Greetings, east jeezus.....
; )
i just came off of a start-up commune that is having a hella hard time..
members are down to zero, except for the owner, which sucks...
i'm now busted, but i dumped about $12,000 into the fucking place, only to see squat (& i don't mean planet) for it.
worked my ass off, too.. typically unpaid (of course) 8 hour days working on equipment & farm chores, when other folks had a hard time just doing their obligatory 2 hrs a day...
plus, because i put up 4k in cash for starters, i was supposed to be able to just park my fucking bus & write...
just facts.
i appreciate the hard up fronts, because it is absolutely fucking amazing how many people think their goddamn mother is whoever it is that is walking behind them as their shit drops, and that is saying gently only about 10 or 15 % of the bullshit people pull because they think anarchy is just sucking as much as possible out of people before they have to be extracted like a frozen exhaust bolt with a pair of oversized vice grips...
my background is in surveying and civil engineering. 26 years. strong technical skills, strong mechanical skills.
very good fabrication skills, but i do not weld.
51 years old, but as far as performance goes, i operate on a level at least 20 years younger than that, and that's no bullshit.
i have 2.5 unused, desert ridden acres near delano, CA, that i have yet to see, and may fucking bury myself there, eventually... however...
i'm looking for a community to participate in.. that means park my bus & take care of my crap & work to keep shit going...
it may even mean, if possible, finding a job with an engineering firm & sending cash into the home kitty..
in any case, just saw your thread & thought it was fascinating... what the virginia commune *should* have been, perhaps...
you can check my posts regarding my bus & my threads...
45 watt solar panel, 800 watt generator (a new 2,000 120/240 watt diesel that needs repair, since the resident self-proclaimed genii got + & - confused), 6,000 gal/hr semi-trash sump pump, and a number of other interesting goodies..
i am, by far, an ocean creature, but the desert has waves of its own..
looking for compassionate, sharing people who know how hard the work of fairness is, and know that people whom love fairness are people whom love what we would be, if we were simple enough to to need no more than what takes from no one else...
anyways, just an introduction.. may never ask for permission to enter, but if i do, my hands will be in the dirt as soon as i am past you door.
good peace,
john
PS: any serious chess players out there?
.... i might hafta make my way out to this place someday.....
