Subj : Re: Murphy's Law
To   : GAMGEE
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Tue Apr 22 2025 01:21:00

RM> I gave up living in the city and working 'normal' type jobs almost
RM> 40 years ago and moved into a small cabin in the woods on the shores
RM> of Georgian Bay where I'm alone 90% of the time.

GA>Wow, that's very interesting.  Seems a little extreme, but must suit you
  >well enough to have continued it for that long.  Most people would not
  >want that level of isolation, but I realize that some do.  Seems like it
  >would get kind of lonely.  I believe I'm somewhere in between - I do
  >like some alone time, but not to that extent.

GA>I'm assuming you subsist (at least somewhat) "off the land"?  Such as
  >growing some vegetables and hunting some animals?  I guess you have
  >electricity and internet, at least.

I have a land line and a cell phone with Internet through the cell
and regular electricity and mostly electric heat since the insurance
people got unreasonable about having a wood stove. Apparently the
one I used just fine for over 30 years was 'unsafe'..

I know my lifestyle wouldn't be for everyone. I enjoy eMail and
such as a form of contact with others and in summer I have family
that comes up for several days at a time a 4 or 5 times a year.
Winters are pretty long and quiet with almost no one around for
miles.. This is more a summer vacation area than used for winter
sports around here.

I'm afraid I buy my food which tarnishes my Mountain Man image.. B)
I was never a hunter and don't own a gun and most would not believe
living on the shore, I don't even fish.. and the only boat I own is
a canoe. I had a small sailboat at one time too. The land here is
mostly thin soil in places and exposed bedrock for the most part.

It would be possible to have a small garden built up, a few people
down the road do that, but I always found the amount of work to
grow food is a lot more than it is maybe worth in dollars by the
end of the season. My sister and niece often bring me up a few
veggies they grew at their homes when they are up here. My sister
has a similar cabin beside mine. We share the property ownership
but she is only up here for maybe 2 to 3 weeks a year these days.

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