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--- lifestyle:words_of_wisdom [2024/02/01 18:47]
princess_fluffypants [fantasy]
+++ lifestyle:words_of_wisdom [2025/03/14 11:48] (current)
frater_secessus [frugality]
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 ===== dogs =====
 > Home is where your dog is. -- Jora((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=27510&pid=347548#pid347548))
+===== empiricism =====
+> If only most people actually put efforts in experimentally verifying what they believe in before boldly claiming it to be true, the world would collapse immediately. -- shvm((https://diysolarforum.com/threads/i-should-have-known-better-sorry-ranting.76243/post-971706))
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 > I need to remember to stay on topic. It's like laying sod, "green side up, green side up..." --  dusty98((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=12834&pid=135542#pid135542))
+> [You're] adding new constraints to the solution. Be specific, and don't hide information. -- jgh((https://diysolarforum.com/threads/high-charge-rate-batteries.82596/post-1070046))
 ===== frugality =====
 > "The best way to save anything is to not to waste what you have already." - jimindenver((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/Thread-The-Value-of-Time?pid=191442#pid191442))
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 > patience is one of the key foundations of frugality -- Kaylee_Fawkes((https://www.reddit.com/r/Frugal/comments/vjbtbr/need_some_frugal_tips/idl2alj/))
+> "Use It Up, Wear It Out, Make it Do, or Do Without" -- common saying from the Great Depression
 ===== getting started =====
 > "I'd be leaving planning mode behind and get into doing mode ASAP" - rvpopeye((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/Thread-The-Value-of-Time?pid=182596#pid182596))
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 > If you're going to live as a nomad, you have to be willing to give up materialism and sentiment; you can't carry everything with you. -- cajunwolf((https://vanlivingforum.com/threads/all-in-one-inverter-charge-controllers.46182/post-571072))
+===== newbies =====
+> [newbies] have no idea what they are doing, and have no way to tell who here knows what they are talking about and who doesn't. So they tend to just accept whatever "advice" tells them what they already want to hear. -- lennyflank((https://www.reddit.com/r/vandwellers/comments/1bvsxej/what_are_the_biggest_myths_truthbombs_of_van_life/ky2jlna/))
+> If you have to ask the internet its not going to work for you((https://www.reddit.com/r/VanLife/comments/1dlsoks/is_it_possible_to_live_in_a_van_as_your_permanent/l9tq575/))
 ===== planning =====
 > "...slow may be better in the end, because the most important time is the thinking time, and that's best not rushed." -- MsNomer((http://www.promasterforum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=359474&postcount=6))
 > Most of these answers have to be provided by you if you want a system that meets your needs. You can't just hand this off without knowing what you want - vanprof((https://www.reddit.com/r/vandwellers/comments/xc9doz/worried_about_electrical/io5aer7/))
+> The biggest problem you're going to encounter is that very little will go according to plan. You'll think you're going to accomplish a task in one way . . . then you'll get halfway through, realize it won't work at all, and have to start over completely from scratch. Probably multiple times. - Princess_Fluffypants((https://www.reddit.com/r/VanLife/comments/1ajr4dt/full_time_vs_parttimeweekender/kp3qbq7/))
 ===== procrastination =====
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 ===== water =====
+>"The problem is water..." -- Mark Watney (while stranded on Mars)
 >"You can live three weeks without food, three days without water, and three minutes without air." -- anonymous

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