Well today we go to sign the paperwork for my new place. Admittedly, its just a patch of ground, with a ratty mobile home on it, but if all goes well I'll be happy with it.

Its 5 acres. I will have it paid for in full in just 10 years. Not to shabby.

It already has a well and sewage. This week we will get electricity and a phone.

Sadly, I don't think that broadband will be an option out there, at least not immediately. I also refuse to go back to dial-up so until I can either afford satellite or DSL arrives, I will be in an indefinite hiatus from the internet.

All in all though, I will be happy because I will finally be getting my own place again.

So, sometime between now and June 1st (assuming no glitches) I will be departing.

I will try to post some pictures of the property. It will be kinda nice to have a WIP rendition of how the place progresses. Even if I don't have the net, I can get access through the library and through my work.

Wish me luck.

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Have fun mapping the new place. *rimshot

WARNING: LARGE FILE SIZES!

Yes, these pictures shot a very rustic setting. BUT, I hope to be able to show enough improvement over time to make it worth your time viewing them.

Today was a very nice/sunny day and we got all our paper signing done with little or no hitches.

I am now an Oklahoman. :heee:

Photo Album of my new place in Long Oklahoma.

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Well that certainly owns my great outdoors. Have fun building it up.

Yes, I am quite the bit on cloud nine today. We won't be actually moving till the second or third week of May. My only regrets circles around my internet woes.

Oh well. You guys got along before I arrived, you'll just have to grit your teeth and bare it till I can figure out a solution.

Hell, I am not even sure whats available out that way. I might be worrying for not.

The funny thing about my new residence is, its fat in the middle of an Indian reservation.

I've gone native. :biggrin:

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I grew up on a 5 acre plot

I wish I still was :/

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Signature? What signature!?

I'm sure your lack of internet won't even cross your mind for at least six hours :razz: Seriously though, you're probably gonna be plenty busy fixing the place up for the first couple weeks. Have fun and good luck and all that.

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Thats some mighty fine PSin there Candyman.

I love how those trees look so real. :eek:

Thanx bud. Once I'm all set I'm thinkin of inviting some SP Stateside members for a BBQ. :smile:

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well, if my math is correct, and yer truly the safe driver you SAY you are, then yer only about 5 hours from me ya old sob.... :heee:

..and by the way, congratulations on the land, the trailer, and conquering the struggle bro.... :wink: liked the pictures; already spotted a good place for the house and the barn....

Doc B.... :dodgy:

That much land were i live would defiantly cost more than a million dollars.

I'll be up that way sometime this year Doc. Right now I am on so tight a schedule that I will barely be able to squeeze in Monqui if I am lucky and he is on my way.

I got to leave today because of the time constraints, most weeks I wait till Monday.

I am scheduled to leave for Phoenix Monday afternoon. :sad:

Yeah, I could say no, but my wallet is rather thin this week. /me wonders where it all went. :heee:

C'yall, I'm off to Minnesota.

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Indian country hmmm... I wonder if you can send smoke signals over the net. May be that will work? Nah....probably not, that looks pretty secluded.

I would guess you might have a little problem getting service, depending how far from a town you are, the comm services out there are somewhat backwater from my experience depending on what part of the state.

Good luck with new place, looks like a nice piece of property. I always wanted one like that so I could run around naked and chase the old lady...LOL.

My grandkids might leave me alone for a little while too with that much room to raom around.

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Light is faster than sound:That is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

Your riches in life are family and friends, everything else is just a distraction.

So many green ... boy, I wish we had such a nice atmosphere.

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Unless something horrible goes wrong, the place is ours.

\me is happy.

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.........as you should be.....write when ya get work... :heee:

Doc B... :dodgy:

I wouldn't be able to manage without an internet connection, but that's just me! Good luck Orph :smile:

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Heh. If I had a bunch of land like that it would have been torn up with motocross tracks in days :heee:

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ROFL, holy cow, that pic of Orph that was modeified by The beer Baron made me laugh. Lol, good work man. :biggrin:

edit: Rofl, rofl, rofl ...

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Small chance, but one worth wishing for. There is a chance that there is DSL out there. The phone company thinks so anyway.

I sure hope so.

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Goooood Luck Orph-man.

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Small chance, but one worth wishing for. There is a chance that there is DSL out there. The phone company thinks so anyway.
I sure hope so.

Haha, that about sums up Telco companies. They don't know their DSL from their asses.

That much land near my place would be quite a few million easy.

Gorbachev said:
That much land near my place would be quite a few million easy.

Considering most here have broadband, I can assume also that most live in, or near a city.

City property is always gonna be higher.

This place is rural.

Go to mapquest.com and type in "Long" "OK"

Its out there I assure you. :smile:

As for the phone companies, they really don't know their asses from a hole in the ground. I currently live about 4 blocks from a hub. due to routing, I am at the farthest extreme distance from it because it goes the other way from the hub back to me.

My upload/download would be significantly higher if the routing came my way first.

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Allthough i jsut started posting and stuff on snarkpit, im not sure who you are. regardless good luck

DSL=drugs, NO INTERNET=shotgun in the mouth

Good luck and hope you get your damn internet

Enjoy the absence of colorful, blinking lights while you can. That place looks beautiful.

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I still don't understand why some places don't have broadband. It is a simply wire, that is all. It is not as though they need any maintenance or anything.

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I still don't understand why some places don't have broadband. It is a simply wire, that is all. It is not as though they need any maintenance or anything.

Signal gets weaker over distance. There's your reason. And there's quite a bit more into it than "just wires". :wink:

Anyways, Orph I wonder if they're offering WiMAX connections around there. It's a bit slower in terms of latency than DSL(20 or 30ms around here), but the download rates are the same.

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''Everyone wades in s**t until they're competent enough to walk on it. Jesus style.''
Dystopia - Empires

Good luck in your new investment, Orph. I'll be in Chicago next year for college, and it's an 11 hour drive to Long, OK, but I might end up taking the bus down there sometime during my college career.

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Also change the texture of the dock. Docks are rarely tile. -Facepunch
As I Lay Dying

You guys do know I travel. If you are 18 or more years old, all you got to do is tell me when and where to meet up.

Also, if you have summer vacation time from school/college, you are welcome to ride with me on my runs.

You will get to see a vast portion of the states that way.

I have been to all but 3 states. Alaska, Hawaii and Maine.

You must be over 18 though. No exceptions.

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I'm not coming home for Spring break next year, a ride around the country sounds just keen!

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KEEP IT REAL OUT THERE

/me sure does miss you Vash. Keep it, real soon. :smile:

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OK guys.

I am leaving for Idaho in the morning. By the time I return, my internet will most likely be turned off. As I mentioned already, I am not even sure if, or when I will get another connection.

Its been a blast, and I look forward to more fun upon my return.

Be good guys.

Jon
XXXOOOXXX

P.S.
Keep up with the birthday posts in my absence. :smile:

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<3 to orph.

/cheers

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Enjoy the new adventures of the old man, Orpheus.

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Hope to see you back sooner than later. Good luck!

Orphie is gone!

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DocRock you meanie!!

Bye Orph-man, good luck with everything!

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That baby is half-Grey.

If you end up reading this, good luck Orph. Hope you enjoy the change of scenery, and hope you get back on the internet soon. Eat them taters.

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"If you talk at all during this lesson, you have detention. Do you understand?"

• My yr11 Economics teacher

bumps

1 year ago tomorrow.

Well, I wish I was at home. I took some great pictures of the changes I have made to the place.

Oh well.. Soon I promise.

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bye!

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LOL. Still workin on your English Reaper I see.

It doesn't seem like its been almost a year since I started buying this land. Most of the changes I made to it happened this winter. The blood sucking insect life is dormant during the cold weather months so I postponed much of the work till it got cold. I did fence in about 1.5 acres last summer, about a month after we moved in but the bugs ate us alive and I opted to wait for cold weather to continue.

Anywho's, I'll get some pics as soon as I can.

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I figure you've almost got it paid off now, huh?

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