tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120586935905234915.post7300508629768128252..comments2024-03-24T00:09:55.586-05:00Comments on The Field Lab: off grid opportunityJohn Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12783305402239706779noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120586935905234915.post-21828894238307946092015-02-03T17:42:51.647-06:002015-02-03T17:42:51.647-06:00Texas has roads called Farm-to-Market. They are ev...Texas has roads called Farm-to-Market. They are even signed that way.<br /><br />They are ubiquitous in Texas and were built by the state to benefit folks living in the rural areas to not only get their crops to market but get stuff for their farms - and to provide rights-of-ways for electricity and phones.<br /><br /> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farm-to-market_roadLarry Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02282254026681944326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120586935905234915.post-1480281468518772862015-02-03T13:24:15.821-06:002015-02-03T13:24:15.821-06:00The old James homestead that I grew up on was buil...The old James homestead that I grew up on was built in 1893. I don't remember the date Grandpa put electricity and plumbing in for Great Grandma. He told me once but I don't recall.Anyway, as soon as he did Great Grandpa moved into the barn and never came back in that house the rest of his life.Something to the effect that you didn't do certain things in the same place you slept and ate. Don't know about his beef with electricity, nobody ever said.Maybe it showing up the same time as plumbing was reason enough...Rev.jimmyleebobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12209681160272509144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120586935905234915.post-14298739723103218322015-02-03T12:27:04.910-06:002015-02-03T12:27:04.910-06:00Tip-to-tip time John. But we can guess if necessar...Tip-to-tip time John. But we can guess if necessary.Rita B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03508252090653732674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120586935905234915.post-30829065694332577562015-02-02T20:01:49.093-06:002015-02-02T20:01:49.093-06:00If that were a school, you should be the dean.If that were a school, you should be the dean.Dizzy-Dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14150939928800538404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120586935905234915.post-70349780961469284282015-02-02T18:29:25.235-06:002015-02-02T18:29:25.235-06:00Sounds a little like "BUying Alaska" whe...Sounds a little like "BUying Alaska" where most of the homes for sale are off grid as well as without major plumbing - i.e. no drain field and often no well although many of the houses look like conventional homes -albeit some with solar panels, etc.<br /><br />Sometimes I wonder about the whole concept of why anyone would willingly choose to NOT have electricity and indoor plumbing or even weirder why someone would not have electricity and indoor plumbing but would have internet!<br /><br />;-)<br /><br />Back east - many move to the countryside where electricity is available thanks to the 1930's rural electric program and they have wells and septic fields - but internet is not so easy.. at least the cable version of it - including DSL.<br /><br />They do have DISH TV and some have HughesNet which by all accounts is less than wonderful.<br /><br />but clearly - without question - John Wells is a creature of the online world no matter how off-grid he lives!<br /><br />and we are all better for it!<br /><br />Larry Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02282254026681944326noreply@blogger.com