Archived: Gentlemen, it's happening...

[Aslav]

Originally Posted by Hammer Tank

aslav you're freaking me out with the obsession with communal showers. are you gonna be the guy who asks me if i need any help washing myself?

Lol, no, I'm not gay.

I just really believe this is a good idea and I've offered to pay for it to be implemented if only for a trial period.

[HTS]

Originally Posted by Aslav

Lol, no, I'm not gay.

I just really believe this is a good idea and I've offered to pay for it to be implemented if only for a trial period.

I'm afraid I've go to dispute the first part.

Seems like you're willing to pay a bunch real money so you can watch naked guys soaping up.

[Animal Farm Pig]

I'm coming to this really late. I can't be arsed to read through 14 pages.

Is there a FAQ made on this? It would be a good idea to have a wiki going.

I have obligations for the foreseeable future, so I can't help too much. I will, however, be taking some home travel time to visit my family in Texas next spring. I could maybe arrange two weeks or so to visit and work.

I'd be happy to work with getting access to clean water through making a well & pump system using appropriate technology. I can also work with small scale garden farming and irrigation systems. I don't have any experience with it, but I'd love to also work with power generation and energy storage systems.

I have a few years experience working in the non-profit sector, and, as far as sustainability goes, you might want to look into incorporating as a non-profit.

To do so would introduce some record keeping requirements (yearly 990's, etc.), and you'd have to pay for a year audit. If you incorporate as a research institution (I'm thinking action research), you make it very easy for foreigners to get longer term B1 visitor and J1 trainee visas. You also become eligible to receive tax deductible donations from individuals and institutions.

There's a lot of free stuff that you can get as a non-profit. Businesses are often happy to donate all kinds of materials to young people doing something new and interesting.

You can also engage in fundraising. I've done this for non-profits in the past. It's not unreasonable to earn $200 per person per day approaching people on the street, going house to house, or setting up tables at shopping centers. When I was doing it, our costs worked out to about $5 per person per day (including food and living expenses.) So, in two weeks, a team of five people can net more than $1600.

If you're smart about it, this money can go a long way.

If you adopt an "off the grid" mentality, expenses should be minimal. You'll own the land, so there is no rent to pay. If water and electricity were produced on-site, you have only the maintenance costs of your equipment. You could pay for an internet connection (or steal from neighbors miles away using a big parabolic antenna on a tower...). Once you've got more than a few people there, you can subsist easily on $3 / person / day for food, and eat quite nicely if you're growing some of your own or increase the budget a bit.

[HTS]

Originally Posted by Animal Farm Pig

I'm coming to this really late. I can't be arsed to read through 14 pages.

Is there a FAQ made on this? It would be a good idea to have a wiki going.

I have obligations for the foreseeable future, so I can't help too much. I will, however, be taking some home travel time to visit my family in Texas next spring. I could maybe arrange two weeks or so to visit and work.

I'd be happy to work with getting access to clean water through making a well & pump system using appropriate technology. I can also work with small scale garden farming and irrigation systems. I don't have any experience with it, but I'd love to also work with power generation and energy storage systems.

I have a few years experience working in the non-profit sector, and, as far as sustainability goes, you might want to look into incorporating as a non-profit.

To do so would introduce some record keeping requirements (yearly 990's, etc.), and you'd have to pay for a year audit. If you incorporate as a research institution (I'm thinking action research), you make it very easy for foreigners to get longer term B1 visitor and J1 trainee visas. You also become eligible to receive tax deductible donations from individuals and institutions.

There's a lot of free stuff that you can get as a non-profit. Businesses are often happy to donate all kinds of materials to young people doing something new and interesting.

You can also engage in fundraising. I've done this for non-profits in the past. It's not unreasonable to earn $200 per person per day approaching people on the street, going house to house, or setting up tables at shopping centers. When I was doing it, our costs worked out to about $5 per person per day (including food and living expenses.) So, in two weeks, a team of five people can net more than $1600.

If you're smart about it, this money can go a long way.

If you adopt an "off the grid" mentality, expenses should be minimal. You'll own the land, so there is no rent to pay. If water and electricity were produced on-site, you have only the maintenance costs of your equipment. You could pay for an internet connection (or steal from neighbors miles away using a big parabolic antenna on a tower...). Once you've got more than a few people there, you can subsist easily on $3 / person / day for food, and eat quite nicely if you're growing some of your own or increase the budget a bit.

Holy shit, this guy is awesome. We should definitely look into becoming a non-profit something or other. If I could LEGALLY live in the US as an employee of our non-profit... thing... I'd fucking jizz. After a few years I could apply for citizenship/permanent residence. I could actually get my life in order while in the states, which is where I want to end up later in life anyway.

Dear God...

[WAN]

Originally Posted by HTS

Seems like you're willing to pay a bunch real money so you can watch naked guys soaping up.

lol

Originally Posted by HTS

Holy shit, this guy is awesome. We should definitely look into becoming a non-profit something or other. If I could LEGALLY live in the US as an employee of our non-profit... thing... I'd fucking jizz. After a few years I could apply for citizenship/permanent residence. I could actually get my life in order while in the states, which is where I want to end up later in life anyway.

I only have this to say:

Dear God...

[Rizzo in a box]

Ammmmmmmericaaaa, Americaaaa....

[Haiti's Space Agency]

I live like less than 40 miles from there.

[nuclearrabbit]

(07:54:19 PM) mockturtel: hey nitrox, you should create a generator that runs on crazy because you guys would never run out of electricity as long as you were around

I lol'd.

[InspiredByMe]

Originally Posted by nuclearrabbit

(07:54:19 PM) mockturtel: hey nitrox, you should create a generator that runs on crazy because you guys would never run out of electricity as long as you were around

I lol'd.

[SLIM]

I didn't read the whole thing (yet), but when the time is needed I'd like to add that I'm a tiler and I know other tradesmen who will be willing to work and help build whatever is needed. I'm getting a huge pay in a few weeks time for a reconstruction of a cathedral.

[Barney'sDealer]

We need a trap door at the entrance so if any totse2 members come by they can fall in a pit.

[InspiredByMe]

Originally Posted by Barney'sDealer

We need a trap door at the entrance so if any totse2 members come by they can fall in a pit.

It's a TOTSE House for a reason, not a zoklet pride convention.

[HTS]

We should refer to it as the Templar Commune.

[oldschooler]

Originally Posted by Aslav

So, that a no on my communal shower idea?

I like this.
It'd make the community closer, just everyone stay away from my fiance FFS .

[mrparks]

As long as you're not opposed to the killing and eating of animals, there is javelina, quail and dove in that area part of Texas.

There is also feral Latino.

[Winter]

I love the idea. But it will fail because of one simple reason. This reason also destorys tons of businesses every year...

LOCATION!

This is probably the worst spot you couldve bought for a totse house. Its so far from any city. Its in the middle of a fucking desert. No water around. And youll have to spend insane amounts of money just to build it. When its finally built, the cost just to keep the place in check will be insanely high. Also, only a handful of any of us will actually go there to visit, let alone actually live there.

I suggest you sell the land and buy land in a smarter spot. It would make the whole project a hell of alot easier.

[InspiredByMe]

Originally Posted by Winter

I love the idea. But it will fail because of one simple reason. This reason also destorys tons of businesses every year...

LOCATION!

This is probably the worst spot you couldve bought for a totse house. Its so far from any city. Its in the middle of a fucking desert. No water around. And youll have to spend insane amounts of money just to build it. When its finally built, the cost just to keep the place in check will be insanely high. Also, only a handful of any of us will actually go there to visit, let alone actually live there.

I suggest you sell the land and buy land in a smarter spot. It would make the whole project a hell of alot easier.

You really should shut the fuck up and go the the thread in DIY. As for one thing, but are you buying the land? No. Nuke bought it with his own money so unless you can find another place and pay with your own money for it GTFO.

[Powdered Toast Man please]

penis

[Powdered Toast Man please]

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[HTS]

Originally Posted by Powdered Toast Man

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[Powdered Toast Man please]

Originally Posted by hts

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wrong. Just fucking wrong.

[WAN]

Originally Posted by brownfingerfuck

I didn't read the whole thing (yet), but when the time is needed I'd like to add that I'm a tiler.

Cool you are? Do you also lay (not sure if that's the proper verb) linoleum tiles? If yes, could you tell me what linoleum is? Is it more like plastic or more like ceramic? What does it feel like?

Originally Posted by Hammer Tank

aslav you're freaking me out with the obsession with communal showers. are you gonna be the guy who asks me if i need any help washing myself?

No; but he might shower next to you then "accidentally" drops the soap.

p.s. yes I stole the joke from 0x29A. Sue me.

[Powdered Toast Man please]

linoleum is the shit they make most kitchen floors out of.

[Aslav]

Originally Posted by Powdered Toast Man

linoleum is the shit they make most kitchen floors out of.

Maybe in poor people's houses.

[Powdered Toast Man please]

Originally Posted by Aslav

Maybe in poor people's houses.

no i dont have it in my house all i have is plywood

http://www.armstrong.com/flooring/products/linoleum

[The_Wizard]

Raised mound. Build under the erfs.

It'lls be sweet dude.

[HTS]

Why the FUCK was this unstickied and replaced with a picture of a fucking potted plant?

*backhands Fish*

[Monkmaster]

Originally Posted by HTS

Why the FUCK was this unstickied and replaced with a picture of a fucking potted plant?

*backhands Fish*

Don't diss the plant, bro.

[HTS]

Originally Posted by Wendigo

Don't diss the plant, bro.

*sigh*

The plant is a nigger.

[WAN]

Originally Posted by HTS

Why the FUCK was this unstickied and replaced with a picture of a fucking potted plant?

*backhands Fish*

Lol! I like that!

Also, the reason this thread is un-stickied and its original place taken by a potted plant is because you see Fish, having been in the constant company of Japanese women (I am assuming), has started to take on their mannerisms. It is a well-known fact that Japanese women like to arrange flowers and the like to make their homes more hospitable.

[Nerd Fangs]

this is awesome.

[HTS]

Originally Posted by ZeppelinRules

this is awesome.

Indeed.

Definitely more awesome than that stupid fucking plant.

[Powdered Toast Man please]

Originally Posted by HTS

Why the FUCK was this unstickied and replaced with a picture of a fucking potted plant?

*backhands Fish*

my idea:
http://www.zoklet.net/bbs/showthread.php?t=52515

[Syphilis]

Interesting thread...

[Powdered Toast Man please]

this was/is stupid and should be deleted. obviously if they were still actively doing this, then this would be an active thread. whose ever idea it was to make this thread has a distorted sense of reality and needs to WAKE THE FUCK UP.

[Frankeh]

Where's my totse nation bitch??