>>>We’e all gonna have to learn how to make our own energy too.<<<
Hmmm, let’s see... Take that flywheel off the old baler down the back lane, convert that 150 gal tank into a wood gasifier, now to put together that Stirling engine to run the PTO generator... Yep... I think I could do it... Now, maybe I better get started assembling things this summer...
Let’s see, maybe I should put some Tesla coils in so I could greet intruders with a shocking experience...
You and my hubby would be DANGEROUS together. He is certain that we should dam up the river.. Years ago there were two sawmills run by dams within 500 feet of each other -one on either side of Route 1. I remember both of them, my father worked for years at one, just a half mile from where we live now. Sadly both the mills and the dams are gone now. He is also determined to have a small windmill on our hill as the wind zips by here nearly continuously. The Bushes at Walkers Point have switched their large windmill to a smaller one. Don’t know the reason but hubby would sure like to know why the change.
He insists upon sawing our wood with an old steam engine, hooked with a leather belt to the flywheel on the saw. I’m scared to death of that saw and maintain that he could do it just as fast with his chain saw, but BOYS get such satisfaction out of devising intricate ways of doing simple chores, DON’T THEY?
You’re not going to have time to do all those things this summer. Those are winter chores. Gardening and preserving are full time summer chores. We managed to repair the hydralic hoses on the bucket loader and replace a piston on the Ford diesel tractor this winter but spring is upon us and the walk behind rototiller and the tow behind rototiller, plus the walk behind bush hog are still waiting for repairs. Oh, the joys of having equipment nearly as old as we are!! Just getting parts is a major deal. The pistons for the old Ford had to be ordered from China.
Old baler, 150 gal tank and Stirling engine-guess you have as many TREASURES hanging around as hubby has.