If You Going To Desert Island.. What Would You Bring?

15 years ago

Developers, contractors, water desalination plants, terra transformation equipment, waitresses, hotel clerks, air traffic controllers, tourism guides, and support personnel. That should be a good start. But I would never live there.

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Star69

15 years ago

Whoa, Paul, too much trouble! I'd just take a cell phone with a good signal so I can have a company come and install a deep water pier where the cruise ships can dock, then I'd stay in the Captain's Quarters, use room service and run my business from there.

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myob

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Star69

Whoa, Paul, too much trouble! I'd just take a cell phone with a good signal so I can have a company come and install a deep water pier where the cruise ships can dock, then I'd stay in the Captain's Quarters, use room service and run my business from there.

With no infrastructure, that could take you years just to get your business off the ground. How long do you plan on staying there?

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Star69

15 years ago

OP didn't set a time limit, and I have time. Besides, haven't you heard of satellites?

A deep water dock could be ready to tie up to in less than six months.

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myob

15 years ago

OK. You have the time. I am very busy, so I don't have that luxury. I was thinking more along the lines of developing within 60 - 90 days, then flipping it. I hate desert islands.

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Star69

15 years ago

Originally Posted by myob

OK. You have the time. I am very busy, so I don't have that luxury. I was thinking more along the lines of developing within 60 - 90 days, then flipping it. I hate desert islands.

Ha! Good one Paul!

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Kiwigal

15 years ago

I would take food, books, fishing rod, boat and phone..oh and my hubby.

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artwebster

15 years ago

If I was going to a desert island I wouldn't bring anything but I might take one or two things.

Since I am happy and content by nature i wouldn't need anything for that but to get my home based business off the ground? A fishing rod?

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HeySal

15 years ago

Gee Paul - I think that there are people who might pay plenty to have it left alone so they can actually "get away" from the developments. Not everyone with bucks are condo monkeys.

I'd take a tri-corder, shovel, food, drink, and one companion, tent and gear. Then I'd try to get as much enjoyment from my time in nature as I could before someone like Paul came along to turn the place into cement for the corporate zombie classes.

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myob

15 years ago

Originally Posted by HeySal

Gee Paul - I think that there are people who might pay plenty to have it left alone so they can actually "get away" from the developments. Not everyone with bucks are condo monkeys.

I'd take a tri-corder, shovel, food, drink, and one companion, tent and gear. Then I'd try to get as much enjoyment from my time in nature as I could before someone like Paul came along to turn the place into cement for the corporate zombie classes.

LOL! Rustically appointed lots can be designed to meet the needs of the most discriminating naturalists. My plans would provide zones for authentic-looking tropicals and tiki, terra-formed waterfalls, scattered about with aesthetic mounds of pure white sand from Dubai enticingly sparkled with pyrite and jaw-dropping cubic zirconia crystals that would palpitate the hearts of die-hard naturalists and nostalgic miners such as yourself.

Our master plan includes convenient naturally-adorned shopping malls providing necessities and survival accoutrements such as service and repair of your tri-corder, wifi hotspots, naturally desalinated drinks, fresh sea food, and breath-taking souvenirs to buy for decorating your home so you may preserve the memories and magnificence of nature. Cranial chip implants may also be purchased separately to re-live again and again the savored natural beauty and wonder of your experience for years to come. Batteries are recommended to be replaced by qualified cranial implant technicians every five years for optimized performance of your cherished memories.

Although living in harmony with nature is priceless, souvenir prices will always be clearly marked, so be sure to bring lots and lots of US dollars with your other gear. Credit cards and checks will not be accepted to protect the integrity of the nature preserve and minimize the encroachment of commercialism. And no haggling nor refunds will be allowed, so as to not to drown out our network of surround sound speakers providing the atmosphere of soft, soothing sounds of nature and quietude that our back-to-nature enthusiasts expect and will have paid for so dearly.

You will see that I really can be a true naturalist at heart; with imitations so realistic that even Mother Nature would stand in awe and applaud. An affiliate program will be announced soon when suitable (ie, cheap) desert islands become available.

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jimmymc 15 years ago

I would need only one or two things...definitely a Wilson soccer ball and maybe a cruise ship run aground.
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Kurt

15 years ago

Ginger and Mary Ann.

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ThomM 15 years ago

If it's a desert island I wouldn't go.
If it's a tropical island, then my cat and some seeds.
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Star69 15 years ago

Originally Posted by Kurt

Ginger and Mary Ann.

What, no Mrs. Howell?
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John M Kane

15 years ago

A solar cell to power my 8 track tape machine,LP platter,shortwave, Berkey water filter,
string, lots of string,my trusty P-38 army issue can opener,500 units of spam,
a ton of swizzlers liqorice and a pallet of Girl Scout cookies, Thin Mints!
23 year old GS to help open the Thin Mints.

Elvira Mistress of the Dark or Sophia Loren should the GS be unavailable and a perpetual Guiness fountain,
55 gal drum of Weleda Arnica skin care oil, pallet of alphalfa, chia and sunflower seeds
for sprouting.

FM 21-76 Army Survival Manual and 100 yds of green 550 paracord.
Harold Lloyd and Heckle and Jeckle and Tom Terrific films.

Oh and lots of TP cuz coconut husks or sand just aren't made for that job.
And saran wrap, many rolls of saran wrap, for...entertainment

Whooie!

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Peter Soos

15 years ago

"LOL! Rustically appointed lots can be designed to meet the needs of the most discriminating naturalists. My plans would provide zones for authentic-looking tropicals and tiki, terra-formed waterfalls, scattered about with aesthetic mounds of pure white sand from Dubai enticingly sparkled with pyrite and jaw-dropping cubic zirconia crystals that would palpitate the hearts of die-hard naturalists and nostalgic miners such as yourself.

Our master plan includes convenient naturally-adorned shopping malls providing necessities and survival accoutrements such as service and repair of your tri-corder, wifi hotspots, naturally desalinated drinks, fresh sea food, and breath-taking souvenirs to buy for decorating your home so you may preserve the memories and magnificence of nature. Cranial chip implants may also be purchased separately to re-live again and again the savored natural beauty and wonder of your experience for years to come. Batteries are recommended to be replaced by qualified cranial implant technicians every five years for optimized performance of your cherished memories.

Although living in harmony with nature is priceless, souvenir prices will always be clearly marked, so be sure to bring lots and lots of US dollars with your other gear. Credit cards and checks will not be accepted to protect the integrity of the nature preserve and minimize the encroachment of commercialism. And no haggling nor refunds will be allowed, so as to not to drown out our network of surround sound speakers providing the atmosphere of soft, soothing sounds of nature and quietude that our back-to-nature enthusiasts expect and will have paid for so dearly"

Great! Not on the island 2 minutes and I gotta sit thru another Time-Share seminar.
Better than some tho.... Oh yeah...gotta bring my BS Exterminator with me,

Peter Soos

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sundown16

15 years ago

Who is the cat that said Mrs. Howell? .... sounds like not to many people are
bringing their home business! ... Good!

for the record Ginger or Mary-Anne?

MARY-ANNE!