Thanks sloop jones. Those are good points: - T's at d/s are good directors during storms, but for added safety from salt water contamination, shuto...

Excellent information.... thanks much!

Thanks SunnyCaribe, That helps a lot. I get what you're saying. So, do your horizontals all join together before entering the cistern, to li...

Thanks Neil, this will be a great hobby topic to start to study... I've been studying ocean waves for the past 9 months for a science project at ...

Great info folks... thanks. I went to the SCUBA website ([www.stcroixscuba.com]). Seems like a really reasonable rate for a great deal of instruc...

Thanks Edward, I really should try SCUBA. But, I've been quite content with snorkeling. The simplicity of it is wonderful. My wife wants to try S...

When I bought my land in 2006 I also needed a survey. Someone else had looked at the land and ordered a survey, but then backed out of the land purcha...

DUN, Actually, I think what you're referring to is "ducting". If you get an atmosphere where the dielectric properties change as a function of he...

Jim can you explain why I find that signal strength inceases depending upon the vertical height of the modem, I have no service with the unit on the f...

I still think that a major change is coming, sparked by evolving technology... and it's not that far away: - criminals are present because there...

Very cool Neil... thanks. In my neighborhood, they refer to a G.P. "Sight". So, there is a Geographical Position called "Sight". I think that mea...

I'm guessing that you've already considered this, but just in case: - hopefully the team are using GPS units with pre-entered waypoints to make sur...

As I read more ideas on this forum, I update my list of things to do to prepare for hurricanes. Here is my latest: Hurricane Prep: - Think of ...

Wow, very interesting Exit Zero... thanks...

Thanks CaptPete, I really liked this article. I'm not sure that it will attract a bunch of high rollers with deep pockets. Some other articles le...

I gotta say, I think she is going to royally piss off a group of people with "A spontaneous traveler's dream come true". Anyone that spontaneously pop...

I finally bought parts to make a home-made EarthBox. I'll try it on my deck in Virginia. I wanted to try tomatoes. I'll report back at the end of the ...

If the grill is big enough then it's a great idea: - there needs to be a good breeze so it doesn't too hot, standing at the grill (is the grill out...

That's an excellent point, LimeTime2. I never thought of that.... yes, with grill work you could leave for the day and leave the windows open for vent...

We've used BigBeards each time we've been on island... just because it worked the first time, and now we've gotten to know the folks that work there. ...

Yes, good show. I really couldn't tell where exactly these places were: - the first place was above Christiansted. What was the name of the condos?...

Yup, April 2nd was the older episode, when no sale was made. Looking forward to see which place PirateGirl buys this wednesday night (tomorrow!). I th...

STXBob, Earlier in the thread you summarized Paul Krugman's presentation and one of the points you mentioned was: - If healthcare reform passes, ...