<html><head></head><body>I was surprised when traveling to Canada from NY at being asked if I was bringing any weapons of any kind including guns. The Canadian border guard had a sense of humor and smiled when I replied "No weapons of any kind other than a phone number for an office full of eager lawyers.".<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On September 6, 2020 7:50:45 AM EDT, DJ-Pfulio via Ale <ale@ale.org> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail">There's a completely different world of low-power devices made for RVs.<br><br>A number of IT people have moved off-the-grid.<br><br>There are conference talks about it. Remember one a few years ago at<br>CarolinaCon. Usually, it goes like this:<br>* Tired of corporate life<br>* Started second job doing work for a few clients. Got those clients to<br> recommend them to other businesses. Too much working.<br>* Only worked after hours for the new clients, so they were used to<br> not seeing me. Always made appointments well in advance and kept them.<br>* Bought Van/Small RV/Huge RV, and went "camping" from home for the first<br> year to learn the systems, figure out power, water, sewer use patterns,<br> tried solar charging, but ended up with batteries and a generator.<br>* Bought lowest power use devices - laptop, monitor, tablet, and mifi.<br> We share devices.<br>* Tried different service providers for data. They all suck outside<br> well-traveled areas.<br>* Need "full hookups" a few days a week with electric, water, sewer, and<br> good wifi to recharge everything fully, get online and patch. More<br> often in a smaller setup for showers, etc. Less often with bigger RV.<br>* Love traveling from place to place, seeing parts of N.A. few people<br> see. If planning a Canadian trip, expect a long border search for<br> firearms. All Americans have guns, especially from the south or Texas.<br>* Forget about taking an RV into Mexico for many reasons.<br><br><br>On 9/6/20 5:23 AM, Jim via Ale wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;">I think this family has: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDCIx5JpEgs">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDCIx5JpEgs</a><br><br>On 9/5/20 2:35 PM, Leam Hall via Ale wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #ad7fa8; padding-left: 1ex;">Family of six lives off grid, and the dad is in IT. Some nice <br>networking technology. I wonder if it could be improved?<br><br><a href="https://youtu.be/I-_sCao236g">https://youtu.be/I-_sCao236g</a><br></blockquote></blockquote><hr>Ale mailing list<br>Ale@ale.org<br><a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br></pre></blockquote></div><br>-- <br>Computers amplify human error<br>Super computers are really cool</body></html>