hello from plymouth uk

[brett53]

greetings all - better intro myself - name IS Brett ( there's a surprise ) - i live in Plymouth - with a small cat and several cockatiels + 1 noisy parrot ( aka the evil ninja kitteh and the budgies of the apocalypse ) and have been likened to Wallis ( of Wallis and grommet - my favorite inventor ) by a couple of my neighbors who don't understand this alternate tech/self sufficentsy 'ish stuff

with me this is more necessity rather than any great desire to save the planet as i am a: disabled + b: poor - thus saving money is a priority - just so as you know where i am coming from - rather than pretending to be any great Eco warrior type

i live in an old house that ,being in the middle of a city has no room for much in the way of the usually visualised things like livestock etc - and has no garden at all -but there is still much that CAN be done - my main things being a lashed up solar powered rainwater harvesting system + insulation of this place with a few ideas that some "experts" would cringe at ( i hate "experts " BTW - never met many that have impressed me )

transport is limited to a mobility scooter + trailer as required ( don't drive now owing to my disability ) but as i always say there is more ways than one of skinning ANY cat - so if you see a "weirdo" lugging things round on a scoot when visiting Plymouth - its probably me

regards to all

Brett 53

[indy]

Welcome to Ish

[Millymollymandy]

Hi Brett and welcome - I love the idea of a trailer being pulled by a mobility scooter - brilliant!

[brett53]

Hi Brett and welcome - I love the idea of a trailer being pulled by a mobility scooter - brilliant!

thanks - gets a few "odd" looks from people ( mainly plod - but they have obviously decided i am just a harmless old fool and ignore me ) - and occasionally i get accosted by people wanting photos - but as i always say "when the disabled drives " and needs must etc - not having a car anymore is problematical at times - but we manage and the local DIY outlets are used to me now ( the staff at one take bets as to if i can get what ever i am buying home or not - they ALWAYS LOOSE )

I just wish that our society was not so car orientated and they put the DIY outlets in town not miles outside in most cases - as you can imagine trying to get anything toooo big home is a problem - but the stores tend to be fairly helpful when they know its me - and even had some builders deliver some stuff for free when they saw me pondering how to get it back - thanks guys !!

so when there's a will - there's a way

[Milims]

Hi there and welcome

[Green Aura]

Hi Brett, welcome to Ish

[crowsashes]

hey there brett! im based in plymouth too! lucky enough to live close to one of those diy stores! and get several weird looks walking down the main road with compost, plants and timbar strapped to an old pushchair with a 2 yr old in tow!

so your not the only odd one in the city! like you im doing it more for financial reasons rather than environmental!

[red]

welcome

[brett53]

hey there brett! im based in plymouth too! lucky enough to live close to one of those diy stores! and get several weird looks walking down the main road with compost, plants and timbar strapped to an old pushchair with a 2 yr old in tow!

so your not the only odd one in the city! like you im doing it more for financial reasons rather than environmental!

hi there - so i am NOT alone with the "alternate" transport then - well lot to be said for push chairs - T***o shopping trolleys and other things i HAVE seen being used ( especially by the local "students" when it comes end of the year and they do the house shifting performance )

nice to meet you

[Millymollymandy]

When I lived in the Netherlands which is bicycle country our gardener (he came with the rented house!!!) had an enormous trailer he pulled behind his push bike. I was impressed cos he wasn't a spring chicken!

[old tree man]

hello

[thesunflowergal]

Hello and welcome.

Nikki

[crowsashes]

hey there brett! im based in plymouth too! lucky enough to live close to one of those diy stores! and get several weird looks walking down the main road with compost, plants and timbar strapped to an old pushchair with a 2 yr old in tow!

so your not the only odd one in the city! like you im doing it more for financial reasons rather than environmental!

hi there - so i am NOT alone with the "alternate" transport then - well lot to be said for push chairs - T***o shopping trolleys and other things i HAVE seen being used ( especially by the local "students" when it comes end of the year and they do the house shifting performance )

nice to meet you

think that might have been me a couple of years ago

[tiggersbounce]

hi brett. welcome from a fellow new starter in bristol. saw a guy on a mobility scooter with a salvaged salvaged stained glass door in september. he had traffic almost to a standstill behind him

[MuddyWitch]

Welcome to ISH

You will fit in 'round here perfectly; most of us are a dab hand at alternative stuff & I don't mean weird music!

MW