanese ‘Beg-Packers’ Spark Outrage in Thailand for Thinking They Can Travel Without Money

    The Ihssan district is one of the poorest areas of Thailand. The police may have actually saved these guys lives by taking them in. Good thing is that it's cheap to get a train ride from Chang Mai to BKK. Overall, these guys are monumentally ignorant to do this in a country that was largely...
  19. DrewSTNY

    SAKE

    So, ya What the title says. Is it good for you? @creature says don't heat the Sake, but that's how it comes, so why is it bad to heat the Sake?? I wish it came in larger quantities. That little cup isn't near enough. Why do people choose the crusty life? Really, why? Does it choose them...
  20. DrewSTNY

    News & Blogs Florida lawmaker refuse to debate assault rifles, but say porn is a "Public Safety Hazard"

    Not missing the point at all. Florida just put up the big middle finger to all the gun banning rubes. That is all, nothing to see here. Or is there??? Being a Jebus follower, I've caught myself wondering if the Luciferians cooked this up in the spirit realm looking for a likely actor to pull...
  21. DrewSTNY

    News & Blogs Florida lawmaker refuse to debate assault rifles, but say porn is a "Public Safety Hazard"

    There is too much happening too quickly for this to NOT have been planned. These people are either actors or rubes being used to carry the narrative for those that would enslave the nation and turn this place into a full on prison like Zimbabwe, Duvalier's Haiti, Mao's China, etc. The news...
  22. DrewSTNY

    My (PROBABLY CRAZY) PCT Attempt

    You got the right idea. Pretty damn inspiring, dude. Have a think about this... Weight is an issue, how about making a sack out of scrap tyvek and dental floss? Not being a deuch here. You made it, you repair it. The support internally is your ground pad. It makes a bucket pack you can chunk...
  23. DrewSTNY

    Media Outlits to Trust?

    Unfortunately, I have lost trust in every news source, unless it's the local police blotter or classifieds. Pretty much all news out there is slanted one way or another and almost all of it is op-ed material. I like BBC, AFP, Al Jazeera, Fox, and a lot of the micro news sites coming up on YT...
  24. DrewSTNY

    Don't stress, utopia is one gene treatment away...

    So, is the HANDY model basing food production on industrial farming scale? If resource scarcity is boiled down to food and shelter, then I think that their math is flawed. I believe that arrable land is highly available or can be created (ie. Goeff Lawton); therefore, the food production...
  25. DrewSTNY

    Goddamn, I love being hammered..

    Just imagine what he could do if he actually had a keyboard. :P
  26. DrewSTNY

    Goddamn, I love being hammered..

    Yeah, man. They are like gremlins if you let them run around loose. Creates all kinds of trouble with the radio.
  27. DrewSTNY

    Goddamn, I love being hammered..

    Yes, o wise one. Drink more, bullshit less. I didn't know it was called nigori, but I would second that recommendation. Microwaves are old radar domes with a door in them for easy access so you can scramble your food's molecular structure into various cancer causing compounds. Weeeeeeee! Ain't...
  28. DrewSTNY

    Goddamn, I love being hammered..

    Agreed on the bs happening this year. Having two missile scares within a week of each other is pretty disturbing. Having a government full of infantiles is just sad. It feels like shit is going to burn big time. If you follow the Bible, it says to head for the hills in times like these, but I...
  29. DrewSTNY

    Goddamn, I love being hammered..

    Interesting. Hadn't made the Star Trek connection. Dumb ass me. Well, it was fun while it lasted.
  30. DrewSTNY

    Don't stress, utopia is one gene treatment away...

    I prefer my genes scrambled by boose and exposure to the sun. :P "We, the machines, made your Utopia and numerous crops were lost. It seems humans prefer misery." (Paraphrase is my own)
  31. DrewSTNY

    This is a story all about how..

    WOOT! Another sailor! Only small sails for me, for now, but someday... I have seen that any moderately sized sailing sloop is infinitely easier to sail than a dingy. More sail area, means more go power. I'm with @creature on this one, but his plans are a bit too fast for me. Looking locally...
  32. DrewSTNY

    Goddamn, I love being hammered..

    Red, White, and SAKE'!!! How are you, hammered brother?? One bottle down, one to go. :P I have some general mysteries for you: https://qcodefag.github.io/ This appears to be from within the monster Babylon. Someone is broadcasting from deep within the beast complex. All is exposed, all...
  33. DrewSTNY

    Direct Democracy

    Academics? There's an old saying - "Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach." Never saw an unbiased academic. They are all concerned with keeping their job until they get tenure, so they suck the biggest cock they can to keep funds flowing in.
  34. DrewSTNY

    My thoughts on A- Political beliefs

    I can't reply now, but I like point 3... Edit coming Like as in, make stuff and put it directly in the dump...
  35. DrewSTNY

    Direct Democracy

    Careful, there. That's the route the eugenics philosophy took. Their line was some people are too stupid to procreate and we should "help" them.
  36. DrewSTNY

    Direct Democracy

    My biggest fear, yes, fear of direct democracy as Dregnor said is the uneducated vote. I believe that this will lead to even more marginalization of rural communities. Urban and rural politics are different from my observations. The needs of the urban population basically are the same, but to...
  37. DrewSTNY

    My thoughts on A- Political beliefs

    No problem, Soul. I know that the US isn't the only consumer culture out there and that capitalism thrives on goods sold, that is the definition in a nut shell. Doesn't necessarily mean that capitalism is bad, although I would prefer a barter based economy, but that can't be regulated and the...
  38. DrewSTNY

    White privilege and reverse Racism

    http://www.blackpast.org/gah/haitian-revolution-1791-1804 The resorts are a lie.
  39. DrewSTNY

    My thoughts on A- Political beliefs

    Consumerism - Have you researched Chinese companies in northern Africa? There is little regard for child labor. How about gold and diamond mines? https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/09/11/africas-child-mining-shame Singling out one nation is disingenuous. While the US by and large involves itself...
  40. DrewSTNY

    My thoughts on A- Political beliefs

    I heard a good one the other day - Both sides want money, the right gets it through selling things, the left gets it through donations and fund raising. In recent decades, the US has followed classical liberalism in general. In 2008, many academics considered this form of government's...
  41. DrewSTNY

    White privilege and reverse Racism

    True, the southern reaches of the US still suffer from slavery mentality amongst the older families. After slavery, there were share croppers that everyone with money hated. In the Caribbean where the slave plantations were most brutal, and the slaves revolted, being white in those countries is...
  42. DrewSTNY

    My thoughts on A- Political beliefs

    Will you send pics if I tell you I'm a baby eating fascist bastard?? :P
  43. DrewSTNY

    White privilege and reverse Racism

    Xenophobia is rampant in other parts of the world. By far, by far, the US is much more welcoming than most countries. People want respect, they don't much care about race here. It's much different elsewhere.
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    My thoughts on A- Political beliefs

    Ok, so you said non authoritarian communism. Does that mean the population can tell the communists to "fuck off" without getting re-educated?? Look at history, communism, socialism, fascism have all been tried and are used to beat down the masses. I say fuck all that noise because I highly...
  45. DrewSTNY

    My thoughts on A- Political beliefs

    Here's a clue. Most people don't know or give a shit who lives and dies. China has a billion slaves to labor in the sweat shops and people in the US bitch that Walmart is too expensive and exploits people, but they won't do fuck all to support union based manufacturing because they "can't...
  46. DrewSTNY

    My thoughts on A- Political beliefs

    This site allows humans to interact with each other. I may not agree with the political views of most on this site, but most people here are cool as fuck and have awesome conversations and debates without bashing each other over the head. Like everyone has said before, "grow the fuck up dude." I...
  47. DrewSTNY

    My thoughts on A- Political beliefs

    I know you're not supposed to feed the trolls, but I'm a tool, plus I've been feeding the hungry for a long time.
  48. DrewSTNY

    My thoughts on A- Political beliefs

    Blathering about nothing, this is. So I'll add mine to this stinking pile. Grow up, travel the world to some real shit holes, come back to the country of your birth and kiss the ground. You got it better than 99% of the planetary population. Fascism in the name of nationalism might just save...
  49. DrewSTNY

    Thinking of moving to slab city with our kids

    At this point, I would stay put until they send the sheriff in. I hate to think that should city would do that on this weekend, but people suck. Make them take you to court or whatever. You have internet, or you wouldn't be talking to us. Use it to find churches that run food banks or soup...
  50. DrewSTNY

    Thinking of moving to slab city with our kids

    Ok, so, the situation did sound dire; however, I am assuming you are both able bodied and can get some kind of scratch together for a bus ticket? There are never no options, don't take this wrong, but suck up some pride and scam the system when and where necessary. AZ might not be the...