A friend knows this guy: http://www.amazon.com/Put-Your-Life-Diet-Lessons/dp/1423603176/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239079795&sr=8-1, who talks about his experience downsizing his life.
The book's a bit preachy, though. -jeff On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 9:39 PM, Ryan Kabir <[email protected]> wrote: > This thread made my day. The tumbleweed houses have me VERY excited. I could > do a shipping container as well. How difficult do you think it would be to > get my container loaded onto a ship *with me in it* ? > mwahahhahaha > > On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 7:45 PM, Gregory Heller <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> speaking of shipping containers, i'd have to imagine, with the economy >> being what it is right now, and the slowdown in trade, that there are >> probably some cheap shipping containers available in the region. There have >> been some amazing homes made from containers (you can google for them). >> >> I've always wanted to make a home out of one or more shipping containers. >> >> The only thing you do need to be a little concerned about is what the >> container might have been used to ship (if it was chemicals for example). >> >> there is a story on the cover of yes magazine last quarter about a woman >> in oregon who downsized into a tumbleweed house and has it parked in some >> guys back yard. >> >> while i'd be interested in one, i could not currently imagine downizing >> that much (i work from home!) if i were going to, i think i'd prefer an >> airstream and really be mobile. >> >> >> Jon Dugan wrote: >> >> Excerpts from Jason (MyrddinBach)'s message of Mon Apr 06 15:14:56 -0700 >> 2009: >> >> >> If you are currently renting or even looking to downsize your current >> house/residence and had an opportunity to move into an inexpensive >> tumbleweed house ( http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com ) would you do it? >> >> Just show of hands (ie replies) how many of you would say yes? >> >> >> I'd definitely consider it. It would require downsizing my possessions >> considerably, but that's probably a good thing. The idea of not having a >> mortgage/rent is very, very attractive as that creates considerable >> freedom. >> >> I've heard of a similar concept where they reclaim space on top of >> buildings >> in cities by using a helicopter to bring in a similar sized home. I think >> that one was based on something roughly the size of shipping container. >> >> Fun stuff! >> >> Jon >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> ---- >> Gregory Heller >> http://www.GregoryHeller.com >> http://delicious.com/GregoryHeller >> http://twitter.com/gregoryheller >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Website: http://saturdayhouse.org/ Post: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
