Home of the Old Fart's Club part 2

[novitius]

I ordered a survival vegetable and herb kit a while back. It showed up yesterday. They said 16.5k seeds.... There's no where near 1k. They saying grow all this then you get those seeds I guess.... Oh well. I'm gonna get some tomatoes and lettuce growing soon in veg.

 

[Keef]

I built a thang to make power one time - I used to tinker around alot -- U can test my theory with a glass of salt water - a nail and a brass rod -- U stick the steel and brass in the salt water and use an Ohm meter to test current running between them - should get about 3 volts-- low amps -- I think they call it a galvanic cell ?-- See Baghdad Battery !-- built a bank of 36 PVC versions linked in series and in sequence and --
I made a constant low amp battery charger -- A block of them big as a fridge probably power a house !

 

[Keef]

Nov - A nice powered houseboat so U can tow your grow barge like a trailer when U want- It wouldn't have to be that big and could be longer instead of wider to get U in smaller places ?---Container garden on the roofs -Make it almost self sufficient ?
I wasn't impressed with those survival seed packages -- Now Burpee got a seed selection but I'd rather pick them out myself instead of a big pack of mixed seed !

 

[umbra]

Good morning OFC.
Keef, however you make electricity, you want to store it. The storage battery setup is what you want. You can charge up batteries and run that for the grow. I would look into a propane generator and 100 gallon or 200 gallon tank.

 

[Keef]

I know Umbra it always comes back to expensive deep cycle batteries -- that is the flaw of storing power !--
Is it too much to ask for the weed gypsies to be able to follow spring up the big muddy then come on back down stream in the fall ?- far as I know U wouldn't have to pay properly taxes ?- Give a whole new meaning to Snowbird ?

 

[Keef]

If we at war- gas price gonna get high !-- How much ethenol can U add to gas and it still get an engine to run right ?-- Store my dam energy in a jug !- U could smell the whiskey Burning down Copperhead Road -- I may not drink anymore but I figure I can make fuel ?-- Gas hit $7-8 a gallon people be wanting to know how U make that stuff ?-
Wonder how hard it would be to get one those "Generac" emergency home generators to run on shine ?--

 

[thegloman]

If we at war- gas price gonna get high !-- How much ethenol can U add to gas and it still get an engine to run right?

This is a question I asked a long time back and this is the answer I got.
85% ethanol to 15% gas.
Same formula for diesel

 

[Keef]

Gloman -- We gonna need bigger stills !--
Wonder how much that high fructose corn syrup cost ?-- Dat chit would ferment up fine -- U go in buying sugar by the 100 lb bag - At least have some kind of plausible explanation or DEA gonna wanna talk to U ! -- Cracked corn to feed my chickens be my reason for buying all that corn and it be true enough !- The CKNs do eat the corn after it been fermented --for fuel ?-- maybe sweet horse and mules feed - crushed mixed grain and got some molasses in it -- Should ferment just fine !-- What U feed that drunkass mule out there Uncle Keef ?

 

[thegloman]

I'm already planning mine.
Copper is Expensive! But worth it in the long run. Fuel and liquor will always be in demand just like weed.

 

[Keef]

If it's for fuel ?-- leave the head and U just increased your yeild by 10 % ? -- Maybe a sugar cane privacy fence at the new place ?

 

[Keef]

Gloman all that stuff U know about a copper still -If it's for fuel U can throw most of those concepts out !-- I would use a dam auto radiator as a worm ! - a steel still --no copper--
Steel pipe too !--From still to thump keg and on to the Worm-- U ain't gonna drink it so what's the big deal ?- Afraid your fuel gonna have a bad taste or lead in it from the radiator !- ?-- Got the head in it too !-- it's poison ---Not for drinking !
I could ferment some big shine in one those bulk milk tanker trailers -- Wonder how much it cost to rent one ?-- I could put a cap on that trailer to the Worm but how I cook it off ?- electric like a water heating element probably cost too much ?-- Can't build a fire under it if U lease it ?-- Maybe one those big steel dumpsters - get the welder and make it water tight - put a top on it with a built in cap ?-- U could build a fire under that beech ?
Don't mean U Can't have another little copper still making drinking liqour ?

 

[Keef]

U come sneaking around the grow at night ?--Couple drunkass mules or jackasses think U trying to steal they feel good food ?--- U probably don't want to be there anymore -- Pissed off Billy goat show up ?-- U gonna wanna leave -- Now !-- ? -- I am however gonna want to get it on night vision film !-- May wanna send U and your friends a copy ?
I also saw pics of a CKN farm one time putting thier CKN chit in big tanks - They were capturing the methane and using it to produce power !-- pot farmer compost / methane machine - have to be big to be worthwhile !-- run the generac on methane to power your lights ?
I would like solar- wind and all going into a storage device that wasn't an expensive battery !-- maybe a water tower ?- use power to pump water up to it -- then capture power when water come down ?
Making liqour for fuel though seems the most practical way ?

 

[Keef]

There's always Keef's powerplant / engine in -"Wet Heat" ?-- fuel- air and a little water ( fuel could be shine) are injected into a combustion pot - when ignited by a spark the exploding/ expanding gases exit the combustion pot thru a one way valve in the bottom into an expansion chamber/ pressure reservoir where it is used as needed -cycle is repeated as needed in combustion pot to build pressure - like a self filling air compressor -- I could do a lot with 500 psi steam pressure ??
The mechanics are simple but the computer control system is beyond my ability!
Wet Heat is my version of the Bliss - Leavit Mark 7 torpedo engine of late WW1 and early WW2 -- Ever heard of torpedo juice ?-- It ran on ethanol and compressed air -- Turn it on point it and it ran at one speed until it hit the target or ran out of fuel/air !-- Better batteries replaced it !

 

[2RedEyes]

Keef, if your running lights pumps, fans, etc 24/7 your not gonna have enough solar power to sell back to them anyway...you’ll be burnin your own power and savin yourself money...mayhaps set up a greenhouse and use solar that way...

 

[Rosebud]

Good morning I hope. Wind was 50 mph last night. Thought we were going to Oz, or iran.
Gman, old roses are very hardy, it is just a rule we learn at rose school. I wish i could go prune ours.. way too early. My neighbor prunes hers in the fall. OMG lol. they always look good, so go figure. Have a great day all. Any houses look good Keef?

 

[Keef]

I'm high and rambling Rose !-- Good morning !- How's Miss Annie today ?- Realtor sent me that 2nd listing of another place that wasn't very isolated so we had a talk -- Look Farther back up in the woods -- not a house near or in a city !-- They showing the beach house - when it sells it'll probably happen fast !-- They keep say it will be easier to get financing after we sell the beach house and I keep saying when I sell the beach house I won't need financing !-- They just look at me like I'm stupid !-- Must be something I'm missing here ?

 

[novitius]

I think it's become common practice for people to carry more debt than actual possessions. Nobody owns anything anymore. Except the bank of course.
I'm with you Keef, buy it outright and be done!

 

[2RedEyes]

My girls are standin up this morning try to shuck off those seed shells...
I don’t have any dept other than monthly credit card usage...I only use it as a convenience for buying stuff...if possible I’ll just use PayPal as that’s linked to my bank account...when we retired from work, we sold the house which we still owed 15 years worth of mortgage and bought outright our current modular...cars are paid off and I hope never to have to buy again...so I don’t anticipate ever needing credit again...but then ya never know I supposed...

 

[2RedEyes]

Hey Rose, it looks like I’ve got powdery mildew on my lady banks rose... got any recommendations, I don’t want it spreading to the rest of my stuff...maybe use some sulfur on it?

 

[Keef]

Modular is not a problem for me RE -- 3 bedroom is almost a requirement -- bloom - veg and one to sleep in -- Looks like I'll have the money to pay it off and get new lights --
I could find something nicer and carry some debt but would rather not !- I might have a tough time the 1st 6 months or so - probably just 4 months -- The grow starts producing I'll be fine -- Old used truck -- I'm good!