bluGill

I have a tuner app, drum machine, and recording apps on my phone. I like to pretend I can play trumpet, mandolin, piano, hammered dulcimer… which means I practice something nearly every day.

there are different systems with different efficiency ratings. However even the worst don’t use much water - you don’t drink much water in a day.

it goes to the sewer system which needs to be able to take care of things anyway. The amount of waste water through a RO system insignificant - your toilet flushing needs will use more water than your RO drinking water needs. (a typical low flush toilet, though some camping toilets use less)

A reverse osmosis filter will run you $150 for parts - plus install and yearly filter changes. Start with that for costs. I would assume eu costs are similar but that is sometimes very wrong.

If trump could think stratigically a eu-us embargo on china would change china for the better 'ast. But he lets china play us both.

they do open windows. They also close them. When they do that depends on the situation.

livewise they sit outside at times. They also sit insides.

There are many different hot climates with different situations. You cannot make a blanket statement. And you cannot look at what they do today when ac is common to figrue it out (where at is common)

Your safe following distance on gravel at 50mph is more than that. 3 seconds is your minimum following distances on normal surfaces (used to be 2, advice has changed), you should have a 4 second following distance on gravel. https://www.drive-safely.net/safe-following-distance/

Look at old hot climates.

notice the afternoon siesta. Sleep in the shade in the hot of the day and work (play) later into the night.

notice large covered porches around the house. Spend more time outside in the breeze and shade.

notice the large windows and doors. When you are inside get plenty of ventilation-

notice the ceiling fan (often slave pulled). Be glad we now have electric fans.

notice the folding hand fans. Portable fans exist, though most of the time the hand fan is better - get one.

They were mostly had such poor insulation as to be not worth having because of the losses in winter. There is a good reason most people hove tore them out when they get ac.

No tides as a large moon would knock any other moons out of orbit - this means the moons are too small to support a tide.

Location matters. Cheyenne with a population of 65,132 is large enough to expect good medical care (though I didn’t look this up - you should!), and is only a few hours drive from Denver. It is also small enough that you can live practically in the city while also being in the rural exurbs. Something like this may be a good compromise depending on exactly why you want live in a rural area and what you want. There are other “cities” with good enough medical care available (and don’t forget to look just across the border at other states). Maybe you can find a best of both worlds situation.

That said, you should be thinking about what next. Because at your age things can go downhill fast. You need to have good long term care for a nursing home (make sure it is good - you don’t want to be in a nursing home that stinks like a sewer system so don’t buy on cost). Make sure you have a plan on how and where you will move “back” when/if life forces it on you.

Remember farming/ranching is dangerous. Make sure you understand all the safety processes and don’t cut corners. You are doing this as a hobby so feel free to lose money or hire out things.

That said, staying active in old age is your best way to get and stay health such that you can do those things. Those who sit around on the couch after retiring tend to die quick. My great-uncle ran his North Dakota ranch until 95 and only stopped because he couldn’t care for his wife’s Alzheimer’s and run the ranch, I believe the activity is part of why he lived so long.

it is possible for two opposing sides to be evil. If one evil is oppressing you that is the one you fight against but that doesn’t mean you support the other. It is even possible for the worse evil to not oppress you as much.

I’m referring to the US, not Isreal. AFAIK the US only hit nuclear facilities, and anyone who would have died there was thus working in a nuclear facility.

Though Iran has been bombing Isreal residential areas for a long time - not directly, but they have been funding all the groups who have been sending bombs, morters, and everything else. Iran just deserves a share of the blame for Gaza genocide as if they were not enabling the attacks, Isreal would not be as interested in such attacks. (how much is not knowable, but there is a share for sure)

I have known a lot of good looking girls who I only want to see via binoculars - that way I can enjoy the eye candy but their terrible personality is invisible. Fortunately there are plenty of nice girls that are also good looking that I can get close to.

That was 11 year ago… Things change, and will change again. When someone is at war you have to look for the help you can get now, not how things were or will be. Stalin was worse than Hitler, but the US supported Stalin in WWII because Hitler was attacking.

Even if they did kill someone it would be someone working in someway with nuclear materials. (including the person who cleans the bathroom there though)

A modern car is likely better if you want power. a 1962 corvette came with 250-360 horsepower. A 2024 honda accord comes with 190, not far behind for a basic ecconomy car. The modern car will have much better handeling because we have better suspention.

which is to say it does happen (see other replies), but most don’t because they are not that great. Besides if you race it something might break and you have to fix it.

The code allows for a disconnect switch near the oven instead. I’ve never seen this in residential applications though.

How small? I bought a N100 system from Protectli which I’m happy with. It should work better than a pi according to the specs - but I never tried a pi so I can’t say if it really is. However this is bigger than a pi. I have an old system76 Meerkat, which is much smaller (I think this is the NUC form factor?), but my system is 8 years old and so not really comparable to anything modern, but that is an option.

Depends on what is inside, intel N100 or better CPUS are considered really good in general. There are some bad CPUs in mini-PCs though. Make sure the hardware has drivers for your choosen OS, not everything supports linux [well] even today. And every once in a while someone makes a PC with bad design and so it doesn’t work well for technical reasons.

There are a lot of small PCs that are low power that will work well. I haven’t used GMKTech’s, and one look at their website says I won’t try to navigate that mess. (why does everyone need a subscribe to our newsletter popup blocking my ability to see anything - I avoid anyone who abuses me like that)