Could you ever live ''off the grid''?

SkyBlueClouds

If you were given the option to give up capitalism and all that goes with it (consumerism, 9-5 working day, banking, salary, taxes, mobiles etc) and live ''off the grid'' for a month, would you be able to do it?

i.e, No electronics, ipads, TV, money or materialistic comforts. Just you, the land, a quaint little cottage and the produce you grow from it. Books allowed.

I'd give myself a week at max before caving in....

SpaceTime

No.

I tried living in a small village once and nearly cracked up after a week.

I feel quite comfortable in central London on a packed tube lol

Macavity.

That would be shit.

Chucken

My dream life

darkpagandeath

where would you find info on government conspiracy's and the lizard people if you had no access to the net ?

SkyBlueClouds

SpaceTime wrote: »

No.

I tried living in a small village once and nearly cracked up after a week.

I feel quite comfortable in central London on a packed tube lol

London life is packed, busy busy all the time. Buzz of it is great for about a year - slowly it drove me insane and I craved for the smaller nature of Dublin once more .

holystungun9

No chance. I aim to be in TRON one day. That is my goal.

SpaceTime

SkyBlueClouds wrote: »

London life is packed, busy busy all the time. Buzz of it is great for about a year - slowly it drove me insane and I craved for the smaller nature of Dublin once more .

Ideal combination is a big house with a garden in London

Or even a flat near a nice park. London's not THAT hectic. It's got loads of green space, quirky chilled out places, a vast choice of cultural stuff etc

Same in most major cities.

BunkMoreland

Why are books allowed? Book ****!

DLMA23

Not a problem, spent 3 months wild camping in Alaska nearly a decade ago & I loved it, midnight hikes & fishing until 10PM

Could definately live of the grid as long as I could fish & hunt.

How in gods name are taxes "capitalism"?

anyway yeah sometimes I think I certainly would

SkyBlueClouds

DLMA23 wrote: »

Not a problem, spent 3 months wild camping in Alaska nearly a decade ago & I loved it.

Could definately live of the grid as long as I could fish & hunt.

Sounds lovely, very tranquil and peaceful.

DLMA23

SkyBlueClouds wrote: »

Sounds lovely, very tranquil and peaceful.

You have to be comfortable with your own company & arguing with yourself :pac:

SkyBlueClouds

DLMA23 wrote: »

You have to be comfortable with your own company & arguing with yourself :pac:

So long as you didn't do a Tom Hanks Castaway act and start talking to a ball named Wilson

Ronin247

DLMA23 wrote: »

You have to be comfortable with your own company & arguing with yourself :pac:

I would miss boards and arguing with everyone else !

Peregrine

Maybe for a few minutes..

kylith

I'd like to give it a go for a while.

DEFTLEFTHAND

I'm not able to grow crops, farm animals or hunt and fish. It would be a complete disaster, I would need to study these skills under the tutelage of a proper man's man for a few months prior.

mickydoomsux

I already live off da hook.

travis1976

Could I have my guitar?

padd b1975

I lived in Roscommon for a month one Tuesday afternoon.

holystungun9

Ronin247 wrote: »

I would miss boards and arguing with everyone else !

No you wouldn't.

Miss Lizzie Jones

SkyBlueClouds wrote: »

If you were given the option to give up capitalism and all that goes with it (consumerism, 9-5 working day, banking, salary, taxes, mobiles etc) and live ''off the grid'' for a month, would you be able to do it?

i.e, No electronics, ipads, TV, money or materialistic comforts. Just you, the land, a quaint little cottage and the produce you grow from it. Books allowed.

I'd give myself a week at max before caving in....

In Canada we call that ..... camping.

Ruu

Definitely a desirable lifestyle. After watch a few documentaries on living tiny like Tiny:A Story about living Small, kind of tempted even to downsize a bit or get rid of some clutter. Very interesting movement.

Buona Fortuna

SpaceTime wrote: »

No.

I tried living in a small village once and nearly cracked up after a week.

I feel quite comfortable in central London on a packed tube lol

I lived in London for over 30 years. If ever I go back I feel uneasy all of the time and until I get back to a little village in the wild west.

Chucken wrote: »

My dream life

It really is ours ...

kowloon

I like country life, the kind of country life that has electricity and broadband. The broadband got cut for half a day recently and I turned feral for several hours.

Sunnyisland

Yes and I have the tshirt to prove it,

About eleven years ago, I lived in a caravan with no water no lights no tollet no electricity
, nothing, it was in the middle of the country side nearest town was 45 mins drive away, I read books every night, I lived there for two years and looking back it wasent the worst thing that could have happened to me.

Sclosages

It'd very liberating!

Sclosages

Ideally, I'd love to live like a traveller. Just travelling around. I think there's a drop of a traveller in me.

looking_around

for a month? Well I'd jump for that, talk about an experience!!

I could do it for a month, living it though, nah, I like my internet too much.

No way. I get uneasy if I'm way from my phone for a few mins never mind all the other stuff that goes with living off the grid.

TheBeardedLady

Nope. I'll probably always live in a city of some kind and would lose the plot in the countryside with only books to keep me entertained. As much as I love reading, I couldn't read for hours on end every single day. I like getting away from the city now and then but am always happy to come back.

Frank Lee Midere

SpaceTime wrote: »

Ideal combination is a big house with a garden in London

Or even a flat near a nice park. London's not THAT hectic. It's got loads of green space, quirky chilled out places, a vast choice of cultural stuff etc

Same in most major cities.

Except that would set you back upto £1M even for a flat.

Vincent Vega

Would I like to? YES.

Would I or the majority of people realistically be able to? According to James Burke NO.

endacl

I do it regularly. An old farmhouse on the kilkenny/Laois border. No internet. No mobile signal. Dark skies and a big telescope. Few beers. Peace and quiet.

I try to get down at least once a month for a few days. It's healthy to disconnect every now and again.

Tokyo

Have done, regularly. Lived in a tent on the roof of my 4WD for over two years.

J Mysterio

endacl wrote: »

I do it regularly. An old farmhouse on the kilkenny/Laois border. No internet. No mobile signal. Dark skies and a big telescope. Few beers. Peace and quiet.

I try to get down at least once a month for a few days. It's healthy to disconnect every now and again.

No mobile signal?

J Mysterio

mike_ie wrote: »

Have done, regularly. Lived in a tent on the roof of my 4WD for over two years.

Wow.

beano345

Working towards it,have lived in a car for a while and hopped freight trains for a short stint,sleeping under the stairs and free transport what more could you want,there's a book by an unknown author that I've been looking for years,basically tells you how to live off nothing and how to evade the system while your at it,eventually got it through the internet.

TheDoc90

Tried living in trabolgan, nearly went postal!

c_man

What the hell would I **** to? Magazines? I'm not a bloody caveman.

Miss Lizzie Jones

c_man wrote: »

What the hell would I **** to? Magazines? I'm not a bloody caveman.

https://www.google.ca/search?q=venus+sculpture&biw=1366&bih=643&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=LGYwVM7fIs6pyASgyoHoAg&sqi=2&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ#tbm=isch&q=venus%20sculpture%20prehistoric&revid=1101465404&imgdii=_

There ya go.

c_man

Miss Lizzie Jones wrote: »

https://www.google.ca/search?q=venus+sculpture&biw=1366&bih=643&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=LGYwVM7fIs6pyASgyoHoAg&sqi=2&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ#tbm=isch&q=venus%20sculpture%20prehistoric&revid=1101465404&imgdii=_

There ya go.

I give it four days before I'd be carving my own versions of them.

Roquentin

i would love it

COYVB

I'd absolutely love to be completely self sufficient, living off the land and not having to concern myself with money or a job that's ultimately pretty pointless. I don't think Mrs. COYVB would approve though

endacl

J Mysterio wrote: »

No mobile signal?

Yep. One of the few havens left. Out the gate, turn left, you'll get a signal about 200 yards down the road. About half a mile the other way before you get something reliable. No mobile internet at all on the phone. A friend connected once on a dongle. Very pleased with himself. He hadn't been invited back.

Roquentin

beano345 wrote: »

Working towards it,have lived in a car for a while and hopped freight trains for a short stint,sleeping under the stairs and free transport what more could you want,there's a book by an unknown author that I've been looking for years,basically tells you how to live off nothing and how to evade the system while your at it,eventually got it through the internet.

the name of the book please:)

Duff

Am I allowed to bring Les Stroud with me?

Roquentin

check out the doc Life below zero. its about living in alaska. looks class

beano345

Roquentin wrote: »

the name of the book please:)

"Evasion"

Warning: like a travel memoir,but with tips for the more non-law abiding amongst us

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

users with averages of 2k posts a year extolling the virtues of a life without internet, ok then.