I've been thinking about a new refrigerator.

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Truth be told, that has been on my mind for a very long time, pretty much since I moved in.  I've looked over various units.  Gotta be honest, I haven't really liked much of what I have seen.  Inexpensive ones are, well, cheap.  Expensive ones are bling, cheap bling mostly.  It's all a crapshoot.  Did you get one make on Friday, on Monday?  Good luck with it.  Did you get one that the plant in China just started making?  Or the one where the .corp decision has been made to cut quality control to make max profits while riding the brand into the dirt?  Yeah, good luck with those.  There aren't good names, or companies, just schemes to build up steam in order to rip off customers.  It's just how it works, maybe how it has always worked.  But not it is .gov sanctioned, and no one seems to have enough of an attention span left to really keep companies honest.

I have also had another idea for a refrigerator, one that is more along the lines of lowering costs, size, and complexity.  At the cost of a middling refrigerator at any of the big box, I could just as well get two of these.  One for refrigeration, one as an extra freezer, or two for added space.  Much more portable, and with my vehicle, I might well be able to run one of them through the system.  I'd want to keep an eye on it, check voltages, make sure it's not eating my system, learn tricks, and such.  And, in time, these would work well with a solar, wind, or hybrid system.  Perfect for certain situations, basically a little civilization for out in the wilds... some assembly required.  Yes, I think one of these, up front, would do.  A second later on.  Plus, I would learn to not use as much space for things I don't use.  Downsize training.  I am pretty sure this will be my next refrigerator.  I can clear and clean the one I have, and use if for specialty events or projects, and beer.  Perhaps a smaller one as the freezer?  Nah, I'd want more freezer space than fridge space, if I went that way... something to consider in the not so distant future though.

Some things I used to consider only as some distant possibility are beginning to make a lot more sense in life, though.  Even a smaller solar set up here, in the not too distant future, that could be taken down and packed along to Alaska.  The batteries might be offloaded, as keeping those charged, while figuring things out up there, might be a bit much.  Better to see them go to someone who would use them then to see them die, while toting them around on top of it.  But panels, a controller, and inverter... those would travel just fine, most likely.  Just enough to run this and maybe do some charging, if I set up camp for a week... saving on my auto battery while not driving.

It does seem like I am having to really look at new, old, and other ideas, both back, forward, and sideways.  I am going to make mistakes, there is no avoiding it.  The trick is to not make mistakes that would be catastrophic, to have options, to be rigged for crossover coverage, to keep it as simple, but solid, of a plan as possible.  This summer and next, and next winter, to rig, rock, then roll.  Should be interesting.  I think I'll get there, and do just fine, if I keep up this pace, pushing beyond even it through time. 

I explained, to the woman who trimmed my hair, and has been teaching me french braiding, why I left the burn so early.  Her and a few other gals giggled about it.  Suggesting that would up the rating of the woman I find to marry.  I didn't have the heart to tell them, but... there will be no woman.  I've decided to let bygones be bygones, do my best at being celibate, and not worrying about any of that.  I don't want a used woman.  And, with what I need and want to do, a woman would become an anchor.  She won't be able to help out there, doubt if she would wait for it to become completed, and probably couldn't handle the living or the isolation.  I'll leave them to their text and phone driven chase for resources that aren't real and disappearing even at that.  So many people remind me of the stories I have heard about addicts, who believe... after they have finished their stuff, that they dropped some of it, and dive to look for it.  It's a trick, a trap, a sad thing.  But this time is over, it just doesn't know it.

Drama queen?  I've heard that, on another site, recently.  Oh, we'll see.  Yes we will.  Just enjoy the show, from near or far.  Drama is coming.  Just hope I can miss out on the real show.