"meeee" wrote in message
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this one, i'm NOT LEAVING!! i can't seem to make him understand that,
though ;-)

at any rate, we're all set to be the first on the road with a wind
turbine too. the joneses, we _are_! lol.
kylie


Lol I lived a large part of my childhood in a small solar powered
glorified shed. If you'd like I could put you in touch with my parents;
they have a lot of contacts and knowledge about everything alternative
building wise; it wasn't lack of time or ability on dad's part but lack of
money so they are experts at doing stuff with recycled materials!! He did
all the solar himself so he would even know/know of someone who did about
stuff you migth need/where to get 2nd hand stuff. Anyway let me know if
you want his email

that is lovely of you! i think i might feel shy ;-) are your parents in qld
too? because a lot of this sort of thing is about finding local sources;
we're in nsw southern tablelands, which is pretty good for this sort of
thing, it seems. there are some fabby places in canberra for used stuff,
it's bliss. (yet when i lived there, i could NOT get out fast enough, lol).

there is a solar person in town (who gave us a quote when he eventually got
round to it after we phoned/went in a number of times - a telling point in
itself) but the whole thing is really bothering me. firstly, his quote is
outrageous, considering we aren't starting from scratch. when dh let him
know (or rather, confessed ;-) he & his bestie are building a wind turbine,
solar-dude said "oh, that will be a nice addition" and yet, best as anyone
can work out, the turbine should be supplying a fair bit of energy, which
i'd think would mean elements of his quote could be downgraded somewhat -
but apparently not (HMMMM). i got the number of another person who operates
in our area part-time & really want a 2nd opinion because my gut tells me
going with the first guy just doesn't make sense. i think the first guy has,
amongst other things, entirely misunderstood the situation & thinks we want
to be able to run toasters and microwaves & multiple computers & whatnot all
at once - yet he's been here & had the opportunity to notice we haven't the
room nor the powerpoints for multiple appliances even if we did want to use
them at all, OR all at once (which we don't). stuff like that. i'll see what
the other fella says about it. my microwave & toaster were great, but,
they're gone now & i don't even notice they're missing, so i think there's
been an attitude or aspiration disconnection entirely!

anyway. there you are! let me know how your parents feel about fielding
emails from complete strangers :-) thanks for your help :-)
kylie