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73How To Redesign A Fallen Earthbag Wall
The near hurricane force wind that knocked down two walls of our earthbag home-to-be on December 6 is documented in Sarah Palin, Soldiers, And Earthbag Walls. What that article does not define is the immense...
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88How To Build A Survival Cabin On A Shoestring Budget
In June of 1999, my wife and I were desperate to get a place of our own. My long established business was fading, bankruptcy was being held off by nothing but a long stick and a lot of determination, and my...
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83How To Dig A Hand Dug Well
During the three years that my wife and I homesteaded a 20 acre parcel of mountain property near Craig, Montana, we obviously needed water. Not having the kind of money it took to hire a well driller meant...
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73How To Salvage A Defective Electrical Cord
The camp trailer in which Pam and I presently live is old. Not as old as I am by a long shot, but in camper years...okay, it dates back to 1980 or so. In camper years, that's a bunch. When we first bought the...
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83Help Your Budget And Your Body With Brown Rice
That subtitle comes from the practice in martial arts of using an attacker's own power against him. When it comes to both food and money, the same principle all too often applies: If we are well off, we often...
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76How To Lift A Water Tank To A Water Tower
Most of the rural water towers in our area seem to be made of metal, but since when have I ever gone with "most of"? Our 500 gallon water tank arrived shortly after noon today, dropped off by a trucker who...
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77What To Put In A First Letter To A Prison Pen Pal
The need for a letter writing guide for communicating with prison pen pals became clear to me in 2004. At that time, my wife and I lived in Anaconda, Montana. More days than not, my "me time" was spent having...
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76How To Write An Effective Demand Letter
For many years--decades, really--those close to me have agreed that while I may be a jack of all trades, I am truly master of at least one: Writing what we often refer to as a Poison Pen Letter. For the...
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75So You Think You Want To Write A Prison Pen Pal
Writing to people in prison can be a controversial subject. I know. I wrote my first such letter back in 1975 as part of a program sponsored by my church. After a while (I'm a little ashamed to admit) my...
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85How To Keep A Warm House Through The Winter On Minimal Money
Over the years, I have seen many a cold winter. Perhaps the coldest was in 1983-84 in Chinook, Montana, not that many miles from the Canadian border. Montanans refer to U.S. Highway 2 as "The Hi-Line" for a...
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