My Friends and I Bought an Island

Post by lutusp » Mon, Sep 16, 2013, 9:54 PM UTC

tynan wrote: post #97

lutusp wrote: post #64

Quote: "Over the years we'll build up the island, doing most of the work ourselves. We'll build a communal building with a shower, kitchen, lounge, and bathrooms. Each owner of the island gets to pick a spot on which to build their own little structure to sleep in. Together we'll build infrastructure, gardens, a fire pit, and whatever else we can come up with." So, not counting significant others, ten people sharing…

I'm already over 30, as are many members of the group. I was extremely selective on who I invited, and they're all people I trust completely. There will be issues in the future, but we've come up with rules to deal with them. Also, as noted below, none of us are planning on living there full time-- just visiting over the summer, hopefully all at the same time.

Post by lutusp » Mon, Sep 16, 2013, 9:55 PM UTC

JoeAltmaier wrote: post #84

lutusp wrote: post #64

Quote: "Over the years we'll build up the island, doing most of the work ourselves. We'll build a communal building with a shower, kitchen, lounge, and bathrooms. Each owner of the island gets to pick a spot on which to build their own little structure to sleep in. Together we'll build infrastructure, gardens, a fire pit, and whatever else we can come up with." So, not counting significant others, ten people sharing…

But it was beautiful while it lasted, no?

Post by mynameishere » Mon, Sep 16, 2013, 10:00 PM UTC

ekidd wrote: post #129

tynan wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, next summer we'll have a drone to survey everything. This trip was just to inspect before purchasing and explore a little bit. The mainland neighbor we met was pretty confident no one would ever go to the island without permission. He's lived there his whole life, works as a fisherman in the bay, and has never seen anyone else on it. Even so-- we'll put up signs and not mind too much if people use our fire pit w…

I've spent a fair bit of time kicking around Maine islands over the years, which are a lot more likely to have random visitors. One really weird phenomenon is that locked cabins tend to have more vandalism problems than unlocked cabins with a guestbook for visitors. I've never quite figured out what this says about human nature. Maine's liability laws are excellent. They basically say, "So you hurt yourself? And you…

Post by medell » Mon, Sep 16, 2013, 10:04 PM UTC

raldi wrote: post #28

What is it about islands that gives them their mystique? I don't think a post entitled, "My friends and I bought a five-acre plot of land near Halifax" would have garnered as much attention.

Post by chaosmatic » Mon, Sep 16, 2013, 10:05 PM UTC

fibertbh wrote: post #164

brandall10 wrote: post #157

Just for people new to who Tynan is, he's a pretty far out guy. Some things I recall (sorry haven't kept up over the years) 1) Ran a successful professional online poker playing business, actually hired employees and trained them to predictably win. 2) Was one of the main characters in the book The Game (yes, that PUA one). 3) Did polyphasic sleep experiments in earnest (was it a couple months or so?). 4) Had a giant…

Off-topic, I know, but are we calling 2008 "2k8" now? Is last decade the 2k's?