Posted by Declan on April 4, 2007, at 3:04:48
In reply to Don't make yourself unpopular, Beth Ann » Bobby, posted by Racer on March 31, 2007, at 22:19:01
There was a place out west we used to go to that had an artesian bore.
The water came up out of the ground in a stream almost a foot across (under pressure, no pump needed), 24 hours a day, years on end, and was too hot to touch.
They said the water was hundreds of millions of years old, and had come underground all the way (thousands of miles) from New Guinea.
It smelled of sulphur, and thick green algae grew in it.
First it generated electricity for the house, and then it fed into a hot pool in the ground, and from there into a cooler pool (with a diving board), and from there into a bore drain for the sheep to drink, until it finally soaked into the ground again.Other than that, no electricity, no phone, no milk or dairy. Killed your own meat. Grew your own vegies.
Communication was through a 2 way.
But wonderful citrus fruits, and kangaroos, emus and solitude.
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