Forums46
Topics539,490
Posts9,750,263
Members87,166
|
Most Online25,604 Feb 12th, 2024
|
|
|
Could you live on an island?
#8825270
03/29/23 02:46 AM
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 32,156
txtrophy85
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 32,156 |
Scenario:
500 acre island. Location can be either Tropical or Temperate. You can have as many guests as you would like, but cannot leave for 5 years. On the island you live in the same house you live in now.
There is one 4 legged animal ( goat/ sheep , pig, deer ) that is available for hunting ( keep in mind population is limited as your on an island, so you wouldn’t want to hunt every day ) fishing is an option along with whatever wild fowl comes across. Internet, TV and all that exists and you will have 3 hours access daily to be online, phones during this time and books at your disposal are whatever you currently have in your home. Food and dry goods are delivered bi-weekly, but you’re not lacking for modern items or having to catch/kill your dinner as your only means to eat. Hunting and fishing would be more recreational than survival.
Could you do it comfortably?
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
|
|
|
Re: Could you live on an island?
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8825275
03/29/23 02:52 AM
|
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 1,690
SherpaPhil
Pro Tracker
|
Pro Tracker
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 1,690 |
Assuming I don't have to work to pay the bills, and I can fish, sign me up! Ive got a pretty good library and I assume I could download ebooks during my daily internet time. I lived in Alaska for about 3 1/2 years with no TV, so I'm sure I'd be fine.
|
|
|
Re: Could you live on an island?
[Re: SherpaPhil]
#8825277
03/29/23 02:53 AM
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 32,156
txtrophy85
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 32,156 |
Assuming I don't have to work to pay the bills, and I can fish, sign me up! Ive got a pretty good library and I assume I could download ebooks during my daily internet time. I lived in Alaska for about 3 1/2 years with no TV, so I'm sure I'd be fine. No working for income, whatever labor you do is to improve the situation on the island. Tools at your disposal is whatever you currently own. Fishing is an option 100% of the time from the shore.
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
|
|
|
Re: Could you live on an island?
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8825279
03/29/23 02:57 AM
|
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 1,690
SherpaPhil
Pro Tracker
|
Pro Tracker
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 1,690 |
Assuming I don't have to work to pay the bills, and I can fish, sign me up! Ive got a pretty good library and I assume I could download ebooks during my daily internet time. I lived in Alaska for about 3 1/2 years with no TV, so I'm sure I'd be fine. No working for income, whatever labor you do is to improve the situation on the island. Tools at your disposal is whatever you currently own. Fishing is an option 100% of the time from the shore. I would pay a significant sum.of.money for this arrangement.
|
|
|
Re: Could you live on an island?
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8825284
03/29/23 03:04 AM
|
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 3,455
aggiehunter03
Veteran Tracker
|
Veteran Tracker
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 3,455 |
Absolutely. You can keep the internet and tv too. And I’d prefer to enact a very strict limitation on guests.
|
|
|
Re: Could you live on an island?
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8825307
03/29/23 03:17 AM
|
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 10,058
unclebubba
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 10,058 |
Do I have to allow guests?
|
|
|
Re: Could you live on an island?
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8825311
03/29/23 03:23 AM
|
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 12,602
ntxtrapper
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 12,602 |
I’ll go days without talking with anyone in person right now. I have found peace in the silence and solitude. I think I’d do just fine on the island.
|
|
|
Re: Could you live on an island?
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8825315
03/29/23 03:39 AM
|
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 69,519
NORML as can be
^^Cut the Cord^^
|
^^Cut the Cord^^
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 69,519 |
Yes I could do it. I go weeks without seeing or talking to anybody other than the wife and we don't talk very often. The older I get the more I turn into a hermet.
(R-TX) .-- " TCNN CURL CRLB VFF VRNO AYR SNDL CGC TLRY MSOS "
_=====___=________==-
|
|
|
Re: Could you live on an island?
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8825317
03/29/23 03:50 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 8,841
DocHorton
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 8,841 |
Scenario:
500 acre island. Location can be either Tropical or Temperate. You can have as many guests as you would like, but cannot leave for 5 years. On the island you live in the same house you live in now.
There is one 4 legged animal ( goat/ sheep , pig, deer ) that is available for hunting ( keep in mind population is limited as your on an island, so you wouldn’t want to hunt every day ) fishing is an option along with whatever wild fowl comes across. Internet, TV and all that exists and you will have 3 hours access daily to be online, phones during this time and books at your disposal are whatever you currently have in your home. Food and dry goods are delivered bi-weekly, but you’re not lacking for modern items or having to catch/kill your dinner as your only means to eat. Hunting and fishing would be more recreational than survival.
Could you do it comfortably? This sounds a lot like retirement. We love to travel and eat out, so not doing that would probably get boring on occasion, but if I could have my house and family I would be pretty comfortable and plenty happy. I'm not saying I would want to do it, but I could if I had to.
|
|
|
Re: Could you live on an island?
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8825318
03/29/23 03:59 AM
|
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 3,317
blkt2
Veteran Tracker
|
Veteran Tracker
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 3,317 |
I could easliy do it and would not want phone or internet.
Trolling? Heck no, I meant every word of it.
Did y'all know that Bee'z The Beedazzler invented driving much faster than the posted speed limit on Hwy 121 in the early 2000s?
|
|
|
Re: Could you live on an island?
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8825319
03/29/23 04:03 AM
|
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 10,887
DannyB
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 10,887 |
Your post sounds kind of like a prepper post, which fine. I would say no to the 500 acre part if I was the only one there. That is too much to guard.
I would be leery of the IT reliability.
I would rather be wherever ntxtrapper is, west TX ranch, etc. than on that island.
|
|
|
Re: Could you live on an island?
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8825322
03/29/23 04:14 AM
|
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 20,037
TurkeyHunter
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 20,037 |
It's not very appealing to me. Many places I still want to go see and history to visit.
To be determined
|
|
|
Re: Could you live on an island?
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8825327
03/29/23 05:31 AM
|
Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 9,746
Mickey Moose
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 9,746 |
Why is this a question? Yes. All my Caribbean trips are baby step practice runs.
My botnet is bigger than yours.
|
|
|
Re: Could you live on an island?
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8825352
03/29/23 08:58 AM
|
Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 15,610
TexFlip
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 15,610 |
Just to make sure that it is done thoroughly, I go both ways.
|
|
|
Re: Could you live on an island?
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8825353
03/29/23 09:01 AM
|
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 9,177
10pointers
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 9,177 |
I'll call it Fantasy Island
Signature images may not be larger than 600 pixels wide by 125 pixels tall. That smile says it all [North Dakota -16degrees
"Things may come to those who wait, but only those things left by those who hustle." - Abraham Lincoln
|
|
|
Re: Could you live on an island?
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8825367
03/29/23 10:57 AM
|
Joined: Jul 2019
Posts: 14,400
Hudbone
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Jul 2019
Posts: 14,400 |
Include a mute Mary Ann who can cook and this scenario would be absolutely perfecto.
|
|
|
Re: Could you live on an island?
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8825371
03/29/23 11:17 AM
|
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 22,549
Superduty
"The Regulator"
|
"The Regulator"
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 22,549 |
What's the catch?
Easy peasy
'It's Only Treason if You Lose."
|
|
|
Re: Could you live on an island?
[Re: Hudbone]
#8825380
03/29/23 12:03 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 10,727
Greg
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 10,727 |
Include a mute Mary Ann who can cook and this scenario would be absolutely perfecto.
|
|
|
Re: Could you live on an island?
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8825386
03/29/23 12:14 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 41,357
J.G.
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 41,357 |
Scenario:
500 acre island. Location can be either Tropical or Temperate. You can have as many guests as you would like, but cannot leave for 5 years. On the island you live in the same house you live in now.
There is one 4 legged animal ( goat/ sheep , pig, deer ) that is available for hunting ( keep in mind population is limited as your on an island, so you wouldn’t want to hunt every day ) fishing is an option along with whatever wild fowl comes across. Internet, TV and all that exists and you will have 3 hours access daily to be online, phones during this time and books at your disposal are whatever you currently have in your home. Food and dry goods are delivered bi-weekly, but you’re not lacking for modern items or having to catch/kill your dinner as your only means to eat. Hunting and fishing would be more recreational than survival.
Could you do it comfortably? Can I stay longer than 5 years.
800 Yard Steel Range Precision Rifle Instruction Memberships and Classes Available
|
|
|
Re: Could you live on an island?
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8825387
03/29/23 12:17 PM
|
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 44,251
Stub
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 44,251 |
Is this a real question Well heck yes
“I never forget a face—but in your case, I’ll be glad to make an exception.” —Groucho Marx
|
|
|
Re: Could you live on an island?
[Re: DannyB]
#8825392
03/29/23 12:30 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 32,156
txtrophy85
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 32,156 |
Your post sounds kind of like a prepper post, which fine. I would say no to the 500 acre part if I was the only one there. That is too much to guard.
I would be leery of the IT reliability.
I would rather be wherever ntxtrapper is, west TX ranch, etc. than on that island. Lol how do you get that this is a prepper post?
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
|
|
|
Re: Could you live on an island?
[Re: Superduty]
#8825395
03/29/23 12:37 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 32,156
txtrophy85
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 32,156 |
What's the catch?
Easy peasy There is no catch. It’s just to see how many people, given most of their modern comforts, would be content staying in more or less one spot for an extended stay. 500 acres isn’t a postage stamp but it isn’t sprawling either. There would be no change of scenery, can’t leave the island. Visitors are allowed, but they have to come to you and not vice versa. Travel would be on them to get to the island and on them to get off the island. So think of your current friends/family and who would actually make that venture? Personally, I would have a harder time with it, after a certain amount of time I would start to feel claustrophobic I think. Might take 6 months but I like to travel around and see different things.
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
|
|
|
Re: Could you live on an island?
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8825396
03/29/23 12:40 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 12,555
RedRanger
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 12,555 |
Your post sounds kind of like a prepper post, which fine. I would say no to the 500 acre part if I was the only one there. That is too much to guard.
I would be leery of the IT reliability.
I would rather be wherever ntxtrapper is, west TX ranch, etc. than on that island. Lol how do you get that this is a prepper post? This is the THF, expect the unexpected when you post
|
|
|
Re: Could you live on an island?
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8825406
03/29/23 01:11 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 41,357
J.G.
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 41,357 |
What's the catch?
Easy peasy There is no catch. It’s just to see how many people, given most of their modern comforts, would be content staying in more or less one spot for an extended stay. 500 acres isn’t a postage stamp but it isn’t sprawling either. There would be no change of scenery, can’t leave the island. Visitors are allowed, but they have to come to you and not vice versa. Travel would be on them to get to the island and on them to get off the island. So think of your current friends/family and who would actually make that venture? Personally, I would have a harder time with it, after a certain amount of time I would start to feel claustrophobic I think. Might take 6 months but I like to travel around and see different things. I try to stay inside 70 acres for four days straight. And when it's time to leave, I don't want to. Whole lot of old Police and old Firemen get a major distain for people in general.
800 Yard Steel Range Precision Rifle Instruction Memberships and Classes Available
|
|
|
Re: Could you live on an island?
[Re: txtrophy85]
#8825427
03/29/23 01:37 PM
|
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 60,803
BOBO the Clown
kind of a big deal
|
kind of a big deal
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 60,803 |
wait i get to spend everyday with my wife and kids for five year, with out BS democrat brainwashing
hell ya Im in!!!!
Bottom line, never trust a man whose uncle was eaten by cannibals.-Sen Joni Ernst
|
|
|
Moderated by bigbob_ftw, CCBIRDDOGMAN, Chickenman, Derek, DeRico, Duck_Hunter, hetman, jeh7mmmag, JustWingem, kmon11, kry226, kwrhuntinglab, Payne, pertnear, rifleman, sig226fan (Rguns.com), Superduty, TreeBass, txcornhusker
|