It's one thing cutting it down, then you're stuffed if you cannot then transport it & cut it into useable stuff (looking forward to this house taking shape).
@mrsmith4662 The problem is all the initial structure is heavy. I will have a living roof with lots of plants on it. The supports are therefore going to have to be strong. Regarding moving the uprights are much shorted and therefore lighter.
It's all just mathematics and it's all in my head. The time I spend drawing it would take away from doing something useful. The workers have moved up the floor beams to Scottland, so that is the heavy work done.
Consider living on a boat you can cruise island to island without ever being out of sight of land. Just visiting 1 island a day would take 21 years. Scared at night? Pull up on a beach.
No drawings of the intended design? All builds have an 'artists impression' of the finished building - let's see it. (keep at it, but pace yourself & don't wear yourself out).
The house will not be connected to the tree until it reaches my desired height. I will be using the natural fall of the land to create a an enhanced feeling of height. The trees will be connected to I beams which they will be allowed to engulf.
I actually did timelapse photography to study how trees grow. The distance from the ground to any branch you'd use to support your house will not change over the life of the tree. The trunk will grow fatter, as will the branches. Trees grow by making buds in spring which make leaves and a twig that grows in length for the first year. After that, the former twig will not grow in length anymore, it only gets fatter to support the weight of subsequent twigs. It is only the twigs grown this season that makes the tree taller and wider. Everything else stays the same length and only grows thicker. This is true of tropical trees as well. You can use this information to plan your house structure. You don't need to worry about the lower part of the tree supporting your house getting any taller. You can either leave space around the trunk filled with cloth or something easily adjustable to compensate for the trunk getting wider, or let the tree engulf the adjacent wall section. Think about trees you may have seen that grew to engulf fence posts and other man made obstructions adjacent to where the young sapling started growing.
It's really interesting to look back on my videos as a more knowledgeable future version of myself. I am in the Philippines now and poised to start work on my proper legal house. I got through is just as I knew I would. Things are better and I am in a good financial situation. I will post a response video to this. It's important to show it all warts and all.
Very good story telling - kept us listening to the end! Agree with all that you've said here. 'The way, the truth & the life...' you cannot compromise this for the sake of 'inclusivity' (we know where that idea came from).
Welcome to the tribe keep safe. Boats are always a good cheap home. Inland waterway boats are expensive. Seagoing sailboats are cheap and sometimes free. Solution: Buy a sea boat and unbolt the keel/keels. I am on top of the ADHD mostly due to nutrition.
Yes, you have a point ultra sonics work by cavitation, which can do damage to things like boat propellers. So I guess there is a cost benefit analysis. The softness is really something to behold. It's worth it in my view. I can see other potential applications for this. This thing only cost me £18.
It will be interesting to see what the long term effects are, I'm wondering if the softness of the fabric is due to wear on the fibers from them being vibrated against each other in the weave by the ultrasound. I've noticed that new shirts tend to be a bit stiff and older, more worn shirts get softer. You can always get more cheap clothes at thrift stores for very little money, so its probably a good idea even if it reduces the lifetime of the clothes a little bit. I plan on getting an ultrasonic cleaner and using it to clean clothes when on the boat. I don't mind if it wears the fabric a bit. Its still worth it to me if I can clean the clothes easily with little power.
American amazon doesn't have that one. If you search for portable ultrasonic cleaner, they have some with the ultrasonic head shaped like a cylinder that run on 110V AC power for about $60. If you search for portable ultrasonic dishwasher, they have a couple kinds that use USB power. One of them is $16 and another is $30.
Another new adventure you're embarking on in the Philippines - just a bit different to the UK. Good luck with the fluency in Portugese, it's just English for me.
It's nice to have quiet surrounds, but that rough concrete, like those old plaster ceilings, will collect dust & dirt and spoil the aesthetics - but it might be a solution?
You're looking well, especially after living in the wilds for all those winter months. The teaching job sounds good, and hopefully will pan out for you. Looking forward to your next adventure.
Thats very interesting. One project I'm working on is stereo speakers. I'm working on ways to make the interior irregular by gluing different sized rubber nubs all over the inside
Sounds great! But, I would not do that I would use a world class material densified cork. Ie used wine corks, carve them to hexagons and glue them to the interior after cutting them to wedges. You could also line the cabinet with hexagonal nidacore filled with children's play sand topped of with a thin layer of cork.
The wood house sounds interesting. Congrats on making it back to the Philippines. You're right, the only way normal people can save money is to not give it all away for rent. Thats why the cabin is so brilliant. You could teach math the way you did it on your friends table, showing all your work. Classrooms have large chalkboards or whiteboards that should be big enough for that. I had a wife once, they are expensive. I got a cat instead. Cats work pretty good if you can keep them inside, otherwise they tend to wander off and go feral. Maybe a dog would work better in a more open environment. Good luck wherever you go.
Thanks a lot I hope your femur is getting better. You don't need any vitamin D in your location but I would look into upping your Vitamin K and magnesium and calcium. If you are deficient in magnesium your body will steal calcium from your bones. Get a bone density check.
I'm 47 this year and still waiting for a diagnosis, Its been around 6yrs journey as I've been assessed for autism and bpd only to come back to an original opinion which was adhd. I must say I dont do well but I'm confining myself to my home so I don't buttress up against much that can cause to much stress. I hope you all the best and hope to find some confidence in my little bubble as you have shown to be possible. we also share an accent so that helps, I'm in peterlee, co. Durham.
My wife and sailed one, built in Sydney BC 1964. We acquired it in 1995 and sailed Bird of Dawning for fifteen years. Loved it. We once sailed past a 100 foot plus old schooner sail trainer. We couldn’t understand why the kids were all on deck talking our picture. Then it dawned on us. That says it all.
At the moment, I just charge them while I am out. I tried one on my solar and unfortunately had it in reverse polarity and its dead. It's charging my mobile, so that's good. I fly to the Philippines in 4 days, so all should work well there. Things are going to get exiting.
Hi David, Jesus be with you too. I spent a few years looking into Buddhism before coming back to Christ. The problem I had with Buddhism sounds similar to yours; there was no reason to do much at all, just avoid causing suffering. For me, Christ provided the solution, which was to look outwards and see what I could do for others, rather than ruminating on my situation. Later, I was listening to a guy called Jordan Peterson (an academic psychologist) who said that there was no real difference between being inwardly focused and depression. The solution seems to be getting involved with helping others around you, not for your benefit, but for theirs. I have have found this to be very effective. I am now involved in my local church, which does work in the community. God bless you and guide you.
Dito on the Buddhism it is nihilistic. I watched all the Jordan Peterson stuff but he is a work in progress himself. You can see that he is rattled by his wife and her recovery from cancer and doesn't quite know what to make of it. Look at his interview of Milo Ianapolis and how the two of them proceeded with their lives after that. Watch my video on talking with angels. I started ending my videos Jesus be with you because it is the best I could wish for a person. Maybe it might act as a trigger to someone to let him in.
You just made me think if I trim the edges they will ok as supporting uprights. I am off to the Philippines to start my next project so I have to get on with this one.
You've done really well to live there all those months, especially throughout the winter months. Hope it works out for you when you finally leave. Will look forward to following your journey.
Ole slug's never look nice. No need to kill it though. just move it out into the woods somewhere. At the end of the day, you are living in his territory.
I bought her over from Holland and built the cabin and finished her down in Peterborough .1897 she was built the hull had already been restored in Holland when I got hold of her
It was too frantic she now has a new owner and I am buying back my old boat. It is on my old channel you will find it by searching, enntering Limehouse Basin. Misspelt like that with 2 nns. Myself and the new owner of the Pageant are planning to sail in the Jestter Azores Challenge.
