What Are You Doing Right Now
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 Figuring out where the GF and I want to backpack to this weekend at Joshua Tree. Got a new pack and new sleeping back, temps in low 40's at night and I'm excited to try it out. 
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 @DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now: I'm reading up a bit about indoor plant growing on a global scale. Specifically PlantLab and Plant Paradise It's really awesome technology. Somebody's growin' weed... 
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 @DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now: I'm reading up a bit about indoor plant growing on a global scale. Specifically PlantLab and Plant Paradise It's really awesome technology. <angrily throws bottle of Mountain Dew> This - This is what I was basically working on / towards about twelve years ago... I so wished I had had the support then to make it happen. I knew then - in 2004(ish) to do this,.. I was working at one of the Automobile Manufactures here in KY, and wanted to take an old wasted space (Wal-Mart building, etc) and turn it into an indoor farm... Back then I knew (fairly certain) I could have picked up grants and such left and right as the goal was to go nearly 100% green... Collect water, use solar heat, power, wind power Geo-thermal, bio-gas - full gambit... and grow everything,.. and seafood.... as seafood is a $4BILLION import.... But I didn't have the support (still don't) or the encouragement (still don't) or the belief it would work.... And now it's all over the place. Aqua / Hydroponics, Vertical Farming and such.. ... 
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 @ChrisL said in What Are You Doing Right Now: Figuring out where the GF and I want to backpack to this weekend at Joshua Tree. Got a new pack and new sleeping back, temps in low 40's at night and I'm excited to try it out. What pack? I have a Red Rock Outdoor Assault Pack (not for tactical but for modular reasons). If you find yourself this way.. you should hit the Gorge 
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 @gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now: I'm reading up a bit about indoor plant growing on a global scale. Specifically PlantLab and Plant Paradise It's really awesome technology. <angrily throws bottle of Mountain Dew> This - This is what I was basically working on / towards about twelve years ago... I so wished I had had the support then to make it happen. I knew then - in 2004(ish) to do this,.. I was working at one of the Automobile Manufactures here in KY, and wanted to take an old wasted space (Wal-Mart building, etc) and turn it into an indoor farm... Back then I knew (fairly certain) I could have picked up grants and such left and right as the goal was to go nearly 100% green... Collect water, use solar heat, power, wind power Geo-thermal, bio-gas - full gambit... and grow everything,.. and seafood.... as seafood is a $4BILLION import.... But I didn't have the support (still don't) or the encouragement (still don't) or the belief it would work.... And now it's all over the place. Aqua / Hydroponics, Vertical Farming and such.. ... You can always start at the small scale and work up. 
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 @travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now: I'm reading up a bit about indoor plant growing on a global scale. Specifically PlantLab and Plant Paradise It's really awesome technology. <angrily throws bottle of Mountain Dew> This - This is what I was basically working on / towards about twelve years ago... I so wished I had had the support then to make it happen. I knew then - in 2004(ish) to do this,.. I was working at one of the Automobile Manufactures here in KY, and wanted to take an old wasted space (Wal-Mart building, etc) and turn it into an indoor farm... Back then I knew (fairly certain) I could have picked up grants and such left and right as the goal was to go nearly 100% green... Collect water, use solar heat, power, wind power Geo-thermal, bio-gas - full gambit... and grow everything,.. and seafood.... as seafood is a $4BILLION import.... But I didn't have the support (still don't) or the encouragement (still don't) or the belief it would work.... And now it's all over the place. Aqua / Hydroponics, Vertical Farming and such.. ... You can always start at the small scale and work up. of course... and yea... i know that. But can't really do that now either... sigh this is just twenty miles from home.. 
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 @travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now: I'm reading up a bit about indoor plant growing on a global scale. Specifically PlantLab and Plant Paradise It's really awesome technology. <angrily throws bottle of Mountain Dew> This - This is what I was basically working on / towards about twelve years ago... I so wished I had had the support then to make it happen. I knew then - in 2004(ish) to do this,.. I was working at one of the Automobile Manufactures here in KY, and wanted to take an old wasted space (Wal-Mart building, etc) and turn it into an indoor farm... Back then I knew (fairly certain) I could have picked up grants and such left and right as the goal was to go nearly 100% green... Collect water, use solar heat, power, wind power Geo-thermal, bio-gas - full gambit... and grow everything,.. and seafood.... as seafood is a $4BILLION import.... But I didn't have the support (still don't) or the encouragement (still don't) or the belief it would work.... And now it's all over the place. Aqua / Hydroponics, Vertical Farming and such.. ... You can always start at the small scale and work up. I used to grow hydroponic basil in the tub. 
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 @gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @ChrisL said in What Are You Doing Right Now: Figuring out where the GF and I want to backpack to this weekend at Joshua Tree. Got a new pack and new sleeping back, temps in low 40's at night and I'm excited to try it out. What pack? I have a Red Rock Outdoor Assault Pack (not for tactical but for modular reasons). If you find yourself this way.. you should hit the Gorge I got the Kelty Coyote 80 from REI. We usually only do one night, wouldn't consider anything more than two nights, so I didn't need anything too intensive. We opted for a square double sleeping bag because neither of us enjoy feeling like a butterfly about to emerge from a cocoon, so it fits nicely into this pack, and she carries the tent/sleeping pads. 
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 @mlnews said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now: I'm reading up a bit about indoor plant growing on a global scale. Specifically PlantLab and Plant Paradise It's really awesome technology. <angrily throws bottle of Mountain Dew> This - This is what I was basically working on / towards about twelve years ago... I so wished I had had the support then to make it happen. I knew then - in 2004(ish) to do this,.. I was working at one of the Automobile Manufactures here in KY, and wanted to take an old wasted space (Wal-Mart building, etc) and turn it into an indoor farm... Back then I knew (fairly certain) I could have picked up grants and such left and right as the goal was to go nearly 100% green... Collect water, use solar heat, power, wind power Geo-thermal, bio-gas - full gambit... and grow everything,.. and seafood.... as seafood is a $4BILLION import.... But I didn't have the support (still don't) or the encouragement (still don't) or the belief it would work.... And now it's all over the place. Aqua / Hydroponics, Vertical Farming and such.. ... You can always start at the small scale and work up. I used to grow hydroponic basil in the tub. Yeah, "basil"...  
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 @ChrisL said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @mlnews said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now: I'm reading up a bit about indoor plant growing on a global scale. Specifically PlantLab and Plant Paradise It's really awesome technology. <angrily throws bottle of Mountain Dew> This - This is what I was basically working on / towards about twelve years ago... I so wished I had had the support then to make it happen. I knew then - in 2004(ish) to do this,.. I was working at one of the Automobile Manufactures here in KY, and wanted to take an old wasted space (Wal-Mart building, etc) and turn it into an indoor farm... Back then I knew (fairly certain) I could have picked up grants and such left and right as the goal was to go nearly 100% green... Collect water, use solar heat, power, wind power Geo-thermal, bio-gas - full gambit... and grow everything,.. and seafood.... as seafood is a $4BILLION import.... But I didn't have the support (still don't) or the encouragement (still don't) or the belief it would work.... And now it's all over the place. Aqua / Hydroponics, Vertical Farming and such.. ... You can always start at the small scale and work up. I used to grow hydroponic basil in the tub. Yeah, "basil"...  This was my first thought too. 
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 Hanging out with the kids for a bit. 
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 @art_of_shred said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now: I'm reading up a bit about indoor plant growing on a global scale. Specifically PlantLab and Plant Paradise It's really awesome technology. Somebody's growin' weed... Ah no, I can't stand the stuff. 
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 @DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @art_of_shred said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now: I'm reading up a bit about indoor plant growing on a global scale. Specifically PlantLab and Plant Paradise It's really awesome technology. Somebody's growin' weed... Ah no, I can't stand the stuff. That's why you lie down when you smoke  
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 @ChrisL said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @ChrisL said in What Are You Doing Right Now: Figuring out where the GF and I want to backpack to this weekend at Joshua Tree. Got a new pack and new sleeping back, temps in low 40's at night and I'm excited to try it out. What pack? I have a Red Rock Outdoor Assault Pack (not for tactical but for modular reasons). If you find yourself this way.. you should hit the Gorge I got the Kelty Coyote 80 from REI. We usually only do one night, wouldn't consider anything more than two nights, so I didn't need anything too intensive. We opted for a square double sleeping bag because neither of us enjoy feeling like a butterfly about to emerge from a cocoon, so it fits nicely into this pack, and she carries the tent/sleeping pads. Thats the kind of pack I'm looking into right now. I don't understand why people want camo stuff for hiking!! I want to be SEEN! More than that, I want to be able to put my stuff down and be able to still see it from 2 meters away. 
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 @MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @ChrisL said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @ChrisL said in What Are You Doing Right Now: Figuring out where the GF and I want to backpack to this weekend at Joshua Tree. Got a new pack and new sleeping back, temps in low 40's at night and I'm excited to try it out. What pack? I have a Red Rock Outdoor Assault Pack (not for tactical but for modular reasons). If you find yourself this way.. you should hit the Gorge I got the Kelty Coyote 80 from REI. We usually only do one night, wouldn't consider anything more than two nights, so I didn't need anything too intensive. We opted for a square double sleeping bag because neither of us enjoy feeling like a butterfly about to emerge from a cocoon, so it fits nicely into this pack, and she carries the tent/sleeping pads. Thats the kind of pack I'm looking into right now. I don't understand why people want camo stuff for hiking!! I want to be SEEN! More than that, I want to be able to put my stuff down and be able to still see it from 2 meters away. It's a great pack. And yes, I want to be seen in the off-chance I get lost somehow. 
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 @ChrisL said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @ChrisL said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @ChrisL said in What Are You Doing Right Now: Figuring out where the GF and I want to backpack to this weekend at Joshua Tree. Got a new pack and new sleeping back, temps in low 40's at night and I'm excited to try it out. What pack? I have a Red Rock Outdoor Assault Pack (not for tactical but for modular reasons). If you find yourself this way.. you should hit the Gorge I got the Kelty Coyote 80 from REI. We usually only do one night, wouldn't consider anything more than two nights, so I didn't need anything too intensive. We opted for a square double sleeping bag because neither of us enjoy feeling like a butterfly about to emerge from a cocoon, so it fits nicely into this pack, and she carries the tent/sleeping pads. Thats the kind of pack I'm looking into right now. I don't understand why people want camo stuff for hiking!! I want to be SEEN! More than that, I want to be able to put my stuff down and be able to still see it from 2 meters away. It's a great pack. And yes, I want to be seen in the off-chance I get lost somehow. Where I hike I'm also worried about other hunters. Leading cause of death in the forests here is being mistaken for a moose/deer 
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 @MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @ChrisL said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @ChrisL said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @ChrisL said in What Are You Doing Right Now: Figuring out where the GF and I want to backpack to this weekend at Joshua Tree. Got a new pack and new sleeping back, temps in low 40's at night and I'm excited to try it out. What pack? I have a Red Rock Outdoor Assault Pack (not for tactical but for modular reasons). If you find yourself this way.. you should hit the Gorge I got the Kelty Coyote 80 from REI. We usually only do one night, wouldn't consider anything more than two nights, so I didn't need anything too intensive. We opted for a square double sleeping bag because neither of us enjoy feeling like a butterfly about to emerge from a cocoon, so it fits nicely into this pack, and she carries the tent/sleeping pads. Thats the kind of pack I'm looking into right now. I don't understand why people want camo stuff for hiking!! I want to be SEEN! More than that, I want to be able to put my stuff down and be able to still see it from 2 meters away. It's a great pack. And yes, I want to be seen in the off-chance I get lost somehow. Where I hike I'm also worried about other hunters. Leading cause of death in the forests here is being mistaken for a moose/deer Do you recommend any specific tent in a 2 person size (I'm fat) that I could pack easily on my motorcycle? I'm going to do a big month-long trip and likely camp in a few KOA locations to save cash. 
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 @Grey said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @ChrisL said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @ChrisL said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @ChrisL said in What Are You Doing Right Now: Figuring out where the GF and I want to backpack to this weekend at Joshua Tree. Got a new pack and new sleeping back, temps in low 40's at night and I'm excited to try it out. What pack? I have a Red Rock Outdoor Assault Pack (not for tactical but for modular reasons). If you find yourself this way.. you should hit the Gorge I got the Kelty Coyote 80 from REI. We usually only do one night, wouldn't consider anything more than two nights, so I didn't need anything too intensive. We opted for a square double sleeping bag because neither of us enjoy feeling like a butterfly about to emerge from a cocoon, so it fits nicely into this pack, and she carries the tent/sleeping pads. Thats the kind of pack I'm looking into right now. I don't understand why people want camo stuff for hiking!! I want to be SEEN! More than that, I want to be able to put my stuff down and be able to still see it from 2 meters away. It's a great pack. And yes, I want to be seen in the off-chance I get lost somehow. Where I hike I'm also worried about other hunters. Leading cause of death in the forests here is being mistaken for a moose/deer Do you recommend any specific tent in a 2 person size (I'm fat) that I could pack easily on my motorcycle? I'm going to do a big month-long trip and likely camp in a few KOA locations to save cash. If you're in a KOA or something and not worried about wildlife (bear burrito) check out hammocks. Hennesy ones are highly reviewed. They pack away to nothing and setup is 5 minutes. 
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 @MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @ChrisL said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @ChrisL said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now: @ChrisL said in What Are You Doing Right Now: Figuring out where the GF and I want to backpack to this weekend at Joshua Tree. Got a new pack and new sleeping back, temps in low 40's at night and I'm excited to try it out. What pack? I have a Red Rock Outdoor Assault Pack (not for tactical but for modular reasons). If you find yourself this way.. you should hit the Gorge I got the Kelty Coyote 80 from REI. We usually only do one night, wouldn't consider anything more than two nights, so I didn't need anything too intensive. We opted for a square double sleeping bag because neither of us enjoy feeling like a butterfly about to emerge from a cocoon, so it fits nicely into this pack, and she carries the tent/sleeping pads. Thats the kind of pack I'm looking into right now. I don't understand why people want camo stuff for hiking!! I want to be SEEN! More than that, I want to be able to put my stuff down and be able to still see it from 2 meters away. It's a great pack. And yes, I want to be seen in the off-chance I get lost somehow. Where I hike I'm also worried about other hunters. Leading cause of death in the forests here is being mistaken for a moose/deer Oh god. So many memories of hunter safety videos are flooding back. 
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 THe little one is demanding that I video game for a bit. 









