So let's do it! Let's pool our money together and buy our own island

[LynneSin]

Seriously,

I'm sometimes so fed up with this country that it would be nice to have a place of our own amongst smart, intelligent, witty, progressive thinking people. All we need is about 3-4 acres outside of the US juristidiction where we can build some lodging, raise some crops and animals and live in a society where we don't have to put up with the crap from the Bush Regime.

Here's a start on some properties!

How about Nicaragua

http://www.tropical-islands.com/Lime1.htm
9 acres off the coast of Nicaragua
$450,000 and the owner will help finance half of that which means we need to come up with $225 and some form of income from the island!

WE could have so much fun with this!!!

[kick-ass-bob]

1. I've got a quarter in my pocket.

$.25 collected.

[LynneSin]

3. You get to live there - should be worth more than 25 cents

:D



You could be living there!

[BikeWriter]

2. I've got $.49. We should be getting close!

[kick-ass-bob]

5. ooh! I found another penny!

we're up to $.75!

[BikeWriter]

12. Cool, I'll check in my couch. It's usually good for a few bucks.

[Midlodemocrat]

4. Will there be eggs? In that case, no.

[LynneSin]

7. Of course they will be eggs

what else would we do with all the chickens we'll raise on our island?

[BikeWriter]

14. Hey, we have to have eggs!

[curse10]

6. How about this one?

Only 15 mil

http://www.vladi-private-islands.de/sales_islands/sites/05_leaf.html

[LynneSin]

10. Ok, I'm trying to find something more in our price range

I can barely get $1 from these folks

:cry:

No one else here dreams of a society where we are free of the Bush Regime?

[driver8]

22. Count me in!! I would love to live in a society free of Sir Shrubbery

Where do I send the check?

This friend of mine is always telling me that we need to move our families to the Azores and open a restaurant.

[Reverend_Smitty]

8. I've got a dollar sitting on my computer desk

does that kind of dough get me a palace on the new island?

[wtmusic]

9. We could make that little spot on the bottom left a nude beach

couldn't we?

[LynneSin]

11. We could make the whole thing clothing option

it's our island and we make the rules

:D

[wtmusic]

16. Better confirm there's no oil there or we're toast n/t

[BikeWriter]

51. *Makes a note of that* No oil!

[candy]

13. No thanks! Too isolated !

I'd much rather be someplace where I could do something for others,even if it's a small thing,like tutoring.

All that togtherness is a little to "Jim Jonesy" for me.

[matcom]

15. you could be our island slut!

you would be doing a LOT for others :D

[LynneSin]

18. And what will your job be?

:shrug:

[matcom]

20. slut-trainer

:evilgrin:

[LynneSin]

23. What is your wife going to be doing?

I'm assuming Mrs. Matcom and the pets will be there!

[matcom]

25. sharing

:bounce:

[wtmusic]

24. slutting is a natural gift

no training necessary!

[LynneSin]

27. (((reminds herself to pack plenty of Birth Control for the island)))

Don't want to overpopulate the place!!!

[candy]

26. Good Lord,did I really deserve that?

[matcom]

28. not at all

just a sick, twisted joke. you did nothing at all.

[LynneSin]

17. It's only an hour by boat to the mainland

We could do good works there since let's face it - we went in there and totally messed up that country

[BikeWriter]

19. S'okay, we could ban Koolaid, couldn't we?

[LynneSin]

21. This is a live and let live sorta island

as long as you don't do anything that infringes on anyone else

:D

[BikeWriter]

29. Well... what about... you know... animals, as in pets?

[LynneSin]

30. As long as your pets are spayed or neutered...

...then they are welcomed to the island!!!

Of course we would have other animals which we would need for food & work (ie chickens & horses), those are allowed to breed!

[BikeWriter]

36. Hmm, okay, but are there any leash laws, or survival of the fittest...

for pets? I'd like to bring a large Great Dane.

[LynneSin]

37. well, um, my only issue is if the large dog is destructive

We could probably just require that dog owners keep their dogs fenced in some way so they're not going around digging up people's gardens or something.

Edit note: THen again many progressives I've met who own large dogs are usually very responsible dog owners. Not like some neighbors I've had in the past that let their pitbull go running around crazy without any training or boundaries.

[BikeWriter]

38. I always confine and control my animals. I would think it should...

apply to any domestic pet. We wouldn't want our natural island animals preyed on, would we? ;)

[LynneSin]

39. Very true

eep, that means my cats need to stay indoors.

Evita is a natural rodent killer. She killed a bat a year ago

[BikeWriter]

49. Yes'm, but bats and other animals are beneficial on islands...

whose ecosystems are especially fragile.

[wtmusic]

31. Can we invite a Repub to come and speak once in a awhile

so we can throw mangoes at him? Ken we huh? Ken we?

[LynneSin]

33. no, no, no - we're going there to be free of idiots!!

And we need our mangos for food!!

[Dukkha]

32. I'm In!

I'm so ready to drop out of society

For income we can grow a cash crop. I can think of one thing that grows well there and would make decent money B-)

[LynneSin]

34. I was suspecting someone would want to grow that...

..provided that we also grow hemp since that'll be useful for many things on the island and an industrial crop

[movie_girl99]

35. oh i am so in

i would do this in a heartbeat. Kind of like our own Survivor but no-one gets voted off.

[Parche]

40. island

once we get there to we have to vote someone off the island?

[EstimatedProphet]

41. DU has 70,000 people

That's a small city. 3-4 acres won't cut it. We'll need an island about 50-75 miles across. If we can find that, I'm in.

[LynneSin]

42. who said all 70,000 would be invited?

I mean, some of those 70,000 are lurkers and many might choose not to come for whatever reason.

We'll keep it as a lounge island

[EstimatedProphet]

44. So we'll have what, 100 people?

If that's the case, we should be shooting for about 600 acres.
Just saying...
Also, I would still be in. Assuming you would let a mod come on board.

[BikeWriter]

50. Well, before you were a Mod you were regular people, right?

[Beware the Beast Man]

43. Hi, Other Place!

:hi: I know you're watching!!!! :hi:

[Quagmire05]

45. How about one of these?

http://guide.theemiratesnetwork.com/living/dubai/the_world_islands.php

pretty cool huh?

[LynneSin]

46. Living in the Middle east - I don't think so

:eyes:

Anyhow - these would be your rulers

:puke:

[ghostsofgiants]

47. I'm in...

Do you accept guitar picks and lint?

[KamaAina]

48. You're missing something (besides money)

people with actual island living experience. And no, Manhattan and Long Island do NOT count.

I'm starting to hear the fundies' footsteps on the island I'm on, so, in the words of the immortal Frasier Crane, "I'm listening".

What you're looking for:

A source of fresh water. Never can tell with droughts these days.

Someplace out of the main hurricane/cyclone path (bearing in mind that El Salvador just got whacked with its first hurricane ever).

Another island with an airstrip within a reasonable boat ride.

More than nine acres, quite a bit more in fact, if you're actually looking to rasie crops, livestock, etc.

An intriguing possibility is aquaculture; here I must defer to opihimoimoi who has been at it for years (in fact, his name derives from it).